Indigenous communities resist Chinese mining in Amazonian Ecuador
Sep 5, 2017, 2:12 pm By MongabayIndigenous community speakers during a ceremony at last weekend’s tribunal which accused the…80% of Bornean orangutans live outside protected areas
Sep 5, 2017, 7:08 am By Mongabay
Four fifths of wild orangutans in Kalimantan, the Indonesian portion of Borneo, live outside…381 new species described from the Amazon over two-year period
Sep 4, 2017, 7:46 am By Mongabay
A new species of wild animal or plant is reported from the Amazon once every two days, concludes a…Saving the Serranía de San Lucas, a vital link in the ‘jaguar corridor’
Sep 1, 2017, 1:57 pm By MongabayThe “jaguar corridor” is a historic link that runs from Mexico all the way down the spine of…Taking on the plastic straw: Q&A with Adrian Grenier, actor and ocean activist
Sep 1, 2017, 6:29 am By Mongabay
Sometimes humans invent things, seemingly benign things, that end up having profound and…Jackie Chan joins the fight for endangered pangolins
Sep 1, 2017, 2:40 am By MongabayMartial arts superstar Jackie Chan has joined the fight to stop the poaching of the world’s most…Philippine palm oil plan ‘equals corruption and land-grabbing,’ critics say
Aug 31, 2017, 5:04 pm By Mongabay
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – If the street Pedro Arnado was looking down was on the Philippine…Collateral damage: Snow leopards and trophy hunting in Kyrgyzstan
Aug 31, 2017, 2:48 pm By Mongabay
BOKONBAYEVO, Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyz folklore is laden with stories that warn its adherents against…‘Ecological disaster’: controversial bridge puts East Kalimantan’s green commitment to the test
Aug 30, 2017, 8:37 pm By MongabayBALIKPAPAN, Indonesia — Truck driver Bayu Santoso is one of thousands of people expected to take…App combines computer vision and crowdsourcing to explore Earth’s biodiversity, one photo at a time
Aug 30, 2017, 3:10 pm By Mongabay
Taxonomy goes online in the 21st century Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection…Temer, besieged by protests, clarifies order to open Amazon to mining
Aug 30, 2017, 11:10 am By MongabayThe Serra dos Carajás iron mine in northeastern Brazil, showing deforestation caused by the min…New crab with star-shaped outgrowths discovered in Taiwan
Aug 30, 2017, 4:10 am By Mongabay
A small seamount by Peng-Chia-Yu Island, located 60 kilometers (~37 miles) off Taiwan, is prized for…Few answers for Indonesians who wonder what chemicals are dumped in their water
Aug 29, 2017, 4:29 pm By Mongabay
Indonesia has robust laws meant to ensure communities can easily obtain information about pollutants…Brazil rejects oil company’s ‘Amazon Reef’ drilling bid
Aug 29, 2017, 3:39 pm By Mongabay
A French oil giant suffered a set back in its bid to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon…Video: Hatchlings boost hope for extremely rare duck
Aug 29, 2017, 4:03 am By Mongabay
In July this year, three villagers discovered a bird’s nest inside a hollow of the Koki tree in…Bats and viruses: Beating back a bad reputation
Aug 29, 2017, 12:00 am By MongabayA burned-out stump was all that remained by the time a team of virologists arrived in Méliandou in…Rhino horn confiscated, three alleged traffickers arrested in Sumatra
Aug 28, 2017, 4:39 pm By Mongabay
Environmental law enforcement authorities in Indonesia’s Sumatra Island arrested three people on…Indigenous farmers fight eucalyptus damage to water source in Ecuador
Aug 28, 2017, 3:38 pm By Mongabay
SALCEDO, Ecuador – The southeastern wedge of Ecuador’s Cotopaxi province is filled with rich…Intact forests crucial to Amazon ecosystem resilience, stable climate
Aug 28, 2017, 11:46 am By Mongabay
Caatinga after the rain. The Caatinga is a dry forest habitat found in Brazil’s northeast. Adapted…Extensive illegal cattle ranching destroys core area of Nicaragua’s Indio Maíz Biological Reserve
Aug 28, 2017, 8:00 am By Mongabay(This article is a collaboration between Mongabay-Latam and Onda Local in Nicaragua) Indio Maíz…
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