Re-peeling the effects of degradation: low-tech application of orange crop waste shows potential to restore tropical forests
Aug 25, 2017, 5:53 pm By Mongabay
Researchers have come upon a new low-tech tropical forest restoration strategy, beginning with…Quilombolas’ community land rights under attack by Brazilian ruralists
Aug 25, 2017, 12:18 pm By Mongabay
A protest against the “marco temporal” requiring quilombos to prove their existence in 1888 (the…‘Science needs to catch up’: Deep sea mining looms over unstudied ecosystems
Aug 25, 2017, 8:33 am By Mongabay
We know very little about the deepest parts of the ocean – and are disturbing them faster than…Samsung under fire for partnership with forest-burning Korindo
Aug 25, 2017, 6:25 am By MongabayAn online petition asking Samsung to drop its partnership with a Korean-Indonesian conglomerate over…Temer pays back ruralists: opens Brazil, Amazon to mining, say critics
Aug 24, 2017, 3:31 pm By Mongabay
Bauxite mines in Paragominas, Brazil, Norsk Hydro ASA. President Temer this week decreed the opening…Good quality monitoring surveys key to wildlife conservation: new study
Aug 24, 2017, 2:33 am By Mongabay
A biodiversity crisis is looming upon us. We are now in the middle of a “sixth great extinction”…Renewable energy to power 139 countries? Scientists say it’s possible
Aug 23, 2017, 5:38 pm By Mongabay
Clean, renewable energy holds immense potential to help us tackle a rapidly warming climate. But…‘Yoda bat’ happy to be recognized as new species
Aug 23, 2017, 5:35 pm By Mongabay
The character Yoda, the venerable Jedi Master from the Star Wars franchise, may have come from a…These 3 companies owe Indonesia millions of dollars for damaging the environment. Why haven’t they paid?
Aug 23, 2017, 4:32 am By MongabayJAKARTA — The Indonesian government is struggling to collect fines from companies found guilty of…Deforestation from gold mining in Peru continues, despite gov’t crackdowns
Aug 22, 2017, 10:57 pm By Mongabay
Tambopata National Reserve is a haven for plants and wildlife, not to mention ecologists eager to…Protests over geothermal development heat up in Central Java
Aug 22, 2017, 7:46 pm By Mongabay
PURWOKERTO, Indonesia — This January, the people of Karangtengah Village in Central Java were…Audio: A rare earth mine in Madagascar triggers concerns for locals and lemurs
Aug 22, 2017, 3:11 pm By MongabayOur first guest on this episode of the Mongabay Newscast is Eddie Carver, a Mongabay contributor…The world’s first biotacide (commentary)
Aug 22, 2017, 3:02 pm By Mongabay
Many refer to it as the Sixth Mass Extinction, but it isn’t. It’s different. We are not simply…Rhino horn on the auction block in South Africa
Aug 22, 2017, 10:12 am By Mongabay
South Africa’s first “legal auction rhino horn auction” opened Monday online, amid a global…Massive highway planned for Philippines’ Palawan Island
Aug 22, 2017, 5:54 am By MongabayPlans are underway for the construction of a massive superhighway on the highly biodiverse Palawan…Identifying the world’s top biodiversity investment returns
Aug 21, 2017, 3:48 pm By MongabayWe’ve all been there: you’re driving along a road lined with trees, when all of a sudden a…Doubts cloud Kenya’s renewed palm oil ambitions
Aug 21, 2017, 1:00 pm By Mongabay
ISIMICHINI, Kenya — In the 10 years Arthur Inzofu has been growing oil palm trees at his farm in…Modern Fish Act: boon to recreational fishing or risk to U.S. fishery?
Aug 21, 2017, 11:50 am By Mongabay
Many Americans enjoy the thrill of saltwater recreational fishing, a multi-billion dollar annual…How animals react to a solar eclipse
Aug 21, 2017, 9:02 am By MongabayFor a few minutes on Monday, August 21, the moon will blot out the sun completely, causing a total…Indonesia’s decision to share vessel tracking data ‘ill-advised,’ some say
Aug 21, 2017, 7:20 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Not everyone supports the Indonesian government’s decision to publish information on…
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