DRC declares first new national park in 20 years
Jul 12, 2016, 5:20 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Late last week, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government announced the creation of the…Putting the ‘evidence’ in evidence-based forest conservation
Jul 12, 2016, 3:40 pm By Mike Gaworecki
Forests are vital ecosystems that provide crucial habitat to wildlife and help regulate everything…Amazon turtles imperilled by dams, mercury pollution and illegal trade
Jul 12, 2016, 12:40 pm By Claire Salisbury
[caption id="attachment_187555" align="alignnone" width="768"] The Giant Amazon River Turtle…New orchid discovered in Colombia is critically endangered
Jul 12, 2016, 5:40 am By Shreya Dasgupta
In the forests of southern Colombia, scientists have discovered a new species of a reddish-violet…Can nature thrive in cities? New book looks at changing face of nature in Bangalore
Jul 11, 2016, 10:00 am By Shreya Dasgupta
Humanity is migrating to cities. More than half of the world’s human population now lives in urban…Bolivian expedition discovers 1,000th bird species
Jul 8, 2016, 6:20 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
An ongoing expedition in Bolivia's Madidi National Park has recorded its 1,000th bird species,…Citizen science leads to snail rediscovery in Vietnam
Jul 8, 2016, 2:20 pm By Mike Gaworecki
Scientists have rediscovered a snail species not seen for over a hundred years after spotting a…Pre-Columbian Amazon settlement primarily ate fish — more sustainable?
Jul 8, 2016, 11:00 am By Claire Salisbury
[caption id="attachment_187518" align="alignnone" width="768"] Excavations at the Hatahara…Fires begin to appear en masse as Indonesia’s burning season gets going
Jul 7, 2016, 8:20 pm By Mongabay Haze Beat
Satellites on Wednesday recorded 145 fire-linked hotspots over Indonesia’s main western island of…Deforestation from illegal gold mining spreads to northern Peru
Jul 7, 2016, 7:00 pm By Apoorva Joshi
Satellite images released last week revealed evidence of the first known case of deforestation…New report exposes “network of secret deal-making and corruption” that has kept Cambodia’s ruling family in power for decades
Jul 7, 2016, 4:20 pm By Mike Gaworecki
An investigation by London-based NGO Global Witness has uncovered the corruption and secretive…Illegal gold mining causing mercury contamination in indigenous groups
Jul 7, 2016, 1:20 pm By Carolina Torres
[caption id="attachment_187501" align="alignnone" width="768"] Recent research has found that some…Anti-coal activist murdered in the Philippines
Jul 7, 2016, 3:20 am By Shreya DasguptaOn July 1, two gunmen on motorcycles shot and killed anti-coal activist, Gloria Capitan, inside her…Bunge joins ranks of palm oil users to sanction Malaysia’s IOI
Jul 6, 2016, 10:20 pm By Mongabay.com
The global agribusiness Bunge is the latest palm oil user to sanction IOI Group, the Malaysian…Replanting oil palm plantations reduces frog diversity, but researchers say there are ways to fix that
Jul 6, 2016, 5:20 pm By Mike Gaworecki
It’s well known that when forests are converted to palm oil plantations, biodiversity suffers. But…Unknown, ignored and disappearing: Asia’s Almost Famous Animals
Jul 6, 2016, 1:40 pm By Laurel Neme
[caption id="attachment_187472" align="alignnone" width="768"] Often called the most beautiful of…Three Cambodian activists convicted and heavily fined — but free
Jul 6, 2016, 12:00 pm By Rod Harbinson
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]hree activists standing trial from Cambodian environmental NGO Mother Nature…5,000 wild animals killed in West Bengal, India, on World Environment Day
Jul 6, 2016, 5:40 am By Shreya Dasgupta
Last month, on World Environment Day, local hunters killed an estimated 5,000 wild animals in West…Protecting the animal that eats lemurs — why it’s important to conserve Madagascar’s largest carnivore
Jul 5, 2016, 5:00 pm By Samuel D. Merson
Unfortunately for fosa, their first major big-screen appearance came in the form of the fictitious…Can public-private partnerships preserve the dwindling biodiversity of Lagos?
Jul 5, 2016, 4:00 pm By Kolawole Talabi
“When you’re dealing with organisations that are destroying the environment, you should not be…
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