Unified land-use map for Indonesia nears launch, but concerns over access remain
11:40am By MongabayJAKARTA — An effort by the Indonesian government to compile a single map of land-use cover across…Scientists stumble upon hundreds of octopus moms in the deep sea
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Scientists exploring a patch of the seafloor some 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) deep inside the Pacific…eDNA may offer an early warning signal for deadly frog pathogen
Wed 7:06pm By MongabayWhen Colleen Kamoroff and her graduate advisor Caren Goldberg collected water samples to look for…Indonesia to punish state firm over litany of failures behind Borneo oil spill
Wed 11:50am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government is preparing to punish state-owned oil and gas firm PT…Anglo American iron ore pipeline suffers second rupture in Brazil
Wed 10:57am By MongabayThe ruptured pipeline moves a mix of iron ore dust and water under pressure. When the pipe broke the…Earth Day founder calls for end to plastic pollution, upon which 2018 event focuses
Wed 10:54am By MongabayDenis Hayes was the principal national organizer of the first Earth Day in 1970, and he took the…Conservationist known as a caretaker for Kenya’s orphaned elephants dies at 83
Wed 9:31am By Mongabay
Daphne Sheldrick, a conservationist known for her work to care for and return orphaned elephants to…It’s time to confront the collusion between the palm oil industry and politicians that is driving Indonesia’s deforestation crisis (commentary)
Wed 7:13am By Mongabay
Two decades on from the fall of the Suharto dictatorship, Indonesia’s transition to democracy is…Ghosts in the Machine: The land deals behind the downfall of Indonesia’s top judge
Wed 6:06am By Mongabay(Baca dalam Bahasa Indonesia.) Prologue: Jakarta, 2013 It was long after the close of business…‘Boom and bust’ cycle of deep-sea trawling unsustainable, study finds
Wed 5:08am By Mongabay
Fishing in the remote waters of the deep sea isn’t easy. But with technological advancements,…Audio: Impacts of agriculture on Brazil’s Cerrado region
Apr 17, 2018, 6:22 pm By MongabayOn today’s episode: the impacts of agriculture on Brazil’s Cerrado region. Listen here:…Suspected poisoning takes down 11 lions in Uganda park
Apr 17, 2018, 1:50 pm By MongabayEleven lions were allegedly poisoned in a Ugandan national park in early April. Authorities…Response to critique on Conservation Effectiveness series (commentary)
Apr 17, 2018, 1:03 pm By Mongabay
The other members of the team behind Mongabay’s Conservation Effectiveness series and I appreciate…Seek higher standards to honestly assess conservation effectiveness (commentary)
Apr 17, 2018, 1:03 pm By MongabayThis commentary is in response to Mongabay’s Conservation Effectiveness series. You can read…India: This draft national forest policy too gives short shrift to grasslands
Apr 17, 2018, 5:05 am By Mongabay
In 1987, Asad Rahmani, ornithologist and the former director of the Bombay Natural History Society…Cooperative agroforestry empowers indigenous women in Honduras
Apr 16, 2018, 2:43 pm By Mongabay
GUALCINCE, Honduras — The Lenca call it a sacrificial stone, where their indigenous ancestors…Dogs in India are a problem for wildlife, study finds
Apr 16, 2018, 9:10 am By MongabayDogs may be a human’s best friend, but can be a deadly menace to wildlife, including endangered…Colombia grants ‘historic’ protections to rainforest, indigenous groups
Apr 13, 2018, 3:33 pm By MongabayIn a move described as “unprecedented,” Colombia’s president Juan Manuel Santos announced…Small farmers not ready as Indonesia looks to impose its palm oil sustainability standard on all
Apr 13, 2018, 10:27 am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government aims to impose its homegrown sustainability standard for palm…Certified weaknesses: The RSPO’s Liberian fiasco (commentary)
Apr 13, 2018, 10:22 am By Mongabay
It’s late March and the latest news about the future of communities’ traditional lands has yet…
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