World’s largest tropical peatlands discovered in swamp forests of Congo Basin
Feb 9, 2017, 6:58 pm By MongabayA vast area of peatlands in the swamp forests of the Congo Basin, known as the Cuvette Centrale…Anger rises over human-elephant conflict in Tanzania
Feb 9, 2017, 1:50 pm By Mongabay
On January 29, 2017, approximately 200 farmers from the village of Malinzanga in Tanzania stormed…The clouded leopard: conserving Asia’s elusive arboreal acrobat
Feb 9, 2017, 1:14 pm By Mongabay[caption id="attachment_193071" align="alignnone" width="768"] A clouded leopard in a treetop perch.…Fighting rhino poaching in India, CSI-style
Feb 9, 2017, 8:18 am By Mongabay
It takes less than 20 milligrams of rhino horn to prosecute poachers. This is all scientists need to…Efficient stoves and elephant grass aid primate conservation in northern Vietnam
Feb 9, 2017, 5:00 am By Mongabay
TRUNG KHANH DISTRICT, Vietnam - The villages of Trung Khanh District, less than five miles from…Public criticism forces congressman to back off public land disposal bill
Feb 9, 2017, 3:07 am By Mongabay
Just days after reintroducing a bill to the House of Representatives to sell off millions of acres…Fish magnet boom creates headaches in Indonesia’s war on overfishing
Feb 9, 2017, 12:04 am By Mongabay
Made by human hands, thousands of floating structures that attract fish speckle Indonesian waters…Shrugging off the risks, Laos plans to proceed with the Pak Beng dam
Feb 8, 2017, 6:39 pm By Mongabay
PAK BENG, Laos — At the Happy Bar, on the bank of the Mekong River, the Bob Marley tape starts up…We can expect a lot more rain in a warming world, researchers say
Feb 8, 2017, 3:07 pm By Mongabay
How much rain can we expect as global warming heats up the planet? Rainfall is expected to become…Soy invasion poses imminent threat to Amazon, say agricultural experts
Feb 8, 2017, 11:31 am By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_193026" align="alignnone" width="768"] Archer Daniels Midland soy silos in…Giant catfish clocks longest ever freshwater migration
Feb 8, 2017, 3:58 am By MongabayAn Amazonian catfish -- the dorado catfish -- makes the world's longest known freshwater migration,…Indonesian government moves farther from community forestry target
Feb 8, 2017, 2:45 am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — When he stood for president in 2014, Joko Widodo promised to give communities living in…Resurrected Jeypore ground gecko faces second death sentence
Feb 7, 2017, 3:42 pm By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_193008" align="alignnone" width="768"] The Jeypore ground gecko (Geckoella…These Indonesian villages are powered by locally sourced sustainable energy
Feb 7, 2017, 2:57 pm By MongabayIn a country where much of the rural population lives off the grid, villages on the Indonesian…Audio: An in-depth look at Mongabay’s collaboration with The Intercept Brazil
Feb 7, 2017, 1:19 pm By Mongabay
On the latest episode of the Mongabay Newscast, we welcome journalist Sue Branford, a regular…New species of dwarf lemur discovered in Madagascar
Feb 7, 2017, 3:22 am By Mongabay
In the forests of northern Madagascar, scientists have discovered a new species of dwarf lemur. The…Will there really be enough sustainable palm oil for the whole market?
Feb 7, 2017, 3:05 am By MongabayIn the summer of 2016, two of the world's largest producers of palm oil, which is found in…Expedition sets out to explore isolated, mysterious forest in DRC
Feb 6, 2017, 6:03 pm By Mongabay
Hugging the shores of a lake in a far-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is…Documenting the consequences of palm oil production beyond Southeast Asia
Feb 6, 2017, 11:01 am By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_192971" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Presenter Michael Dorgan in…Q&A with director of short film on The Black Mambas anti-poaching unit in South Africa
Feb 3, 2017, 12:31 pm By Mongabay
In 2016, filmmaker Dan Sadgrove went to South Africa to visit the world's first all-female…
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