The ape who escaped Indonesia’s blackmarket trade in pet orangutans
Mar 29, 2017, 8:40 am By MongabayKABANJAHE, Indonesia — Zulbaidah used to take her family’s pet orangutan on road trips. He’d…In Tanzania, a surge in sesame farming poses threat to natural forest
Mar 29, 2017, 5:31 am By MongabayNANJIRINJI A, Tanzania – Patches of scorched earth line the road on the 100-mile drive from the…New study provides a blueprint for engaging indigenous peoples in REDD+ forest monitoring
Mar 28, 2017, 5:30 pm By Mongabay
During the UN climate talks in December 2015 that would ultimately produce the Paris Climate…Communities conserving local forest in El Salvador vote to ban mining
Mar 28, 2017, 3:41 pm By MongabayCINQUERA, El Salvador – It's not far from town, but in the middle of the dry season, it's a hot…Paying for healthcare with trees: win-win for orangutans and communities
Mar 28, 2017, 12:48 pm By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_194409" align="alignnone" width="768"] A baby orangutan. Orangutans are…Survey of previously inaccessible region of Myanmar reveals many endangered species
Mar 28, 2017, 10:55 am By Mongabay
The first-ever surveys of forests in Karen state in northern Myanmar — a region that was…Extinct mammoths and rhinos portend a grim future in a warming climate
Mar 28, 2017, 9:07 am By Mongabay
Large mammals living between about 7,000 and 25,000 years ago faced a massive upheaval in their…World’s second breeding population of Indochinese tigers discovered in Thailand’s forests
Mar 28, 2017, 8:20 am By MongabayConservationists in Thailand and the country’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant…A Sumatran king’s 1,400-year-old vision for sustainable landscape planning
Mar 27, 2017, 10:15 pm By Mongabay
Citizens of Indonesia and the world today can feel the impact of two centuries of unsustainable…Two new clown tree frogs discovered in the Amazon
Mar 27, 2017, 3:19 pm By Mongabay
Two new species of clown tree frogs have been discovered in the Amazonian rainforests of Bolivia and…Villagers vote to ban ‘La Colosa’ gold mining project in Colombia
Mar 27, 2017, 2:43 pm By Mongabay
CAJAMARCA, Colombia – Residents of a town in central Colombia sent a clear message on Sunday to…Cattle ranching threatens core of Biosphere Reserve of Southeast Nicaragua
Mar 27, 2017, 11:55 am By Mongabay
SOUTHEAST BIOSPHERE RESERVE, Nicaragua - The Biosphere Reserve of Southeast Nicaragua is bigger than…Amazon land speculators poised to gain control of vast public lands
Mar 27, 2017, 11:04 am By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_194353" align="alignnone" width="768"] One of the Novo Progresso…New conservation area established in the Ecuadorian Amazon Pastaza region
Mar 27, 2017, 7:09 am By Mongabay
After three years of working with local governments and indigenous communities, the Provincial…Colombia’s cane industry efficient but potentially damaging
Mar 27, 2017, 6:48 am By Mongabay
CALI, Colombia – Colombia’s Pacific coast state of Valle del Cauca, home to at least 80 percent…Sand mining ban lifted on beach in Suriname, causing public backlash
Mar 27, 2017, 6:42 am By Mongabay
When environmental activist Erlan Sleur heard that four sand mining barges had been spotted at…Yellow fever is killing howler monkeys in Brazil
Mar 27, 2017, 6:00 am By Mongabay
The deadly yellow fever -- an infectious disease caused by a mosquito-borne virus -- has spread…Military base-building destroys coral reefs in the South China Sea
Mar 26, 2017, 7:33 pm By Mongabay[caption id="attachment_194141" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Sea turtle in a coral garden in the…Damage to Raja Ampat 12 times higher than previously thought
Mar 25, 2017, 12:30 pm By Mongabay
JAKARTA — The extent of coral reef damage from the grounding of a Bahamian-flagged cruise ship at…As Thailand ramps up its palm oil sector, peat forests feel the pressure
Mar 24, 2017, 6:17 pm By Mongabay
CHIMTONG, Thailand - “Look, the peat here is so deep” 61-year-old Preecha Chimtong, a…
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