Review finds EU plan to curb illegal logging has had little success
Feb 18, 2016, 7:12 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaIn 2013, the European Union enacted the EU Timber Regulation law (EUTR) to help stem the tide of…When conservation efforts foist the cost of climate mitigation onto poor people
Feb 18, 2016, 2:56 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaThe recent Paris climate agreement included REDD+, the UN’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation…To stop the Zika virus from spreading in Brazil, specialists call for an “environmental revolution”
Feb 18, 2016, 11:31 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.monga[caption id="attachment_179831" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A bird's eye view of the city of…After Cecil: lion perturbation, conservation, and value to a global society
Feb 18, 2016, 7:00 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaThis second half of our interview with Professor David Macdonald, the director of the Wildlife…Recovery of Island foxes a ‘historic success’; officials recommend removing them from endangered species list
Feb 18, 2016, 6:32 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaLast week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to remove three subspecies of the…Indonesian palm oil giant joins no-deforestation pledge amid criticism from politicians
Feb 18, 2016, 6:27 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaIndonesia’s second-largest palm oil producer has officially signed on to a pledge whose…Zika virus and climate change
Feb 17, 2016, 11:58 pm By Commentary by <a class="author-link" href="httZika virus is transmitted by a mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Mosquitoes breed in stagnant ponds. One…Indigenous land and forest rights in the spotlight during pope’s visit to Mexico
Feb 17, 2016, 2:27 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaGreen wooden crosses line the edges of the open air auditorium overlooking the highlands of Chiapas,…Ubiquitous microplastic pollution in oceans found to disrupt oyster reproduction
Feb 17, 2016, 2:13 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaWe dump a lot of trash into the world's oceans — so much that there’s a massive trash vortex…“Fluorescent flashlights”: Newly discovered glow-in-the-dark polyps light up snails in the Red Sea
Feb 17, 2016, 8:36 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaIn the southern Red Sea, scientists have discovered what could be a new species of luminous polyps…Bangladesh sticks with coal power plant project despite major backlash
Feb 16, 2016, 6:37 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.monga[caption id="attachment_179535" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Chital deer (Axis axis) emerge from…Threatened West African rosewood species gets CITES protection
Feb 16, 2016, 6:12 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaOver the past few years, West Africa has become one of the largest tropical log exporting regions…Brazil’s Senate could soon be voting against the country’s environmental safeguards
Feb 16, 2016, 3:21 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.monga[caption id="attachment_179400" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A spillway at Brazil’s Jirau Dam.…Tracking technologies help to identify key marine areas for basking sharks
Feb 16, 2016, 11:42 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaRecorded at up to 8,000 pounds, the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the world’s second…Study gauges use of tea as buffer crop to curb mountain gorilla raids
Feb 16, 2016, 9:56 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.monga[caption id="attachment_179335" align="alignleft" width="768"] A silverback mountain gorilla in…Guatemala’s La Pasión River is still poisoned, nine months after an ecological disaster
Feb 16, 2016, 9:16 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.monga[caption id="attachment_179055" align="alignnone" width="900"] In Petén, African palm oil…Toxic beetles and poisonous plants: Study reveals how southern Africa’s ‘bushmen’ make deadly poison arrows
Feb 16, 2016, 5:05 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaIn southern Africa, certain hunter-gatherer communities called the San peoples, have traditionally…Focus on breeding sites and biodiversity to control Zika, says leading epidemiologist
Feb 15, 2016, 5:49 pm By Commentary by <a class="author-link" href="httSitting on his verandah in Laikipia, northern Kenya, Dr. Dino Martins, 38, a Kenyan entomologist…Scientists see like predators to prove camouflage works
Feb 15, 2016, 2:29 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.monga[caption id="attachment_179190" align="alignleft" width="768"] A Pennant-winged nightjar…Two-thirds of the world’s population doesn’t have reliable access to fresh water
Feb 15, 2016, 2:26 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaNew research paints a sobering picture about the water crisis looming over our heads. Previous…
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