Abdon Nababan, former head of Indonesia’s indigenous peoples alliance, to run for North Sumatra governor
Jul 12, 2017, 5:51 am By MongabayThe outgoing secretary general of Indonesia’s main indigenous rights organization today declared…Ongoing mass extinction causing ‘biological annihilation,’ new study says
Jul 11, 2017, 5:07 pm By MongabayHabitat loss, over-hunting and climate change are just a few of the human-induced changes to the…How a mass extinction event gave us the majority of frogs alive today
Jul 11, 2017, 12:59 pm By MongabayThere are three orders in the class Amphibia, collectively comprising nearly 7,700 species. Of those…Trump’s policies could put Cambodia’s environment on chopping block
Jul 11, 2017, 12:32 pm By Mongabay[caption id="attachment_197192" align="alignleft" width="768"] Supporters of U.S. President Donald…Indonesia sues Thai energy giant PTT for $2B over 2009 oil spill
Jul 11, 2017, 7:56 am By MongabayJAKARTA -- Indonesia is suing an arm of Thailand’s biggest energy group, PTT, for the equivalent…Kiribati confronts climate upheaval by preparing for ‘migration with dignity’
Jul 11, 2017, 5:42 am By MongabayHigh tide keeps getting higher on the islands of the Republic of Kiribati – 33 coral atolls in the…Sand mining, land reclamation meet fierce resistance in Makassar
Jul 10, 2017, 2:25 pm By MongabayMAKASSAR, Indonesia — Sand mining in the waters off the southern tip of Indonesia’s Sulawesi…Study: Biodiversity poorly protected by conservation areas worldwide
Jul 10, 2017, 12:43 pm By Mongabay
Sorting out where to create parks, reserves and other protected areas typically involves looking for…Indonesia blocks major artery in haze-causing Mega Rice canal network
Jul 9, 2017, 11:24 pm By MongabayPALANGKARAYA, Indonesia and JAKARTA -- One of the largest drainage canals ever dug through…Adding the voice of forestry to the environmental movement (commentary)
Jul 7, 2017, 2:06 pm By MongabayLast month, over 100 senior academics and researchers signed on to a knee-jerk letter from an…A spotty revival amid decline for China’s endemic leopards
Jul 7, 2017, 1:58 pm By MongabayOn May 17, a video clip showing the dead body of a North China leopard by the side of a mountain…African great ape bushmeat crisis intensifies; few solutions in sight
Jul 7, 2017, 1:42 pm By Mongabay[caption id="attachment_197122" align="alignleft" width="768"] A rescued chimp in the Democratic…Hong Kong officials seize ‘largest ever’ ivory shipment worth $9 million
Jul 7, 2017, 6:50 am By Mongabay
On July 4, Hong Kong customs officials seized about 7.2 metric tons of ivory tusks in what they…Rare fishing cat photographed in Cambodia
Jul 6, 2017, 3:39 pm By MongabayClinging on to rapidly disappearing Asian wetlands, the fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) is at…How the World Heritage Convention could save more wilderness: Q&A with World Heritage expert Cyril Kormos
Jul 6, 2017, 2:23 pm By MongabayThe 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) is convening this week and next in Krakow,…Coal undermines Indonesia’s food production: report
Jul 6, 2017, 1:19 pm By MongabayIndonesia’s goal of achieving food self-sufficiency, especially for rice, might be in doubt as the…Amazon infrastructure EIAs under-assess biodiversity; scientists offer solutions
Jul 6, 2017, 1:10 pm By Mongabay[caption id="attachment_197102" align="alignleft" width="768"] Looking up into the canopy of the…Is Brazil’s Forest Code failing to reduce deforestation?
Jul 6, 2017, 7:55 am By MongabayBrazil’s Forest Code, a set of laws passed in 2012 to protect the country’s vast wooded…The Chinese town at the epicenter of the global illegal ivory trade
Jul 5, 2017, 1:39 pm By Mongabay
When China announced at the end of 2016 that it would close its domestic ivory market within a year,…Study: Brazilian mega-dams caused far more flooding than EIA predicted
Jul 5, 2017, 11:58 am By Mongabay[caption id="attachment_197074" align="alignleft" width="768"] The Madeira River is one of the…
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