How citizen science is transforming river management in Malaysian Borneo
Nov 28, 2016, 8:20 pm By Mongabay
For thousands of years Sabah’s magnificent 560-kilometer-long (about 348-mile-long) Kinabatangan…NYT explores life and impact of Chico Mendes, “a Fighter for the Amazon”
Nov 28, 2016, 6:40 pm By Mongabay
Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, better known to the world as Chico Mendes, was a Brazilian rubber…Innovative technology creates safe haven for rhinos
Nov 28, 2016, 3:20 pm By Mongabay
An innovative new technology might be able to protect rhinos like never before. Unveiled last week,…Cash-strapped rhino groups turn to crowdfunding, with little success
Nov 28, 2016, 3:20 pm By Mongabay
There’s probably only one thing left that can save the Bornean rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis…Top scientists: Amazon’s Tapajós Dam Complex “a crisis in the making”
Nov 28, 2016, 1:00 pm By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_191263" align="alignnone" width="768"] The Tapajós River, Brazil. More than…More than just prosthetics: The role of 3D printing in wildlife conservation
Nov 28, 2016, 9:50 am By Mongabay
Last August, Animal Planet’s documentary, Toucan Nation, highlighted the case of Grecia, the Costa…Ancient hunter-gatherer tribe protects traditional forest with help from carbon trading
Nov 28, 2016, 7:20 am By Mongabay
YAEDA VALLEY, Tanzania – “Carbon,” said Mzee Sinze while sitting in the shade of an ancient,…New species of pea-sized crab discovered — inside a mussel
Nov 28, 2016, 7:00 am By Mongabay
Scientists have discovered a new species of tiny pea crab within a large date mussel collected in…Development of Ethiopia’s Yayu biosphere a lifeline for organic coffee
Nov 27, 2016, 7:00 am By Mongabay
Elias Gebreselassie ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The Ethiopian government and its NGO partners are…Can fig trees regrow lost rainforests?
Nov 26, 2016, 5:20 pm By Mongabay
“By themselves the figs could build a forest,” ecologist EJH Corner wrote almost a century ago.…Conservation in oil palm is possible
Nov 25, 2016, 9:20 am By Mongabay
Whereas most oil palm concessions are associated with the destruction of orangutan habitat, at least…Protests against Bangladesh power plant begin in Dhaka and Cambridge
Nov 25, 2016, 6:40 am By Mongabay
On November 24, activists in Bangladesh began a ‘March towards Dhaka’, demanding the…Timber trading platform aims to increase transparency, legality
Nov 24, 2016, 11:00 am By Mongabay
An online tool now allows timber traders to verify the sustainability of their purchases from…Tigers face ‘unprecedented’ threat from transport projects: WWF
Nov 24, 2016, 6:40 am By Mongabay
In 2010, 13 tiger range countries pledged to double the number of wild tigers by 2022 – the next…Peru rainforest lost to illegal gold mining eclipses 10 Manhattans
Nov 23, 2016, 8:20 pm By Mongabay
Gold mining in Peru has razed almost 62,500 hectares of forest – an area over ten times the size…Land-use change and management failures in China lead to significant amounts of carbon emissions: Study
Nov 23, 2016, 5:20 pm By Mongabay
A new study examines the amount of carbon emissions created by land-use change and management…Damming the Salween: what next for Southeast Asia’s last great free-flowing river?
Nov 23, 2016, 2:20 pm By Mongabay
"We held each other's hands and moved slowly in the dark, smiling. We desired, above all, a good…Distinctive sperm whale cultures reveal dramatic population shifts in the Galápagos
Nov 23, 2016, 10:00 am By MongabaySperm whales wander great expanses of the sea, locking their culture between their lips and carrying…The Javan rhino: protected and threatened by a volcano
Nov 23, 2016, 9:40 am By MongabayTake a piece of land the size of Louisiana, place 45 active volcanoes on it and pack it full of 140…Palm oil culprits apprehended in the Leuser Ecosystem. Who sent them?
Nov 23, 2016, 8:00 am By MongabayKEUDE TRUMON, Indonesia — On Oct. 29, villagers here came upon an excavator tearing a gash through…
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