Faith in the forest helps Indonesia’s Dayaks keep plantations, loggers at bay
Feb 8, 2018, 6:44 am By MongabayKAMBIYAIN, Indonesia — The village of Kambiyain lies deep within the forests of Indonesian Borneo,…A run-on for sand leads to a creeping crisis worldwide
Feb 8, 2018, 5:20 am By MongabayEvery day, miners remove 5,500 to 6,000 truckloads of sand (about 20 tons each) from the scenic…Ecuador announces a new national park in the Andes
Feb 7, 2018, 2:41 pm By MongabayOn January 23, a new national park joined Ecuador’s 54 protected areas. Río Negro-Sopladora…A tale of two otters: settling in Singapore, suffering in China
Feb 7, 2018, 8:34 am By MongabayFew urbanites have seen an otter. Fewer still have seen a “romp” of them. Yet in Singapore, the…Orangutan shot 130 times in Indonesia, in second killing reported this year
Feb 7, 2018, 5:02 am By MongabayJAKARTA — A second orangutan has been found killed in Indonesian Borneo in as many months, this…Earthquake triggers spawning in world’s rarest fish a few thousand miles away
Feb 7, 2018, 12:05 am By MongabayLast month, a powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the northwest Pacific, rocking Alaska,…Audio: The cutting-edge technologies allowing us to monitor ecosystems like never before
Feb 6, 2018, 2:43 pm By MongabayOn today’s episode, we discuss the cutting-edge remote sensing technologies used to monitor…Fishing with insecticide-laced mosquito nets is a global phenomenon
Feb 6, 2018, 1:54 pm By Mongabay
Fishermen in the Dili district of Timor-Leste have found an extra perk of the insecticide added to…2018 Tyler Prize awarded to two US-based biological oceanographers
Feb 6, 2018, 1:48 pm By Mongabay
It was announced today that the 2018 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement will go to two…Robbery or retribution? Police investigate death of prominent conservationist in Kenya
Feb 6, 2018, 10:28 am By Mongabay
Esmond Bradley Martin, a well-known elephant and rhino conservationist, has been found dead,…Mountain lions often lose to wolves and bears, study finds
Feb 6, 2018, 7:21 am By Mongabay
The large, secretive puma (Puma concolor) may be at the top of its food chain, but it is not always…Scientists find ‘surprising’ connections between tropical forests
Feb 5, 2018, 6:29 pm By Mongabay
Though they may lie thousands of miles apart and house different species, the world’s tropical…Trumping Colombia’s peace: U.S. drug war threatens fragile accord, forests
Feb 5, 2018, 3:25 pm By MongabayThe source of the souring of U.S.-Colombia political relations: a coca plant in Bolívar, Colombia.…Scientists deploy DNA analysis and radiocarbon dating in latest salvo against ivory trafficking
Feb 5, 2018, 2:16 pm By MongabayThe United States, a major ivory market The sale of ivory across international boundaries has been…Carbon pricing could save millions of hectares of tropical forest: new study
Feb 5, 2018, 12:41 pm By Mongabay
A new study finds that putting a price on carbon could drastically reduce the amount of…Safe spaces: Tackling sexual harassment in science
Feb 5, 2018, 11:46 am By MongabayFar away from the red carpets of Hollywood, an aspiring scientist in Guyana, South America, is being…Meet the winners of Mongabay’s best intern articles awards
Feb 5, 2018, 5:56 am By MongabayHosting over 50 interns to date, Mongabay’s Environmental Journalism Internship program has gained…Amazon rainforest hit by surge in small-scale deforestation, study finds
Feb 2, 2018, 3:53 pm By Mongabay
A new study finds small-scale deforestation in the Amazon rainforest has been increasing over the…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, February 2, 2018
Feb 2, 2018, 12:05 pm By MongabayTropical forests Illegal loggers allowed to continue logging in Mato Grosso, Brazil (Climate Change…Indonesian palm, pulp companies commit to peatland restoration
Feb 2, 2018, 11:48 am By MongabayJAKARTA — More than a hundred palm oil and pulp companies in Indonesia have pledged to restore a…
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