Will Madagascar’s industrial shrimp trawlers make way for local fishers?
Mar 14, 2018, 4:32 pm By MongabayANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — For most people on the west coast of Madagascar, fishing is life. When…Carol Van Strum, crusader against Agent Orange, wins prestigious environmental award
Mar 14, 2018, 3:31 pm By Mongabay
Longtime environmental activist Carol Van Strum is now also the recipient of a prestigious…Chocolate and agroforestry accelerate in El Salvador
Mar 14, 2018, 1:51 pm By MongabayZACATECOLUCA, El Salvador — The waist-high trees in Jose Francisco Merino Umaña’s field have…Analysis: U.S. call to drill off all coasts, economic and ecological folly?
Mar 14, 2018, 12:26 pm By MongabayA 1926 picture of oil drilling at Huntington Beach California, makes clear what can happen when…Mysterious new butterfly named after YouTuber Emily Graslie
Mar 14, 2018, 11:57 am By MongabayIf you’re curious about the natural world, chances are you’ve seen Emily Graslie’s YouTube…Camera traps nab crop-raiding animals near farms in the Amazon
Mar 14, 2018, 11:29 am By MongabayPhotographs of crop-raiding animals taken with camera traps and conversations with farmers in the…Illegal cattle ranching deforests Mexico’s massive Lacandon Jungle
Mar 14, 2018, 10:30 am By MongabayThe last thing on the minds of those who conduct their business on Mexico’s border with Guatemala…Two dozen Latin American countries sign agreement to protect environmental defenders
Mar 14, 2018, 9:35 am By Mongabay
A photograph of Berta Cáceres, a Honduran national who was murdered two years ago for fighting…Hope for the rarest hornbill in the world (commentary)
1:31pm By Mongabay
Of the 32 hornbill species found in Asia, three are currently considered Critically Endangered with…Small hydropower a big global issue overlooked by science and policy
11:47am By MongabayA small hydropower dam on the Kokra River, Slovenia. Almost 83,000 small dams were recorded as being…In blood-sucking leeches, scientists find a genetic snapshot of local wildlife
11:32am By Mongabay
The arduous task of assessing animal populations in the wild takes plenty of sweat and tears. Now a…Debates heat up as Indonesian palm oil moratorium is about to be signed
9:17am By MongabayJAKARTA — Two years after he announced a freeze on new oil palm plantation permits, President Joko…Video: Rare newborn western lowland gorilla filmed in the wild
8:11am By MongabayResearchers have captured rare video of a newborn western lowland gorilla in the wild. The infant,…Sarawak makes 80% forest preservation commitment, but some have doubts
Mon 4:21pm By MongabayThe Malaysian state of Sarawak is committing to the preservation of 80 percent of its land area as…Gaza City residents’ water problems continue to compound
Mon 3:16pm By MongabayGAZA CITY – Red-faced and with his hair still wet, Hani Abu Amirah’s grandson sobbed as he…Cerrado: appreciation grows for Brazil’s savannah, even as it vanishes
Mon 1:49pm By MongabayA view of the Cerrado savannah and plateau tablelands. Photo by Alicia Prager This is the first of…Oil palm, rubber could trigger ‘storm’ of deforestation in the Congo Basin
Mon 1:22pm By MongabayThousands of square kilometers of the world’s second-largest rainforest — the Congo Basin —…Cambodia creates its first marine national park where pirate fishers prowl
Mon 11:06am By MongabayIn February, Cambodia announced the establishment of its very first marine national park, covering…Indigenous women march in Ecuador, vow to ‘defend our territory’
Mar 9, 2018, 1:05 pm By MongabayPUYO, Ecuador – About 350 Indigenous women from across the Ecuadorian Amazon gathered here…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, March 9, 2018
Mar 9, 2018, 12:30 pm By MongabayTropical forests Sabah (Malaysia) protects critically endangered pangolin (World Land Trust). Armed…
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