Study on economic loss from Indonesia’s peat policies criticized
Jan 8, 2018, 9:16 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Experts and officials have taken issue with a new study that warns of hefty economic…Trump Admin officially proposes opening vast areas of U.S. coastal waters to oil and gas drilling
Jan 5, 2018, 3:29 pm By Mongabay
The Trump Administration has unveiled its plan to open nearly all of the United States’ coastal…Florida’s iguanas falling from trees in cold snap
Jan 5, 2018, 1:06 pm By MongabayUnusually low temperatures across the U.S. are getting to some of the animals in the south,…U.S. zoos learn how to keep captive pangolins alive, helping wild ones
Jan 5, 2018, 12:53 pm By MongabayCaptive pangolins can teach researchers much about species behavior and breeding, information that…Meet Indonesia’s new honeyeater species from Rote island
Jan 5, 2018, 9:39 am By MongabayScientists have described a new species of bird found only on the island of Rote in eastern…Scientists surprised by orchid bee biodiversity near oil palm plantations
Jan 4, 2018, 7:23 pm By MongabayOver the past 10 years many areas of once-forested land degraded by cattle in the Amazon have been…10 top conservation tech innovations from 2017
Jan 4, 2018, 5:00 pm By MongabayTechnology is changing how we investigate and protect planet Earth. The increased portability and…Reef bleaching five times more frequent now than in the 1980s, study finds
Jan 4, 2018, 2:30 pm By MongabayCoral bleaching has accelerated to a clip at which established reefs can no longer keep up, reports…Rainforests: the year in review 2017
Jan 4, 2018, 11:30 am By MongabayBetween America’s abandonment of leadership on conservation and environmental policy, Brazil’s…Indonesia in 2017: A fighting chance for peat protection, but an infrastructure beatdown for indigenous communities
Jan 4, 2018, 9:27 am By MongabayJAKARTA — 2017 saw Indonesia once again fulfilling its economic development potential. The…New ‘ghost’ scorpion among several species recorded for the first time in Malaysian rainforest
Jan 4, 2018, 9:21 am By MongabayIn a first-of-its-kind expedition, a team of more than 100 scientists and students have surveyed the…Brazil announces end to Amazon mega-dam building policy
Jan 3, 2018, 3:53 pm By MongabayAn indigenous leader in April 2015 at the São Manoel dam construction site on the Teles Pires River…Scientists say some climate change impacts already unavoidable, but worst can still be averted
Jan 3, 2018, 2:01 pm By MongabayWeeks of flooding in Bangladesh in August 2017 reportedly claimed the lives of over 100 people,…In early push into Papua, palm oil firms set stage for massive forest plunder
Jan 3, 2018, 11:53 am By MongabayJAKARTA – The clearing of Indonesia’s last untouched swath of pristine forest has begun in…Rhino horn seizure taps into Southeast Asian trafficking ring
Jan 3, 2018, 7:30 am By MongabayThai authorities seized 12.5 kilograms (27.6 pounds) of rhino horn from South Africa in December,…Trees are much more than the lungs of the world (commentary)
Jan 2, 2018, 9:29 pm By Mongabay
There are two important answers to the question “why do we need more trees in farmland?” One is…U.S. court ruling complicates Trump’s elephant and lion policy
Jan 2, 2018, 6:13 pm By MongabaySavannah elephant populations have plunged by 30 percent in just seven years, while forest elephant…Former Mongabay intern, now pop star, launches Amazon-friendly perfume
Jan 2, 2018, 4:30 pm By Mongabay
If anyone understands the connections between music and perfume, it is Heather D’Angelo. A member…Reefscape: A global reef survey to build better satellites for coral conservation
Jan 2, 2018, 2:01 pm By Mongabay
Coral reefs are special places. They contain thousands of species often assembled in kaleidoscopic…In a Papuan district, tribes push to revive a legacy of sustainability
Jan 2, 2018, 2:09 am By Mongabay
JAYAPURA, Indonesia — On a sunny afternoon in early August, two tribal chiefs in northern Papua…
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