UN General Assembly adopts resolution to move forward with high seas treaty negotiations
Dec 26, 2017, 1:39 pm By MongabayThe General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution on Sunday to convene negotiations…So long, UNESCO! What does U.S. withdrawal mean for the environment?
Dec 26, 2017, 11:17 am By MongabaySaint Mary Lake and Wildgoose Island, Glacier National Park, USA, a UNESCO designated World Heritage…Combining computing power and people power to identify key deforestation hotspots
Dec 26, 2017, 10:10 am By MongabayWhere deforestation is widespread, sometimes it’s hard to see the (loss of) forest for the (loss…Video: Power lines killing the last remaining Great Indian Bustards in India
Dec 26, 2017, 8:05 am By MongabayOn Dec. 9, researchers discovered the remains of an extremely rare bird in India’s Thar Desert, in…Videos unlock secrets of jellyfish as deep-sea killers
Dec 24, 2017, 2:53 pm By MongabayVideo footage of a Gonatus squid feeding on a bathylagid fish. © of MBARI Scientists have for the…Scientists determine there are seven species of silky anteater, not one
Dec 22, 2017, 12:49 pm By MongabayA study published earlier this month in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society describes six…Selective logging reduces biodiversity, disrupts Amazon ecosystems: study
Dec 22, 2017, 12:02 pm By MongabayCoprophanaeus lancifer, the largest crepuscular tunnelling dung beetle species found in the Amazon…Paper giant RAPP bows to peat-protection order after Indonesia court defeat
Dec 22, 2017, 11:06 am By MongabayJAKARTA — A court in Indonesia has ordered a subsidiary of the country’s second-biggest pulp and…Musicians and Indigenous communities join to fight illegal logging in Peru
Dec 21, 2017, 6:13 pm By MongabayLIMA, Peru — Music creates connections, unites cultures and helps to spread great ideas. This is a…Ecuador eases restrictions on environmental organizations
Dec 21, 2017, 6:10 pm By MongabayIn the last four years, Ecuador’s social organizations have tiptoed over a series of obligations…Experts to China: cooperate or South China Sea fisheries may collapse
Dec 21, 2017, 4:33 pm By Mongabay
For years, sovereign rights in the South China Sea have been an object of fierce contention among…Consensus grows: climate-smart agriculture key to Paris Agreement goals
Dec 21, 2017, 11:55 am By MongabayA Peruvian potato farmer. There are an estimated 400 million small-scale farmers around the world.…Palm oil’s ecological footprint extends to distant forests, study finds
Dec 21, 2017, 7:48 am By MongabayPalm oil, a leading driver of tropical deforestation, may be also wreaking enormous damage on…Amazon dam impacts underestimated due to overlooked vine growth: study
5:49pm By MongabayOne of over 3,500 islands created by the Balbina mega-dam in the Brazilian Amazon. A new study has…Know your ESA: an online resource for Endangered Species Act docs and data
1:46pm By MongabayDo you know where your endangered species are? A new online tool offers access to and analyses of a…Armed conflict was not always ‘good’ for preventing deforestation in Colombia (commentary)
12:25pm By MongabayThe peace deal last year in Colombia has elicited a variety of opinions. One of the loudest comes…Indonesia seeks to slap money-laundering label on illegal fishing
3:32am By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesia is lobbying the United Nations to allow governments worldwide to pursue…The toughest snake on Earth lives in central Africa and eats baby rodents
Tue 12:10pm By MongabayThe fury of rodent mothers may have given rise to the toughest of all snakes. The skin of the…Mine tailings dam failures major cause of environmental disasters: report
Tue 11:42am By Mongabay
The Imperial Metals Mount Polley gold and copper mine tailings dam disaster in British Columbia,…Agroforestry boosts rice and biodiversity in India
Tue 10:56am By MongabayWEST BENGAL, India — For the tough, weather-beaten farmers in the rural heartland of West Bengal,…
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