Protected areas with deforestation more likely to lose status in Brazilian state
Feb 18, 2018, 6:23 pm By MongabayA recent study finds that when parks and reserves don’t do a good job of safeguarding the forest…Four Indonesian farmers charged in killing of orangutan that was shot 130 times
Feb 18, 2018, 4:39 am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — Police in Indonesia have arrested and charged four farmers with the killing of an…Deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon dropped 13 percent in 2017
Feb 16, 2018, 10:42 am By MongabayA recent analysis of satellite images gives a glimpse into Peru’s widespread deforestation in…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, February 16, 2018
Feb 16, 2018, 9:01 am By MongabayTropical forests Study finds that tigers may help herders and farmers (The Revelator). Physicists…Watch: A minke whale’s view of the Antarctic
Feb 16, 2018, 8:23 am By MongabayYou can now see the Antarctic from a minke whale’s point of view. For the very first time,…Queen conch dying out in the Bahamas despite marine parks
Feb 16, 2018, 7:00 am By MongabayIt’s hard to adequately describe the importance of conch to the Bahamas. Conchs are ingrained in…Borneo, ravaged by deforestation, loses nearly 150,000 orangutans in 16 years, study finds
Feb 15, 2018, 12:07 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — The world lost more than 100,000 orangutans from the island of Borneo in the past 16…East Africa’s Albertine Rift needs protection now, scientists say
Feb 15, 2018, 7:54 am By MongabayThe equatorial ecosystems of the Albertine Rift are packed with plants and animals found nowhere…Webs under water: The really bizarre lives of intertidal spiders
Feb 15, 2018, 4:21 am By MongabaySpiders are one of the most ubiquitous creatures on Earth, found on every continent except…Drones enable fast, accurate wildlife counts, study shows
Feb 14, 2018, 1:36 pm By Mongabay
Jarrod Hodgson is one of very few scientists who have used rubber ducks as part of their Ph.D.…New population of extremely rare ‘red handfish’ discovered off Tasmania
Feb 14, 2018, 11:01 am By MongabayDivers have discovered a new population of what is considered to be one of the world’s rarest…‘Eye of Papua’ shines a light on environmental, indigenous issues in Indonesia’s last frontier
Feb 14, 2018, 7:41 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Zely Ariane, an editor at the Tabloid Jubi newspaper in Indonesia’s easternmost region…Duterte orders navy to fire on foreign poachers in Philippine waters
Feb 14, 2018, 6:34 am By Mongabay
President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has called on the navy to shoot at foreign ships…Restoration optimism: Bringing nature back (commentary)
12:18pm By MongabayI sit huddled in the hide, the sharp winter air stinging my cheeks and making my eyes tear up.…Environmental defenders increasingly targeted, data shows
12:00pm By MongabayLand defenders around the world are increasingly being targeted for murder, according to an annual…Brazilian Supreme Court ruling protects Quilombola land rights for now
11:53am By MongabayChildren dancing at a quilombola. There are nearly 3,000 quilombola communities in Brazil, but only…Bridgestone aims for full sustainability by 2050
11:18am By MongabayThe world’s largest tire manufacturer has pledged to develop a fully sustainable supply chain by…Moment of truth: Study reveals high percentage of illegal Peruvian timber exports
8:00am By Mongabay
LIMA, Peru – More than two years after a massive seizure of illegal timber sent from Peru to…Illegal ‘white gold,’ South Africa’s abalone, pouring into Hong Kong: TRAFFIC
7:31am By MongabayIllegally sourced South African abalone (Haliotis midae), a marine snail considered a delicacy in…Ecuador votes to reduce oil exploitation in Yasuní National Park
Mon 6:55pm By Mongabay
YASUNÍ NATIONAL PARK, Ecuador — A decisive battle is just beginning for Indigenous peoples and…
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