Cattle ranching threatens core of Biosphere Reserve of Southeast Nicaragua
Mar 27, 2017, 11:55 am By Mongabay
SOUTHEAST BIOSPHERE RESERVE, Nicaragua - The Biosphere Reserve of Southeast Nicaragua is bigger than…Amazon land speculators poised to gain control of vast public lands
Mar 27, 2017, 11:04 am By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_194353" align="alignnone" width="768"] One of the Novo Progresso…New conservation area established in the Ecuadorian Amazon Pastaza region
Mar 27, 2017, 7:09 am By Mongabay
After three years of working with local governments and indigenous communities, the Provincial…Colombia’s cane industry efficient but potentially damaging
Mar 27, 2017, 6:48 am By Mongabay
CALI, Colombia – Colombia’s Pacific coast state of Valle del Cauca, home to at least 80 percent…Sand mining ban lifted on beach in Suriname, causing public backlash
Mar 27, 2017, 6:42 am By Mongabay
When environmental activist Erlan Sleur heard that four sand mining barges had been spotted at…Yellow fever is killing howler monkeys in Brazil
Mar 27, 2017, 6:00 am By Mongabay
The deadly yellow fever -- an infectious disease caused by a mosquito-borne virus -- has spread…Military base-building destroys coral reefs in the South China Sea
Mar 26, 2017, 7:33 pm By Mongabay[caption id="attachment_194141" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Sea turtle in a coral garden in the…Damage to Raja Ampat 12 times higher than previously thought
Mar 25, 2017, 12:30 pm By Mongabay
JAKARTA — The extent of coral reef damage from the grounding of a Bahamian-flagged cruise ship at…As Thailand ramps up its palm oil sector, peat forests feel the pressure
Mar 24, 2017, 6:17 pm By Mongabay
CHIMTONG, Thailand - “Look, the peat here is so deep” 61-year-old Preecha Chimtong, a…Panama’s Barro Blanco dam to begin operation, indigenous pleas refused
Mar 24, 2017, 1:36 pm By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_194283" align="alignnone" width="768"] Ngäbe-Bugle community members canoe…Will Madagascar lose its most iconic primate?
Mar 24, 2017, 11:41 am By Mongabay
One of the most iconic primate species on the planet is quickly disappearing. Once widely…A Czech zoo is dehorning its rhinos
Mar 24, 2017, 5:21 am By MongabayEarlier this month, poachers broke into a zoo near Paris, shot a 4-year-old male white rhino thrice…New cave catfish threatened by deforestation, mining, pollution
Mar 23, 2017, 5:45 pm By Mongabay
Scientists have discovered the first entirely cave-dwelling armored catfish of the Callichthyidae…Downstream from a coal mine, villages in Indonesian Borneo suffer from water pollution
Mar 23, 2017, 2:11 pm By Mongabay
"The Santan River is the lifeblood of the people of Santan Ilir, Santan Tengah and Santan Hulu…Jokowi reiterates commitment to indigenous rights
Mar 23, 2017, 10:44 am By Mongabay
Indonesian President Joko Widodo addressed a contingent of indigenous leaders in Jakarta on…World Bank exits controversial Angostura goldmine project in Colombian moorland
Mar 23, 2017, 8:06 am By Mongabay
BOGOTÁ – A four year-old complaint against global mining company Eco Oro Minerals Corp. has…Marine protected areas suffer from lack of funds, staff
Mar 22, 2017, 7:19 pm By Mongabay
Countries across the world created some of the largest marine protected areas (MPAs) last year, some…Plans to mine coal in South African protected area trigger conservation battle
Mar 22, 2017, 7:15 pm By MongabayA South African court ruling this month put the brakes on the approval of a coal station in the…Probing rural poachers in Africa: Why do they poach?
Mar 22, 2017, 10:02 am By Mongabay
A new study published in Conservation and Society probes self-admitted poachers living around Ruaha…Aggressive forest protection needed to meet US climate goals
Mar 21, 2017, 5:28 pm By Mongabay
A report released today, on the International Day of Forests, finds that forest protection in the…
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