Peru rainforest lost to illegal gold mining eclipses 10 Manhattans
Nov 23, 2016, 8:20 pm By Mongabay
Gold mining in Peru has razed almost 62,500 hectares of forest – an area over ten times the size…Land-use change and management failures in China lead to significant amounts of carbon emissions: Study
Nov 23, 2016, 5:20 pm By Mongabay
A new study examines the amount of carbon emissions created by land-use change and management…Damming the Salween: what next for Southeast Asia’s last great free-flowing river?
Nov 23, 2016, 2:20 pm By Mongabay
"We held each other's hands and moved slowly in the dark, smiling. We desired, above all, a good…Distinctive sperm whale cultures reveal dramatic population shifts in the Galápagos
Nov 23, 2016, 10:00 am By MongabaySperm whales wander great expanses of the sea, locking their culture between their lips and carrying…The Javan rhino: protected and threatened by a volcano
Nov 23, 2016, 9:40 am By MongabayTake a piece of land the size of Louisiana, place 45 active volcanoes on it and pack it full of 140…Palm oil culprits apprehended in the Leuser Ecosystem. Who sent them?
Nov 23, 2016, 8:00 am By MongabayKEUDE TRUMON, Indonesia — On Oct. 29, villagers here came upon an excavator tearing a gash through…Female chimpanzees wait for their turn at the top of the social pecking order
Nov 23, 2016, 6:00 am By MongabayHumans aren’t the only primates who jockey for higher social status and the rewards that go with…Scientists discover the real vocalists behind the ‘singing snake’: tree frogs
Nov 23, 2016, 4:40 am By MongabayNatives from some parts of the Amazon region have long believed that a deadly pit viper, the…American retirement funds contribute to deforestation and climate change
Nov 22, 2016, 6:40 pm By MongabayEven as a new administration hostile to efforts to combat global warming is poised to take over the…Silent soldiers of the extreme, or why I’m glad I’m not a wild yak
Nov 22, 2016, 12:40 pm By Mongabay[caption id="attachment_191135" align="alignnone" width="768"] Yak females at glacial edge. Photo…Small-scale farming threatens rainforests in Sumatra
Nov 22, 2016, 8:20 am By MongabayRainforest cover in the Indonesian archipelago has since declined rapidly in recent years giving way…Humpback whales learn habitat loyalty from their mothers, Alaskan study shows
Nov 22, 2016, 6:20 am By MongabayThe loyalty of humpback whales to their annual feeding grounds in Glacier Bay and Icy Strait,…69m people breathed toxic smoke from 2015 Indonesian fires: study
Nov 22, 2016, 5:40 am By MongabaySixty-nine million people were exposed to toxic haze as a result of last year’s devastating…Military training areas can be important wildlife refuges: new study
Nov 21, 2016, 10:40 pm By MongabayBombs and biodiversity can go hand in hand, a new study has found. Military training areas — used…Peruvian Melka group palm oil production company withdraws from RSPO
Nov 21, 2016, 8:40 pm By MongabayThe directors of palm oil producer Plantaciones de Pucallpa SAC decided to withdraw their company…If you’re in the U.S., your ramen noodles might become a lot safer for forests
Nov 21, 2016, 7:00 pm By MongabayAmericans might not even be aware of the impact their instant noodles are having on the world’s…Peru’s Manu National Park declared world’s top biodiversity hotspot
Nov 21, 2016, 11:00 am By MongabayPeru’s Manu National Park has claimed the distinction as the place with the greatest terrestrial…Over-fertilization diminishes the biodiversity of global grasslands
Nov 21, 2016, 11:00 am By MongabayAt first glance, grasslands may look like monotonous stretches of green or gold. But closer…Amazon oil spill impacts indigenous villages on Teles Pires River
Nov 21, 2016, 10:40 am By Mongabay[caption id="attachment_191100" align="alignnone" width="768"] Aerial view of the Teles Pires River…Fate of Colombian shellfish pickers closely tied to mangrove
Nov 21, 2016, 9:00 am By MongabaySANQUIANGA NATIONAL PARK, Colombia - Along the northern edge of Colombia’s Pacific coast region,…
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