Seven African countries pledge to protect their tropical forests from unsustainable oil palm development
Nov 16, 2016, 5:40 pm By MongabaySeven oil palm-growing African nations pledged today to protect their tropical forests by shifting…Public hearing concludes Vietnam fails to crack down on wildlife trafficking
Nov 16, 2016, 12:40 pm By MongabayVietnam made headlines this week for burning tons of ivory and rhino horn in the run-up to a…Illegal logging ‘ravaging’ Myanmar’s Indawgyi Lake Wildlife Reserve
Nov 16, 2016, 9:20 am By MongabayKACHIN STATE, Myanmar - At Indawgyi Lake in Myanmar’s northern Kachin State, morning shorebirds…These 3 new miniature salamanders are already headed for extinction
Nov 16, 2016, 4:19 am By MongabayFrom the remote mountains of Oaxaca in Mexico, scientists have described three new species of…Mongabay Newscast episode 5: UN Climate talks and the impending Trump presidency, conserving salamanders in Mexico, and more
Nov 15, 2016, 6:20 pm By MongabayJustin Catanoso, a professor of journalism at Wake Forest University and a regular contributor to…Forest advocates say zero-carbon goals too reliant on unrealistic tech
Nov 15, 2016, 5:00 pm By MongabayMARRAKESH, Morocco – Forest preservation advocates, for decades the overlooked stepchildren in…The people of Ethiopia’s forests
Nov 15, 2016, 6:19 am By MongabayADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Like many countries, there is money in Ethiopia’s forestry sector –…Sweden sets legal precedent with prosecution of Myanmar teak trader
Nov 14, 2016, 7:20 pm By MongabayA Swedish court upheld a ruling today that finds an importer of teak from Myanmar to be in violation…Are conservation policies a driver of deforestation in Tanzania?
Nov 14, 2016, 2:20 pm By MongabayDeforestation in Tanzania is often attributed to unsustainable charcoal production, shifting…Nepal goes high-tech in its fight against rhino poachers
Nov 14, 2016, 1:00 pm By MongabayIn the wrong hands, technology can be a menace to animals. Poachers around the world use night…New frog species discovered near Australian airport
Nov 14, 2016, 7:19 am By MongabayIn a swamp, just six miles away from the Newcastle airport in New South Wales, Australia,…New report: Brazil’s Cerrado could sidestep conversion for agriculture
Nov 13, 2016, 6:40 am By MongabayThe expanse of tropical savanna in Brazil known as the Cerrado faces an uncertain future, as a…Guyana’s government still dealing with fallout over controversial logging company
Nov 13, 2016, 5:59 am By MongabayGEORGETOWN, Guyana - For years in Guyana, one Chinese logging company has been a magnet for…Computing cost-effective wildlife corridors
Nov 11, 2016, 5:19 pm By MongabayNot many people do what Dr. Bistra Dilkina does for a living. She’s one of many computer…Feral pigs, vampire bats, and infectious diseases in rural Brazil
Nov 11, 2016, 5:19 pm By MongabayA new study examines the impacts of invasive feral pigs, a favorite prey of vampire bats, on…Gold mining invades new areas of Peruvian Amazon
Nov 11, 2016, 5:00 pm By MongabayIllegal gold mining in Peru – once restricted to the southern states – is now spreading across…Trump election leaves COP22 climate delegates aghast, shaken but firm
Nov 11, 2016, 11:40 am By Mongabay[caption id="attachment_190853" align="alignnone" width="768"] US Secretary of State John Kerry…Climate change is impacting all aspects of life on Earth: new study
Nov 11, 2016, 4:20 am By MongabayGlobal average temperatures have risen by about 1°C since 1880. But just one degree of…Industry, NGOs agree to single approach to eliminating deforestation from palm oil supply chain
Nov 10, 2016, 5:40 pm By MongabayAs palm oil has become one of the most in-demand global commodities over the past several years, oil…Another 700 hectares of Bolivian rainforest lost to sugarcane surge
Nov 10, 2016, 4:20 pm By MongabayIn northern Bolivia, a sugarcane operation is carving large plantations out of rainforest. New…
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