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Nov 4, 2016, 2:40 pm By MongabayNearly one year ago, on November 5, 2015, a mining waste dam failed at the Samarco iron mine in…Rio Doce: The murder of an already dead river (commentary)
Nov 4, 2016, 11:40 am By Mongabay[caption id="attachment_190665" align="alignnone" width="800"] Rio Doce at Galiléia, Minas Gerais,…Scientists say current plan to protect the vaquita will not save the species
Nov 4, 2016, 10:20 am By MongabayThis past July, U.S. President Barack Obama hosted Mexico’s President Peña Nieto at the White…Parents who say Indonesia’s haze killed their children testify in citizen suit
Nov 4, 2016, 8:00 am By MongabayThe father of a little girl who died during Indonesia’s 2015 fire and haze crisis testified on…Elephant poaching costs African nations $25 million a year in lost tourism revenue
Nov 4, 2016, 8:00 am By MongabayEvery year, poachers kill around 30,000 African elephants for the illegal wildlife trade. The…Wildlife traps threaten lives of Peruvian conservationists
Nov 3, 2016, 6:00 pm By MongabayOn Saturday, August 20, Hugo Vásquez Torrejón was walking through "Ojos de Agua," a conservation…Are global commodities producers living up to their climate promises?
Nov 3, 2016, 6:00 pm By MongabayMore than 90 countries have now ratified the Paris Climate Agreement, which will enter into force…Higher incomes driving Indonesian smallholders to oil palm and rubber
Nov 3, 2016, 3:20 pm By MongabayMost of the attention paid to oil palm in Southeast Asia centers on big plantations set up by big…In a border town, a favorite African fuel has an uncertain future
Nov 3, 2016, 1:20 pm By MongabayNAMANGA BORDER POINT, Kenya/Tanzania - Juliette Hizano remembers when the police arrived. In the…Beyond Paris: COP22, a critical nuts-and-bolts carbon-cutting summit
Nov 3, 2016, 1:20 pm By Mongabay[caption id="attachment_190636" align="alignnone" width="800"] An open-air market in Marrakesh,…From Indonesia to Ohio: the struggle to breed Sumatran rhinos in captivity
Nov 3, 2016, 8:40 am By MongabayThis is Part One of a two-part series about attempts to rescue Sumatran rhinos from the brink of…New atlas bolsters global perspective of fisheries – book review
Nov 3, 2016, 3:00 am By MongabayDaniel Pauly has built his career as a fisheries biologist out of tracking down the numbers that…Nations come together to save Kenya’s disappearing coastal forests
Nov 2, 2016, 8:20 pm By MongabayWITU, Kenya – Dense green foliage flanks the dusty, heavily potholed road in Witu Forest, a…One-Year Anniversary of Brazil dam disaster brings prosecutions
Nov 2, 2016, 6:20 pm By Mongabay[caption id="attachment_190596" align="alignnone" width="768"] The town of Bento Rodrigues was…Illegal fishing threatens Easter Island’s natural resources
Nov 2, 2016, 4:00 pm By Mongabay
Simon Pakarati recalled how as a child he used to fish with hooks that would constantly get stuck on…Nigerian superhighway project draws international attention over threats to local communities and wildlife
Nov 2, 2016, 2:00 pm By Mongabay
The clearing of a corridor for the Cross River Superhighway in Nigeria, which would cut through the…New millipede discovered in California has 414 legs, 4 penises
Nov 2, 2016, 12:20 pm By MongabayInside a dark, marble cavern in Sequoia National Park, California, scientists have discovered a new…Complaint against a palm oil company in Papua held in limbo by RSPO
Nov 2, 2016, 5:10 am By MongabayA complaint lodged earlier this year about alleged abuses by a palm oil company in Indonesian Papua…Myanmar’s logging ban feeds shadow economy of illegal trade
Nov 1, 2016, 8:05 pm By MongabayMANDALAY, Myanmar - Sitting in a shop on the riverfront in Mandalay just last week, Win Nyunt…Nearly $1 billion in forest carbon finance committed in 2015
Nov 1, 2016, 6:56 pm By MongabayThe inclusion of the UN’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation program,…
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