A cost-benefit analysis of securing indigenous land rights in the Amazon
Oct 11, 2016, 6:20 pm By Mongabay
Indigenous leaders from Africa, Asia, and Latin America attended the UN climate talks in Paris last…Struggle against mining on Bangka Island continues despite wins in court
Oct 11, 2016, 5:40 pm By Mongabay
Indonesia's Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti has publicly pledged to…Scientists dive deep to discover new fish species at 150 meters
Oct 11, 2016, 6:00 am By Mongabay
Scientists have discovered a new species of strikingly colored fish at a depth of 150 meters in the…Scoring palm oil buyers on their sustainability commitments
Oct 10, 2016, 4:00 pm By Mongabay
2015 was supposed to be a big year for the palm oil industry — the year it proposed to reach a…The island that time forgot: discussing Sable Island’s remarkable wildlife with producer Bill Barton
Oct 10, 2016, 6:40 am By Mongabay
For Bill Barton, Sable Island is not just an obscure dot on the map 200 miles southeast of Halifax,…Ethiopia’s vulnerable tropical forests are key to securing future of wild coffee
Oct 10, 2016, 1:40 am By Mongabay
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]offee is the drink of choice for millions of us. But the world’s second-most…Exclusive: New satellite images show Ecuador drilling next to Yasuni’s ITT
Oct 9, 2016, 12:40 am By Mongabay
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]ongabay has obtained a new, high-resolution satellite image of Petroamazona’s…Fires ravaged forests in Indonesian palm oil giant Astra’s land in 2015
Oct 7, 2016, 5:00 pm By MongabaySince pledging a year ago to purge its supply chain of deforestation, Astra Agro Lestari, one of…Rabbs’ fringe-limbed tree frog now presumed to be extinct
Oct 7, 2016, 3:00 pm By Mongabay
A rare tree frog species is believed to be extinct after the death of its last living member.…Romania announces ban on trophy hunting of bears, wolves and wildcats
Oct 7, 2016, 5:20 am By Mongabay
On Tuesday, Romania’s government banned trophy hunting of brown bears, wolves, lynx and wildcats.…Despite conservation efforts, Tanzania’s forests still under pressure
Oct 7, 2016, 1:00 am By Mongabay
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]rom huge expanses of Acacia trees to ancient Baobab trees, forests and woodlands…Indonesia’s oil palm plantations are rife with spitting cobras
Oct 6, 2016, 7:00 pm By Mongabay
It was a sunny afternoon in North Sumatra when Muhamad Syahrial, a worker on a rubber estate in the…Vietnam sweats bullets as China and Laos dam the Mekong
Oct 6, 2016, 4:20 pm By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_189882" align="aligncenter" width="933"] Left: The Mekong River and its…Brazil pledges to cut carbon, but government policies say otherwise
Oct 6, 2016, 2:00 pm By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_190050" align="alignnone" width="768"] President Michel Temer of Brazil at…Peru’s REDD+ conservation efforts paying off
Oct 6, 2016, 1:40 pm By Mongabay
Peru is home to around one tenth of the Amazon rainforest, the second largest block after Brazil.…Hunting, not deforestation, biggest threat to Southeast Asian biodiversity: Study
Oct 6, 2016, 11:00 am By Mongabay
Deforestation and forest degradation are typically considered to be the most significant threats to…A week of grim tidings for critically endangered right whales
Oct 5, 2016, 11:00 pm By Mongabay
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]ad news came in three for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales…CITES CoP17 closes after key votes on elephants, lions, pangolins, rosewood, and more
Oct 5, 2016, 7:40 pm By Mongabay
Since September 24, representatives from more than 180 countries have been gathered in Johannesburg,…The salmon crisis in Chile’s Chiloé Island
Oct 5, 2016, 6:00 pm By Mongabay
One of the world's major salmon-producing regions has been hit by an environmental crisis. In early…Hydropower threatens Bolivian indigenous groups and national park
Oct 5, 2016, 5:20 pm By Mongabay
Waldo Valer Salas, our expedition guide, launched two firecrackers in the air, producing a loud echo…
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