Haze epicenter receives environmental award in Indonesia
Jul 23, 2016, 6:40 pm By Aria Danaparamita
The Indonesian government on Friday bestowed the annual Adipura Awards to 143 cities and districts…Military sent to clear fish farms in Indonesia’s Lake Toba
Jul 22, 2016, 4:40 pm By Aria Danaparamita
From the shore, the fish farmers looked on as soldiers dismantled their floating cages. These…Big city living doesn’t stop peregrine falcons from mating for life
Jul 22, 2016, 4:00 pm By Mike Gaworecki
As humans encroach more and more on their habitat, some peregrine falcons have become city-dwellers:…Vietnam is one of world’s biggest illegal ivory markets
Jul 22, 2016, 1:00 pm By Shreya Dasgupta
Illegal ivory markets are booming in Vietnam. The sale of ivory products has increased by over six…Luzon Island in the Philippines is an endemic mammalian hotspot
Jul 21, 2016, 10:20 am By Mike Gaworecki
A team of researchers has concluded that, in addition to being the Philippines’ largest and most…Massive relocation of 500 elephants begins in Malawi
Jul 21, 2016, 10:20 am By Shreya Dasgupta
African elephants are on the move. But this time it’s human-assisted. In one of the largest scale…Study: Drought impedes tree growth, shuts down Amazon carbon sink
Jul 21, 2016, 8:40 am By Claire Asher
[caption id="attachment_187703" align="alignnone" width="780"] The Amazon rainforest is a vital…Amazon, eBay involved in illegal wildlife trade: Indian government
Jul 20, 2016, 10:20 am By Shreya Dasgupta
On Monday, India’s environment minister Anil Madhav Dave accused 106 e-commerce sites of selling…Some global brands are getting creative to lower their carbon footprints
Jul 20, 2016, 9:40 am By Mike Gaworecki
Global name-brand companies are increasingly looking for ways to lower or offset their carbon…Cattle driving big forest loss in Peru’s ‘under-appreciated’ Amazon
Jul 19, 2016, 5:00 pm By Jeremy Hance
When one thinks of cattle ranchers destroying the Amazon rainforest, one usually thinks of Brazil.…Whale sharks inch closer to extinction
Jul 19, 2016, 12:20 pm By Shreya Dasgupta
The world’s largest fish, the whale shark, is in deep trouble. According to the latest IUCN…Looks like Casper: Expedition captures first-ever live footage of ghostlike fish
Jul 19, 2016, 10:20 am By Shreya DasguptaIn the mysterious depths of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument off of the Philippines in…California regulators approve plan to log 100-year-old redwoods
Jul 18, 2016, 8:40 pm By Mike Gaworecki
Regulators with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) approved a…Cargill suspends new purchase agreements with Malaysian palm oil giant IOI
Jul 18, 2016, 7:00 pm By Mongabay.com
Cargill is the latest palm oil user to suspend ties with IOI Group, the Malaysian company that has…Indonesia’s palm oil permit moratorium to last five years
Jul 18, 2016, 6:20 pm By Mongabay.com
In April, Indonesian president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo declared a moratorium on new licenses to…New video emerges of wildlife abuses by safari company in Tanzania
Jul 18, 2016, 5:40 pm By Mike Gaworecki
Green Mile, a safari company that was banned by the Tanzanian government just two years ago after…9 new natural sites added to World Heritage List
Jul 18, 2016, 4:20 pm By Shreya Dasgupta
The World Heritage Committee yesterday added nine new natural sites to the World Heritage List…Indonesia’s energy, agriculture targets could undermine its climate goals: report
Jul 15, 2016, 9:00 pm By Mongabay.com
Indonesia will have to address a number of inconsistencies between its climate policies and some of…Huge cacao plantation in Peru illegally developed on forest-zoned land
Jul 15, 2016, 8:20 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
A massive cacao plantation in the Amazon rainforest of northern Peru has been dealt another legality…NASA images show the Amazon could be facing an intense wildfire season this year
Jul 15, 2016, 4:20 pm By Mike Gaworecki
Conditions created by the strong El Niño event that warmed up Pacific waters in 2015 and early 2016…
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