Small oil palm plantations are having big impacts on Peru rainforest
Oct 28, 2016, 3:40 pm By Mongabay
A closer look at a deforestation “hotspot” in central Peru finds oil palm expansion to be the…Record of ancient atmospheric carbon levels can tell us about climate change impacts to come
Oct 28, 2016, 3:00 pm By Mongabay
Over the past million years of Earth’s history, the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide has been…Could REDD help save an embattled forest in Cambodia?
Oct 28, 2016, 2:20 pm By Mongabay
Over the past three decades, few countries lost forest cover faster than Cambodia: over a quarter of…Does the Brazil nut business work in Bolivia?
Oct 28, 2016, 2:20 pm By MongabayIn Bolivia, the Brazil nut is the second most exported non-traditional product after soybeans,…Gold Rush in Bolivia sparks conflict between miners and the community
Oct 28, 2016, 1:20 pm By Mongabay
Northern La Paz - Fifteen years ago, ex-miner Pedro Espinoza decided to leave behind gold mining and…Pledging to reduce emissions while expanding its power grid, Indonesia walks a fine line
Oct 28, 2016, 12:20 pm By Mongabay
Last week, Indonesia joined 81 other nations by signing United Nations Framework Convention on…RSPO loses key backer in Australia: ‘We just can’t trust them anymore’
Oct 28, 2016, 6:40 am By Mongabay
The cachet of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil has taken a hit with the withdrawal of support…Food shortages fueling bear-human conflicts in Bolivian Andes
Oct 27, 2016, 6:00 pm By Mongabay
The ancestor of the Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus) is the Florida spectacled bear (Tremarctos…Global wildlife populations on pace for two-thirds decline by 2020
Oct 27, 2016, 3:40 pm By Mongabay
If current trends persist, the population abundance of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and…Efforts to stop deforestation in DRC may be misplaced, study finds
Oct 27, 2016, 12:20 pm By Mongabay
Deforestation rates have been rising in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in recent years,…Recognizing environmentalists under threat
Oct 27, 2016, 11:40 am By Mongabay
It is well documented that our planet, along with its biodiversity and life-sustaining resources, is…Only 3 Irrawaddy dolphins remain in Laos
Oct 27, 2016, 6:40 am By Mongabay
The small population of Irrawaddy dolphins in Lao People's Democratic Republic is now functionally…Is it time for a moratorium on commercial fishing of Pacific bluefin tuna?
Oct 26, 2016, 6:00 pm By Mongabay
Pacific bluefin tuna are severely overfished. A stock assessment released last April found that the…UNESCO urges Bangladesh to cancel or relocate Sundarbans coal plant
Oct 26, 2016, 8:40 am By Mongabay
Bangladesh is planning its biggest power plant yet -- a 1320 megawatt coal-fired power…Logged but not out: Altered landscapes important for conservation
Oct 26, 2016, 8:00 am By Mongabay
Ecologists have struggled to peg a value to logged forests for the plants and animals that call them…Hectare by hectare, an indigenous man reforested a jungle in Indonesia’s burned-out heartland
Oct 25, 2016, 11:00 pm By Mongabay
PALANGKARAYA, Indonesia — The road from this inland provincial capital in southern Borneo to the…Quantifying the ecological impacts of the 20th century trade in Amazonian furs
Oct 25, 2016, 1:40 pm By Mongabay
Scientists have long proposed that the international trade in furs and skins that took off in the…Another pipeline spill reported in Peruvian Amazonian as indigenous protests enter eighth week
Oct 25, 2016, 11:40 am By Mongabay
Saramurillo, Peru — As a protest by Peruvian Amazonian indigenous communities against oil…Over 200 snow leopards killed every year: new report
Oct 25, 2016, 7:20 am By Mongabay
Snow leopards may be hard to spot in the wild, but they make easy targets for poachers, according to…Palm oil company poised to destroy critical orangutan habitat in breach of Indonesia’s moratorium
Oct 24, 2016, 6:40 pm By Mongabay
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