Study finds logging helps black rats invade tropical rainforests, push native species out
Feb 5, 2016, 2:32 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaA new study shows that in addition to degrading and destroying habitat that wildlife depend on,…Prospective Congo palm oil plantation wrecking prime great ape habitat
Feb 5, 2016, 12:57 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.monga[caption id="attachment_177902" align="alignleft" width="768"] Forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis)…Norway pledges $50m to fund Indonesia’s peat restoration
Feb 5, 2016, 8:32 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaThe government of Norway announced on Wednesday it would continue its environmental funding…Researchers find the world’s forests are fragmenting at a quick pace
Feb 4, 2016, 5:12 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaRecent research by the U.S. Forest Service finds that the world lost interior forest at three times…The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund just announced a groundbreaking human rights policy
Feb 4, 2016, 5:12 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaNorway’s pension fund, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, has made it clear that it…Rare video: young orangutan and gibbon play together in the Borneo jungle
Feb 4, 2016, 4:58 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.monga[caption id="attachment_177742" align="alignnone" width="780"] Fio’s mother keeps watch whilst the…Fires burned 26% of forestry giant’s South Sumatra plantations in 2015
Feb 4, 2016, 3:20 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaPeat fires burned 293,065 hectares of land within concessions managed by Asia Pulp & Paper (APP)…A railroad that crosses the Amazon could be an unfeasible, expensive dream for Peru
Feb 4, 2016, 10:12 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.monga[caption id="attachment_177538" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Illegal gold miners have benefited…Two new jewel-eyed tree frog species discovered in Taiwan, display strange reproductive behavior
Feb 4, 2016, 8:03 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaIn the island country of Taiwan, researchers have identified two new species of tree frogs with…With haze threatening return, Indonesian forestry giant pushes peatlands restoration model
Feb 4, 2016, 2:01 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaLast year some two million hectares of land in Indonesia went up in flames across Sumatra, Borneo,…How are NGOs innovating to reach palm oil financiers and companies?
Feb 4, 2016, 12:06 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaPart four in a five-part series on the attitudes of palm oil financiers towards company…Lack of land rights for local communities could scare away investment
Feb 3, 2016, 6:15 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaResearch has shown that land held by indigenous and local communities tends to be more effectively…Oil extraction threatens to expand further into Ecuadorean rainforest under new 20-year contract
Feb 3, 2016, 9:41 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.monga[caption id="attachment_177384" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Oil blocks 79 and 83 in Sápara…Previously undiscovered lion population found in Ethiopia
Feb 3, 2016, 2:38 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaIn a remote part of northwestern Ethiopia, in Alatash National Park, wildlife conservationists have…Primate-Watching: In the Year of the Monkey, let’s build a Conservation Movement
Feb 3, 2016, 1:24 am By Commentary by <a class="author-link" href="httRuss Mittermeier, long-time Chair of the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group and Executive Vice-Chair…New deforestation hotspot threatens southern Peru’s tremendous biodiversity
Feb 2, 2016, 7:45 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaThe lower Las Piedras River, in the far west Amazon rainforests of the Madre de Dios region of…Managing fish stock –and fishermen– along Brazil’s Canaticu River
Feb 2, 2016, 11:04 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.monga[caption id="attachment_177266" align="alignnone" width="800"] Ribeirinhos setting out to fish along…Studying Cecil: development and deployment of lion-tracking technology
Feb 2, 2016, 8:20 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaSix months after Cecil the Lion was shot by an American bow hunter, the furor about his death has…India has most cases of social and environmental conflict, according to environmental justice atlas
Feb 2, 2016, 7:24 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaOften-controversial developmental projects, such as hydropower plants and mining activities, are…Do poor environmental practices affect palm oil firms’ bottom lines on a scale meaningful for investors and financiers?
Feb 1, 2016, 11:21 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaPart two in a five-part series on the attitudes of palm oil financiers towards company…
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