Deadly landslide and flooding in Colombia and Venezuela linked to rapid urbanization
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana is officially canceling a $3 billion coastal restoration project…The price of protecting what’s left in Cambodia
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Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…Indonesia moves to revise sea sand export policy after court ruling
Jul 17, 2025, 9:26 pm By
The Indonesian government is revising a regulation that reopened the export of dredged sea sand,…Small Australian carnivorous marsupial reclassified as 3 species: Study
Jul 17, 2025, 5:50 pm By
Researchers describe the kultarr as “Australia’s cutest mammal”: It’s eyes are quite large…In the Andes, decentralization fails to address environmental harm
Jul 17, 2025, 4:46 pm By
The Andean nations are unitary republics by history and constitution. Consequently, the push to…Brazil’s Congress passes ‘devastation bill’ in major environmental setback
Jul 17, 2025, 4:22 pm By
In the early hours of July 17, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies approved a bill to ease…In a warming world, can California save its Joshua trees?
Jul 17, 2025, 2:32 pm By
In early springtime in the Mojave Desert, Joshua trees provide one of the few foods available to…Sri Lanka’s plant messiah spreads optimism for biodiversity & conservation
Jul 17, 2025, 12:21 pm By
When the government of Sri Lanka published the National Red List of threatened plants in 2020, my…Open burning of plastic is an escalating public health threat, say experts
Jul 17, 2025, 12:19 pm By
When Tiwonge Mzumara-Gawa was a child, her mother sent her to market with a basket woven from…Now on Wall Street, JBS eyes growth amid scrutiny on deforestation & graft
Jul 17, 2025, 10:13 am By
On June 25, JBS (NYSE: JBS) founder José Batista Sobrinho, also known as Zé Mineiro, rang the…How climate change could force FIFA to rethink the World Cup calendar
Jul 17, 2025, 7:04 am By
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Jul 17, 2025, 6:51 am By
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…Study finds two-thirds of India’s snow leopards are in Ladakh region
Jul 17, 2025, 6:19 am By
Snow leopards are often called “ghosts of the mountains,” and for good reason: They’re…Amazon deforestation spikes as Brazil blames criminal fires
Jul 16, 2025, 3:30 pm By
Brazil’s environmental agenda is tasting bittersweet in 2025. While the country’s northern…From protection to control: Van Beeman and Kaplin discuss conservation in Africa
Jul 16, 2025, 1:03 pm By
In March this year, Dutch investigative journalist Olivier van Beemen published In the Name of…Deforestation in the Philippines may have caused infertile hybrids of endemic frogs, study finds
Jul 16, 2025, 12:31 pm By
In 1996, when herpetologist Rafe Brown accompanied a few biologists to the Philippine island of…In California, an invasive mustard is destabilizing desert plant communities
Jul 16, 2025, 12:27 pm By
In southern California’s Coachella Valley, pale sand dunes sprawl under the desert sun, shifting…Global tracking study reveals marine megafauna hotspots lie largely unprotected
Jul 16, 2025, 12:02 pm By
A global study tracking nearly 13,000 individual marine animals has uncovered a sharp disconnect…As Brazil expands oil, COP30 head urges rich nations to phase out fossil fuels first
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SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL — As Brazil ramps up offshore oil exploration at the mouth of the Amazon River,…
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