Gold mining explodes in Suriname, puts forests and people at risk
Oct 30, 2015, 6:05 am By Morgan Erickson-Davis[caption id="attachment_155638" align="alignright" width="897"] Gold mine in Suriname. Photo…Sung te giac ethics: New wealth brings new responsibilities (commentary)
Oct 30, 2015, 5:00 am By Rebecca KesslerMoney brings many things. It can bring great happiness and it can cause great suffering. It depends…Come together: collaboration key to harnessing information age technology
Oct 29, 2015, 5:25 pm By Sue PalminteriTechnology has played a major role in both advancing civilization and bringing the earth to the…Oil roads to ecological ruin: Ecuador’s bushmeat and wildlife trade
Oct 29, 2015, 2:30 pm By Glenn Scherer[caption id="attachment_155426" align="alignleft" width="768"] Onya Tega, a proud member of the…Clouded leopards traded more than tigers in some illegal markets
Oct 29, 2015, 10:33 am By Shreya DasguptaClouded leopards are being increasingly traded for commercial purposes, and their skins and other…Indonesian wildfire disaster threatens virgin forest in Borneo
Oct 29, 2015, 8:28 am By Mongabay Haze BeatAir quality in Indonesia was slightly improved in most areas on Thursday following rain on Tuesday…Bali’s mountain dwellers govern with ancient palm leaf treatises
Oct 29, 2015, 1:21 am By Philip JacobsonDeep in the mountains of eastern Bali sits a traditional Aga village, whose inhabtants –…Reduced Amazon deforestation may be saving thousands of human lives
Oct 28, 2015, 6:05 pm By Morgan Erickson-DavisForest preservation brings with it a plethora of possible benefits, from protecting wildlife habitat…São Paolo Trafficking: Smuggling Brazil’s Wildlife
Oct 28, 2015, 11:15 am By Glenn Scherer[caption id="attachment_155087" align="aligncenter" width="745"] Fairs and small markets scattered…Raja Ampat fires destroy livelihoods; Sumatrans suffer from drought amid haze
Oct 28, 2015, 9:47 am By Mongabay Haze BeatHeavy rain on Tuesday night offered some respite in the city worst affected by smoke from…The indigenous community whose forest is their supermarket
Oct 28, 2015, 3:36 am By Philip JacobsonOn this rare occasion, the longhouse in Sungai Utik, a Dayak Iban settlement in Indonesian Borneo,…‘Intolerable’ heat waves likely to hit Persian Gulf by 2100
Oct 28, 2015, 3:13 am By Shreya DasguptaHeat waves could get deadlier in the near future, warns a new study published Monday in Nature…World’s protected forests lost 3 percent of their tree cover in 13 years
Oct 27, 2015, 6:06 pm By Morgan Erickson-DavisForests around the world are whittled away as trees are felled for lumber, land is cleared for…Catholic bishops ask for binding, transformative COP21 climate treaty
Oct 27, 2015, 11:36 am By Glenn Scherer[caption id="attachment_154813" align="alignleft" width="768"] Super Typhoon Haiyan, November 15,…Jokowi cuts U.S. trip short as Tuesday rain brings hope of haze respite
Oct 27, 2015, 8:14 am By Mongabay Haze BeatPresident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo cut short his official visit to the U.S. on Tuesday and returned…PepsiCo’s palm oil pledge should not exempt Indofood, NGOs say
Oct 27, 2015, 7:38 am By Philip JacobsonGreen groups are pressuring PepsiCo to stop letting its joint venture partners, including…Uncovered: How Hong Kong’s ‘legal’ ivory markets fuel elephant poaching
Oct 27, 2015, 5:41 am By Shreya DasguptaAt a time when U.S. and China have pledged to take steps to end ivory trade in their countries,…Around half of Africa’s lion populations could disappear in next 20 years
Oct 26, 2015, 8:36 pm By Shreya DasguptaThe king of African savanna is in trouble. Across most of the African landscape, thousands of lions…Cuba moves to protect sharks
Oct 26, 2015, 6:32 pm By Rebecca Kessler[dropcap]C[/dropcap]uba, home to about one-fifth of the world's roughly 500 shark species, moved to…Eaten to extinction? India’s purple frog faces another threat
Oct 26, 2015, 6:23 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis[caption id="attachment_154550" align="aligncenter" width="780"] A breeding pair of Purple frog…
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