Palm oil company clears rainforest in New Guinea
Jul 28, 2014, 10:18 pm By Rhett Butler
An Indonesian Stock Exchange-listed company whose commissioner is a member of The Nature…Over a million pangolins slaughtered in the last decade
Jul 28, 2014, 7:03 pm By Jeremy Hance
One of the world's most bizarre animal groups is now at risk of complete eradication, according to…Invasion of the oil palm: western Africa's native son returns, threatening great apes
Jul 28, 2014, 3:23 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
As palm oil producers increasingly look to Africa’s tropical forests as suitable candidates for…Short-eared dog? Uncovering the secrets of one of the Amazon's most mysterious mammals
Jul 28, 2014, 9:17 am By Jeremy Hance
Fifteen years ago, scientists knew next to nothing about one of the Amazon's most mysterious…No longer 'deaf as a stump': researchers find turtles chirp, click, meow, cluck
Jul 25, 2014, 4:43 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Turtles comprise one of the oldest living groups of reptiles, with hundreds of species found…Seafood apartments and other experiments in fixing Indonesia's fisheries (Part IV)
Jul 25, 2014, 4:15 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Shrimp farms, industrial plants, and one of Indonesia's busiest thoroughfares make up Java's north…True stewards: new report says local communities key to saving forests, curbing global warming
Jul 24, 2014, 7:40 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Deforestation is compromising forests around the world, destroying vital habitat and causing…A letter to Indonesia's new president on his environmental policy
Jul 24, 2014, 6:57 pm By Rhett Butler
Congratulations on your successful bid for the Indonesian presidency. Although neither you nor your…It's not just extinction: meet defaunation
Jul 24, 2014, 4:50 pm By Jeremy Hance
Get ready to learn a new word: defaunation. Fauna is the total collection of animals—both in terms…Desperate measures: researchers say radical approaches needed to beat extinctions
Jul 24, 2014, 3:05 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Today, in the midst of what has been termed the “Sixth Great Extinction” by many in the…Next big idea in forest conservation: Reconnecting faith and forests
Jul 24, 2014, 12:34 pm By Jeremy Hance
'In Africa, you can come across Kaya forests of coastal Kenya, customary forests in Uganda, sacred…Targeted enforcement saved a Massachusetts-worth of Amazon rainforest in 3 years
Jul 24, 2014, 7:00 am By Rhett Butler
Targeted law enforcement efforts via Brazil's green municipalities programs were responsible for…Brazil could meet all its food demand by 2040 without cutting down another tree
Jul 24, 2014, 6:40 am By Rhett Butler
Better utilization of its vast areas of pasturelands could enable Brazil to dramatically boost…Scientists ask Australia to strengthen, not weaken, protection for Great Barrier Reef
Jul 24, 2014, 4:10 am By Rhett Butler
A convening of nearly 600 tropical biologists and conservation scientists has called upon the…Lush Cosmetics launches bid to protect pangolins
Jul 24, 2014, 3:22 am By Rhett Butler
Lush Cosmetics has agreed to support an effort to battle trafficking of the Sunda pangolin.Scientists ask PNG to support conservation research
Jul 24, 2014, 2:07 am By Rhett ButlerThe Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC), the world's largest group of tropical…Rebuilding Kissama: war-torn Angola's only national park affected by deforestation, refaunation
Jul 23, 2014, 8:05 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
The story of Kissama National Park is one of perseverance, vision and disaster in waiting. The only…Peru slashes environmental protections to attract more mining and fossil fuel investment
Jul 23, 2014, 3:14 pm By Jeremy Hance
In an effort to kickstart investment in mining and fossil fuels, Peru has passed a controversial law…Phone-based logging alert system eyes expanding to the Amazon
Jul 23, 2014, 3:01 am By Rhett Butler
After exceeding an ambitious fundraising target to launch a near-real time forest monitoring system…NASA: Sumatra fires in the rise
7:03pm By Rhett Butler
The number of fires burning in Sumatra's Riau Province doubled on Sunday, raising concerns that dry…
- Visit Mongabay at news.mongabay.com
- mongabay on Twitter
- Bookmark and Share
- Mongabay RSS Feed
Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator.
Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.
Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.
DeSmogBlog
Earth911
EPA News
InsideClimate News
Mongabay
SciDev
The Ecologist