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Date: 2022-11
Podcast: Forest conservation for climate defense & cultural preservation by Mike Gaworecki 2 November 2022 We have two fascinating conversations about forests in the Americas for you on this podcast episode: the first is the story of how the Shuar Indigenous community in Ecuador recently…
Exclusive: Shark finning rampant across Chinese tuna firm’s fleet by Philip Jacobson and Basten Gokkon 1 November 2022 When Adhi Tayuh Braka joined one of China’s largest fishing fleets in 2018, he planned to catch tuna, knuckle down and save money to get married. To pass the time,…
American agroforestry accelerates with new funding announcements by Erik Hoffner 31 October 2022 Recent months have delivered a harvest of agroforestry funding news in the U.S., just as the season’s remaining crops ripened. The announcement of $60 million in support from the Department…
Element Africa: Mines take their toll on nature and communities by Mongabay.com 20 October 2022 Groups demand end to Chinese gold mine operating inside DRC reserve ITURI PROVINCE, Democratic Republic of Congo — Civil society groups have condemned what they say is illegal gold mining…
Video: Life in the awe-and-terror-inspiring vicinity of the Sumatran elephant by Philip Jacobson 20 October 2022 Electric wire fences set up to keep marauding elephants out of farms and villages in Indonesia’s Aceh province worked well — at least at first. When the elephants realized the…
Podcast: Science that saves free-flowing rivers & rich biodiversity by Mike Gaworecki 19 October 2022 "It might be the highest density of trout species on Earth," says podcast guest Ulrich Eichelmann of Balkan countries' riverine legacy, which has become threatened by a tsunami of hydroelectric…
Beef is still coming from protected areas in the Amazon, study shows by Liz Kimbrough 18 October 2022 Some of the world’s largest beef exporters are still buying cattle that grazed in protected areas of the Amazon rainforest, despite commitments to stop this practice, according to a new…
How an Indigenous family under siege became a symbol of resistance in the Amazon by Elizabeth Oliveira 18 October 2022 Neidinha, Almir and Txai Suruí are leading the fight against invaders destroying two of the most threatened Indigenous territories in the Brazilian state of Rondônia: the Sete de Setembro and Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau reserves.
Heat-sensing drone cameras spy threats to sea turtle nests by Liz Kimbrough 17 October 2022 Sea turtles lumber from ocean to shore to lay their eggs in the sand. In some places, this effort is protected by humans who patrol beaches on foot, warding off…
Expedition reveals the amazing nocturnal fauna in the Amazon Rainforest by Suzana Camargo 17 October 2022 The sun has set, and darkness takes over the world’s largest rainforest. Little by little, our senses become more acute. Moisture sticks to the skin and animal sounds become more…
Wild cats threatened by ‘underrecognized’ risk of spillover disease by Sean Mowbray 13 October 2022 Diseases affecting domestic animals, such as canine distemper, are increasingly infecting tropical wildlife, including wild felids, presenting a threat to biodiversity; so far solutions are few and funding is scarce.
As Brazil starts repaving an Amazon highway, land grabbers get to work by Caio Guatelli 13 October 2022 Even before a definitive license was issued by the Brazilian main environmental agency, paving works had already begun on the so-called Middle Section of the BR-319, the highway that connects the Amazonian cities of Porto Velho and Manaus.
Toxic new frog species from Ecuador named after Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane by Liz Kimbrough 10 October 2022 On a mountaintop in Ecuador, a researcher spotted some spots. The polka-dotted frog, it turned out, was new to science and has now been named Hyloscirtus sethmacfarlanei in honor of…
Thai zoos come under scrutiny again as tourism rebounds from COVID-19 by Shannon Brault 10 October 2022 BANGKOK — A run-down department store tucked among Bangkok’s skyscrapers is home to the rooftop Pata Zoo, where nearly 300 animals pace in cages littered with feces, food scraps and…
Mongabay probe key as Brazil court rules on palm oil pesticide contamination by Karla Mendes 7 October 2022 A Mongabay investigation into palm oil contamination in the Brazilian Amazon has helped federal prosecutors to obtain a court decision this week to scrutinize the environmental impacts of pesticides used…
Ahead of election, deforestation increased in Brazil by Mongabay.com 7 October 2022 Update: Shortly after this story was published, INPE updated the September data. The numbers have been revised accordingly. Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is surging ahead of the presidential election…
Podcast: ‘Destructive & flawed’: Claire Nouvian on bottom trawling’s many impacts by Mike DiGirolamo 5 October 2022 Editor's note: Following the publication of this podcast, Spain’s Minister of Fisheries announced that the EC will allow Spanish trawlers to fish in 41 of the 87 areas where it is…
The force is strong with space lasers helping researchers map the Amazon in 3D by Abhishyant Kidangoor 4 October 2022 For decades, satellite images have clearly captured how rampant deforestation is destroying the Amazon rainforest. But what about the trees that remain standing? What do their dimensions tell us about…
Maasai villages lose important court case as wildlife game reserve trudges on by Laurel Sutherland 1 October 2022 The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has ruled in favor of the Tanzanian government after a five-year legal battle between evicted Maasai communities and the state. According to the…
Catfished: New species described from DRC after mistaken identity by Elizabeth Claire Alberts 30 September 2022 In 2006 and 2010, Congolese researcher Raoul Monsembula collected catfish and other species from the rivers in Salonga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Then he hopped…
Better management of shared waterways could benefit economy in Bangladesh, India by Abu Siddique 30 September 2022 Although Bangladesh’s waterways carry tremendous economic and geostrategic significance for both Bangladesh and India, environmental management issues have rendered most of these routes useless. Bangladesh and India signed a protocol…
Cutting down the Amazon does not build prosperity for most Brazilians by Rhett A. Butler 29 September 2022 Deforestation proponents in Brazil routinely argue that cutting down the Amazon is an effective way to alleviate poverty. For example, the Bolsonaro administration's official statement to the 2021 United Nations…
Mangrove restorers in Haiti bet on resilience amid rising violence by Conrad Fox 29 September 2022 Jean Wiener should be elated. The organization he leads, FoProBim, has just won a series of grants to help protect mangroves in Haiti. In the coming months, he and his…
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