2 years after Bruno & Dom’s murders, Amazon region still rife with gangs
“Unfortunately, with your passing, we have succeeded!” Beto Marubo wrote to his friend Bruno Pereira in a farewell letter a few weeks after Pereira’s murder. “We have managed to make everyone see our...
View ArticleCan iron fertilization of the oceans help solve the climate crisis? (commentary)
The increasing incidence of extreme weather makes clear the stark reality of climate disruption to people around the globe. Equally evident has been our collective inability to meet the critical...
View ArticleWith an eye on EU’s new rules, scientists test ways to capture Africa’s...
Robert Masolele says he remembers being struck by how small-scale farmers in his native Tanzania cleared large areas of forest to grow lucrative crops of cotton and cashews. In an interview with...
View ArticleHere’s why an Arizona medical examiner is working to track heat-related deaths
No one across the U.S. is consistently tracking climate-fueled deaths. One medical examiner has a new protocol on heat-deaths. (Image credit: Cassidy Araiza for NPR)The post Here’s why an Arizona...
View ArticleVerra suspends carbon credit projects following police raid in Brazil
Three carbon credit projects were suspended in the Brazilian Amazon after the Federal Police’s Greenwashing Operation targeted the leaders of supposedly “green” initiatives with suspected links to a...
View ArticleWeak banking regulations leave two-thirds of Amazon vulnerable to oil and gas
There are hundreds of oil and gas operations across the Amazon Rainforest. And while critics have gone after them for reckless environmental damage, those companies also don’t work alone. They need...
View ArticleIn eastern Indonesia, forest bird trade flies quietly under social media radar
KENDARI, Indonesia — In 2021, as the world grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, Irwan watched online as a flurry of new social media groups dedicated to parrots sprang up across Indonesia. When Irwan,...
View ArticleLandmark ruling in Suriname grants protections to local and Indigenous...
A court in Suriname has halted development on hundreds of thousands of hectares of Amazon Rainforest, much of it occupied by local and Indigenous people. The landmark ruling could give new autonomy to...
View ArticleIcelandic government grants new license to whaling company to hunt 128 fin...
The Icelandic government has granted a whaling license to commercial whaling company Hvalur, despite previously suspending its operations due to animal welfare concerns. On June 11, the government...
View ArticleBurning wood is not ‘renewable energy,’ so why do policymakers pretend it is?
Justin Catanoso is no stranger to wood pellet plants, as he lives near four of them in the U.S. state of North Carolina, where biomass giant Enviva has several facilities. While that company filed for...
View ArticleIndonesians mourn loss of Hariadi Kartodiharjo, beloved ‘father of governance’
BOGOR, Indonesia — Mourners filed into the residence of Professor Hariadi Kartodiharjo in Bubulak village near the city of Bogor, just south of Jakarta, on Sunday, June 2. Hariadi, affectionately known...
View ArticleEfforts to save Cambodia’s coast tread water as fish stocks plummet
This is the third part of a Mongabay series about challenges faced by Cambodia’s small-scale fishers along the coast. Read Part One and Part Two. KOH RONG ISLAND, Cambodia — The afternoon sun beat down...
View ArticleHawaii’s birds are going extinct. Their last hope could be millions of...
Hawaii’s unique birds, known as honeycreepers, are being wiped out by mosquitoes carrying avian malaria. The birds’ last hope could be more mosquitoes, designed to crash their own population. (Image...
View ArticleExplorer Shackleton’s last ship found on ocean floor
58 minutes ago By Jonathan Amos, @BBCAmos, Science correspondent RCGS Wreck hunters have found the ship on which the famous polar explorer Ernest Shackleton made his final voyage. The vessel, called...
View ArticleBetter accounting of peat and mangrove carbon to help Indonesia’s climate...
JAKARTA — Researchers looking into how Indonesia calculates its greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands and mangroves say they’ve identified ways for a more accurate accounting that will help the...
View ArticleDeath of Umi sparks concern over electric threat to Sumatran elephants
TEBO, Indonesia — Electrified fences set up around farms are an emerging threat to the critically endangered Sumatran elephant, conservationists told Mongabay Indonesia following a series of deaths...
View ArticleAncient farming system and campesino livelihoods at risk in Mexico City
XOCHIMILCO, Mexico — In the 70 years Miguel del Valle has worked on his family’s chinampa in Xochimilco, a neighborhood in the south of Mexico City, he has witnessed a huge change in the environment...
View ArticleSolutions to avoid loss of environmental, social and governance investment
There are now very few global corporations that deny climate change. Senior executives have finally realized their future as profit-making enterprises depend on their ability to make money on a planet...
View ArticleGhost nets haunt marine life in Malaysian marine park, study finds
Tioman Island Marine Park in Malaysia, renowned for its coral reefs and vibrant marine life, is facing a silent but potent threat: ghost nets. These lost or abandoned fishing nets are typically made of...
View ArticleKnow your salamander: To conserve amphibians, study their intelligence...
“We (humans) are trying to get under the skin of other species, trying to understand them on their terms. And the more we succeed, the more we discover a natural landscape dotted with magic wells.” —...
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