Delays in land titling threaten the conservation success of quilombos in Brazil
In the late 1970s, the Brazilian military showed interest in establishing a rocket launch site in the municipality of Alcântara. At the Ministry of Aeronautics’ request, the Maranhão state government...
View ArticleAct now or lose the Pantanal forever (commentary)
The Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland, is on fire. This precious ecosystem, teeming with unique flora and fauna, should be treasured. Instead, it is being pushed to extinction by the...
View ArticleMongabay celebrates 25 years with Jane Goodall at sold out event
The popular climate-focused radio show and podcast Climate One, a program of The Commonwealth Club of California, recently hosted Mongabay and Jane Goodall at the Sydney Goldstein Theater in downtown...
View ArticleAfrican Parks unveils $1b plan for 30×30 conservation goals amid abuse claims
South Africa-based nonprofit African Parks has announced a $1 billion action plan to manage 30 protected areas by 2030. The NGO currently manages 22 protected areas across 12 African countries....
View ArticleA receding Lake Powell is bringing Colorado River rapids in Utah back to life
There’s a lot of anxiety about climate change shrinking Lake Powell, but it also means whitewater rapids upstream have re-emerged. Thrillseekers can now run them for the first time since the 1960s. The...
View ArticleFlies, rats and offers of hush money – the price of living next to a...
BBC / Jon Parker Lee “We have been inundated with flies, rats, smell, noise. It’s just been horrendous,” says Mandy Royle, who lives in the closest home to the UK’s biggest waste incinerator at...
View ArticleJoan Carling is 1st Indigenous Filipino to win Right Livelihood Award
Joan Carling has become the first Filipino Indigenous activist to win the 2024 Right Livelihood Award. Also referred to as the Alternative Nobel Prize, the award annually honors individuals and...
View ArticleForests and the Fate of Civilizations: A Conversation with John Perlin
The narrative of civilization’s rise and fall is often painted with grand achievements and epic downfalls, but one of the most understated forces behind humanity’s progress—and its moments of...
View ArticleThe disappearing red ghost crabs of Cox’s Bazar, a conservation crisis in...
Once lively inhabitants of the Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf coastline in southeast Bangladesh, the red ghost crabs (Ocypode macrocera) are now becoming increasingly rare, according to local media reports. Known...
View ArticleGhana to repeal pro-mining legislation amid protests, but activists demand more
The Ghanaian government is set to repeal its controversial pro-mining legislation, following weeks of demonstrations against environmentally disastrous mining, including the threat of a nationwide...
View ArticleBrazil elects record-high number of Indigenous mayors, vice mayors & councilors
A record-high number of Indigenous people were elected in Brazil’s recent municipal elections, a key move to ensure the fulfillment of Indigenous rights, public services and assistance and should pave...
View ArticleLocal NGO RAINS brings relief to Ghana’s semiarid north with regenerative...
In northern Ghana, communities are facing food insecurity and declining livelihoods due to erratic weather, degraded soils and loss of forests. Among those working on ways to unpick this complicated...
View ArticleNew skin research could help slow signs of ageing
Getty Images Researchers have made a scientific discovery that in time could be used to slow the signs of ageing. A team has discovered how the human body creates skin from a stem cell, and even...
View ArticleSewage illegally dumped into Windermere repeatedly over 3 years, BBC finds
Getty Images A water company repeatedly dumped millions of litres of raw sewage illegally into one of England’s most famous lakes over a three-year period, the BBC can reveal. More than 140 million...
View ArticleNGOs urge banks and China to refuse support for Ugandan oil projects
A group of 28 NGOs have written to 34 banks, insurance companies and the Chinese government, urging them to deny financing and other support for oil and gas projects in Uganda. The letters, written by...
View ArticleSearch for new territory led Nepal’s ‘low-altitude’ snow leopard to get lost
KATHMANDU — A snow leopard found well outside its mountainous habitat in Nepal at the start of this year may have gotten lost while seeking out new territory, a new study says. The male snow leopard...
View ArticleMost countries miss biodiversity pledge deadline to protect 30% of Earth
Twelve of the world’s 17 most biodiverse nations, home to 70% of the planet’s species, are likely to miss the United Nations’ Oct. 20 deadline to submit plans for reversing biodiversity loss by 2030,...
View ArticleClimate change and agrochemicals pose lethal combo for Amazonian fish
Among the labs of Brazil’s National Institute of Amazonian Research, or INPA, is what’s known as the “room of the future.” Here, an extreme climate change scenario is being simulated according to...
View ArticleIndigenous leader freed after Canada pipeline protest ban conviction
Canada’s first “prisoner of conscience,” Chief Dsta’hyl of the Wet’suwet’en Nation Indigenous territory, was released in September after serving 60 days of house arrest. While the court order banning...
View ArticleIndonesia investigates suspected corruption in palm oil amnesty program
JAKARTA — Indonesian prosecutors have launched an investigation into the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, as there are indications of corruption related to the palm oil industry. The attorney...
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