How we built a database of conflicts driven by Indonesia’s palm...
Mongabay, The Gecko Project and BBC News recently published a joint investigation which found that many Indonesian smallholders have lost their cut of the...
The Woolies Water Fund reaches 1 million litre milestone by providing...
It is critical to focus every day on the importance of having access to clean, sustainable water in SA, but March is particularly significant...
190 million children at risk from water-related crises: UNICEF
New York, USA, 20 March 2023-/African Media Agency(AMA)/A new analysis from the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, shows that some 190 million children in 10 African countries are...
In Sri Lanka and beyond, seagrass key to livelihoods, marine habitats
Following a proposal from Sri Lanka, the United Nations declared March 1 as World Seagrass Day, recognizing their importance and creating awareness of this...
Fishy business of squid vessels needs stronger regulation, study says
Experts are drawing attention to the unregulated nature of squid fishing, which they say could lead to the overexploitation of species, allow illegal fishing...
Loss of wetlands threatens South Sumatra’s rich fish-preserving tradition
Rural communities in South Sumatra, an Indonesian province that’s two-fifths wetlands, have long relied on catching freshwater fish as a source of livelihood.The region...
Q&A with Indigenous artist Daiara Tukano
In an interview with Mongabay, artist, educator and political activist Daiara Tukano talks about the pathways by which art inspires critical thinking for the...
Deforestation on the rise in Quintana Roo, Mexico, as Mennonite communities...
Mennonite families began to arrive in the southern Mexican municipality of Bacalar in 2001.They swiftly bought land, became members of the local ejido —...
Japan, EU & UK biomass emissions standards fall short and are...
A global biomass boom continues unabated with Japan, the European Union and United Kingdom among those governments providing large subsidies for the burning of...
Deforestation link to less Amazon rainfall tips activism shift
A new study supports mounting evidence that deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest correlates with a reduction in regional rainfall.Experts say this research reinforces the...
New map boosts Philippine eagle population estimate, but highlights threats
The Philippine eagle has been declared threatened with extinction for nearly three decades, but little is definitely known about its range and its wild...
Study highlights perilous state of ‘extinct in the wild’ species
A study published in the journal Science highlights that “extinct in the wild” species, those that cling on in captivity or as part of...
