Illegal trawling ravages Tunisian seagrass meadows crucial for fish
The largest remaining seagrass meadows in the Mediterranean are in Tunisia’s Gulf of Gabès, a hotspot for biodiversity and fishing.But illegal bottom trawling and...
Greater Mekong proves an ark of biodiversity, with 380 new species...
Scientists described 380 new-to-science species from the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia between 2021 and 2022.Researchers working in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and...
Venezuela’s hidden runways bring both life and destruction to Indigenous lands
At least 42 airstrips, mostly short dirt tracks found deep into the jungle, enable gold mining activities that undermine river and forest ecosystems in...
Q&A with author Tim Killeen
Tim Killeen is an ecologist and conservation biologist with a background in disciplines including genetics, botany and taxonomy, who has recently completed the second...
Sweltering heat wave hits Sri Lanka; climate change will likely bring...
As a heat wave sweeps across Asia, Sri Lanka continues to issue heat warnings to the public as the country experiences much higher than...
Early release for imprisoned climate activist as Vietnam aims for net...
Vietnamese climate activist Nguy Thi Khanh was quietly released from prison this month, five months earlier than scheduled.No reasoning has been given for Khanh’s...
Melting Arctic sea ice is changing bowhead whale migrations, study finds
Research has found that some bowhead whales in the Bering–Chukchi–Beaufort (BCB) population are no longer migrating to the northwestern Bering Sea in the winter...
A perfect storm in the Amazon A perfect storm in the...
Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish,...
Don’t destroy Earth on the way to Mars (commentary)
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s drive for humanity to become a “multi-planetary species” comes with great irony if this very activity accelerates degradation of the...
Indonesian project shows how climate funding can — and should —...
Three of Indonesia’s largest Indigenous and civil society organizations have launched a new initiative that will be first to channel climate funds directly to...
Marine Protected Areas: Together we can do more
Johannesburg, 25 May23: Earlier this month over 60 delegates from various sectors, including private finance, insurance, government, community leaders, multilateral organisations, and Marine Protected...
An Asian grass helps Mexican farmers build resilience to climate change
A longtime ingredient in fragrances, vetiver is becoming an ally for farmers facing the impacts of climate change.Planting vetiver grass in tropical and subtropical...
