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Continuing the legacy of historic Modderfontein

Continuing the legacy of historic Modderfontein

In 2006 when Biodx was looking for premises to house their research laboratories and offices they couldn’t have wished for a better match than...

Activists urge end to South Korean funding of Indonesia coal plants

Activists in Indonesia...
Climate refugees? As the sea warms, corals thrive in Japan’s cool waters

Climate refugees? As the sea warms, corals thrive in Japan’s cool...

As tropical and subtropical coral reefs succumb to bleaching due to climate change in many parts of the world, the idea that they could...
Land use planning helps advance conservation in Brazil

Land use planning helps advance conservation in Brazil

Mongabay is publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English...
Elders call for Indigenous cultural preservation in new Indonesia capital

Elders call for Indigenous cultural preservation in new Indonesia capital

The Balik and Paser Indigenous communities worry that traditions risk becoming supplanted by Indonesia’s new capital city on the east coast of Borneo.More than...

officials arrested for falsifying documents

The anti-corruption police...
Lianas affect forest carbon uptake differently by region, study shows

Lianas affect forest carbon uptake differently by region, study shows

A new study has revealed that vine-like lianas typically infest smaller trees in Southeast Asia, in sharp contrast to prior findings in the Neotropics.Scientists...
Bolivia has a soy deforestation problem. It’s worse than previously thought.

Bolivia has a soy deforestation problem. It’s worse than previously thought.

Recently released satellite data from Bolivia shows that soy plantations were responsible for over 900,000 hectares (2.2 million acres) of deforestation between 2001 and...
Sustainable concrete can help reduce the construction industry’s environmental footprints

Sustainable concrete can help reduce the construction industry’s environmental footprints

Concrete has been dubbed the “most destructive material on earth” and for good reason. “By the time you are halfway through this article, the volume...
The open burning of waste poses grave health risks to millions

The open burning of waste poses grave health risks to millions

Uncontrolled burning of waste is particularly widespread in low- and middle-income countries. We’re generating more waste than at any other time in history what with...