Indonesia delays enforcement of widely panned fisheries policy
The Indonesian government has pushed back the implementation of a new fisheries policy based on catch quotas amid near-universal criticism from stakeholders.The fisheries ministry...
The UK’s TCFD guidelines should be only the first step on...
The market is screaming out for a new approach to assessing climate risk.
The new measures announced by the United Kingdom’s Chancellor Rishi Sunak to...
World Economic Forum features Mongabay’s work
Earlier this month the World Economic Forum released a short video that highlights Mongabay’s work.The video features an interview with Mongabay’s Founder and CEO,...
The year 2020 was the hottest on record, NASA says
Manmade activities were the primary cause of the warming trend registered throughout last year.
The year 2020 was notable for a number of reasons, but...
Amazon chocolatiers: Biofactory offers ‘new way of living’ for forest communities
The Surucuá community in the state of Pará is the first to receive an Amazonian Creative Laboratory, a compact mobile biofactory designed to help...
No, it’s not the renewables
The Texas cold fuels a storm over energy policy, even as the U.S. returns to the Paris Agreement and moves toward elements of a...
Chile again rejects Constitution rewrite; experts say no big loss for...
On Dec. 17, 55% of Chilean voters rejected a proposal to reform the country’s Constitution, which dates back to the Augusto Pinochet regime; it...
Vietnam needs to make its fishing practices more sustainable
Vietnam was issued a yellow card in October 2017 by the European Commission (EC) because of rampant illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities...
Indonesian palm oil firm fined for fires sues expert a second...
Environmental law experts say palm oil company PT Jatim Jaya Perkasa (JJP) is attempting to shirk its liability and fines for a forest fire...
Key African American heritage trail threatened by rising seas
Climate change is forcing archaeologists to save as much of Harriet Tubman’s legacy as possible before it is claimed by the sea.
Along the eastern...
Mexico’s first black-and-white hawk-eagle nest is a treasure trove for researchers
The black-and-white hawk-eagle is a little-researched and poorly known species in Mexico, where scientists have described it as a “ghost” because of the sheer...
Morocco and UN Celebrate first-ever International Argan Tree Day
Rabat, Morocco
Morocco and the United Nations will be marking the first-ever International Argan Tree Day on May 10th, 2021. The Argan tree, a tree specific to...
