On climate & biodiversity, where are we, post-COP15? (commentary)
There are many connections between climate change and biodiversity loss, and many of the actions needed to meet the 2030 action targets around biodiversity...
For Indonesian smallholders, EU deforestation rule is a threat — and...
Small farmers in Indonesia could be excluded from the European palm oil supply chain under a new EU deforestation regulation because they’re far from...
Climate crisis puts Indigenous Amazonians’ Quarup funeral ritual at risk
The inhabitants of the Xingu Indigenous Territory have had to adapt their Quarup funeral ceremony to avoid fires and guarantee enough food for all...
Sharks received landmark protection to combat fin trade, but the culling...
CITES CoP19 marked a historic win for shark conservation and the fight against the global trade in shark fins and meat, but an equally...
Indonesian ‘island auction’ to go ahead despite concerns over permits
Shares of a private company with the rights to develop tourism facilities within a marine reserve in Indonesia have reappeared for auction later this...
Series of small dams pose big cumulative risk to Amazon’s fish...
Small hydropower plants and small-scale fish farming in the Brazilian Amazon basin are often thought to cause negligible environmental harm, yet a new study...
Q&A with Health in Harmony
Nonprofit organization Health in Harmony has been working with rainforest communities to improve access to health care, education and alternative sources of income, and...
Deforestation and droughts tend to worsen one another
Human-caused deforestation disrupts and harms the environment so much that severe droughts are inevitable.
Climate change is causing significant changes in weather patterns worldwide. The...
Q&A with Ocean Discovery League’s Katy Croff Bell
The current expense of studying the deep seas stymies many research initiatives, so scientists have developed a low-cost imaging and sensor device to make...
Deadly violence and massive graft at Tanzania and DRC mines
Environmental concerns are mounting as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company begins drilling for oil in a new field in the north of the country.Video...
Top mangrove news of 2022
Mangroves are unique forests adapted to live along the coasts in mostly tropical and subtropical areas of the world.Mangroves are in danger as they...
Mongabay’s most impactful investigations of 2022
Mongabay published more than a dozen in-depth investigations in 2022 to hold companies and governments accountable for their actions.The investigations ranged from the Amazon...
