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...
Degraded soil threatens to exacerbate Bangladesh food crisis
Excessive use of chemical fertilizers is causing soil health degradation in Bangladesh, putting the country’s food security at risk.The degradation of soil health has...
Restoring Hong Kong’s oyster reefs, one abandoned oyster farm at a...
Conservationists and researchers are teaming up to restore oyster reefs across Hong Kong.At one site, they are repurposing concrete posts from an abandoned oyster...
From declining deforestation to quitting coal, Indonesia marks a pivotal 2022
2022 saw a continued decline in deforestation in Indonesia, as well as financing deals for forest conservation and phasing out fossil fuels, and a...
Indonesia’s ‘essential’ mangroves, seagrass and corals remain unprotected
Much of Indonesia’s mangrove forests, seagrass beds and coral reefs fall outside protected areas, according to a recently published report.Indonesia currently has 284,000 square...
What happened in the world’s rainforests in 2022?
There were some hopeful developments for tropical rainforest conservation in 2022.But the outlook for tropical forests nonetheless remains tenuous.The following is a look at...
In Brazil’s Amazon, land grabbers scramble to claim disputed Indigenous reserve
The Apyterewa Indigenous Territory has been under federal protection since 2007, but in recent years has become one of the most deforested reserves in...
