In Sierra Leone’s fishing villages, a reality check for climate aid
In April, Mongabay’s Ashoka Mukpo visited the Sherbro estuary, a sprawling riverine ecosystem of mangroves and coastal fishing villages on the Sierra Leonean coastline.Like...
A new method can rid drinking water of toxic ‘forever chemicals’
The molecular destruction of PFAS increases from 10% to nearly 100% in an ultraviolet water-treatment method.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large group...
Insects may feel pain, evidence shows
We surveyed more than 300 scientific studies and found evidence that at least some insects feel pain.
At least a trillion insects are killed annually for food...
A hardier coffee plant could save yields worldwide from climate change
Cultivated and wild coffee plants alike are facing various threats, a changing climate high among them.
Coffee is one of the most popular beverages in...
Dalian Ocean Fishing, subject of Mongabay probe, now sanctioned by U.S.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control recently announced sanctions on Chinese individuals and companies allegedly involved in human rights...
Amazon-produced cacao offers climate solutions
Cacao plantations in the Brazilian state of Pará have helped to recover about 150,000 hectares (370,660 acres) of degraded land in the last 25...
In Brazil’s agricultural heartland, rivers run dry as monoculture advances
The Paraná River Basin has suffered an unprecedented drought since 2021, affecting hydropower generation, river-borne food shipments, and freshwater supplies for 40 million people...
Nearly half of replanted trees die, but careful site selection can...
A recent survey of reforestation efforts in South and Southeast Asia found that about half of trees planted as part of such projects died...
Wildfires are climbing up the snowiest mountains of the western U.S.
Forest fires are getting larger and hotter in the western U.S., shrinking the mountain snowpacks vital to communities and ecosystems.When a wildfire burns on...
Trafficking and habitat loss spell doom for Bangladesh’s western hoolock gibbons
The western hoolock gibbon is a globally endangered species but in Bangladesh is considered critically endangered, due to continued habitat depletion, hunting and trafficking.According...
Airbus Foundation looks to put satellites to new biodiversity conservation uses
The Connected Conservation Foundation and the Airbus Foundation are currently accepting proposals for an award to support the use of satellite imagery for biodiversity...
The Kichwa people going up against Petroecuador
In 1985, a road opened through the Kichwa community of Sinchiruco, in the northern Ecuadorian Amazon. With it came the Guanta 1 oil platform,...
