What’s all the brouhaha over bottom trawling?
A new episode of “Mongabay Explains” examines the controversial fishing method known as bottom trawling, in which vessels drag a net across the seafloor...
Q&A with young Indigenous activist Samela Sateré Mawé
Samela Sateré Mawé, a leading voice among Brazil’s Indigenous youth, spoke to Mongabay about the importance of social media to Indigenous peoples as a...
10 notable books on conservation and the environment published in 2022
The books on this year’s list center on some of the knottiest problems facing humanity, from climate change to biodiversity loss to the spillover...
Guatemala landfill feeds ‘trash islands’ hundreds of miles away in Honduras
An estimated 20,000 metric tons of trash from the Guatemala City landfill flows down the Motagua River into the Caribbean each year, where it...
Vaping and smoking drive environmental harm from farm to fingertip
Electronic cigarettes heavily marketed via single-use flavored products are increasingly popular. These products require disposal of large amounts of hazardous waste, including huge quantities...
Unsustainable fishing to be banned in Irrawaddy dolphin’s Bornean sanctuary
Indonesia’s fisheries ministry is working with a conservation NGO to draw up plans prohibiting fishing gear considered dangerous to critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins in...
Mongabay’s ‘Must Listen’ Podcast List for 2022
2022 was an exciting year for Mongabay’s podcast team, with a brand-new season of the long-form, exploratory series “Mongabay Explores,” diving into the island...
California’s network of marine protected areas must be strengthened and expanded...
During December 2022, California is holding its first 10-year review of its marine protected areas network, to be used to inform the network’s future.Previously,...
Mexican restoration dominated by non-environmental interests
Mexico is one of the 12 most biodiverse countries in the world, yet more than 50% of the country’s land is degraded and deforested,...
In Liberia, a gold boom leads to unregulated mining and ailing...
Liberia has abundant mineral resources and legislation aimed at preventing the most environmentally destructive forms of mining but little capacity to enforce those regulations.In...
Strong marine protected areas credited with manta ray surge in Indonesia
Manta ray populations are thriving in Indonesia’s Raja Ampat archipelago, a new population assessment shows, highlighting the importance of marine protected areas to the...
Landmark bill will ban the shark fin trade in the US
On Dec. 15, the U.S. Senate passed legislation that will ban the shark fin trade within the nation.It’s estimated that fins from as many...
