Forest conservation for climate defense & cultural preservation
“Ecuador had not declared community protected area management by Indigenous peoples until Tiwi Nunka Forest. This area is the first of its kind in...
Who decides on ‘priorities’ for ecosystem restoration?
A set of maps from research published in 2020 in the journal Nature suggested that restoring ecosystems in “priority areas” offered a cheap and...
Another winter of discontent as Kathmandu braces for deadly air pollution
As winter sets in, residents of Kathmandu are bracing for worsening air pollution levels that can exceed by a hundredfold the safe limit prescribed...
Fish eggs return to Bangladesh’s Halda River following conservation efforts
The Halda River, considered the world’s only natural gene bank for several pure Indian carp species, as well as home to dozens of endangered...
Shark finning rampant across Chinese tuna firm’s fleet
Dalian Ocean Fishing used banned gear to deliberately catch and illegally cut the fins off of huge numbers of sharks in international waters, Mongabay...
Avocado farming is threatening Colombia’s natural water factory
To satisfy the world’s ever-increasing appetite for the popular fruit, Colombia is risking the páramo, one of its key ecosystems.These rare environments provide fresh...
As banks fund oil pipeline, campaigners question their environmental pledges
Activists say some banks that have signed up to the Equator Principles are failing to live up to their pledge of properly assessing the...
How coal miners and factory workers helped found the environmental movement
More recent scholarship has revealed the knowledge and respect for nature among workers in decades past.
Rachel Carson, a scientist and writer from rural Pennsylvania,...
East Africa should promote renewable energy, not oil pipelines (commentary)
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) is a planned 1,443 km pipeline that is expected to be built between oil fields in western...
There is not enough land to meet many of the world’s...
National climate pledges would collectively require 1.2 billion hectares (about 3 billion acres) of land, researchers have found in a new study, The Land...
Mongabay’s What-To-Watch list for November 2022
Mongabay’s October videos show how the world’s consumption of products have multiple effects on the environment in various regions and on ecosystems, and what...
Businesses’ deforestation pledges in Brazil have not stopped forest clearing
Forested biodiverse areas of Brazil continue being cleared to raise cattle and grow crops like soybean.
In 2006 a number of companies agreed not to...
