Bonnie Bio helps Kommetjie kids keep Long Beach clean
Bonnie Bio teamed up with Kommetjie Eco Pre-primary school (KEPP) to help keep Long
Beach clean. On 19 October, the school organised a beach clean-up...
New brown bear ‘stronghold’ in Nepal redraws species’ range map
KATHMANDU — Researchers have discovered brown bears in a part of Nepal not previously known to host the species, prompting a call to protect...
In Colombia, guerrilla groups decide the fate of the Amazon
Colombia President Gustavo Petro took office in 2022 with ambitious plans to combat climate change and lead a clean energy transition — a major...
Chanel wanted ‘responsible’ gold. So it turned to a protected area...
ANDRANOTSIMATY, Madagascar — On a recent August afternoon, a conspiracy of golden-crowned sifakas frolicked their way across Andranotsimaty, a settlement inside Loky Manambato Protected Area...
JBS broke its own rules while buying cattle from deforested areas...
The world’s biggest meat company bought cattle more than 100 times from a farm that was sanctioned and fined nearly $2.5 million for illegally...
Illegally logged wood from Cambodia likely ending up in U.S. homes
U.S. consumers risk using flooring products made of wood illegally logged from Cambodia’s rainforests, a recent Mongabay investigation suggests. The investigation focused on companies...
China’s plans to trace wildlife trade risks inflaming trafficking, critics warn
Chinese authorities are considering changes to wildlife trade regulations that govern the live trade in 18 parrot and reptile species, several of which are...
Canopy bridges serve a lifeline for Sumatra’s tree-dwelling primates
JAKARTA — In Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, conservation groups and authorities have built canopy bridges that stitch back together primate habitat, including for orangutans,...
NGOs, officials trade blame as Malaysian forest conservation project is scrapped
With an internationally backed project to protect core forest in Malaysia’s Sarawak state now quashed at the request of the state’s forest department, both...
At least 94 dead as worst storm in decades hits Spain’s...
Torrential rains and flash floods have left at least 92 people dead and dozens missing in Spain’s Valencia region, in what is the region’s...
COP16: ‘A fund unlike any other’ will pay tropical nations to...
CALI, Colombia — The hunger for new, reliable forms of finance to save biodiverse forests in developing tropical countries was palpable here at a...
Colombia decree recognizes Indigenous people as environmental authorities
Indigenous peoples in Colombia have been granted the authority to protect, manage and conserve biodiversity within their territories according to their knowledge. On Oct....



















