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22 March is World Water Day – conservation is essential to our survival – what can we do?

22 March is World Water Day – conservation is essential to...

22 March is World Water Day, which is all about the love of water. Our most valuable natural resource is the source of all...
Raising cattle on native grasses in the U.S. benefits farmers, wildlife and the soil

Raising cattle on native grasses in the U.S. benefits farmers, wildlife...

Reintroducing native grasses to farms could benefit cattle farmers as well as birds in the eastern part of the United States. Early on a cool...

How one of Indonesia’s biggest companies cut a secret deal to...

In the leadup to the release of the second installment of Indonesia for Sale, Mongabay’s collaboration with The Gecko Project, we are republishing “The...
UN focus on plant health, crucial for boosting food security worldwide

UN focus on plant health, crucial for boosting food security worldwide

NEW YORK, USA, le 13th May 2022 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/On the very first International Day of Plant Health, marked on Thursday, the UN Food...

Traditional landowners reject mining exploration bid in Bougainville

Ahead of next year’s referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea, the government of the autonomous region of Bougainville believes reopening the Panguna copper...
This is how halving the US’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 can be done

This is how halving the US’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030...

The tasks ahead are significant, yet given effective policies they can be achieved, scientists say. The United States has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas...

Kaziranga’s rhino census finds the population is growing, but more slowly...

Kaziranga National Park in India’s Assam state is home to the majority of the world’s greater one-horned rhinos.A census completed in March counted 2,413...
We need to reconfigure plastic usage with ingenuity

We need to reconfigure plastic usage with ingenuity

Reducing plastic waste requires thoughtful, yet bold steps. Where to start? Conscious consumers and governments are sending a consistent and resounding message to businesses: ditch...

Conservationist known as a caretaker for Kenya’s orphaned elephants dies at...

Conservationist Daphne Sheldrick died of breast cancer on April 12, according to the conservation organization she founded.Born in Kenya, she spent her life working...
In restoring polluted rivers, Indonesia looks at restocking endemic fish

In restoring polluted rivers, Indonesia looks at restocking endemic fish

Two reported mudflows overflowed the Serayu River on the Indonesian island of Java within the space of a week earlier this year, mucking its...

Cities worldwide use photo app technology to compete in nature observation...

The third-annual City Nature Challenge takes place this weekend, April 27-30, 2018, giving nature lovers in cities around the globe a chance to compete...
Sri Lankan environmental policy failures helped fuel people power revolution

Sri Lankan environmental policy failures helped fuel people power revolution

Mismanagement of environmental concerns contributed to the unpopularity and eventual resignation, in the face of popular protests, of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka’s president.While Rajapaksa’s...