Palm oil firms not acting fast enough on no-deforestation vows: Report
Only 22% of companies sourcing or producing palm oil in Indonesia have public and comprehensive no-deforestation policies, a new report by London-based nonprofit CDP...
Will termites aided by climate change help drive emissions?
Termites currently have their biggest effects in places like tropical savannas and seasonal forests and subtropical deserts.
In the tropics termites play crucial roles in...
Q&A with author Kristin Ohlson
In her new book, “Sweet in Tooth and Claw: Stories of Generosity and Cooperation in the Natural World,” author Kristin Ohlson explores the science...
Q&A with author Guillaume Blanc
In debunking persistent myths like that of an “African Eden,” Guillaume Blanc, author of “The Invention of Green Colonialism,” lays bare contradictions in the...
Nepal’s mugger crocs face ‘senseless’ turf war over dwindling fish resources
The decline in fish stocks in Nepal’s Koshi River threatens the mugger crocodile, a species already under pressure from historical poaching and habitat loss.A...
Faced with grouper, snapper decline, Indonesia adopts harvest strategy
Indonesia is adopting a harvest strategy for grouper and snapper in the east of the country, where catch volume and average fish landed are...
Humans are dosing Earth’s waterways with medicines. It isn’t healthy.
Medicines, chemical formulations that alleviate much human suffering, can also be significant pollutants, with active ingredients often excreted from the human body and entering...
A millennial advocate pushes for a youth-led digital future for Indonesian...
Siti Aisyah Amini is a final-year law student who attended the World Food and Agriculture Organization’s Committee on Fisheries summit in Rome in early...
Pandemic dip was just a blip as global emissions rebound, report...
A recent report published by the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR), a scientific group associated with the European Commission, found that while...
Mongabay founder wins prestigious 2022 Heinz Award for the Environment
The Heinz Awards are presented annually to honor excellence and achievement in the arts, environment, and economics. Previous winners in the environment category include...
Road network spreads ‘arteries of destruction’ across 41% of Brazilian Amazon
A groundbreaking study using satellite data and an artificial intelligence algorithm shows how the spread of unofficial roads throughout the Amazon is driving widespread...
What this means for the planet
The need for green-focused jobs is increasing, but institutions haven’t fully established training programs.
Initiatives like the Paris Agreement are changing global priorities and it’s...
