Institutional conflict puts successful Spix’s macaw reintroduction at risk
A successful program to reintroduce the Spix’s macaw, a bird declared extinct in the wild, back into its native habitat has been thrown into...
Interesting facts about four of South Africa’s biggest and oldest coastal...
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are the ‘nature reserves’ of the sea, conserving marine biodiversity to protect threatened species and ocean health. South Africa is...
Loopholes allow multilateral development banks to fund captive coal in Indonesia:...
A new report shows that publicly funded multilateral development banks might indirectly fund captive coal projects such as an Obi Island nickel smelter that...
Traditional foods have the potential to help Kashmir communities adapt to...
A new study documented an array of wild edible plant species that four ethnic communities in the Kashmiri Himalayas traditionally depend on for food,...
In a desertscape in Brazil, science brings farms to bountiful life
Located in the south of Brazil’s Piauí state, the municipality of Gilbués is one of four zones in the country currently experiencing desertification.The affected...
In Mexico City’s precolonial canals, scientists aim to save ancient salamanders
The chinampas of Mexico’s Xochimilco neighborhood host the endemic axolotl, an endangered freshwater salamander. In recent decades, its population and habitat have decreased dramatically...
Women in Sierra Leone unite after devastating floods | Mongabay Sessions
In this episode of Mongabay Sessions, Romi Castagnino speaks with documentary director Ibrahim S. Miles Kamara about his film “Freetown Floodfighters: Women’s Resilience on...
Ugandan chimps are eating bat guano, raising concerns over human epidemics
Wildlife like chimpanzees have started consuming bat excrement — guano — in the Budongo Forest, Uganda. After analyzing samples, scientists found that the guano...
Regions with highest risks to wildlife have fewest camera traps, study...
Camera traps are widely used to monitor biodiversity and guide conservation actions, but a first-of-its-kind study finds the technology isn’t as prevalent in highly...
FORTIS X has launched Africa’s first biodegradable and recyclable plant-based packaging
An estimated 122 million tons of waste is produced annually in South Africa, however only 10% of it is recycled, with the other 90%...
Study to benchmark water quality finds key Amazon tributary in good...
Researchers have found that water quality in Brazil’s Negro River, the second-largest tributary of the Amazon, remains largely excellent, the result of a sparse...
For ‘extinct’ Spix’s macaw, successful comeback is overshadowed by uncertainty
The Spix’s macaw, one of the world’s most threatened parrots, disappeared from the wild at the turn of the millennium due to the illegal...
