Cambodia’s Indigenous communities renounce communal land titles for microloans
Indigenous rural communities in northeastern Cambodia are struggling under debts that have ballooned from modest microloans with high interest rates.Microlending as a means of...
Critics push for more transparency at RFMOs that govern high seas...
Around 17 regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) manage fishing in international waters, or the “high seas.”Scientists and civil society members have long criticized these...
In Bangladesh, sunflower grows where other crops don’t amid increasing salinity
The changing climate, rising sea levels and other anthropogenic factors are forcing a vast area of Bangladesh’s coastal zone to remain barren due to...
Tropical forests share similar mix of common and rare tree species,...
A Nature study reveals surprising similarities among the most common tree species in tropical rainforests in Africa, the Amazon and Southeast Asia, with 2.2%...
Forest diversity is key to Southeast Asia’s climate adaptability, study shows
A new fossil study indicates that Southeast Asia’s forests were more resilient to past climate change than previously thought.In contrast to the theory that...
How Bolivia pioneered agrarian reform in South America
Continuing with the experiences by country, this time it is the turn of Bolivia, which had its first approach to the distribution of public...
Indonesian utility PLN ordered to disclose coal plants’ emissions data
Indonesia’s Public Information Commission (KIP) has ordered state-owned utility PLN to disclose emissions data for some of the country’s biggest coal-fired power plants.Civil society...
El Niño and climate crisis raise drought fears in Madagascar
New York, USA, 2 February 2024 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/-The El Niño climate pattern, a naturally occurring phenomenon, can significantly disrupt weather systems around the...
Mangrove crab sustainability is vital for fishers in Indonesia’s Aru Islands
Mud crab fishing in Lorang village, Aru Islands, has been a vital livelihood since 2014, but a recent survey suggests signs of depletion, raising...
Can ‘degrowth’ solve our ecological, social & economic problems?
Economist Tim Parrique speaks with co-host Rachel Donald on this episode of the Mongabay Newscast about the economic model known as “degrowth.”According to the...
Meet the think tank behind the agribusiness’ legislative wins in Brazil
Agribusiness giants in the soy, beef, cotton and pesticides industries, among others, maintain a strong lobbying presence in Brazil’s Congress that offers advisory, technical...
DNA probe uncovers threatened shark species in Thailand’s markets
A shark DNA investigation has revealed the presence of shark species threatened with extinction in products commonly sold in Thailand’s markets.The study identified products...
