Carbon catch and release: Study finds bottom trawlers stir up seabed...
New research suggests that bottom trawling stirs up large amounts of carbon from the seabed and releases 55-60% of this carbon into the atmosphere...
Indigenous effort in Bangladesh helps reverse endangered fish’s slide to extinction
Unchecked logging and quarrying of rocks from streambeds in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts led to springs drying up and populations of putitor mahseer fish,...
Western hoolock gibbon conservation in Bangladesh urgently needs funding (commentary)
Western hoolock gibbons play an important role in seed dispersal for forest regeneration in northeastern India, western Myanmar, and eastern Bangladesh.But the species is...
Africa’s largest vulture relocation marks a conservation milestone
The first phase of a project to secure the future of wild vulture populations in southern Africa has been successfully completed with 160 Cape...
Why the Amazon’s small streams have a major impact on its...
An unprecedented time-series study in the basin of the Tapajós River, a major tributary of the Amazon, assesses the level of degradation of small...
Study: Burning wood pellets for energy endangers local communities’ health
A new peer-reviewed study quantifies broadly for the first time the air pollution and public health impacts across the United States from both manufacturing...
Agrarian reform agencies and national land registry systems in the Pan...
Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish,...
Guyana Amerindian communities fear Venezuela’s move to annex oil-rich region
In Decemer, Venezuela’s president announced a series of measures and legislation to formalize the country’s possession of the oil-rich Essequibo region in Guyana, which...
Recycle and Win Big! The Ultimate School Recycling Challenge Unleashed by...
The Glass Recycling Company (TGRC) is excited to announce the kick-off of the 2024 Annual Schools Competition, encouraging schools in Gauteng, The Western Cape...
Markets and forests: 7 takeaways from our series on the forest...
This is the wrap-up article for our five-part series on forest carbon credits and the voluntary market. Read Part One, Part Two, Part Three,...
Outcry over deforestation as Suriname’s agriculture plans come to light
Government documents, first published by Mongabay last year, showed that hundreds of thousands of hectares of Suriname’s primary forest might be under consideration for...
The dynamics of violence in pursuit of land in the Pan...
Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish,...
