Killings of Bornean orangutans could lead to their extinction
Human actions have led to the deaths of more than 100,000 Bornean orangutans since 1999, mainly for crop protection, bushmeat or the illegal wildlife...
Chemical recycling of plastic not so fantastic, report finds
A new report by NGOs International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) and Beyond Plastics scrutinizes the chemical recycling industry that is on the rise in...
U.N. carbon trading scheme holds promise and peril for tropical forests
Suriname is one of the first countries to announce it aims to use emissions reduction results through a forest conservation scheme known as REDD+...
Clouded leopards face alarming decline amid ‘genetic crisis,’ study warns
Supremely adapted to life in the forest canopy, clouded leopards have declined in recent decades due to habitat loss and fragmentation, indiscriminate snaring, and...
Investigation shows ‘shadow companies’ linked to Indonesia palm oil giant First...
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90 NGOs question Thailand Prime Minister on fisheries deregulation plan (commentary)
Thailand’s new government is promising to “unlock” fisheries by reducing regulation and transparency around vessels’ activities.A letter signed by 90 NGOs questions the National...
Coffee and cacao in the Pan Amazon
Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish,...
Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran & petrochemical industry stall plastics treaty: Critics
In March 2022, the world’s nations met to launch negotiations for a global plastic treaty with the goal of achieving final treaty language by...
Can impermanent carbon credits really offset forever emissions?
A team of researchers has put forth a method that they say makes it possible to compare credits for carbon from forests projects against...
Glyphosate leaves its mark even in protected areas of Brazil’s Cerrado
A study found lichens dying as a result of exposure to glyphosate in an ostensibly protected area in Brazil’s Goiás state.Formed by interaction between...
The coveted legacy of the ‘Man of the Hole’ and his...
Tanaru, also known as The Man of the Hole, was an Indigenous person who survived several massacres that decimated his relatives in the state...
Growing rubber drives more deforestation than previously thought, study finds
A recently published study has used high-resolution satellite data to show that deforestation linked to rubber cultivation is much higher than previously thought.Deforestation for...
