Hunters & habitat loss are key threats to red serow populations...
The red serow population (Capricornis rubidus, a type of goat-antelope) has rapidly declined in Bangladesh due to hunting for meat and habitat loss; 50%...
Oil palm 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,...
Agriculture in the Pan-Amazon: Swine and poultry – Adding value to...
Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish,...
Fisheries managers should act to protect swordfish this month (commentary)
Between 1960 and 1996 swordfish declined more than 65%, the average size of fish caught shrank, and the species became severely overfished in the...
Kenyan government again evicts Ogiek communities from Mau Forest
On Nov. 2, the Kenyan government began demolishing houses and evicting Indigenous Ogiek from the Maasai Mau Forest.The evictions are taking place despite a...
Lifted sanctions on gold, oil could slow conservation efforts in Venezuela
Last month, the U.S. agreed to lift some sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas and gold, some of the country’s largest industries, but also...
Dam-building on Mekong poses risk to regional industries, report says
A new report from WWF highlights how vital regional supply chains that rely on a healthy and connected Mekong River are undermined by hydropower...
New AI model gives bird’s-eye view of avian distribution at vast...
An artificial intelligence model is helping researchers use bird-sighting data to estimate their presence at a given time and location.Developed by researchers at Cornell...
Mongabay launches Africa news bureau
Mongabay is launching a bilingual news bureau, Mongabay Africa, to cover environmental and conservation news across the continent in French and English.The bureau will...
Boost for Sumatran rhino IVF plan as eggs extracted from Bornean...
Conservationists in Indonesia say they’ve successfully extracted eggs from a Sumatran rhino to be used in an IVF program meant to boost the population...
Calls grow to repurpose land squandered in Cambodia’s concession policy
The mismanagement of large swaths of Cambodia’s land by the country’s elites under the policy of economic land concessions has displaced thousands of rural...
Java farmers displaced by dam remain treading water after decades
Farmers displaced by Indonesia’s Jatigede Dam have been forced to find new livelihoods or move to different regions of the archipelago.Many families were paid...
