What’s next for the new Global Biodiversity Fund? (commentary)
The 15th Convention on Biological Diversity meeting (COP15) established a new Global Biodiversity Framework for action through the year 2030.The Global Environment Facility then...
In the Amazon, global competition drives bulk transport systems
Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish,...
‘We don’t have much time’: Q&A with climate scientist Pierre Friedlingstein
“It’s not going in the right direction yet,” Pierre Friedlingstein tells Mongabay of the effort to meet the Paris Agreement goals; a member of...
Revealed: Why the UN is not climate neutral
The UN has long championed the need for urgent climate solutions. It has claimed to be at least 95% “climate neutral” every year since...
A Philippines NGO project aimed to protect villages from typhoons: What...
Concepcion is a low-income fishing town in the central Philippines’ Iloilo province where Super Typhoon Haiyan, locally known as Yolanda, made its fifth landfall...
In Indonesia, ‘opportunistic’ whale shark fishery shows gap in species protection
Indonesia has since 2013 banned the capture, trade and exploitation of whale sharks, a protected species.Yet scores of records from 2002-2022 shown whale sharks...
Peru signs $20-million debt-for-nature swap with focus on Amazon rainforest
Peru struck a $20 million debt-for-nature swap agreement with the U.S. that transfers debt payments to conservation initiatives like improving protected areas and natural...
Can agroforestry chocolate help save the world’s most endangered rainforest?
Ecuador’s Jama-Coaque Reserve, home to a vibrant cloud forest ecosystem, is part of what may be world’s most endangered tropical forest, of which only...
Study: Wild meat trade from Africa into Belgium a health and...
Up to 4 metric tons of wild meat is illegally entering Europe through Brussels’ international airport alone every month, a new study says.The source...
Minor Hotels Zambia unite in Victoria Falls clean-up project to enhance...
Ahead of World Clean Up Day on Saturday, 16 September, the two Minor Hotels located in Zambia, namely The Royal Livingstone Hotel and Avani...
Engen and Food & Trees partner to green South Durban
Engen employees have marked the arrival of Spring and celebrated Arbour Month by volunteering at a tree planting initiative to help green schools and...
U.N. ‘stocktake’ calls for fossil fuel phaseout to minimize temperature rise
The U.N. climate change agency published a new report Sept. 8 confirming that while there has been progress on climate change mitigation since the...
