Mongabay Explains: How high-tech tools are used for successful reforestation
This Mongabay Explains’ episode is part of a four-part Mongabay mini-series that examines the latest technological solutions to help tree-planting projects achieve scale and...
Hope, but no free pass, as Pacific corals show tolerance to...
New research suggests that coral reefs in the Pacific islands of Palau are becoming increasingly tolerant to thermal stress brought on by climate change.The...
Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: Bolivia seeks an energy export model
Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish,...
Off Mexico’s coast, world’s largest limpet is slipping into extinction
Scutellastra mexicana, the world’s largest limpet, is at risk of extinction and requires urgent conservation action, according to a group of researchers.Once widely dispersed,...
Heart rate monitors to measure stress on maned wolves in Brazil’s...
Researchers in Brazil have implanted the first subcutaneous heart rate monitoring devices on wild maned wolves, South America’s largest canid; they want to map...
What would it cost to protect the Congo Rainforest?
The Congo Basin holds the world’s second-largest rainforest — the majority of which is in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) — playing a...
How the Amazon’s ‘greatest devastator’ sold cattle to a Carrefour supplier
Arrested by Brazilian Federal Police, cattle rancher Bruno Heller and relatives have already received over $5 million in environmental fines. He is also suspected...
Coastal fisheries appear resilient to marine heat waves
“Marine heat waves in general don’t show major adverse effects on regional fish communities,” scientists say.
The global fisheries industry feeds billions of people and...
Online trade in Philippine hornbills threatens birds and forests
Jhesset O. Enano
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South Africa Today - Environment
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Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet joins urgent call for...
GEAPP is a sponsor of the ACS, working with President Ruto, governments, the African Union, civil society, philanthropy and the private sector to advance...
Captive coal-fired power plants hinder Indonesia energy transition deal
A $20 billion climate financing deal between Indonesia and a group of industrialized nations led by the U.S. and Japan has hit a snag...
Big promises to Indigenous groups from new global nature fund —...
On August 24, 2023, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) ratified and established the new Global Biodiversity Framework Fund to help developing countries meet their...
