Environment

Nepal is renowned for its tigers, rhinos and snow leopards, but the country is also home to a rich diversity of smaller, less-studied mammals.These...

Dubai, United Arab Emirates — In recent years, there has been a remarkable shift in consumer preferences towards healthier and more sustainable food choices....

Land degradation, changing vegetation patterns, and depleting soil quality threaten rangeland across Africa, including Namibia.The Community-Based Rangeland and Livestock Management (CBRLM) program, funded by...

A proposal to build an international airport on Tioman Island in Malaysia would destroy coral reefs in the heart of one of the country’s...

In this opinion piece, Jonah Wittkamper, Mariana Senna, and Ricardo Politi argue that donors should urgently scale up support for the development of an...

The Indonesian government says it has no other option in dealing with illegal plantations than to legalize them under an amnesty program.Activists have lambasted...

Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish,...

For decades Cambodia’s Botum Sakor National Park has been carved up and the land handed out to companies as economic concessions, at the expense...

The global energy transition has increased demand for critical minerals involved in the making of products such as lithium-ion batteries, solar panels and other...

A recent study finds that tropical carbon sinks have become increasingly vulnerable to water scarcity since 1960, and are consequently less able to absorb...

Scientists and campaigners recently documented huge krill fishing vessels plowing through pods of whales feeding in Antarctic waters, a permitted practice they say deprives...

Critics and researchers caution that pinning aviation’s carbon-cutting hopes on sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) is problematic. These fuels, derived from liquid biofuels, along with...