Herding 4 Health initiative positively impacts people and nature

Herding 4 Health initiative positively impacts people and nature

Johannesburg, 5 June 2023: Conservation International (CI), a non-profit environmental organisation, is working in Southern and Eastern Africa to unlock the potential of rangelands...
More than R10 million collected through a buy-back initiative for recyclable material

More than R10 million collected through a buy-back initiative for recyclable...

More than R10 million collected through a buy-back initiative for recyclable material More than R10 million has been paid out to community members and over...
Forest-razing biomass plant in Indonesia got millions in green funds

Forest-razing biomass plant in Indonesia got millions in green funds

An Indonesian oil and gas company is using government money to clear rainforest for a biomass power plant, according to a new report.The project...
Happy hatchling for Crocworld storks

Happy hatchling for Crocworld storks

On Sunday, Crocworld Conservation Centre welcomed a new addition to the feathered family when the Marabou Stork chick hatched. The Scottburgh-based centre is home...
Think local’ for solutions to South Africa’s plastic pollution

Think local’ for solutions to South Africa’s plastic pollution

  South Africans who are serious about being part of the solution when it comes to the country’s plastic pollution must ‘think local’ and not...
Brazilian Congress moves to block Lula’s environmental agenda

Brazilian Congress moves to block Lula’s environmental agenda

The Brazilian Congress approved a series of actions to dismantle the president’s ambitious environmental agenda, including attacks on Indigenous people’s rights and stripping powers...
Drivers of environmental degradation in the Amazon

Drivers of environmental degradation in the 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,...
Indigenous land rights key to curbing deforestation and restoring lands: Study

Indigenous land rights key to curbing deforestation and restoring lands: Study

Indigenous communities with land rights in Brazil’s Amazon not only curb deforestation, but better restore deforested land in their territories than the privately owned...
Mongabay’s What-to-Watch list for June 2023

Mongabay’s What-to-Watch list for June 2023

Mongabay’s May videos show new discoveries of hydrothermal vents from deep in the oceans and blind fish from shallow aquifers, success and failure narratives...
Years of pioneering work make Brazil the model for reintroduction of jaguars

Years of pioneering work make Brazil the model for reintroduction of...

The first male jaguar is set to be reintroduced into the Amazon in 2024, marking the latest in a list of the big cats...
Indonesia eyes enrolling more ports in fight against illegal fishing

Indonesia eyes enrolling more ports in fight against illegal fishing

Only four of Indonesia’s nearly 2,500 ports implement the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), an international treaty that targets illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU)...
In Nepal, Chepang take up the challenge to revive their cultural keystone tree

In Nepal, Chepang take up the challenge to revive their cultural...

In Nepal, the Chepang people have long relied on the chiuri tree (Diploknema butyracea or Indian butter tree) for timber, fuelwood and butter.According to...