Chapter 1 of “A Perfect Storm”
Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish,...
Palm giants Wilmar, Indofood, RGE fined over Indonesian cooking oil shortage
The Indonesian government’s business competition watchdog has ruled seven companies, including subsidiaries of palm oil giants Wilmar, Salim Group and Asian Agri, guilty of...
Guardians of the Juanacatlán forest in Mexico
More than two decades ago, a group of teachers, farmers, homemakers, car mechanics and other residents of Juanacatlán, in the Mexican state of Jalisco,...
Bangladesh tries fences to tackle growing human-tiger conflict in Sundarbans
About 300 people and 46 tigers have been killed since 2000 in human-tiger conflicts in Bangladesh’s Sundarbans.Authorities here have decided to install fencing along...
New index identifies marine reserves that are protected in theory only
Marine protected area (MPA) status doesn’t guarantee that conservation efforts are effective, according to new research that looks at the de facto situation of...
Landmark Nepal court ruling ends impunity for wealthy wildlife collectors
Wildlife collectors in Nepal will have to declare their collections to the government, under a landmark ruling spurred by the perceived injustice of the...
Snares claim another local extinction as Cambodia loses its leopards
Researchers say the Indochinese leopard is functionally extinct in Cambodia after a 2021 camera-trap survey failed to capture a single individual from what was...
In north Bangladesh, human-elephant conflicts signal need for greater protection
At least four people have been killed in wild elephant attacks in Bangladesh in the last few weeks, three of them in the northern...
As one Indian Ocean tuna stock faces collapse, nations scramble to...
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission members failed to make progress on key measures to protect declining yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), like reducing annual catches and...
The scene is set on the KZN South Coast for the...
The temperatures are dropping and the aloes are in full bloom along the KZN South Coast which means one thing – the annual Sardine...
Agro giants buy grains from farmers fined for using Indigenous land...
Bunge, Cargill, COFCO, Amaggi, ADM do Brasil, Viterra and General Mills bought soy and corn in an area where “grain laundering” is admitted by...
Sri Lanka researchers amp up mushroom studies and find new species
Recent research on Sri Lanka’s mushrooms has resulted in the discovery of two species previously unknown to science — Termitomyces srilankensis and Candolleomyces ruhunensis...
