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Inaugural Indigenous women’s forum spotlights Congo Basin conservation

Inaugural Indigenous women’s forum spotlights Congo Basin conservation

This week, leaders from Indigenous women’s organizations, environment and land management groups and philanthropists are meeting in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of...
A Twitter bot tracks meat production in the Brazilian Amazon

A Twitter bot tracks meat production in the Brazilian Amazon

An online tool developed last year by the NGO Global Witness aims to monitor and expose deforestation linked to the indirect supply chain of...
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,...
Ocean-based techniques and their carbon capture potential

Ocean-based techniques and their carbon capture potential

Highly touted geoengineering tech can overshadow ocean-based carbon capture techniques. NOAA’s new report assesses their potential. The business of carbon capture can be controversial among...
Palm oil giants face corruption charges as Indonesia probe widens

Palm oil giants face corruption charges as Indonesia probe widens

Indonesian prosecutors have charged three palm oil giants with corruption relating to a cooking oil shortage across the country last year.Permata Hijau, Wilmar International...
Lebanese project promotes agroecology for farmer autonomy

Lebanese project promotes agroecology for farmer autonomy

Lebanese organic seed farm Buzuruna Juzuruna is on a mission, part of a growing network of agroecological efforts in the country, to change conventional...