Earth Day founder calls for an end to plastic pollution
Denis Hayes was the principal national organizer of the first Earth Day in 1970, and he took the event to the international stage in...
‘Water always wins,’ so why are we fighting it?
On this week’s episode of the Mongabay Newscast we examine humanity’s approach to harnessing water, and how the current “us-first” mindset is actually exacerbating...
How a Dutch company uses bison to maintain pure drinking water
Water companies in the Netherlands have introduced bison and other large grazers to the dunelands from which they draw water to serve more than...
Worries and whispers in Vietnam’s NGO community after activist’s sentencing
On June 17, a Hanoi court sentenced Nguy Thi Khanh, arguably Vietnam’s best-known environmental advocate, to two years in jail for tax evasion.Vietnam’s foreign...
Concerns over transparency and access abound at deep-sea mining negotiations
Delegates to the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the U.N.-mandated body responsible for overseeing the development of deep-sea mining in international waters and protecting...
How satellites revolutionized the way we see and protect the natural...
The first satellite in the Landsat series launched in 1972. Eight others followed, providing the same views so changes could be tracked over time.
Fifty years ago,...
Sumatran elephants pinned down by forest loss
Sumatran elephants in Indonesia’s North Aceh district are being increasingly pinned down in shrinking patches of forest amid the ongoing destruction of their habitat,...
Waorani people map their rainforest to save it
A historic assembly Awane recalls a time when her ancestors lived immersed in the forest. They planted yucca, the main ingredient of their...
An elusive lizard thought to live only in India makes an...
Researchers have confirmed the presence of the Sikkim grass lizard in eastern Nepal, nearly 100 kilometers from its known range in India’s Sikkim state.The...
