Mongabay’s What-To-Watch list for February 2023

Mongabay’s What-To-Watch list for February 2023

Mongabay’s videos from January show the effects agriculture and food farms have on local populations in Liberia, India and Chile alike. Watch also how...
Q&A with 10-year-old Karen Kimani

Q&A with 10-year-old Karen Kimani

Karen Kimani has spent many of her 10 years working to save the environment in Kenya, planting thousands of trees, speaking out against air...
Bolivian national park hit hard by forest fires in 2022, satellite data show

Bolivian national park hit hard by forest fires in 2022, satellite...

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Bolivia’s largest parks, encompasses a variety of ecosystems and provides habitat...
An El Niño is forecast for 2023. How much coral will bleach this time?

An El Niño is forecast for 2023. How much coral will...

Forecasts suggest that an El Niño climate pattern could begin later this year, raising sea temperatures at a time when global temperatures are already...
Pollinator declines linked to half million early human deaths annually: Study

Pollinator declines linked to half million early human deaths annually: Study

A new modeling study finds that half a million people are currently dying prematurely every year due to global insect pollinator decline because of...
The illegal jaguar trade is thriving online. Why aren’t governments stopping it?

The illegal jaguar trade is thriving online. Why aren’t governments stopping...

A new report from the Wildlife Conservation Society analyzes the buying and selling of trafficked jaguar parts online, revealing that most of the activity...
Q&A with Kelly Roberts Banda, Kenya’s lawyer-conservationist

Q&A with Kelly Roberts Banda, Kenya’s lawyer-conservationist

Kelly Roberts Banda is a Kenyan property and family lawyer best known for his work as a conservationist, planting mangroves and advocating for climate...
Changing circumstances turn ‘sustainable communities’ into deforestation drivers: Study

Changing circumstances turn ‘sustainable communities’ into deforestation drivers: Study

Subsistence communities can drive forest loss to meet their basic needs when external pressures, poverty and demand for natural resources increase, says a new...
‘War with weeds’ lacks ecological understanding and empathy (commentary)

‘War with weeds’ lacks ecological understanding and empathy (commentary)

‘Weeds’ are plants with special botanical and ecological attributes that allow their rapid establishment in disturbed areas, helping to reduce erosion of soils.Many weedy...
‘I want to see the Yanomami and Raposa Serra do Sol territories free of invasions’

‘I want to see the Yanomami and Raposa Serra do Sol...

In this video interview two weeks before the health disaster outbreak in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory, Joenia Wapichana, the first Indigenous woman named president...
Thai government turns its sights on illegal coral trade

Thai government turns its sights on illegal coral trade

For years, Thailand has focused on curtailing its illegal trade in terrestrial wildlife.Recently, the country has begun trying to do the same for marine...
JBS is accused of misleading investors with suspicious green bonds

JBS is accused of misleading investors with suspicious green bonds

The global NGO Mighty Earth has filed a complaint against the beef giant JBS with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), accusing the...