Respected ancestral healer murdered in Peru
Below are summaries of the most popular stories by our Spanish language service, Mongabay Latam, from the week of April 16 – 22. Among...
Meet the 2018 ‘Green Oscars’ winners
The six winners of 2018 Whitley Award are Munir Virani of Kenya; Shahriar Caesar Rahman of Bangladesh; Kerstin Forsberg of Peru; Dominique Bikaba of...
Selective logging has big, lasting impact on fish
A new study finds nearly as few fish species in selectively logged forests as they did in forests clear-cut for plantations. Both selectively logged...
Environmental defenders fear backlash as defendant sues expert over testimony
Basuki Wasis, an environmental expert whose testimony helped convict a provincial governor of abuse of power, now faces a lawsuit brought by the latter...
Signoff on rhino sperm transfer between Indonesia, Malaysia expected mid-May: Official
Indonesia has sent a memorandum of understanding to the Malaysian government regarding the transfer of sperm for use in a captive-breeding attempt, an official...
Two newborn Javan rhinos spotted on camera in Indonesian park
Officials from Indonesia’s Ujung Kulon National Park announced Thursday that two new Javan rhino calves were born this year.An adult male, estimated to be...
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...
Cities worldwide use photo app technology to compete in nature observation...
The third-annual City Nature Challenge takes place this weekend, April 27-30, 2018, giving nature lovers in cities around the globe a chance to compete...
US urban areas are losing 36 million trees every year, study...
Forest Service researchers estimate that urban areas in the U.S. lost a collective total of 1 percent of their tree cover between 2009 and...
For the Caiçaras, environmental laws in Brazil at odds with tradition
The origin of the Caiçaras trace back to the early mixture of indigenous tribes, European settlers and African slaves in Brazil.For the last 300...
‘Monumental’ bust in Madagascar triggers effort to save thousands of endangered...
Authorities discovered 9,888 starving and dehydrated radiated tortoises in a vacant house in southwestern Madagascar on April 10.Since then, a team of organizations led...
Venezuelan gold strike prompts invasion by 3,000 miners, military raid
Venezuela is in the throes of an intense economic crisis, with people eager to earn money by any way possible. In 2017, rumors of...
