Indonesia’s dying timber concessions, invaded by oil palms, top deforestation table
A study shows that selective-logging leases accounted for the highest rate of deforestation in three provinces studied from 2013 to 2016.While the discovery came...
UK ban relegates legal ivory trade to ‘a thing of the...
The United Kingdom said it will ban, with few exceptions, the sale of all ivory in the country.Conservation groups welcomed the move and pointed...
Calls for change in handling abuse allegations at top conservation group
Information provided to Mongabay shows a history of employees at CI who feel twice victimized — first by what they describe as “bullying and...
Special judiciary on environmental crimes established in Peru
The majority of crimes correspond to illegal mining and illegal logging, two activities that seriously affect the region and that so far in 2018...
NOAA publishes global list of fisheries and their risks to marine...
The list, published in draft form in late 2017 as part of requirements laid out by the Marine Mammal Protection Act, includes nearly 4,000...
New study discovers 81 lost human settlements in the Amazon rainforest
By looking at satellite images of a previously unexplored part of the Amazon in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, a team of archaeologists has...
Brazil creates four massive marine protected areas
The four newly designated marine protected areas (MPAs) will cover an area of more than 920,000 square kilometers (355,200 square miles) in the Atlantic...
Frogs may be ‘fighting back’ against deadly pandemic
Chytridiomycosis is caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a type of chytrid fungus.Scientists believe Bd originated in Africa, and has spread around the world where...
Indonesia’s ambitious peat restoration initiative severely underfunded
Indonesia will need an estimated $4.6 billion to restore some 20,000 square kilometers (7,720 square miles) of degraded peatland by its self-imposed deadline of...
Environmental stories from around the web, March 30, 2018
There are many important conservation and environmental stories Mongabay isn’t able to cover.Here’s a digest of some of the significant developments from the week.If...
Greenpeace International ends its Forest Stewardship Council membership
Greenpeace International announced on March 26 that it would not renew its membership with the FSC.The environmental organization says the FSC is not meeting...
Agroforestry bolsters biodiversity and villages in Sri Lanka
Residents of the rural Sri Lankan village of Pitekele relied on the nearby rainforest as a source of food, fuel, fiber and medicine for...
