‘Spiderwebs’ to the rescue for Indonesia’s coral reefs
A small-scale project in Indonesia is seeing success in efforts to restore coral reefs damaged by blast fishing.Lightweight cast-iron rods form underwater “spiderwebs” that...
Amid haggling over deep-sea mining rules, chorus of skepticism grows louder
This week, the International Seabed Authority, the intergovernmental body tasked with overseeing deep-sea mining in international waters, concluded its recent set of meetings, which...
Jumbo task as Malawi moves 263 elephants to restock a degraded...
Over the last month, 263 elephants were relocated from Liwonde National Park to Kasungu National Park, both in Malawi.Liwonde, managed by African Parks, an...
Hundreds of iconic Barbary macaques feared dead in Morocco forest fire
A wildfire has burned through half of the Bouhachem Forest Reserve in northern Morocco, one of the few remaining refuges of the Barbary macaque.The...
Two small decisions that can make a huge positive impact on...
Why recycling is important
Industries that embrace circular economies can positively impact the environment through recycling initiatives. This is especially important for manufacturers that produce...
In Indonesia’s forest fire capital, the dry season brings yet more...
The onset of the dry season in Indonesia’s Riau province has seen flare up and multiply, some of them believed to have been set...
Billions rely on wild species for food, energy and more: IPBES...
A recently released summary of an assessment from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) reveals that people rely on 50,000...
We’ve crossed the land use change planetary boundary, but solutions await
According to experts, we have passed the planetary boundary for land systems change — the human-caused loss of forest — and risk destabilizing Earth’s...
Mongabay’s What-To-Watch list for August 2022
Mongabay’s July videos show how Indigenous communities in Brazil are recovering native crops, why a coastal developmental project in India is facing protests, how...
For Brazil’s Indigenous people, slavery born of colonization still hasn’t ended
Since Brazil began recording cases of workers found working in slavery-like conditions in 2004, 1,640 Indigenous people have been rescued from these situations.During the...
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,...
Big banks fund the heavy machinery used for Amazon deforestation, report...
A new report from investigative outlet Repórter Brasil describes how the demand for heavy machinery like bulldozers, excavators and tractors is accelerating deforestation in...
