Save intact forests for humanity’s sake, urge experts
The world’s largest forests can help solve some of the biggest problems facing humanity, but only if we move to safeguard them, argues a...
Six amazing journeys to celebrate World Fish Migration Day
April 21 marks World Fish Migration Day, a biennial event that strives to foster appreciation for the importance of migratory fish and their aquatic...
Scientists discover carbon ‘fingerprint’ in tree rings
A recently published study describes a way to more accurately measure the CO2 uptake of trees over their entire lifetimes.Using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR),...
Bid to protect indigenous Indonesians hit by ministry’s doubts over rights...
Indonesia’s Home Affairs Ministry has shocked indigenous-rights advocates with its assessment that a bill currently before parliament on indigenous peoples is “not a necessity”...
Environmental stories from around the web, April 20, 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...
abandoned pasturelands fail to regain savanna biodiversity
A new study has found that abandoned pasturelands in the Brazilian Cerrado do not regain their former biodiversity even after as much as 25...
Bornean bantengs feeling the heat in logged forests, study finds
A recent study shows that Bornean bantengs in recently logged forests in Malaysia’s Sabah state have become less active during the daytime in...
Colombian reserves fail large vertebrates
Below are summaries of the most read stories by our Spanish language service, Mongabay Latam, from the week of April 9 – 15. The...
New species of ‘exploding ant’ discovered in Borneo
Researchers have revealed a new species of exploding ant, which they discovered living in the rainforest canopy of Brunei on the island of Borneo.Named...
Where forest conservation and opportunity meet
Robin Van Loon is founder of Camino Verde in Peru, an organization working to go above and beyond sustainable agro-economics in favor of regenerative...
Half a ton of pangolin scales seized on the way to...
More than 500 kilograms of pangolin scales were confiscated at the Cotonou airport in Benin on March 19.Three people suspected of trying to smuggle...
Brazil’s actual forest-related CO2 emissions could blow by Paris pledge
Brazil is reporting its CO2 emissions within U.N. guidelines, but those rules ignore significant sources of national greenhouse gas emissions ¬by disregarding carbon emitting...
