<![CDATA[environmental law news from mongabay.com]]> http://www.mongabay.com en-us Copyright 2006 mongabay.com Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800 <![CDATA[Planet of the Apes Has Arrived, and It Is Spain]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0703-kozloff_spain.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0703-kozloff_spain.html <![CDATA[Nepal's tiger population plummets due to poaching]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0702-tigers_nepal.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0702-tigers_nepal.html <![CDATA[Chinese prefer tigers in the wild over tigers on their plates]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0702-tigers.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0702-tigers.html <![CDATA[Brazil fines 24 ethanol producers for illegal forest clearing]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0701-brazil.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0701-brazil.html <![CDATA[The Importance of Immediate Action for Climate Mitigation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0630-climate.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0630-climate.html <![CDATA[Brazil seizes cattle illegally grazing on Amazon forest lands]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0625-amazon_beef.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0625-amazon_beef.html <![CDATA[Brazil levies $279 million fine for illegal Amazon logging]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0611-brazil.html Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0611-brazil.html <![CDATA[Biodiversity data gap impedes research and conservation efforts]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0609-biodiversity_gap_tcs.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0609-biodiversity_gap_tcs.html <![CDATA[Amazon beef producer creates eco-certified meat product with help of scientists]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0605-amazon_beef.html Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0605-amazon_beef.html <![CDATA[Greenpeace ship attacked by Turkish tuna fishermen during protest]]> Arctic Sunrise while the ship was engaged in a protest against overfishing. The incident occurred Friday in the Cypriot Channel and was reported to the Turkish Iskenderun Gulf Port Authorities.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0530-greenpeace.html Fri, 30 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0530-greenpeace.html <![CDATA[40 arrested in illegal timber raid in the Brazilian Amazon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-brazil_logging.html Thu, 29 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-brazil_logging.html <![CDATA[Bush Administration: global warming is real and a threat to the U.S. economy]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0530-bush.html Wed, 28 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0530-bush.html <![CDATA[Forest carbon credits could guide development in Congo]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-interview_laporte.html Wed, 28 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-interview_laporte.html <![CDATA[Group files for ESA protection of 681 species in 12 states]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0521-hance_interview_rosmarino.html Wed, 21 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0521-hance_interview_rosmarino.html <![CDATA[Humpback whale population is recovering]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0521-humpbacks.html Wed, 21 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0521-humpbacks.html <![CDATA[Greenpeace says carbon fund will save forests and climate]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0520-greenpeace_carbon.html Tue, 20 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0520-greenpeace_carbon.html <![CDATA[Carbon market could fund rainforest conservation, fight climate change]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0519-interview_johns.html Mon, 19 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0519-interview_johns.html <![CDATA[U.S. government bans oil development in Alaskan Arctic area]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0516-alaska.html Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0516-alaska.html <![CDATA[Brazil will forge its own path for developing the Amazon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0515-amazon.html Thu, 15 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0515-amazon.html <![CDATA[Brazil's environmental minister resigns after losing Amazon fight]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-brazil.html Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-brazil.html <![CDATA[U.S. lists the polar bear as threatened, but decision won't affect emissions rules]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-polar_bear.html Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-polar_bear.html <![CDATA[Papua signs REDD carbon deal to generate income from rainforest protection]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-papua.html Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-papua.html <![CDATA[Convicted nun-killer freed in the Brazilian Amazon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-stang_murder.html Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-stang_murder.html <![CDATA[After acquittal, fear of open season on activists in the Amazon rainforest]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-brazil_ap.html Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-brazil_ap.html <![CDATA[Al Gore's investment firm bets that rainforest conservation will be profitable]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-new_forests.html Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-new_forests.html <![CDATA[U.S. climate policy could help save rainforests]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-interview_horowitz.html Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-interview_horowitz.html <![CDATA[Judge suspends Amazon dam project due to legal questions]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0430-xingu.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0430-xingu.html <![CDATA[Endangered species status of the polar bear to be decided May 15]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0429-polar_bears.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0429-polar_bears.html <![CDATA[No sacrifices to ending deforestation in the Amazon, only gains]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0429-hance_abranches_interview.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0429-hance_abranches_interview.html <![CDATA[Brazil prepares to launch attack on NGOs working in the Amazon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0428-amazon.html Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0428-amazon.html <![CDATA[Peru fails to investigate murder of Amazon environmental leader]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0422-julio_garcia.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0422-julio_garcia.html <![CDATA[Land invasions undermine Amazon forest law]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0403-carter_amazon.html Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0403-carter_amazon.html <![CDATA[First wolves killed in Wyoming after species loses ESA protection]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0402-hance_wolves.html Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0402-hance_wolves.html <![CDATA[Illegal wildlife trade worth $20B/yr]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0319-wildlife.html Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0319-wildlife.html <![CDATA[Papua New Guinea to ban log exports by 2010]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0318-png.html Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0318-png.html <![CDATA[Amazon environmentalist gunned down in Peru]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0314-don_julio.html Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0314-don_julio.html <![CDATA[New rule grants rainforest to mining firms in Indonesia for $80/acre]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0310-mining.html Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0310-mining.html <![CDATA[Brazil fails to implement deforestation plan - Amazon destruction jumps]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0306-amazon.html Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0306-amazon.html <![CDATA[Amazon riparian zones need to be expanded to protect wildlife finds study]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0220-cons_bio_amazon.html Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0220-cons_bio_amazon.html <![CDATA[Fire policy is key to reducing the impact of drought on the Amazon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0220-aragao_amazon.html Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0220-aragao_amazon.html <![CDATA[$1 trillion carbon market in the U.S. by 2020 says study]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0214-carbon_market.html Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0214-carbon_market.html <![CDATA[Sumatran tiger faces extinction due to wildlife trade]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0212-tigers.html Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0212-tigers.html <![CDATA[Madagascar's tortoises at high risk of extinction]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0207-wcs_madagascar.html Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0207-wcs_madagascar.html <![CDATA[France blocks controversial rainforest gold mine in French Guiana]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0205-french_guiana.html Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0205-french_guiana.html <![CDATA[Overfishing may hurt Amazon forest trees]]> Nature. The research suggests that fishing practices can affect forest health.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0205-pacu.html Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0205-pacu.html <![CDATA[Sustainability mandated for biofuels used in the EU]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0124-eu.html Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0124-eu.html <![CDATA[55% of the Amazon may be lost by 2030]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0124-nepstad.html Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0124-nepstad.html <![CDATA[Malaysian timber firm fined for illegal rainforest logging in Guyana]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0122-guyana.html Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0122-guyana.html <![CDATA[E.U. may ban palm oil biodiesel]]> The New York Times. Environmentalists say some biofuels like palm oil are driving the destruction of biologically-rich rainforests and may produce more emissions than conventional fossil fuels.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0115-biofuels.html Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0115-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Sierra Leone bans timber exports]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0115-sierra_leone.html Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0115-sierra_leone.html