<![CDATA[happy-upbeat environmental news from mongabay.com]]> http://www.mongabay.com en-us Copyright 2006 mongabay.com Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:58:39 -0800 <![CDATA[Unilever calls for ban on rainforest destruction for palm oil]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0501-unilever.html Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0501-unilever.html <![CDATA[China aims for 100 gigawatts of wind power by 2020]]> Shanghai Daily and The Wall Street Journal's Environmental Capital blog.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0429-china_wind.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0429-china_wind.html <![CDATA[Photos of newly discovered species in Brazil's Cerrado]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0429-cerrado.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0429-cerrado.html <![CDATA[Rainforest recovery after deforestation can be enhanced by artificial bat houses]]> New Scientist Magazine.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0423-bats.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0423-bats.html <![CDATA[World's rarest gorilla gets its own forest reserve]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0418-gorillas.html Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0418-gorillas.html <![CDATA[Environment is the number one issue for Australians]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0417-hance_australia.html Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0417-hance_australia.html <![CDATA[Malaysia rejects coal project in Borneo rainforest]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0414-sabah_coal_mining.html Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0414-sabah_coal_mining.html <![CDATA[Indigenous peoples of Congo map their forests with GPS in an effort to save them]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0414-hance_congo.html Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0414-hance_congo.html <![CDATA[New plastics dervied from CO2 emissions could fight global warming]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0408-plastics.html Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0408-plastics.html <![CDATA[Poll: Chinese more concerned about the environment than Americans]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0407-hance_china_poll.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0407-hance_china_poll.html <![CDATA[Wal-Mart pushes for greener maufacturing in China]]> Financial Times.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0407-wal-mart.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0407-wal-mart.html <![CDATA[Amazon soy ban seems to be effective in reducing explicit deforestation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0403-amazon_soy_ban.html Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0403-amazon_soy_ban.html <![CDATA[Conservation success story: birds stage dramatic recovery in Cambodia]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0403-wcs.html Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0403-wcs.html <![CDATA[Investing to save rainforests]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0402-hylton_interview.html Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0402-hylton_interview.html <![CDATA[Regrowing the rainforest]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0331-costa_rica.html Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0331-costa_rica.html <![CDATA[Private equity firm buys rights to ecosystem services of Guyana rainforest]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0327-iwokrama.html Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0327-iwokrama.html <![CDATA[Africa's lions are disappearing]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0325-interview_hazzah.html Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0325-interview_hazzah.html <![CDATA[Ecosystems in the Philippines bounce back from the brink]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0319-hance_philippines.html Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0319-hance_philippines.html <![CDATA[Rwanda launches reforestation project to protect chimps, drive ecotourism]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0318-rwanda.html Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0318-rwanda.html <![CDATA[New bird species discovered in Indonesia]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0314-bird.html Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0314-bird.html <![CDATA[Rare jewel-colored frog rediscovered in Colombia]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0313-frog.html Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0313-frog.html <![CDATA[Fast-growing coral may help reefs survive global warming]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0313-coral.html Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0313-coral.html <![CDATA[Photos of rare pygmy hippo in Liberia]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0312-hance_hippo.html Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0312-hance_hippo.html <![CDATA[Merrill Lynch invests $9M in rainforest conservation, expects profit]]> The Wall Street Journal.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0312-aceh_merrill_lynch.html Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0312-aceh_merrill_lynch.html <![CDATA[New review system helps companies adapt to ecosystem degradation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0311-hance_wri.html Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0311-hance_wri.html <![CDATA[Skoll Foundation puts $1M toward indigenous groups, conservation in the Amazon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0311-act_skoll.html Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0311-act_skoll.html <![CDATA[Madagascar's deforestation rate drops 8-fold in parks]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0310-madagascar.html Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0310-madagascar.html <![CDATA[Rare frog breeds in captivity for the first time]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0303-frog.html Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0303-frog.html <![CDATA[Web site offers homepage for every one of Earth's species]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0227-hance_eol.html Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0227-hance_eol.html <![CDATA[Amazon state launches Zero Extinction Program for endangered species]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0221-para.html Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0221-para.html <![CDATA[Gecko-inspired adhesive tape could improve recovery from surgery]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0218-gecko.html Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0218-gecko.html <![CDATA[Nike to launch "green" eco-shoe]]> The Wall Street Journal.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0215-nike.html Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0215-nike.html <![CDATA[Carbon traders, not conservationists, could save Cameroon rainforest]]> The Economist.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0215-cameroon.html Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0215-cameroon.html <![CDATA[World's largest marine protected area established in the South Pacific]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0214-kiribati.html Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0214-kiribati.html <![CDATA[84 rare spoon-billed sandpipers found in Myanmar]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0214-bird.html Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0214-bird.html <![CDATA[How activists and scientists saved a rainforest island from destruction for palm oil]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0212-hance_woodlark.html Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0212-hance_woodlark.html <![CDATA[First rainforest-for-carbon-credits deal becomes a reality]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0207-carbon_conservation.html Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0207-carbon_conservation.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[New uakari monkey discovered in the Amazon rainforest]]> National Geographic News. The primate was identified after it was killed by Yanomamo Indians near the Brazil-Venezuela border.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0205-monkey.html Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0205-monkey.html <![CDATA[Giant shrew discovered in Tanzania]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0201-hance_new_shrew.html Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0201-hance_new_shrew.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[New Jersey scraps plan to buy Amazon rainforest timber]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0122-jersey.html Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0122-jersey.html <![CDATA[Tropical islanders win battle against palm-oil]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0116-hance_woodlark.html Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0116-hance_woodlark.html <![CDATA[Photos: rare aye-aye lemur born at Bristol Zoo Gardens]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0116-hance_ayeaye.html Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0116-hance_ayeaye.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[Palm oil developer abandons plan to log 70% of Woodlark Island]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0114-woodlark.html Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0114-woodlark.html <![CDATA[Twenty million dollars to protect endangered hotspots]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0114-hance_ci.html Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0114-hance_ci.html <![CDATA[China bans plastic bags]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0114-morgan_china.html Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0114-morgan_china.html <![CDATA[Scientists discover four species of anole lizards in 24 hours in Panama]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0114-hance_anoles_panama.html Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0114-hance_anoles_panama.html <![CDATA[An interview with primate researcher Dr. Karen Strier: America's largest monkey recovering after brush with extinction]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0110-interview_strier_hance.html Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0110-interview_strier_hance.html