New bird species discovered in Indonesia
New bird species discovered in Indonesia New bird species discovered in Indonesia mongabay.com March 14, 2008 A previously unknown species of bird has been discovered near a remote archipelago in…
Amazon environmentalist gunned down in Peru
Amazon environmentalist gunned down in Peru Amazon environmentalist gunned down in Peru Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com March 14, 2008 After reporting a truck loaded with mahogany illegally logged from the…
Predator of the world’s largest macaw key to its survival
Predator of the world's largest macaw key to its survival Predator of the world's largest macaw key to its survival Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com March 13, 2008 In a bizarre biological…
India has 1400 tigers — not 3500
India has 1411 tigers -- not 3500 India has 1411 tigers -- not 3500 mongabay.com March 13, 2008 A census of India's reserves found 1,411 tigers rather than the 3,508…
DEET repellent works by blocking human odor from mosquitoes
DEET repellent works by blocking human odor from mosquitoes DEET repellent works by blocking human odor from mosquitoes mongabay.com March 13, 2008 DEET, a potent insect repellent, works by blocking…
Fast-growing coral may help reefs survive global warming
Fast-growing coral may help reefs survive global warming Fast-growing coral may help reefs survive global warming mongabay.com March 13, 2008 Two fast-growing coral species may hold the key to Caribbean…
Rare jewel-colored frog rediscovered in Colombia
A brilliantly-colored frog has been rediscovered 14 years after its last sighting in a remote mountainous region in Colombia. The critically endangered Carrikeri Harlequin frog (Atelopus carrikeri), a member of…
Dams mask sea level rise – oceans swell faster than previously thought
Water held in man-made reservoirs is masking the true extent of sea level rise from melting ice and thermal expansion, report scientists writing in the journal Science. The researchers, from…
Photos of rare pygmy hippo in Liberia
Photos of rare pygmy hippo in Liberia Rare pygmy hippo photographed for first time in Liberia Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com March 12, 2008 Secretive Pygmy Hippo caught on film is good…
Industry-driven road-building to fuel Amazon deforestation
Industry-driven road-building to fuel Amazon deforestation Industry-driven road-building to fuel Amazon deforestation Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com March 12, 2008 Unofficial road-building will be a major driver of deforestation and land-use…
Merrill Lynch invests $9M in rainforest conservation, expects profit
Merrill Lynch invests $9M in rainforest conservation, expects profit Merrill Lynch invests $9M in rainforest conservation, expects profit Rhett A. bugler, mongabay.com March 12, 2008 Merrill Lynch's investment in a…
Half of Madagascar’s amphibians may still await discovery
Half of Madagascar's frogs may still await discovery An interview with Dr. Franco Andreone:Half of Madagascar's amphibians may still await discovery Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com March 11, 2008 Madagascar is one…
New review system helps companies adapt to ecosystem degradation
New review system helps companies adapt to ecosystem degradation New review system helps companies adapt to ecosystem degradation Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com March 11, 2008 A new accountability initiative will help…
China’s emissions growth 2-4 times greater than expected
China's emissions growth 2-4 times greater than expected China's emissions growth 2-4 times greater than expected mongabay.com March 10, 2008 China's carbon dioxide emissions are growing far faster than anticipated…
Cellulosic energy may trigger dramatic collapse in the Amazon
Cellulosic energy may trigger dramatic change in the Amazon Cellulosic energy may trigger dramatic collapse in the Amazon Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com March 11, 2008 Next generation biofuels may trigger…
Deforestation causes snake invasion in the Amazon
An official with Brazil's environmental protection agency Ibama claims that snakes are invading the city of Belem due to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. Interviewed by the Associated Press, Ibama…
Skoll Foundation puts $1M toward indigenous groups, conservation in the Amazon
Skoll Foundation puts $1M toward indigenous groups, conservation in the Amazon Skoll Foundation puts $1M toward indigenous groups, conservation in the Amazon mongabay.com March 11, 2008 The Skoll Foundation has…
Scientists target safe-climate future
Scientists target safe-climate future Scientists target safe-climate future Ryan King, special to mongabay.com March 11, 2008 Friends of the Earth, Australia, working in conjunction with many of the world's foremost…
Humans are appropriating 20% more resources than Earth can provide
Humans are appropriating 20% more resources than Earth can provide Humans are appropriating 20% more resources than Earth can provide mongabay.com March 10, 2008 Mankind is appropriating 20 percent more…
Corn ethanol is worsening the Gulf dead zone
Corn ethanol is worsening the Gulf dead zone Corn ethanol is worsening the Gulf dead zone mongabay.com March 10, 2008 Proposed legislation that will expand corn-ethanol production in the United…
Biochar fund to fight hunger, energy poverty, deforestation, and global warming
Biochar fund to fight hunger, energy poverty, deforestation, and global warming The biochar revolution begins Biochar fund to fight hunger, energy poverty, deforestation, and global warming mongabay.com March 10, 2008…
New rule grants rainforest to mining firms in Indonesia for $80/acre
New rule grants rainforest to mining firms in Indonesia for $80/acre New rule grants rainforest to mining firms in Indonesia for $80/acre Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com March 10, 2008 A…
Accurate forest data will help guide climate policy
Accurate forest data will help guide climate policy Accurate forest data will help guide climate policy FAO release / mongabay.com March 10, 2008 EDITOR'S NOTE: As forests are increasingly seen…
Eastern Europe could counter high food prices
Eastern Europe could counter high food prices Eastern Europe could counter high food prices mongabay.com March 10, 2008 Expansion of agriculture in Eastern Europe could help counter surging food prices…
Emissions from deforestation offset by increased tree growth in the Amazon
Emissions from deforestation offset by increased tree growth in the Amazon Emissions from deforestation offset by increased tree growth in the Amazon Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com March 10, 2008 An…
Madagascar’s deforestation rate drops 8-fold in parks
Madagascar's deforestation rate drops 8-fold in parks Madagascar's deforestation rate drops 8-fold in parks mongabay.com March 10, 2008 Madagascar's deforestation rate in protected areas has fallen by eight-fold since the…
Cretaceous sea levels were 550 feet higher than today
Cretaceous sea levels were 550 feet higher than today Cretaceous sea levels were 550 feet higher than today mongabay.com March 6, 2008 Sea levels were 550 feet (170 m) higher…
Audubon bird watercolors on display for last time until 2018
Audubon bird watercolors on display for last time until 2018 Audubon bird watercolors on display for last time until 2018 mongabay.com March 6, 2008 Last chance to see water colors…
Record food prices to climb through 2010
Record food prices to climb through 2010 Record food prices to climb through 2010 mongabay.com March 6, 2008 The U.N. expects record high food prices to continue through 2010, driving…
Climate change leave Arctic tundra vulnerable to fire
Climate change leave Arctic tundra vulnerable to fire Climate change leave Arctic tundra vulnerable to fire Montana State University March 6, 2008 Research from ancient sediment cores indicates that a…
Biomimicry of sea cucumber skin may help stroke treatment
Biomimicry of sea cucumber skin may help stroke treatment Biomimicry of sea cucumber skin may help stroke treatment mongabay.com March 6, 2008 Using sea cucumber skin for design inspiration, scientists…
How Old Is the Grand Canyon?
How Old Is the Grand Canyon? How Old Is the Grand Canyon? mongabay.com March 6, 2008 The Grand Canyon began to open at least 17 million years ago — older…
Special series
Forest Trackers
- Satellite data show burst of deforestation in Myanmar rare earth mining hotspots
- Narco airstrips beset Indigenous communities in Peruvian Amazon
- 15 illegal narco-trafficking airstrips found near Peru Indigenous communities
- Satellite data show bursts of deforestation continue in Indonesian national park
Oceans
- Indigenous concerns surface as U.S. agency considers seabed mining in Alaskan waters
- Methane chasers: Hunting a climate-changing gas seeping from Earth’s seafloor
- Scientists call for stronger action to save Indonesia’s vanishing seagrass meadows
- Antarctic conservation summit closes with stalemate on MPAs & krill fishing rules
Amazon Conservation
- Researchers eye jaguar conservation wins under Brazil Indigenous stewardship project
- ‘World’s largest’ carbon credit deal in the Amazon faces bumpy road ahead
- New conservation model calls for protecting Amazon for its archaeological riches
- Brazil dredges Amazon rivers to ease drought isolation, raising environmental concerns
Land rights and extractives
- What’s happening with the global treaty to trace critical minerals?
- In the race for DRC’s critical minerals, community forests stand on the frontline
- Lithium mining may threaten a precious resource — water: Voices from the land (commentary)
- Indigenous guardians successfully keep extractives out of Ecuador’s Amazon forests
Endangered Environmentalists
- José Albino Cañas Ramírez, a defender of Indigenous territories, aged 44
- A killing with precedent: Kaiowá man’s murder fits a pattern in Brazil
- Environmental & rights activists flee and hide as M23 captures DRC’s cities
- Environmental journalist in Cambodia shot and killed by suspected logger
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- On a Borneo mountainside, Indigenous Dayak women hold fire and defend forest
- Fenced in by Sulawesi national park, Indigenous women make forestry breakout
- In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew
- Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo
Conservation Effectiveness
- How effective is the EU’s marquee policy to reduce the illegal timber trade?
- How sharing and learning from failures can transform conservation (commentary)
- Is planting trees as good for the Earth as everyone says?
- Failure in conservation projects: Everyone experiences it, few record it
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Flores’ geothermal ambitions collide with justice, culture & local resistance
- An ‘ocean grab’ for a property megaproject leaves Jakarta fishers grounded
- Study: Indonesia’s new capital city threatens stable proboscis monkey population
- Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri
