Making wind power less deadly for birds
Making wind power less deadly for birds Making wind power less deadly for birds Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 15, 2005 High oil prices and concern over climate change are…
Is Global Warming Killing Polar Bears? — WSJ
Is Global Warming Killing Polar Bears? -- WSJ Is Global Warming Killing Polar Bears? -- WSJ Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 14, 2005 Today The Wall Street Journal ran an…
Marine life diverse but declining, finds survey
Marine life diverse but declining, finds survey Marine life diverse but declining, finds survey mongabay.com December 14, 2005 SUMMARY: A comprehensive census of all the marine life in the world's…
Some Amazon rainforest trees are over 1000 years old finds study
Trees in the Amazon rainforest are ancient finds study Some Amazon rainforest trees are over 1000 years old finds study Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 13, 2005 Trees in the…
Sex vs. Intelligence: Bigger balls mean smaller brain
Sex vs. Intelligence: Bigger balls mean smaller brain Sex vs. Intelligence: Bigger balls mean smaller brain Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 13, 2005 In a recent study of bats, Scott…
New online photographic guide to coral reef fish larvae unlocks secrets of young fish
Online photographic guide to coral reef fish larvae New online photographic guide to coral reef fish larvae unlocks secrets of young fish Coralreeffish.com release December 13, 2005 Coralreeffish.com, a coral…
California plans $3 billion for solar energy projects
California plans $3 billion for solar energy projects California plans $3 billion for solar energy projects Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 13, 2005 Tuesday the California Public Utilities Commission announced…
Large Maya mural showing ancient mythology uncovered in Guatemala
Large Maya mural showing ancient mythology uncovered in Guatemala Large Maya mural showing ancient mythology uncovered in Guatemala University of New Hampshire December 13, 2005 WASHINGTON/GUATEMALA CITY — Archaeologists at…
Activists ditch tear gas neutralizers for suits at trade talks in Hong Kong
Activists ditch tear gas neutralizers for suits at trade talks in Hong Kong Activists ditch tear gas neutralizers for suits at trade talks in Hong Kong Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com…
794 species on brink of extinction find study
794 species on brink of extinction find study 794 species on brink of extinction find study Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 12, 2005 Protecting 595 sites around the world would…
Norwegian killer whales most toxic mammals in Arctic
Norwegian killer whales most toxic mammals in Arctic DetoXToxic chemicals: a threat to wildlife and animals Norwegian killer whales most toxic mammals in Arctic WWF News Release December 12, 2005…
Amazon drought continues, worst on record
Amazon drought continues, worst on record Amazon drought continues, worst on record Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 11, 2005 The worst drought ever recorded in the Amazon continues according to…
UN agrees to “rainforest conservation for emissions” deal
UN agrees to "rainforest conservation for emissions" deal UN agrees to "rainforest conservation for emissions" deal Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 11, 2005 Friday, at the United Nations Framework Convention…
Deforestation causes 25% of greenhouse gas emissions
Deforestation causes 25% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions says FAO Deforestation causes 25% of greenhouse gas emissions says FAO Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 9, 2005 Yesterday the Food and…
Brazilian accused of nun's murder says death not contract killing
Amazon nun-killer says he was not paid for killing Amazon nun-killer says he was not paid for killing By Andrew Hay Reuters December 9, 2005 BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) - The…
Alaska could lose Northern Lights in 50 years
Alaska could lose Northern Lights in 50 years Alaska could lose Northern Lights in 50 years Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 9, 2005 Earth's north magnetic pole is drifting away…
Changes in forest cover could affect climate as much as greenhouse gases in some areas
Changes in forest cover could affect climate as much as greenhouse gases in some areas Changes in forest cover could affect climate as much as greenhouse gases in some areas…
Environmental damage linked to new diseases says WHO
Environmental destruction linked to emergence of disease says WHO Environmental damage linked to new diseases says WHO Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 9, 2005 The rise of deadly new diseases…
Alaska's Columbia Glacier shrunk by 9 miles since 1980
Alaska's Columbia Glacier shrunk by 9 miles since 1980 Alaska's Columbia Glacier shrunk by 9 miles since 1980 University of Colorado at Boulder release December 8, 2005 Alaska's rapidly disintegrating…
Future forests may absorb more carbon dioxide than current forests
Future forests may absorb more carbon dioxide than those of today Future forests may absorb more carbon dioxide than current forests Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 8, 2005 Forests of…
Arctic Inuit sue U.S. govt over global warming pollution
Arctic Inuit sue U.S. govt over global warming pollution Arctic Inuit sue U.S. government over global warming pollution Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 8, 2005 A group of people living…
Dancing monkeys could be a risk to your health
Dancing monkeys could be a risk to your health says study Dancing monkeys could be a risk to your health University of Washington release December 8, 2005 Some urban performing…
Photos of erupting volcano in Vanuatu
Photos of erupting volcano in Vanuatu Photos of erupting volcano in Vanuatu Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 7, 2005 The Manaro Volcano of Ambae Island, Vanuatu in the South Pacific…
45% chance Gulf Stream will collapse by 2100 say scientists
45% chance Gulf Stream will collapse by 2100 finds research 45% chance Gulf Stream current will collapse by 2100 finds research Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 7, 2005 New research…
2005 had worst weather-related economic losses in history
2005 had worst weather-related financial losses on record 2005 had worst weather-related economic losses in history U.N. Environment Programme release December 7, 2005 This year witnessed the largest financial losses…
Mexico addressing greenhouse gas emissions despite no Kyoto obligation
Mexico addressing greenhouse gas emissions despite no obligation under Kyoto Mexico addressing GHG emissions despite no Kyoto obligation World Business Council for Sustainable Development release December 7, 2005 Montreal, 5…
2006 Hurricane season likely to be active
2006 Hurricane season likely to be active 2006 Hurricane season likely to be active Colorado State University release December 6, 2005 The United States faces another very active Atlantic basin…
Easter Island's demise caused by rats, Dutch traders says new theory
Easter Island's demise caused by rats, Dutch traders says new theory Easter Island's demise caused by rats, Dutch traders says new theory Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 6, 2005 Rats…
Using biomimicry to fight computer viruses via “immunity software”
Using biomimicry to fight computer viruses via "immunity software" Using biomimicry to fight computer viruses via "immunity software" Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 6, 2005 Biomimicry is being used to…
Rising ocean causes permanent evacuation of Pacific island community
Rising ocean causes permanent evacuation of Pacific island community Rising ocean causes permanent evacuation of Pacific island community U.N. Environment Programme release December 6, 2005 Montreal, 6 December 2005 -…
Special series
Forest Trackers
- Bolivia’s El Curichi Las Garzas protected area taken over by land-grabbers
- Authorities struggle to protect Bolivian national park from drug-fueled deforestation
- Poverty and plantations: Nigerian reserve struggles against the odds
- Logging, road construction continue to fuel forest loss in Papua New Guinea
Oceans
- To renew or not to renew? African nations reconsider EU fishing deals
- Undercover in a shark fin trafficking ring: Interview with wildlife crime fighter Andrea Crosta
- Twilight zone fishing: Can we fish the ocean’s mesopelagic layer?
- As plastic talks wrap up in Canada, fishers in Indonesia count the costs
Amazon Conservation
- Bird populations are mysteriously declining at an Amazon park in Ecuador & beyond
- New ban threatens traditional fishers in Brazil’s Mato Grosso state
- Deforestation haunts top Peruvian reserve and its Indigenous communities
- Amid record-high fires across the Amazon, Brazil loses primary forests
Land rights and extractives
- Impunity and pollution abound in DRC mining along the road to the energy transition
- Women weave a culture of resistance and agroecology in Ecuador’s Intag Valley
- Hyundai ends aluminum deal with Adaro Minerals following K-pop protest
- Brazil’s illegal gold trade takes a hammering, but persists underground
Endangered Environmentalists
- Final cheetah conservationists freed in Iran, but the big cat’s outlook remains grim
- Indonesian activists face jail over FB posts flagging damage to marine park
- Vietnamese environmentalist sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax evasion
- Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights
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
- The conservation sector must communicate better (commentary)
- Thailand tries nature-based water management to adapt to climate change
- Forest restoration to boost biomass doesn’t have to sacrifice tree diversity
- How scientists and a community are bringing a Bornean river corridor back to life
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- 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
- Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules
- To build its ‘green’ capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest
