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					<title>Beat it: Den Staat farmers in South Africa use drumming and fire to deter elephants</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/beat-it-den-staat-farmers-in-south-africa-use-drumming-and-fire-to-deter-elephants/</link>
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					<pubDate>10 Nov 2026 19:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Bernard Chiguvare]]>
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						<![CDATA[Karen Coates]]>
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							<![CDATA[Africa, South Africa, and Southern Africa]]>
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							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Animals, Biodiversity, Conflict, Conservation, Culture, Elephants, Environment, Farming, Fellows, Human-wildlife Conflict, Solutions, Wildlife, and Wildlife Corridors]]>
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							<![CDATA[“Last night we had a very big fight with an elephant in our tomato field,” said Joeman Moyo, a farmer at Den Staat farm in South Africa’s Limpopo region. “We used a torch &#8230; to make a fire. The elephant would go away but return when I put out the torch. I also burned a [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[“Last night we had a very big fight with an elephant in our tomato field,” said Joeman Moyo, a farmer at Den Staat farm in South Africa’s Limpopo region. “We used a torch &#8230; to make a fire. The elephant would go away but return when I put out the torch. I also burned a tire, but this did not scare it away for long. It kept coming back when the fire died down.” Moyo, who looks after a 5-hectare (12.4-acre) plot, described an experience reflecting the challenges facing Den Staat’s smallholder farmers, as elephants enter their fields at night and threaten crops that provide an income. Farmers use several creative methods to deter the animals, including beating metal tins, hanging empty white plastic containers on wires and lighting fires. The history of this land is important background for understanding the situation today. Den Staat is land reclaimed by a community whose members and ancestors were affected by forced removals under apartheid. The farm was returned to the Machete community in 2010, and it is now held collectively through a Community Property Association (CPA). (Left) Joeman Moyo showing one of the areas where an elephant destroyed his tomatoes the previous night. (Right) Moyo, where he burned tires the previous night to scare away elephants. Images by Bernard Chiguvare. Today, more than 160 people live on the farm where they often face encounters with elephants, which residents say are their biggest concern because they are the most destructive. However, elephants are&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/beat-it-den-staat-farmers-in-south-africa-use-drumming-and-fire-to-deter-elephants/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Is your gym attire setting you up for health problems?</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/is-your-gym-attire-setting-you-up-for-health-problems/</link>
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					<pubDate>10 Nov 2026 19:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Ouma Elvine Tina]]>
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						<![CDATA[Karen Coates]]>
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							<![CDATA[Africa and Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Chemicals, Consumption, Culture, Environment, Fellows, forever chemicals, Gender, Health, Pollution, and Public Health]]>
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							<![CDATA[Kenya&#8217;s fitness boom runs on activewear built for stretch, sweat and shine yet almost no one asks what&#8217;s actually in the fabric. By 7 a.m. on a Saturday, Riverside Square in Nairobi&#8217;s Westlands neighborhood is already filling up. Dozens arrive in matching leggings and sports bras, water bottles clipped to armbands, ready for a running [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Kenya&#8217;s fitness boom runs on activewear built for stretch, sweat and shine yet almost no one asks what&#8217;s actually in the fabric. By 7 a.m. on a Saturday, Riverside Square in Nairobi&#8217;s Westlands neighborhood is already filling up. Dozens arrive in matching leggings and sports bras, water bottles clipped to armbands, ready for a running loop that will most often end with coffee. Four years ago, this was the routine of four friends and a goal to keep fit. Today it is We Run Nairobi, the city&#8217;s largest free running community.  On its best mornings, it pulls more than 1,200 people through the streets of  Nairobi’s most upscale neighborhoods. Running clubs are only the most visible edge of a much larger shift. Fitness challenges circulate on TikTok and Instagram. Step-count groups swap targets on WhatsApp and the fitness app Step-Up. Gyms that once sat half-empty now run waitlists. At the Nairobi Bariatric Centre, a clinic that struggled to get clients when it opened three decades ago, doctors now see 10-15 patients a day. Amid this shift, reports show that nearly 90% of Kenya&#8217;s cosmetic surgery patients are women. Kenya, where carrying extra weight was once read as a sign of prosperity, is in the middle of a wellness reckoning, and the reasons are real: The World Health Organization&#8217;s Kenya office reported in 2025 that noncommunicable diseases now account for 41% of deaths and half of all hospital admissions in the country. Powering all of it, quite literally, is what people&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/is-your-gym-attire-setting-you-up-for-health-problems/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-335386</doi>				</item>
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					<title>US stakes competing claims to Pacific seabed mining areas, challenging UN authority</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2026/11/us-stakes-competing-claims-to-pacific-seabed-mining-areas-challenging-un-authority/</link>
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					<pubDate>10 Nov 2026 19:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Mike DiGirolamo]]>
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						<![CDATA[Mikedigirolamo]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Deep Sea Mining, Environment, Environmental Law, Governance, Interviews, Law, Marine Animals, Marine Conservation, Media, Mining, and Natural Resources]]>
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							<![CDATA[A recent Mongabay investigation by Elizabeth Claire Alberts and Andrés Alegría reveals that the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean, a swath of deep sea regulated by the International Seabed Authority, has received a surge of claim applications filed with the United States for mineral exploration and exploitation. While the ISA, a U.N.-associated body, is [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[A recent Mongabay investigation by Elizabeth Claire Alberts and Andrés Alegría reveals that the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean, a swath of deep sea regulated by the International Seabed Authority, has received a surge of claim applications filed with the United States for mineral exploration and exploitation. While the ISA, a U.N.-associated body, is responsible for granting seabed mining permits in international waters, the U.S. is challenging that authority by receiving and reviewing applications of some companies. In doing so, it’s citing U.S. laws, and not the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), under which the ISA was established — and which the U.S. has never ratified. Joining the Mongabay Newscast to explain the investigation into the overlapping claims and the potential legal complications and environmental fallout is senior staff writer Elizabeth Claire Alberts. “The U.S. doesn’t really see that they’re bypassing the authority of the ISA. The United States signed, but it did not ratify UNCLOS,” she says. “So they are not a party to that convention, and they are also not a member of the International Seabed Authority.” The legal implications are currently unknown, as the ISA itself is currently seeking outside legal counsel on what to do about areas it oversees that are now subject to U.S.-claims. “There&#8217;s a lot of unknowns about what will happen … a lot of fears. It’s not clear if the U.S. is going to be taken to court over the breaking of international law,” Alberts says.&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2026/11/us-stakes-competing-claims-to-pacific-seabed-mining-areas-challenging-un-authority/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-335268</doi>				</item>
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					<title>‘You need strong willpower’: IUCN’s Kazi Zenifar Azmiri on being a woman wildlife biologist</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/you-need-strong-willpower-iucns-kazi-zenifar-azmiri-on-being-a-woman-wildlife-biologist/</link>
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					<pubDate>10 Nov 2026 18:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Usraat Fahmidah]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Calvin Rock]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Bangladesh, and South Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biology, Birds, Conservation, Culture, Environment, Fellows, Gender, Interviews, Interviews with conservation players, Media, Research, Wildlife, and Women In Science]]>
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							<![CDATA[For more than a decade, Kazi Zenifar Azmiri has played a crucial part in protecting wildlife in Bangladesh. Zenifar is a program associate at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Her work centers primarily on the rescue and rehabilitation of threatened vultures like the white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) and Himalayan griffon vulture (Gyps [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[For more than a decade, Kazi Zenifar Azmiri has played a crucial part in protecting wildlife in Bangladesh. Zenifar is a program associate at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Her work centers primarily on the rescue and rehabilitation of threatened vultures like the white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) and Himalayan griffon vulture (Gyps himalayensis). Bangladesh’s vulture populations have declined steeply over the years, largely because of exposure to veterinary painkillers that are toxic to the birds when they feed on the carcasses of treated cattle. Today, however, populations have shown signs of stabilization, aided by conservation efforts such as the establishment of vulture safe zones and a ban on drugs that can kill vultures feeding on the animals’ carcasses. Zenifar’s work involves tracking migratory birds, fitting them with identification rings and satellite tags that reveal their journeys. The collected data help researchers understand what threats the birds face. She also helps conserve ducks, dolphins, crocodiles and turtles across Bangladesh. From wetlands where these migratory birds gather to river systems and coastal areas that sustain these dolphins and crocodiles, she is often found doing fieldwork in remote corners of the country. On many of her trips, she says, she is the only woman in the group. In the local communities she works alongside, she has sometimes encountered attitudes that question her presence in the field. “I remember this fisherman we were working with locally,” she recalls. As they walked to meet a family she needed to interview, he asked&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/you-need-strong-willpower-iucns-kazi-zenifar-azmiri-on-being-a-woman-wildlife-biologist/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-335359</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Drought reshapes livelihoods of Kenya’s Daasanach pastoralists, study finds</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/drought-reshapes-livelihoods-of-kenyas-daasanach-pastoralists-study-finds/</link>
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					<pubDate>10 Nov 2026 17:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[David Brown]]>
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						<![CDATA[Bobbybascomb]]>
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							<![CDATA[Kenya]]>
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							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Climate Change, Disasters, Drought, Environment, Extreme Weather, Food, Food Prices, food security, Global Environmental Crisis, Impact Of Climate Change, Natural Resources, and Nutrition]]>
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							<![CDATA[The Daasanach people in the Turkana Basin of northern Kenya experienced the worst drought in 40 years between November 2020 and March 2023. The Daasanach are pastoralists who have lived semi-nomadically for roughly 6,000 years, supported by herds of livestock including cows, camels, donkeys, and goats. A group of researchers worked with the Daasanach to [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The Daasanach people in the Turkana Basin of northern Kenya experienced the worst drought in 40 years between November 2020 and March 2023. The Daasanach are pastoralists who have lived semi-nomadically for roughly 6,000 years, supported by herds of livestock including cows, camels, donkeys, and goats. A group of researchers worked with the Daasanach to study the effects of the drought on their culture and access to food. They examined water and food access as well as coping and dietary strategies for 515 adults and 384 children in communities around Lake Turkana in Kenya. During the drought, livestock herds dropped precipitously, with little recovery by 2024. Prior to the drought in 2019, each household had an average of 24 sheep and goats; by 2022 and 2023, they had just eight on average. Similarly, before the drought, the average family had six cows, and during the drought, just two. Such livestock are central to the economy and food security of the Daasanach pastoralists. With fewer animals to feed themselves, many Daasanach families moved to the town of Illeret during the drought to be closer to food aid. As the drought progressed, nutrition worsened for the Daasanach amid a drop in milk and meat consumption. Researchers found that children who had access to milk had significantly better nutrition over time compared to children without access to milk. The study also found an increase in water insecurity during the drought, compounding food insecurity challenges. “The lived experience of Daasanach is important to understand&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/drought-reshapes-livelihoods-of-kenyas-daasanach-pastoralists-study-finds/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-335447</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Greta Thunberg arrives at UN climate talks saying ‘everything we love is at stake’</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/greta-thunberg-arrives-at-un-climate-talks-saying-everything-we-love-is-at-stake/</link>
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					<pubDate>10 Nov 2026 16:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Associated Press]]>
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						<![CDATA[Mongabay Editor]]>
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							<![CDATA[Turkey]]>
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							<![CDATA[Activism, Adaptation To Climate Change, Business, Climate, Climate Change, climate finance, Climate Justice, Climate Science, Earth Science, Environment, Global Environmental Crisis, Impact Of Climate Change, and Science]]>
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							<![CDATA[ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Prominent climate change activist Greta Thunberg arrived Tuesday at the U.N. climate meeting, where she emphasized the need to protect people and the planet over profits and power. This year&#8217;s meeting — called the Conference of the Parties, or COP31 — comes after a year of climate-induced heat waves and other [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Prominent climate change activist Greta Thunberg arrived Tuesday at the U.N. climate meeting, where she emphasized the need to protect people and the planet over profits and power. This year&#8217;s meeting — called the Conference of the Parties, or COP31 — comes after a year of climate-induced heat waves and other disasters. As she arrived at the meeting venue in Antalya, Turkey, Thunberg said climate change is “threatening everything&#8221; and that “everything and everyone we love is at stake.” “We should act to protect and benefit people rather than constantly sacrificing the global majority and the very planet we are all living on, for a fortunate few to keep making unimaginable profits and maintaining geopolitical power,” she told reporters. Thunberg is attending her first U.N. climate summit since she participated in the 2021 COP in Glasgow, Scotland, where she dismissed promises made by global leaders as “blah, blah, blah.&#8221; In 2024, Thunberg participated in a protest rally in Georgia against Azerbaijan hosting that year&#8217;s climate talks. Thunberg accused Azerbaijan of using that summit to &#8220;greenwash their crimes and human rights abuses.” Thunberg is expected to join this year&#8217;s talks for a few days. She said structural changes are needed across the world to deal with the climate crisis because current political and economic systems “have become incompatible with human nature.” By Khalil Hamra and Sibi Arasu, Associated Press Banner image: Activist Greta Thunberg speaks to members of the media at the COP31 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov.&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/greta-thunberg-arrives-at-un-climate-talks-saying-everything-we-love-is-at-stake/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>DRC residents sue Chinese mining company over alleged pollution in Kolwezi</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/drc-residents-sue-chinese-mining-company-over-alleged-pollution-in-kolwezi/</link>
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					<pubDate>10 Nov 2026 12:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Anne NzouankeuWill Mbuyu]]>
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						<![CDATA[Malavika Vyawhare]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[africa]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Africa, Central Africa, and Democratic Republic Of Congo]]>
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							<![CDATA[Governance, Mining, Natural Resources, Pollution, and Water Pollution]]>
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							<![CDATA[Twenty-seven residents of Kolwezi, a major copper and cobalt mining hub in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, have taken Chinese-controlled mining company COMMUS to court, accusing it of polluting their water, air and soil and putting their health and livelihoods at risk. The lawsuit against Compagnie Minière de Musonoie Global (COMMUS), controlled by Chinese mining [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Twenty-seven residents of Kolwezi, a major copper and cobalt mining hub in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, have taken Chinese-controlled mining company COMMUS to court, accusing it of polluting their water, air and soil and putting their health and livelihoods at risk. The lawsuit against Compagnie Minière de Musonoie Global (COMMUS), controlled by Chinese mining giant Zijin Mining, was announced in a Nov. 3 statement by human rights organizations Afrewatch and RAID, which are supporting the plaintiffs. The case raises questions about the environmental and human costs of industrial mining in the DRC, one of the world&#8217;s leading producers of copper and cobalt, minerals essential to technologies used in the global energy transition. For residents living near COMMUS&#8217;s operations, the dispute is about more immediate concerns: access to clean water, deteriorating health and the loss of livelihoods that once depended on local waterways. &#8220;COMMUS found us living here. Before, we lived well,&#8221; said one resident, who was quoted anonymously in the statement. &#8220;We used to fish, vegetables grew naturally along the stream, and we used its water for cooking and washing. But COMMUS polluted our stream, blocked it and diverted its course,&#8221; the resident said. The resident alleged that fish had disappeared from the stream, that the water now caused skin problems and that exposure to the surrounding air produced facial irritation. &#8220;We asked the authorities to come and see what was happening, but we never received any help,&#8221; the resident said. The first hearing took place Nov. 3 before&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/drc-residents-sue-chinese-mining-company-over-alleged-pollution-in-kolwezi/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>California’s Wolf Divide</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/specials/2026/11/californias-wolf-divide/</link>
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					<pubDate>10 Nov 2026 09:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Alejandroprescottcornejo]]>
					</author>
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							<![CDATA[California, Global, North America, and United States]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Canids, Mammals, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[After nearly a century’s absence, gray wolves are recolonizing California, altering ecosystems and landscapes in the U.S.’s most populous state. Mongabay’s Spoorthy Raman examines how this change is playing out: conservationists welcome the wolves’ return, ranchers vilify them due to livestock losses, and others seek coexistence at a time when wolf numbers are growing. This [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[After nearly a century’s absence, gray wolves are recolonizing California, altering ecosystems and landscapes in the U.S.’s most populous state. Mongabay’s Spoorthy Raman examines how this change is playing out: conservationists welcome the wolves’ return, ranchers vilify them due to livestock losses, and others seek coexistence at a time when wolf numbers are growing. This series delves into complex efforts to find balance between evolving science, public policy and wildlife management in one of the United States’ most closely watched wildlife recoveries.This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/specials/2026/11/californias-wolf-divide/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>How did these shrines survive a tsunami?</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/how-did-these-shrines-survive-a-tsunami/</link>
					<comments>https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/how-did-these-shrines-survive-a-tsunami/#respond</comments>
					<pubDate>10 Nov 2026 09:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Sandy Watt]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Jonathan Vit]]>
					</author>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, East Asia, and Japan]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Disasters, Environment, Global Environmental Crisis, Nature-based climate solutions, and Tsunami]]>
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							<![CDATA[When the 2011 tsunami devastated Japan’s coast, patches of forest were left standing amid the destruction. Many surrounded Shinto shrines, ancient chinju-no-mori, or “guardian forests”, that appeared to protected them when disaster struck. Could these deeply rooted forests offer a natural defence against future tsunamis?]]>
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							<![CDATA[When the 2011 tsunami devastated Japan’s coast, patches of forest were left standing amid the destruction. Many surrounded Shinto shrines, ancient chinju-no-mori, or “guardian forests”, that appeared to protected them when disaster struck. Could these deeply rooted forests offer a natural defence against future tsunamis?This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/how-did-these-shrines-survive-a-tsunami/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>A plan to save Bali&#8217;s vanishing fireflies takes root in organic farming</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/a-plan-to-save-balis-vanishing-fireflies-takes-root-in-organic-farming/</link>
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					<pubDate>10 Nov 2026 08:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Mongabay.com]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Naina Rao]]>
					</author>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Indonesia, and Southeast Asia]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Captive Breeding, Community-based Conservation, Conservation, Conservation Solutions, Ecosystems, Environment, Farming, Happy-upbeat Environmental, Insects, Pollution, Restoration, Solutions, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[Four decades ago, Wayan Wardika says, clouds of fireflies would illuminate the night sky above the rice fields of his native village in Bali, Indonesia. Today, the insects have virtually disappeared from here due to rapid land development, light pollution, habitat degradation, and heavy use of agricultural pesticides, reports contributor Rizky Maulana Yanuar and Mongabay’s [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Four decades ago, Wayan Wardika says, clouds of fireflies would illuminate the night sky above the rice fields of his native village in Bali, Indonesia. Today, the insects have virtually disappeared from here due to rapid land development, light pollution, habitat degradation, and heavy use of agricultural pesticides, reports contributor Rizky Maulana Yanuar and Mongabay’s Sam Lee in a video. Across Southeast Asia, at least four firefly species are nearing extinction. Beyond their cultural importance, fireflies serve as critical bioindicators of environmental health, act as plant pollinators, and control agricultural pests by preying on crop-destroying snails. To reverse the fireflies’ decline, Wardika founded Bring Back the Light in 2020 on his family farm in Taro, Bali, establishing Indonesia’s only firefly conservation program. Lead scientist Cindy Chayani works alongside a specialized research team to oversee a captive-breeding program designed to rewild native populations. In custom terrariums engineered to replicate natural jungle and wetland habitats, scientists nurture firefly larvae for up to two years. Then they release roughly 90% of the adult insects into the wild. “We designed their mating terrariums to mimic their natural habitat,” Chayani says in the video. “This is so they hopefully feel comfortable and produce more eggs.” The program has released nearly 20,000 larvae and adults, resulting in a gradual recovery of local firefly counts. But Wardika acknowledges that breeding fireflies alone won’t ensure long-term survival without healthy habitats. “If we don’t see fireflies, there is something wrong with the ecosystem,” he says, adding that his goal&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/a-plan-to-save-balis-vanishing-fireflies-takes-root-in-organic-farming/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Tens of thousands of orchids saved from road development in southern India</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/tens-of-thousands-of-orchids-saved-from-road-development-in-southern-india/</link>
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					<pubDate>10 Nov 2026 05:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Shreya Dasgupta]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Bobbybascomb]]>
					</author>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, India, and South Asia]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation, Development, Habitat, Habitat Loss, Happy-upbeat Environmental, Hope and optimism, Infrastructure, Orchids, Plants, Roads, Solutions, Wildlife, and Wildlife Rescues]]>
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							<![CDATA[An emergency effort to rescue tens of thousands of orchids from being razed for a road-building projects in southern India has been hailed a success in a recent study. Many species of orchids are classified as epiphytes, which means they grow on trees, using them as physical support frames. When these host trees are killed, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[An emergency effort to rescue tens of thousands of orchids from being razed for a road-building projects in southern India has been hailed a success in a recent study. Many species of orchids are classified as epiphytes, which means they grow on trees, using them as physical support frames. When these host trees are killed, the orchids can die along with them. Researchers in the state of Kerala collected more than 27,000 such orchids from trees that had either been felled or were scheduled to be cut down for road development. The rescued orchids were then planted on trees in two public wetlands and a beach. About two years later, nearly three-quarters of those orchids were still alive, researchers found. Among the rescues were 12 orchid species endemic to the region. Eleven of those 12 aren’t even listed on the IUCN Red List, meaning their conservation status isn’t known. “There is a kind of silent extinction going on with some of these orchids,” Viswambharan Sarasan, study co-author and an expert in orchid conservation at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the U.K., told Mongabay in a video call.  “We don’t know how many of these orchids are being lost to road-building program over the last 15-20 years.” Kerala is an orchid hotspot, with 271 known species. Many grow on trees in forests, roadsides, and tea and coffee plantations in the biodiverse Western Ghats mountain range. Sarasan and his colleagues planted the 27,324 rescued orchids in three public areas: Kappad Beach;&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/tens-of-thousands-of-orchids-saved-from-road-development-in-southern-india/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>A year after a wastewater spill in the Philippines, communities fight to save a dying sea</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/a-year-after-a-wastewater-spill-in-the-philippines-communities-fight-to-save-a-dying-sea/</link>
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					<pubDate>10 Nov 2026 05:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Pippo Carmona]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Isabel Esterman]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Philippines, and Southeast Asia]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Business, Chemicals, Coastal Ecosystems, Conservation, Coral Reefs, Disasters, Environment, Health, Industry, Marine, Marine Conservation, Marine Protected Areas, Oceans, Pollution, and Water Pollution]]>
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							<![CDATA[MANJUYOD, Philippines — For years, Jonalyn Rentuaya, president of Alangilanan United Seaweed Growers Association, began her mornings the same way. By 6:00 a.m., she and other seaweed growers in the Alangilanan neighborhood of Manjuyod, would be wading in the shallows of Bais Bay, out on their lines, tending their crop. Then, on Oct. 26, 2025, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[MANJUYOD, Philippines — For years, Jonalyn Rentuaya, president of Alangilanan United Seaweed Growers Association, began her mornings the same way. By 6:00 a.m., she and other seaweed growers in the Alangilanan neighborhood of Manjuyod, would be wading in the shallows of Bais Bay, out on their lines, tending their crop. Then, on Oct. 26, 2025, the usually clear waters deepened to the color of dark tea. A flood of waste from an ethanol plant about a kilometer away had poured into the bay. “It was maybe around 7:00 a.m. when the dike broke,” Rentuaya says. “Those on the shore immediately ran for safety because it was like a tidal wave. The pressure was strong.” The embankment holding the waste effluent of Universal Robina Corporation’s (URC) ethanol distillery collapsed, unleashing 255 million liters (67.4 million gallons) of wastewater into the bay, equivalent to about 100 Olympic-sized swimming pools of toxic ooze. Bacteria in the waste multiplied, consuming the dissolved oxygen that fish and other marine life need to breathe. Fish suffocated and seaweed on the lines died, and with them, the livelihoods of the coastal communities vanished. The spill reached 17 coastal villages across Bais and Manjuyod and affected at least 3,000 fishers, fish pen operators and seaweed growers, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said on Nov. 3, 2025, according to Mongabay reporting at the time. The spill’s impact was compounded by the bay’s ecological significance. Bais Bay opens into the Tañon Strait, the narrow channel separating Negros,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/a-year-after-a-wastewater-spill-in-the-philippines-communities-fight-to-save-a-dying-sea/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Brazil deploys national security force to Indigenous territory following invasion</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/brazil-deploys-national-security-force-to-indigenous-territory-following-invasion/</link>
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					<pubDate>10 Nov 2026 01:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Aimee Gabay]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Bobbybascomb]]>
					</author>
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							<![CDATA[Two months ago, more than 500 people invaded Brazil’s Ituna/Itatá Indigenous Territory in Pará, northern Brazil, where the isolated Igarapé Ipiaçava Indigenous people live. In response, Brazil has deployed the National Public Security Force for a period of 180 days to support the country’s Indigenous Affairs Agency (Funai) as it works to protect the Indigenous [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Two months ago, more than 500 people invaded Brazil’s Ituna/Itatá Indigenous Territory in Pará, northern Brazil, where the isolated Igarapé Ipiaçava Indigenous people live. In response, Brazil has deployed the National Public Security Force for a period of 180 days to support the country’s Indigenous Affairs Agency (Funai) as it works to protect the Indigenous territory. &#8220;The deployment of the National Force is already underway,” a Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MJSP) spokesperson told Mongabay over email. “Troops are already in the region.” In August 2026, a new state law in Pará created the Bacajaí Environmental Protection Area (APA Bacajaí), which allows private landowners to build homes and raise livestock in the area. However, the federal government maintains that the state law is invalid since the APA Bacajaí completely overlaps with the federally protected Indigenous land in Pará state. In the weeks after the law was approved, hundreds of people invaded the Indigenous land, smashing through security gates, tearing down warning signs and setting up camps inside. A Mongabay investigation published in October reveals how the fast-tracked law helped legitimize and encourage hundreds of people to invade the territory. A coordinated social media campaign involving politicians and influential agribusiness figures also helped push the invasion, Mongabay found. The investigation also found a sharp increase in forest fires, jumping from zero alerts in August to 23 signs of fires inside Ituna/Itatá by Oct. 13. On Aug. 26, a federal court ordered the government to deploy a security team within 48&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/brazil-deploys-national-security-force-to-indigenous-territory-following-invasion/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>El Niño&#8217;s hidden toll on trees emerges years later in Papua New Guinea rainforest</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/el-ninos-hidden-toll-on-trees-emerges-years-later-in-papua-new-guinea-rainforest/</link>
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					<pubDate>09 Nov 2026 23:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Matthew Burkhart]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Isabel Esterman]]>
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							<![CDATA[Melanesia, Oceania, Pacific Islands, and Papua New Guinea]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Climate, Climate Change, Climate Science, Conservation, Drought, Earth Science, Ecosystems, El Nino, Environment, Extreme Weather, Forests, Global Environmental Crisis, Plants, Rainforests, Research, Science, Trees, Tropical Forests, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[When the El Niño drought ended in a remote Papua New Guinea rainforest, the trees did not immediately recover. Many kept dying. That is one of the findings of a recent study of more than 21,000 trees in the Wanang Forest Dynamics Plot, a 50-hectare (124-acre) research site in northern Papua New Guinea. Researchers measured [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[When the El Niño drought ended in a remote Papua New Guinea rainforest, the trees did not immediately recover. Many kept dying. That is one of the findings of a recent study of more than 21,000 trees in the Wanang Forest Dynamics Plot, a 50-hectare (124-acre) research site in northern Papua New Guinea. Researchers measured tree mortality before, during and two years after the catastrophic 2015-17 El Niño drought and found that mortality was significantly higher after the drought than before or during it. “It was after the drought, the post-drought period, that you could actually see those trees dying,” said Hayden Wagia, the study’s lead author and a faculty botanist at the Papua New Guinea University of Technology’s School of Forestry. The findings suggest the effects of drought can linger long after rainfall returns. Trees that survive a severe dry period may still be weakened enough to die later, although the researchers say their study cannot determine exactly what caused the delayed deaths. The 2015-17 drought brought a substantial reduction in rainfall to the Wanang forest. According to the study, only 5.2% of the area’s total precipitation fell during the dry season during the drought, compared with 13.1% before it and 9.6% afterward. One of the study&#8217;s most striking findings was how differently trees responded depending on where they grew. Valley trees experienced relatively high mortality before and during the drought but recovered quickly afterward. Ridge trees showed the opposite pattern, with mortality increasing after the drought and remaining&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/el-ninos-hidden-toll-on-trees-emerges-years-later-in-papua-new-guinea-rainforest/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Rangers’ role must be built into biodiversity conservation commitments (commentary)</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/rangers-role-must-be-built-into-biodiversity-conservation-commitments-commentary/</link>
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					<pubDate>09 Nov 2026 21:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Madhu RaoNik Sekhran]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Erik Hoffner]]>
					</author>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[30x30 conservation target, Biodiversity, Commentary, Conflict, Conservation, Crime, Finance, Funding, Governance, Human-wildlife Conflict, philanthropy, Poaching, Wildlife, Wildlife Rangers, and Wildlife Trafficking]]>
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							<![CDATA[At the COP17 biodiversity summit in Yerevan, Armenia, conservation leaders from around the world gathered to conduct the first global review of progress toward the ambitious goals adopted in 2022 under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF). Among them is Target 3, a commitment to effectively and equitably conserving 30% of the planet’s land and waters [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[At the COP17 biodiversity summit in Yerevan, Armenia, conservation leaders from around the world gathered to conduct the first global review of progress toward the ambitious goals adopted in 2022 under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF). Among them is Target 3, a commitment to effectively and equitably conserving 30% of the planet’s land and waters by 2030 (30&#215;30). But achieving a shift in land and sea management on this scale will depend on something in conservation policy that has too often been overlooked: a large portion of the people responsible for actually making it happen — rangers. For years, the world has debated how much land to protect and how much money to invest in nature, while paying far less attention to the workforce needed to turn those commitments into results. Rangers play a central role in managing protected and conserved areas and delivering commitments on biodiversity, climate, and land degradation. Yet our latest research shows they remain largely absent from the policies and frameworks meant to guide this work. Why rangers matter Effective conservation requires people on the ground who can monitor ecosystems, manage protected and conserved areas, and ensure that rules governing their use are upheld. The International Ranger Federation defines a ranger as any person, regardless of title — wildlife warden, forest guard, game scout, marine ranger, park guard, and others — working in situ to safeguard nature and preserve cultural and historical heritage. Rangers work under many different governance systems and are not limited to government&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/rangers-role-must-be-built-into-biodiversity-conservation-commitments-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Peruvian authorities seize more than 3,000 tarantulas from suspected European traffickers</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/peruvian-authorities-seize-more-than-3000-tarantulas-from-suspected-european-traffickers/</link>
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					<pubDate>09 Nov 2026 20:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Spoorthy Raman]]>
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						<![CDATA[Bobbybascomb]]>
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							<![CDATA[Peru]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Arachnids, Biodiversity, Business, Crime, Governance, Illegal Trade, International Trade, Invertebrates, Pet Trade, Pets, Spiders, Trade, Wildlife, and Wildlife Trade]]>
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							<![CDATA[Peruvian customs agents and authorities from the National Forest and Wildlife Service (SERFOR) announced on Nov. 4, 2026, that they seized more than 3,000 tarantulas at the Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima. The spiders were hidden inside socks put in luggage destined for Germany. The alleged traffickers, two German citizens and a Polish national, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Peruvian customs agents and authorities from the National Forest and Wildlife Service (SERFOR) announced on Nov. 4, 2026, that they seized more than 3,000 tarantulas at the Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima. The spiders were hidden inside socks put in luggage destined for Germany. The alleged traffickers, two German citizens and a Polish national, include a “renowned tarantula researcher” who was not publicly identified, authorities said in a press release. They were reportedly detained by the Peruvian National Police&#8217;s environmental crimes unit and face criminal proceedings. “Concealed in socks inside three suitcases, we found the tarantulas in different stages of life, from eggs and hatchlings to adults,” said Cora Suárez, a forest and wildlife control technician at SERFOR in a press release. “The traffickers made a meticulous selection to include different species, some of which have not yet been described by science.” These arachnids, some vividly colored, were collected from the wild allegedly to be sold as exotic pets to collectors and for research. They came from across Peru, including Junín, Loreto, Cajamarca, Cusco and La Libertad, authorities said. The seized spiders include members of the genus Pamphobeteus which includes some of the largest spiders in the world and are sold online for as much as 60 pounds ($80) each. Blue bird eaters (Thrixopelma lagunas), which can fetch 40 pounds ($53) online, were also confiscated along with several new-to-science spiders. Antikuna sp. was only described in 2021, and some species of Avicularia have not yet been scientifically described, according&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/peruvian-authorities-seize-more-than-3000-tarantulas-from-suspected-european-traffickers/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Thick smog shrouds New Delhi after Diwali firecrackers add to seasonal pollution</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/thick-smog-shrouds-new-delhi-after-diwali-firecrackers-add-to-seasonal-pollution/</link>
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					<pubDate>09 Nov 2026 17:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Associated Press]]>
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						<![CDATA[Mongabay Editor]]>
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							<![CDATA[NEW DELHI (AP) — A thick blanket of smog shrouded India’s capital Monday after firecrackers lit up the skies over New Delhi during Diwali celebrations, compounding dangerously high pollution levels and intensifying the seasonal air pollution crisis that grips the city every year. Despite restrictions on fireworks, residents in New Delhi celebrated the Hindu festival [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[NEW DELHI (AP) — A thick blanket of smog shrouded India’s capital Monday after firecrackers lit up the skies over New Delhi during Diwali celebrations, compounding dangerously high pollution levels and intensifying the seasonal air pollution crisis that grips the city every year. Despite restrictions on fireworks, residents in New Delhi celebrated the Hindu festival of lights with firecrackers on Sunday evening, releasing smoke and fine particulate matter into the atmosphere. The air quality index exceeded 350 in several parts of the capital on Monday morning, reaching the severe category and posing significant health risks. Monitoring stations across the city recorded similarly alarming levels, while visibility deteriorated as a gray haze blanketed streets and high-rise buildings. India’s Supreme Court in October had sought to limit Diwali pollution by restricting conventional firecrackers and allowing only approved “green firecrackers” under specified conditions for three-hour windows on Saturday and Sunday. The crackers produce fewer emissions but are not pollution-free. They still release particulate matter and other pollutants, adding to the city’s already hazardous air. Isyad, a New Delhi resident who uses one name, said the worsening smog was taking a toll on his health. “Because of the pollution there is irritation in the throat and itching in the eyes,” he said. New Delhi and its metropolitan region, home to more than 30 million people, regularly rank among the world’s most polluted areas during winter. Pollution worsens as Diwali fireworks coincide with cooler weather and smoke from crop-residue fires in neighboring states of Punjab&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/thick-smog-shrouds-new-delhi-after-diwali-firecrackers-add-to-seasonal-pollution/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Sri Lankan wildlife photographer Ravindralal Anthonis urges respect for elephants over good shots</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/sri-lankan-wildlife-photographer-ravindralal-anthonis-urges-respect-for-elephants-over-good-shots/</link>
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					<pubDate>09 Nov 2026 14:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Malaka Rodrigo]]>
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						<![CDATA[Dilrukshi Handunnetti]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, South Asia, and Sri Lanka]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity Hotspots, Charismatic Animals, Conflict, Conservation, Elephants, Interviews, Interviews with conservation players, Mammals, Photos, Research, Wildlife, and Wildlife Corridors]]>
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							<![CDATA[COLOMBO — The recent death of Kavantissa, a celebrated “tusker” in one of Sri Lanka’s human-elephant conflict hotspots, from a gunshot injury has sparked grief, anger, and a string of public protests. It’s also spurred debate about whether photographers who follow tuskers — elephants, typically male, with large tusks — also put the pachyderms at [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[COLOMBO — The recent death of Kavantissa, a celebrated “tusker” in one of Sri Lanka’s human-elephant conflict hotspots, from a gunshot injury has sparked grief, anger, and a string of public protests. It’s also spurred debate about whether photographers who follow tuskers — elephants, typically male, with large tusks — also put the pachyderms at risk by overexposing them, or, at times, seeming to harass the animals. For veteran wildlife photographer and conservationist Ravindralal Anthonis, the debate reflects wider changes in wildlife photography. Anthonis has been identifying and naming individual tuskers decades before the advent of digital cameras or social media, documenting their lives through years of observation. He’s also served as president of Sri Lanka’s oldest conservation organization, the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS), from 2005 to 2007, during which he championed several conservation initiatives. Now 80, Anthonis spoke with Mongabay contributor Malaka Rodrigo about how his childhood fascination with wildlife and a chance encounter shaped his pioneering work. He also offered a glimpse into an earlier era when wildlife photography was as much about patience and observation as capturing an image. The following interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. &nbsp; ​Mongabay: You are among the early wildlife photographers in Sri Lanka. How and when did this interest in wildlife begin? Ravindralal Anthonis: My interest in wildlife began at a very young age. In 1955, when I was a student at St. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia, my mother gave me a book called Nine Man-Eaters&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/sri-lankan-wildlife-photographer-ravindralal-anthonis-urges-respect-for-elephants-over-good-shots/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Human-crow relations show strain as Kathmandu observes annual day of the crow</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/human-crow-relations-show-strain-as-kathmandu-observes-annual-day-of-the-crow/</link>
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					<pubDate>09 Nov 2026 12:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Gobinda Pokharel]]>
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						<![CDATA[Abhaya Raj Joshi]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Nepal, and South Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Birds, Cities, Culture, Development, Traditional People, urban ecology, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[KATHMANDU — Ramesh Dulal was 13 years old when he began “communicating” with crows. He started making sounds resembling the crows, who would respond by gathering around him, he recalls. Popularly known as kagé, crows are called kaag in Nepali, and Nepal observes an annual day of the crow, called Kaag Tihar, which falls around [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[KATHMANDU — Ramesh Dulal was 13 years old when he began “communicating” with crows. He started making sounds resembling the crows, who would respond by gathering around him, he recalls. Popularly known as kagé, crows are called kaag in Nepali, and Nepal observes an annual day of the crow, called Kaag Tihar, which falls around the Hindu festival of Deepawali, or Diwali. On this day, Dulal, now 35, organizes what he calls the Crow Conference every year. This year, it was on Saturday last week, Nov. 7. At the event every year, Dulal, a folk music singer and activist, holds a microphone and produces a series of guttural calls, “caw &#8230; caw &#8230; caw,” imitating a crow. As his calls echo through powerful speakers, flocks of crows gather from surrounding trees, rooftops and electrical poles. After several minutes, he stops and addresses the people who have come to witness the event. He speaks about the religious significance of crows and their ecological role. Then the conference ends. While Dulal wholeheartedly welcomes crows to his event, many residents in Kathmandu would rather shoo them away, especially after the birds were blamed for a bird flu outbreak at the Central Zoo. But crows are thriving in the city as trees disappear and waste piles up, and birds that live on scraps are gaining ground over those that need trees. A house crow looks on during the morning prayers at the Buddhist Bodha Stupa, Bodha, Kathmandu. Image by Wonderlane via Flickr (CC BY-NC&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/human-crow-relations-show-strain-as-kathmandu-observes-annual-day-of-the-crow/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>South Korea’s beloved squid may vanish from its waters due to climate change, heat waves</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/south-koreas-beloved-squid-may-vanish-from-its-waters-due-to-climate-change-heat-waves/</link>
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					<pubDate>09 Nov 2026 10:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Kelly Kasulis-Cho]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Yenni Kwok]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, East Asia, and South Korea]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate, Climate Change, Conservation, Environment, Extreme Weather, Fisheries, Fishing, Food, Food Industry, food security, Global Environmental Crisis, Heatwave, Impact Of Climate Change, Marine, Marine Animals, Natural Resources, Ocean Warming, Oceans, Squid, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[SEOUL — Many South Koreans remember days when squid was inexpensive, everyday food: Stir-fried with spicy chili flakes, steamed in a bath of water and soju, or dried and eaten as a bar snack along with a pint of ice-cold beer. Kim Tae-won, a professor at the Department of Ocean Sciences at South Korea’s Inha [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[SEOUL — Many South Koreans remember days when squid was inexpensive, everyday food: Stir-fried with spicy chili flakes, steamed in a bath of water and soju, or dried and eaten as a bar snack along with a pint of ice-cold beer. Kim Tae-won, a professor at the Department of Ocean Sciences at South Korea’s Inha University, recalled when he was in high school in the 1990s, “squid was one of the major fishery resources in Korea’s East Sea.” “It was abundant, affordable and a familiar part of everyday meals,” he told Mongabay. But squid prices have skyrocketed in South Korea. One reason is that the country’s squid catch has been declining dramatically, with the current volume only one-sixteenth of that in 2002, according to the country’s national statistics service. Between 2023 and 2025, South Korea’s most prominent fisheries did not produce even 10% of the annual squid catch recorded in the peak production year of 1999, when roughly 225,122 tons of squid were caught from the Korean Peninsula’s surrounding seas. &nbsp; Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus) drying at Daepo Port. Image by Bernard Gagnon via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). A new study, published in the journal Communications Earth &amp; Environment in October, gives a worrying prediction. It estimates that by the 2040s, South Korea will become “a zero-catch state” for the Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus), the country’s most popular squid species, due to climate change and marine heat waves. Researchers at Pukyong National University (PKNU) in Busan cross-examined fishery&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/south-koreas-beloved-squid-may-vanish-from-its-waters-due-to-climate-change-heat-waves/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Killing a dangerous coral</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/killing-a-dangerous-coral/</link>
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					<pubDate>08 Nov 2026 15:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Julia Lima]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Jonathan Vit]]>
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							<![CDATA[Brazil, Latin America, and South America]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Coral Reefs, Ecosystems, Environment, Marine, Oceans, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[A Brazilian biologist and a team of volunteer divers are killing coral to save a marine protected area just off the famous Ipanema beach. They&#8217;re manually removing sun coral, an invasive species first seen in Brazil more than 40 years ago, from an offshore oil platform. The coral has no natural predators in the region [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[A Brazilian biologist and a team of volunteer divers are killing coral to save a marine protected area just off the famous Ipanema beach. They&#8217;re manually removing sun coral, an invasive species first seen in Brazil more than 40 years ago, from an offshore oil platform. The coral has no natural predators in the region and it has spread along the coast, where it could suffocate Brazil&#8217;s marine wildlife. So Adriana Gomes and her team are using a simple but effective technique to solve this problem: Their own hands. Watch the full video to see if they succeed.This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/killing-a-dangerous-coral/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>These divers are killing a beautiful coral to save Brazil’s marine life</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/video/2026/11/these-divers-are-killing-a-beautiful-coral-to-save-brazils-marine-life/</link>
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					<pubDate>07 Nov 2026 11:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Julia Lima]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Jonathan Vit]]>
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							<![CDATA[Brazil, Latin America, and South America]]>
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							<![CDATA[Conservation, Coral Reefs, Ecosystems, Invasive Species, and Oceans]]>
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							<![CDATA[RIO DE JANEIRO — Beneath the surface of Brazil’s coastal waters, a silent invasion is transforming marine ecosystems. Sun coral (Tubastraea coccinea and Tubastraea tagusensis), an invasive coral native to the Indo-Pacific, is spreading along Brazil’s coastline, threatening native species. First seen in Brazil in the 1980s, attached to an offshore oil platform in Rio [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[RIO DE JANEIRO — Beneath the surface of Brazil’s coastal waters, a silent invasion is transforming marine ecosystems. Sun coral (Tubastraea coccinea and Tubastraea tagusensis), an invasive coral native to the Indo-Pacific, is spreading along Brazil’s coastline, threatening native species. First seen in Brazil in the 1980s, attached to an offshore oil platform in Rio de Janeiro state, sun coral has since spread rapidly. Estimates suggest it can expand at 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) rate per year and is now found along approximately 3,500 kilometers (2,175 miles) of the Brazilian coast. Without any natural predators to keep it in check, sun coral can quickly dominate rocky reefs, outcompeting native species for space. It also releases chemicals that harm neighboring corals, including Brazil’s native brain and star corals. The consequences ripple through the entire ecosystem. As sun coral takes over, small reef-dwelling organisms can disappear, and fish populations may decline. Research suggests that once sun coral covers 45% of a rocky reef, its ecosystem may already be profoundly altered. But Brazil has been fighting back. In 2018, the country created a National Plan to prevent, control and monitor the invasion, bringing together scientists, conservationists and public authorities in an effort that could offer valuable lessons for other countries. On the front line is Adriana Gomes, a marine biologist with Brazil’s Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). Alongside a team of volunteer divers, she is removing sun coral colonies one by one from the waters surrounding the Cagarras Islands, a protected&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/video/2026/11/these-divers-are-killing-a-beautiful-coral-to-save-brazils-marine-life/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>This riverside border town is fueling an illegal gold rush</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/this-riverside-border-town-is-fueling-an-illegal-gold-rush/</link>
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					<pubDate>07 Nov 2026 11:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Julia LimaMaxwell Radwin]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Lucia Torres]]>
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							<![CDATA[Latin America, South America, and Suriname]]>
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							<![CDATA[Environment, Gold Mining, Health, Mining, Natural Resources, and Pollution]]>
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							<![CDATA[Mongabay&#8217;s reporter Max Radwin went to Suriname&#8217;s Amazon to investigate the advance of illegal gold mining on Indigenous territories. Despite a government pledge to combat the activity, Indigenous Wayana communities are facing an influx of miners who cut down the forest and pollute rivers with mercury on the border of French Guiana. To learn more [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Mongabay&#8217;s reporter Max Radwin went to Suriname&#8217;s Amazon to investigate the advance of illegal gold mining on Indigenous territories. Despite a government pledge to combat the activity, Indigenous Wayana communities are facing an influx of miners who cut down the forest and pollute rivers with mercury on the border of French Guiana. To learn more about Max&#8217;s findings, read the full story. This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/this-riverside-border-town-is-fueling-an-illegal-gold-rush/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Guatemala faces a human rights court over violent evictions of Indigenous communities</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/guatemala-faces-a-human-rights-court-over-violent-evictions-of-indigenous-communities/</link>
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					<pubDate>06 Nov 2026 19:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Maxwell Radwin]]>
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						<![CDATA[Bobbybascomb]]>
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							<![CDATA[Guatemala]]>
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							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Business, Conservation, Crops, Culture, Environment, Governance, Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Law, Protected Areas, and Sugar]]>
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							<![CDATA[Years after Indigenous communities in Guatemala were forcibly evicted from their ancestral land, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is asking a court to hold the government responsible and provide reparations. On Oct. 28, the IACHR announced it had referred a case to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which rules on human rights violations [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Years after Indigenous communities in Guatemala were forcibly evicted from their ancestral land, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is asking a court to hold the government responsible and provide reparations. On Oct. 28, the IACHR announced it had referred a case to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which rules on human rights violations in the Americas. The case involves 14 Maya Q’eqchi’ communities in Alta Verapaz that were removed from their land to make way for sugarcane plantations. “Sugarcane cultivation caused displacement and the loss of rice, maize and bean crops that supported the health and food security of the Indigenous Maya Q’eqchi’ population, and substantially affected the environment,” the IACHR said in its referral, submitted to the court Sept. 17. Disputes in the territory date back to at least 2005, when private companies started buying Indigenous land that the Maya Q’eqchi’ had occupied for centuries, according to the IACHR referral. The government hadn’t granted the communities proper land titles, creating confusion about who could occupy the area. In 2011, following years of protests, a court authorized the eviction of the 14 Indigenous communities, whose residents had refused to leave the land. “The government of the republic has a legal and moral obligation to stop the growing number of illegal actions that pose a serious risk to the country’s governability,” the government said in a statement at the time. The evictions were carried out “violently and with a disproportionate use of force,” the IACHR’s referral said. The Commission&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/guatemala-faces-a-human-rights-court-over-violent-evictions-of-indigenous-communities/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Peru’s drive for critical minerals threatens a disappearing glacier</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/perus-drive-for-critical-minerals-threatens-a-disappearing-glacier/</link>
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					<pubDate>06 Nov 2026 18:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Euan Wallace]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Alexandra Popescu]]>
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							<![CDATA[Latin America, Peru, and South America]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Critical Minerals, Ecosystems, Energy Transition, Freshwater, Glaciers, Governance, Health, Lithium, Mining, Natural Resources, Regulations, Water, and Water Scarcity]]>
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							<![CDATA[Like many in the community of Phinaya, in southeastern Peru, Donato Bermúdez makes his living from alpacas. His flock of 500 roams the slopes beneath the vast Quelccaya glacier, the site of the second-largest tropical ice cap in the world. Reaching 5,600 meters (18,400 feet), its white peak is home to centuries of tradition. “We [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Like many in the community of Phinaya, in southeastern Peru, Donato Bermúdez makes his living from alpacas. His flock of 500 roams the slopes beneath the vast Quelccaya glacier, the site of the second-largest tropical ice cap in the world. Reaching 5,600 meters (18,400 feet), its white peak is home to centuries of tradition. “We believe the glacier is essentially alive,” Bermúdez, a lifelong resident and former community president of Phinaya, told Mongabay by phone. “We say it gives us the water, the lifeblood that flows to the community.” But he and other Phinaya locals now fear that a threat may be looming from the other side of the mountain. In the shadow of Quelccaya, long-delayed lithium and uranium mining projects are gaining fresh momentum under President Keiko Fujimori, who is determined to put transition minerals firmly on Peru’s economic agenda. “Lithium and uranium mining would be catastrophic for the Quelccaya glacier,” said Yolanda Quispe, 44, a community leader and park ranger from Phinaya, who has spent a lifetime beneath the glacier. “The fauna and flora that exist around it, the people — all of this would be destroyed,” she told Mongabay over the phone. Through Peruvian subsidiary Macusani Yellowcake, Canadian firm American Lithium controls major deposits of lithium and uranium — two minerals the Peruvian government describes as critical to the clean energy transition — across at least 174 concessions covering more than 1,090 square kilometers (421 square miles) in the department of Puno, beneath the Quelccaya glacier. The&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/perus-drive-for-critical-minerals-threatens-a-disappearing-glacier/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>As loggerhead turtles spread west, Mediterranean beach resorts learn to share the sand</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/as-loggerhead-turtles-spread-west-mediterranean-beach-resorts-learn-to-share-the-sand/</link>
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					<pubDate>06 Nov 2026 17:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Anna NapolitanoManuela Callari]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Morgan Erickson-Davis]]>
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							<![CDATA[Europe and Mediterranean Sea]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Coastal Ecosystems, Conservation, Ecosystems, Environment, Happy-upbeat Environmental, Herps, Hope and optimism, Marine, Marine Animals, Marine Conservation, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Solutions, Turtles, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[ASCEA and CASTEL VOLTURNO, Italy, and BARCELONA, Spain — In the early hours of a warm July day, regular rows of still-folded sun umbrellas stand along the shores of Castel Volturno, a coastal town in the Italian region of Campania, located about 35 kilometers (22 miles) northwest of Naples. A small group gathers around a [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[ASCEA and CASTEL VOLTURNO, Italy, and BARCELONA, Spain — In the early hours of a warm July day, regular rows of still-folded sun umbrellas stand along the shores of Castel Volturno, a coastal town in the Italian region of Campania, located about 35 kilometers (22 miles) northwest of Naples. A small group gathers around a control screen while a drone flies along the coast, searching for tractor-like tracks emerging from the waves. At the slightest sign, group members will quickly reach the location and fence off the area. Summer is the nesting season for the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta). Loggerheads inhabit warm portions of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea. However, despite its broad range, the species is listed as vulnerable to extinction by the IUCN. These large marine reptiles spend roughly two decades maturing at sea before the females return to land — usually to the same beaches where they hatched — to lay their own eggs. Historically, loggerhead nesting in the Mediterranean has been concentrated in the warm sands of the sea’s eastern and central basins — primarily in Greece, Türkiye, and Cyprus — while the western basin has served mainly as a foraging ground by juvenile turtles. But over the past five decades, increasing numbers of nests have begun to appear in the western basin, including on the shores of Italy, France, and Spain. Researcher Fulvio Maffucci pilots a drone use to find loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting sites.&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/as-loggerhead-turtles-spread-west-mediterranean-beach-resorts-learn-to-share-the-sand/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Scientists discovered an unknown baby right whale off Canada. They say it&#8217;s a cause for joy</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/scientists-discovered-an-unknown-baby-right-whale-off-canada-they-say-its-a-cause-for-joy/</link>
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					<pubDate>06 Nov 2026 17:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Associated Press]]>
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						<![CDATA[Mongabay Editor]]>
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							<![CDATA[Canada]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Cetaceans, Conservation, Critically Endangered Species, Endangered Species, Mammals, Marine Animals, Marine Mammals, Oceans, Whales, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Scientists who study whales are heartened by an unexpected discovery of a baby right whale off Canada. Researchers in Canada captured images of an unidentified baby North Atlantic right whale, one of the rarest sea mammals in the world, off Anticosti Island in Quebec in September. Scientists with the New England [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Scientists who study whales are heartened by an unexpected discovery of a baby right whale off Canada. Researchers in Canada captured images of an unidentified baby North Atlantic right whale, one of the rarest sea mammals in the world, off Anticosti Island in Quebec in September. Scientists with the New England Aquarium in Boston said this week that after analyzing photos and data about right whales, they have determined it was a calf likely born months ago that went unseen during winter surveys for the giant animals. The discovery puts the number of baby right whales discovered from the most recent birthing season at 24. By Patrick Whittle,  Associated Press Banner image:  A North Atlantic right whale Image courtesy of Robert F. Bukaty, NOAA permit # 21371This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/scientists-discovered-an-unknown-baby-right-whale-off-canada-they-say-its-a-cause-for-joy/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Drought driven by climate change is redefining how disease spreads, study finds</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/drought-driven-by-climate-change-is-redefining-how-disease-spreads-study-finds/</link>
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					<pubDate>06 Nov 2026 16:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Adam Litchkofski]]>
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						<![CDATA[Glenn Scherer]]>
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							<![CDATA[Brazil, Global, and Senegal]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate, Climate Change, Conservation, Disasters, Diseases, Drought, El Nino, Environment, Extreme Weather, Global Environmental Crisis, Health, Impact Of Climate Change, Planetary Boundaries, Planetary Health, Public Health, Research, and Science]]>
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							<![CDATA[As climate change intensifies, drought is widening globally, causing alterations in water-dependent pathogen patterns, leaving scientists scrambling to understand how infectious disease transmission is evolving. They’ll need to act quickly to predict and prepare for future outbreaks: In 2025, annual drought affected approximately 30% of the globe’s land surface, a near doubling of area since [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[As climate change intensifies, drought is widening globally, causing alterations in water-dependent pathogen patterns, leaving scientists scrambling to understand how infectious disease transmission is evolving. They’ll need to act quickly to predict and prepare for future outbreaks: In 2025, annual drought affected approximately 30% of the globe’s land surface, a near doubling of area since 2000. Currently, one child dies every 90 seconds from a waterborne disease. Many species of microorganisms are known to infect humans via waterborne illnesses or via hosts like mosquitoes that need water to reproduce. So, it was long thought that when drought shrank or dried up water sources, infectious disease would decrease. Scientists now know this isn’t true, and a recent paper sheds light on the ecological processes defining this drought-disease paradox. “When people think about drought, they think about water shortage, wildfire, loss of agriculture, et cetera,” study co-author Pieter Johnson, a disease ecologist at the University of Colorado Boulder in the U.S. told Mongabay in a phone interview. “But drought is also influencing how plants and animals interact, including how they interact with parasites,” and also which among those pathogens might be winners or losers as drought spreads. A typical river during drought: As a waterbody shrinks, proximity of animals and microorganisms is increased, aiding the transmission of infectious disease — an effect defined by the drought-disease paradox. Image by Arushdeep Singh via Unsplash. The review paper published in the journal Trends in Ecology &amp; Evolution examined 100 previous studies focusing solely on&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/drought-driven-by-climate-change-is-redefining-how-disease-spreads-study-finds/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>&#8216;Stringing me along&#8217;: After 7 years, trial in Indigenous forest guardian killing delayed again</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/stringing-me-along-after-7-years-trial-in-indigenous-forest-guardian-killing-delayed-again/</link>
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					<pubDate>06 Nov 2026 15:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Karla Mendes]]>
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						<![CDATA[Nandithachandraprakash]]>
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							<![CDATA[Amazon, Brazil, Latin America, and South America]]>
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							<![CDATA[Activism, Conflict, Conservation, Culture, Environment, Environmental Law, Governance, Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Law, Law Enforcement, Murdered Activists, and Violence]]>
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							<![CDATA[Why hasn&#8217;t the trial for the 2019 killing of forest guardian Paulo Paulino Guajajara and the attempted killing of fellow guardian Láercio Guajajara, in the Brazilian Amazon, taken place yet? &#8220;[T]here are no available slots on the court’s hearing calendar,&#8221; the advisory staff to the judge in the case told Mongabay in an emailed statement, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Why hasn&#8217;t the trial for the 2019 killing of forest guardian Paulo Paulino Guajajara and the attempted killing of fellow guardian Láercio Guajajara, in the Brazilian Amazon, taken place yet? &#8220;[T]here are no available slots on the court’s hearing calendar,&#8221; the advisory staff to the judge in the case told Mongabay in an emailed statement, one year after claiming lack of time for it to be held in 2025, sparking outrage among Guajajara Indigenous, activists and authorities. &#8220;They’re just stringing me along. Because if they actually intended to resolve this, they would have done it by now,&#8221; Paulo Guajajara’s father, José Maria Paulino Guajajara, told Mongabay by phone. &#8220;This is taking way too long — it’s been seven years already! That’s exactly why I’m here, feeling pretty fed up, to say the least.&#8221; &#8220;It’s as if we aren’t seen as human beings, right? When someone kills an Indigenous person, it’s as if it’s nothing at all — just the same as killing any animal,&#8221; Laércio Guajajara told Mongabay by phone. &#8220;We have a lot of negative thoughts about the justice system regarding this case.&#8221; On Nov. 1, 2019, Paulo Guajajara and Laércio Guajajara were fired upon in an alleged ambush by illegal loggers in the Arariboia Indigenous Territory, in northeastern Maranhão state. In August 2025, a long-awaited anthropological report of the collective damages to the Indigenous community as a result of the crimes was concluded and attached to the court case, bringing hope to the Guajajara people, activists and the&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/stringing-me-along-after-7-years-trial-in-indigenous-forest-guardian-killing-delayed-again/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Mediterranean fisheries commission adopts species management plans but punts on deep-sea protections</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/mediterranean-fisheries-commission-adopts-species-management-plans-but-punts-on-deep-sea-protections/</link>
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					<pubDate>06 Nov 2026 14:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Francesco De Augustinis]]>
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						<![CDATA[Autumn Spanne]]>
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							<![CDATA[Europe, Greece, Italy, Mediterranean Sea, Morocco, and Spain]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Conservation, Environment, Environmental Law, Fish, Fisheries, Fishing, Governance, Law, Marine, Marine Animals, Marine Conservation, Oceans, Regulations, Saltwater Fish, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[The international organization responsible for regulating fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black seas concluded its annual meeting with the adoption of new management plans for some iconic species. However, it declined to pass expected fishing restrictions to protect certain ecologically important habitats. Half of all assessed species in the region are overexploited. The 49th session [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The international organization responsible for regulating fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black seas concluded its annual meeting with the adoption of new management plans for some iconic species. However, it declined to pass expected fishing restrictions to protect certain ecologically important habitats. Half of all assessed species in the region are overexploited. The 49th session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), a body of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), took place in Rome Oct. 26-30, bringing together 23 member countries and the European Union. The meeting achieved some milestones, including establishing long-term harvest strategies for European hake (Merluccius merluccius) and deep-water rose shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris) in the Strait of Sicily, and for giant red shrimp (Aristaeomorpha foliacea) in the Strait of Sicily, the Ionian Sea between Greece and southern Italy, and the Levantine Sea in the easternmost Mediterranean. However, the commission postponed making a decision on the establishment of two Fisheries Restricted Areas: One covering a cold-water coral reef between Spain and Morocco, and another expanding protection for deep-sea areas. Both proposals had broad agreement just a few months earlier, observers said. “It is disappointing that, despite multiple proposals to restrict fishing to protect sensitive habitats, countries could not reach agreement and instead delayed adoption,” Esther Wozniak, senior policy officer for sustainable fisheries at the U.S.-based NGO The Pew Charitable Trusts, who took part in the meeting as an observer, said in a press release. “There was, however, important progress on improving fisheries management that&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/mediterranean-fisheries-commission-adopts-species-management-plans-but-punts-on-deep-sea-protections/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Kenya launches $160 million conservation initiative to support communities and biodiversity</title>
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					<pubDate>06 Nov 2026 10:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Lynet Otieno]]>
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						<![CDATA[Malavika Vyawhare]]>
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							<![CDATA[Africa, East Africa, and Kenya]]>
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							<![CDATA[30x30 conservation target, Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Conservation Finance, Conservation Solutions, Ecotourism, Finance, Governance, Plants, Science, Solutions, Tourism, Trees, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[The government of Kenya has launched a 10-year, $160 million conservation program that will target 17.3 million hectares (43 million acres) of existing conservation areas and community-managed land across 31 counties. The government projects that the initiative, which also aims to establish 2.7 million hectares of new conserved areas, will benefit 1.6 million people and [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The government of Kenya has launched a 10-year, $160 million conservation program that will target 17.3 million hectares (43 million acres) of existing conservation areas and community-managed land across 31 counties. The government projects that the initiative, which also aims to establish 2.7 million hectares of new conserved areas, will benefit 1.6 million people and create nearly 22,800 jobs. Dubbed Thamani Asili (which means “value of nature” in Swahili) the program, announced on Oct. 21, aims to secure long-term financing for protecting biodiversity while improving livelihoods, water security and climate resilience through an $80 million contribution from the government, which philanthropic partners are expected to match. Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano presided over the launch of the program at the Tsavo West National Park, southern Kenya, on behalf of Kenya’s President William Ruto. The 10-year initiative brings together the Kenyan government, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), NGO The Nature Conservancy (TNC), conservation initiative Enduring Earth and other conservation partners. “Using the Project Finance for Permanence (PFP) model, Thamani Asili establishes a long-term financing framework designed to move conservation beyond short-term funding cycles towards predictable investment, institutional accountability and measurable results,” a KWS press release about the initiative says. Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Tourism, Rebecca Miano, met with officials from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and other conservation partners ahead of presiding over the launch of a $160 million conservation-focused fund, Image courtesy of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). There are four initial priority landscapes for this project:&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/kenya-launches-160-million-conservation-initiative-to-support-communities-and-biodiversity/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>India repatriates seized orangutan, raising hopes for five more</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/india-repatriates-seized-orangutan-raising-hopes-for-five-more/</link>
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					<pubDate>06 Nov 2026 09:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Mongabay.com]]>
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						<![CDATA[Naina Rao]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, India, Indonesia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Endangered Species, Mammals, Pet Trade, Primates, Trade, Wildlife, Wildlife Trade, Wildlife Trafficking, and Zoos]]>
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							<![CDATA[A juvenile orangutan seized from an apartment in the Indian city of Mumbai in 2024 has been repatriated to its native Indonesia, following two years of health and procedural delays. The endangered animal was transferred to the Sumatra Rescue Alliance facility on the island of Sumatra, where experts plan to prepare it for eventual release [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[A juvenile orangutan seized from an apartment in the Indian city of Mumbai in 2024 has been repatriated to its native Indonesia, following two years of health and procedural delays. The endangered animal was transferred to the Sumatra Rescue Alliance facility on the island of Sumatra, where experts plan to prepare it for eventual release into the wild, reports Mongabay India’s Arathi Menon. Orangutans are listed in Appendix I of CITES, the global wildlife trade treaty, which bans the international commercial trade in wild-caught individuals. “This is the first successful repatriation of a seized CITES animal from India and my office did everything in our capacity to make it happen,” said Yogesh Nilkand Warkad, assistant management authority of CITES in Mumbai. Sinan Serhadli, a conservation scientist and adviser to Yayasan Orangutan Sumatera Lestari–Orangutan Information Centre (YOSL-OIC), which manages the Sumatra Rescue Alliance where the orangutan is headed, said that after a designated quarantine period, the juvenile will attend a forest school to acquire survival skills. “If all goes to plan, he can be released in the wild in about four years,” he said. The successful repatriation has renewed international focus on five infant orangutans that were rescued from the forests of Odisha state in India in September. Estimated to be between 1 and 1.5 years old, the infants remain at Nandankanan Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar, Odisha’s capital, while authorities investigate their origins and suspected trafficking. Panut Hadisiswoyo, founder of the Orangutan Information Centre, which founded the Sumatra Rescue Alliance, credited&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/11/india-repatriates-seized-orangutan-raising-hopes-for-five-more/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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