Conservation news https://news.mongabay.com/list/mauritius/ Environmental science and conservation news Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:18:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/05/16160320/cropped-mongabay_icon-32x32.png Mauritius environmental news https://news.mongabay.com/list/mauritius/ 32 32 More than 5 years after Wakashio oil spill, questions linger in Mauritius https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/more-than-5-years-after-wakashio-oil-spill-questions-linger-in-mauritius/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/more-than-5-years-after-wakashio-oil-spill-questions-linger-in-mauritius/#respond 26 Jan 2026 14:36:02 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=313334 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/more-than-5-years-after-wakashio-oil-spill-questions-linger-in-mauritius/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-313334 Botanists decode secret life of rare plants to ensure reintroduction success 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restoration as reefs suffer from another mass bleaching https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/mauritius-coral-reef-restoration-mass-bleaching-ocean-warming/ https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/mauritius-coral-reef-restoration-mass-bleaching-ocean-warming/#respond 30 Oct 2025 06:21:44 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=308347 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/mauritius-coral-reef-restoration-mass-bleaching-ocean-warming/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-308347 Wildlife releases have a mixed record, and climate change complicates things https://news.mongabay.com/2021/10/wildlife-releases-have-a-mixed-record-and-climate-change-complicates-things/ https://news.mongabay.com/2021/10/wildlife-releases-have-a-mixed-record-and-climate-change-complicates-things/#respond 13 Oct 2021 15:10:50 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=248008 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2021/10/wildlife-releases-have-a-mixed-record-and-climate-change-complicates-things/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-248008 What the Mauritius kestrel can teach us about wildlife reintroductions https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/what-the-mauritius-kestrel-can-teach-us-about-wildlife-reintroductions/ https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/what-the-mauritius-kestrel-can-teach-us-about-wildlife-reintroductions/#respond 20 Sep 2021 16:14:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=247328 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/what-the-mauritius-kestrel-can-teach-us-about-wildlife-reintroductions/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-247328 Birthday party on ship may have led to oil spill in Mauritius, Panama regulator says https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/birthday-party-on-ship-may-have-led-to-oil-spill-in-mauritius-panama-regulator-says/ https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/birthday-party-on-ship-may-have-led-to-oil-spill-in-mauritius-panama-regulator-says/#respond 16 Sep 2020 03:25:14 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=234880 Mongabay]]> 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https://news.mongabay.com/?p=234083 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2020/08/mauritiuss-plan-to-dump-part-of-wrecked-ship-sparks-controversy/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-234083 Mauritius grapples with worst environmental crisis in a generation https://news.mongabay.com/2020/08/mauritius-grapples-with-worst-environmental-crisis-in-a-generation/ https://news.mongabay.com/2020/08/mauritius-grapples-with-worst-environmental-crisis-in-a-generation/#respond 10 Aug 2020 11:35:20 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=233623 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2020/08/mauritius-grapples-with-worst-environmental-crisis-in-a-generation/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-233623 ‘Radically changing’ a rare Mauritian plant’s story: Q&A with ecologist Prishnee Bissessur https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/radically-changing-a-rare-mauritian-plants-story-qa-with-ecologist-prishnee-bissessur/ https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/radically-changing-a-rare-mauritian-plants-story-qa-with-ecologist-prishnee-bissessur/#respond 12 Sep 2019 11:53:40 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=222396 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/radically-changing-a-rare-mauritian-plants-story-qa-with-ecologist-prishnee-bissessur/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-222396 Culls push endangered fruit bat closer to extinction in Mauritius https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/culls-push-endangered-fruit-bat-closer-to-extinction-in-mauritius/ https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/culls-push-endangered-fruit-bat-closer-to-extinction-in-mauritius/#respond 05 Dec 2018 14:49:15 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=213118 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/culls-push-endangered-fruit-bat-closer-to-extinction-in-mauritius/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-213118 Biologist Carl Jones wins top prize for saving many rare species from extinction https://news.mongabay.com/2016/05/biologist-carl-jones-wins-top-prize-saving-rare-species-extinction/ https://news.mongabay.com/2016/05/biologist-carl-jones-wins-top-prize-saving-rare-species-extinction/#respond 09 May 2016 08:59:39 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=186311 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2016/05/biologist-carl-jones-wins-top-prize-saving-rare-species-extinction/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-186311 Mauritius to start culling 18,000 bats from November 7 https://news.mongabay.com/2015/11/mauritius-to-start-culling-18000-bats-from-november-7/ https://news.mongabay.com/2015/11/mauritius-to-start-culling-18000-bats-from-november-7/#respond 06 Nov 2015 16:32:53 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/ Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2015/11/mauritius-to-start-culling-18000-bats-from-november-7/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-157817 Mauritius to kill 18,000 threatened native bats in ‘disgraceful’ cull https://news.mongabay.com/2015/10/mauritius-to-cull-18000-native-bats-nearly-40-percent-of-bat-population/ https://news.mongabay.com/2015/10/mauritius-to-cull-18000-native-bats-nearly-40-percent-of-bat-population/#respond 16 Oct 2015 15:06:52 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/ Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2015/10/mauritius-to-cull-18000-native-bats-nearly-40-percent-of-bat-population/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-152248 Does conservation work? Using the IUCN Red List to evaluate groups’ performance https://news.mongabay.com/2015/09/does-conservation-work-using-the-iucn-red-list-to-evaluate-groups-performance/ https://news.mongabay.com/2015/09/does-conservation-work-using-the-iucn-red-list-to-evaluate-groups-performance/#respond 09 Sep 2015 12:00:10 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/ Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2015/09/does-conservation-work-using-the-iucn-red-list-to-evaluate-groups-performance/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-138045 Invasive plants hurt locals in Mauritius https://news.mongabay.com/2013/03/invasive-plants-hurt-locals-in-mauritius/ https://news.mongabay.com/2013/03/invasive-plants-hurt-locals-in-mauritius/#respond 18 Mar 2013 16:46:00 +0000 http://news.mongabaydev.co.uk/2013/03/invasive-plants-hurt-locals-in-mauritius/ Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2013/03/invasive-plants-hurt-locals-in-mauritius/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-29390 Animal pictures of the day: booming captive breeding for Mauritius skinks https://news.mongabay.com/2012/08/animal-pictures-of-the-day-booming-captive-breeding-for-mauritius-skinks/ https://news.mongabay.com/2012/08/animal-pictures-of-the-day-booming-captive-breeding-for-mauritius-skinks/#respond 14 Aug 2012 16:44:00 +0000 http://news.mongabaydev.co.uk/2012/08/animal-pictures-of-the-day-booming-captive-breeding-for-mauritius-skinks/ Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2012/08/animal-pictures-of-the-day-booming-captive-breeding-for-mauritius-skinks/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-30435 Invasive ant interferes with gecko’s role in pollinating endangered plant https://news.mongabay.com/2008/11/invasive-ant-interferes-with-geckos-role-in-pollinating-endangered-plant/ https://news.mongabay.com/2008/11/invasive-ant-interferes-with-geckos-role-in-pollinating-endangered-plant/#respond 28 Nov 2008 14:30:39 +0000 http://news.mongabaydev.co.uk/2008/12/invasive-ant-interferes-with-geckos-role-in-pollinating-endangered-plant/ Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2008/11/invasive-ant-interferes-with-geckos-role-in-pollinating-endangered-plant/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-37805 Neon green gecko key to preventing Mauritian plant extinction https://news.mongabay.com/2007/04/neon-green-gecko-key-to-preventing-mauritian-plant-extinction/ https://news.mongabay.com/2007/04/neon-green-gecko-key-to-preventing-mauritian-plant-extinction/#respond 17 Apr 2007 14:30:00 +0000 http://news.mongabaydev.co.uk/2008/12/neon-green-gecko-key-to-preventing-mauritian-plant-extinction/ Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2007/04/neon-green-gecko-key-to-preventing-mauritian-plant-extinction/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-39484