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					<title>Peru bets on bamboo to restore nature in its main coca-growing region</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/peru-bets-on-bamboo-to-restore-nature-in-its-main-coca-growing-region/</link>
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					<pubDate>27 Apr 2026 14:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Anastasia AustinDouwe den Held]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Alexandra Popescu]]>
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							<![CDATA[Latin America, Peru, and South America]]>
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							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Bamboo, Biodiversity, Conservation, Crops, Deforestation, Endangered Species, Farming, Forest Loss, Forests, Governance, Green, Happy-upbeat Environmental, Plantations, Protected Areas, Reforestation, Tropical Deforestation, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[PICHARI, Peru — It’s nearly 5 p.m., and the bamboo grove is filled with children. In silence, they’re looking up in awe. The monkeys have arrived. They jump from stalk to bamboo stalk and skitter down trees, not approaching the humans below but sometimes pausing to stare back. Monkey sightings are rare in Peru’s Valley [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[PICHARI, Peru — It’s nearly 5 p.m., and the bamboo grove is filled with children. In silence, they’re looking up in awe. The monkeys have arrived. They jump from stalk to bamboo stalk and skitter down trees, not approaching the humans below but sometimes pausing to stare back. Monkey sightings are rare in Peru’s Valley of the Rivers Apurímac, Ene and Mantaro, also known as VRAEM. Deforestation, much of it to make way for coca crops, has pushed wildlife to the margins of populated areas. But here, in the bamboo forest planted by Yuri Paredes just a few kilometers outside Pichari, VRAEM’s de facto capital, monkeys are coming back. For decades, illegal coca cultivation has dominated the region, clearing its primary forests and stripping the soil of nutrients. To restore local ecosystems, in the last three years Peruvian authorities have been counting on expanding bamboo plantations, which they say will also bring back wildlife and allow farmers to profit from the crop. Yet some farmers and experts remain critical. In 2023, PROVRAEM, a Ministry of Agriculture initiative for sustainable rural development in the region, launched the Bamboo Sustainable Development Project to help more than 2,400 local farming families and boost the industry. So far, it has spent approximately 16.7 million soles ($4.9 million) to plant nearly 1,300 hectares (about 3,200 acres)  of bamboo. The agency hopes to extend the project for at least another three years. Paredes’s 6-hectare (15-acre) bamboo forest, the biggest of its kind in the region, has&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/peru-bets-on-bamboo-to-restore-nature-in-its-main-coca-growing-region/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-318101</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Nepal’s first community-based red panda conservation area sparks hope </title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/nepals-first-community-based-red-panda-conservation-area-sparks-hope/</link>
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					<pubDate>29 Aug 2024 15:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Abhaya Raj Joshi]]>
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						<![CDATA[Abhaya Raj Joshi]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, India, Nepal, and South Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Bamboo, Biodiversity, Community Forests, Community-based Conservation, Conservation, Endangered Species, Mammals, and Pandas]]>
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							<![CDATA[KATHMANDU — A hilly town close to Nepal’s eastern border with India has declared an area under its jurisdiction as the country’s first community-based red panda (Ailurus fulgens) conservation area, fueling hope for the endangered species’ long-term survival. The Puwamajhuwa area, spread over 116 hectares (287 acres) of lush-green temperate broad-leaved trees, incorporates two community-managed [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[KATHMANDU — A hilly town close to Nepal’s eastern border with India has declared an area under its jurisdiction as the country’s first community-based red panda (Ailurus fulgens) conservation area, fueling hope for the endangered species’ long-term survival. The Puwamajhuwa area, spread over 116 hectares (287 acres) of lush-green temperate broad-leaved trees, incorporates two community-managed forests in Ilam Municipality, which shall now be dedicated to the conservation of the small mammals. “Red pandas are one of the most endangered and beautiful wildlife species in the world,” said Kedar Thapa, mayor of Ilam Municipality. “In the context of Nepal, this conservation area can become a significant milestone in promoting ecotourism,” he added. Map shows Ilam in eastern Nepal. The declaration came a year after the municipality prepared and published the procedure needed to give legal recognition to the conservation area. According to the procedure, the declaration was made in accordance with the municipality&#8217;s forest laws to boost conservation efforts of red pandas and their natural habitat, and to contribute to the livelihood and prosperity of the local communities. Red pandas, found in India, Nepal, Bhutan and China, face a host of threats such as habitat loss and degradation, illegal trapping and poaching and snaring. The construction of unplanned roads in Nepal’s eastern hills and development of hydropower projects has also fragmented the habitats of these peace-loving animals. The species, listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List, is also included in Appendix I of CITES, the global wildlife trade convention, making&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/nepals-first-community-based-red-panda-conservation-area-sparks-hope/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Taking up the cause of red pandas: Q&#038;A with actor and activist Dayahang Rai</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/taking-up-the-cause-of-red-pandas-qa-with-actor-and-activist-dayahang-rai/</link>
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					<pubDate>15 Sep 2023 14:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Abhaya Raj Joshi]]>
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						<![CDATA[Abhaya Raj Joshi]]>
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							<![CDATA[Almost Famous Animals]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Nepal, and South Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Bamboo, Biodiversity, Conservation Technology, Endangered Species, Forest Fragmentation, GPS, Habitat, Interviews, Interviews with conservation players, Mammals, and Wildtech]]>
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							<![CDATA[KATHMANDU — Until recently, Nepali movies tended to have lead characters who were extraordinary people who stood out from regular folks and were largely detached from their day-to-day lives. But popular actor Dayahang Rai, who started out in theater and continues to invest time and energy there, has made a name for himself playing relatable [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[KATHMANDU — Until recently, Nepali movies tended to have lead characters who were extraordinary people who stood out from regular folks and were largely detached from their day-to-day lives. But popular actor Dayahang Rai, who started out in theater and continues to invest time and energy there, has made a name for himself playing relatable characters with the same range of emotions as the rest of us. Rai, from the eastern hill region of Nepal, also stands out from the rest of the celebrity pack in the Nepali film industry in another important way. Popularly known as Kazi, after the lovelorn character he played in the four-part Kabaddi movies set in the majestic trans-Himalayan region, Rai embraces a cause close to his heart: saving the country’s red pandas (Ailurus fulgens). He serves as the conservation ambassador for the Red Panda Network, an NGO working to save the endangered animal in the country. On the eve of the International Red Panda Day, Sept. 16, Mongabay’s Abhaya Raj Joshi caught up with Rai, who had returned from Toronto only a few hours earlier, to talk about his role as conservation ambassador and how cinema can help spread the message of conservation in Nepal. The following interview was conducted in Nepali and has been translated and edited for clarity. Red pandas are at risk of disappearing due to human activity, such as illegal hunting for their pelts, and unplanned road construction through their habitats. Image by Flickr via Pexels (Public domain). Mongabay: Let’s&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/taking-up-the-cause-of-red-pandas-qa-with-actor-and-activist-dayahang-rai/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-273368</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Villagers turn to charcoal made from bamboo to save a protected forest in Madagascar</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/villagers-turn-to-charcoal-made-of-bamboo-to-save-a-madagascar-forest/</link>
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					<pubDate>07 Jul 2023 15:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Latoya Abulu]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[africa]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Africa, East Africa, and Madagascar]]>
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							<![CDATA[Bamboo, Bioenergy, Biofuels, Community Development, Community-based Conservation, Conservation, Conservation Solutions, Deforestation, Desertification, Energy Efficiency, Environment, Fuelwood, Governance, NGOs, and Solutions]]>
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							<![CDATA[ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Ankarafantsika, a primary forest in Madagascar’s northwest Boeny region, is the site of a vicious cycle where declining livelihoods and its environmental impact aggravate one another. Rice paddies, which form the base of local communities’ income, are silting up due to logging in the protected forest, pushing impoverished locals to turn further to [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Ankarafantsika, a primary forest in Madagascar’s northwest Boeny region, is the site of a vicious cycle where declining livelihoods and its environmental impact aggravate one another. Rice paddies, which form the base of local communities’ income, are silting up due to logging in the protected forest, pushing impoverished locals to turn further to the forest to make a living — causing more silting. To protect the forest, locals have come together to grow exotic bamboo from Asia as a source of charcoal instead of the trees in Ankarafantsika, hoping to protect surrounding watersheds. The Boeny region is home to Madagascar&#8217;s second biggest &#8220;rice bowl&#8221; and the Ankarafantsika National Park, where logging is illegal. As the silting of the rice paddies has a considerable impact on communities, they’ve had no choice but to illegally exploit the forest’s resources to make charcoal and earn some money, locals told Mongabay. However, as the forest dwindles, the alluvial plains and the Betsiboka River which feeds their paddies, silt up. “Unfortunately, it is these same communities around the park that are destroying the forest. As their rice fields have silted up, they have turned to other activities,” says Jean-Yves Razafindrakoto, director of the Valiha Diffusion, a reforestation association in Madagascar. Between 2000 and 2021, the Boeny region lost 117,000 hectares (nearly 290,000 acres) of tree cover, according to Global Forest Watch. According to Razafindrakoto, Ankarafantsika’s main forest — one of the region&#8217;s biodiversity hotspots — has suffered losses of up to 70%. Area identified&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/villagers-turn-to-charcoal-made-of-bamboo-to-save-a-madagascar-forest/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-270668</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Indonesian architect presses vision for low-cost homes from nature</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/indonesian-architect-presses-vision-for-low-cost-homes-from-nature/</link>
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					<pubDate>29 Jun 2023 17:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Moh. Tamimi]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Philip Jacobson]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Indonesia, and Southeast Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Bamboo, Cities, Clean Energy, Conservation, Conservation Solutions, Environment, Happy-upbeat Environmental, Infrastructure, Innovation, Natural Resources, Solutions, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, and Traditional Knowledge]]>
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							<![CDATA[MADURA, Indonesia — For centuries, every architect in Indonesia relied on local materials when constructing homes and public spaces. Today Yu Sing is one of the few holding onto this heritage. “Natural houses are no longer the first choice for people’s homes,” Yu Sing said. “The state even calls them uninhabitable homes.” The Java-born architect [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[MADURA, Indonesia — For centuries, every architect in Indonesia relied on local materials when constructing homes and public spaces. Today Yu Sing is one of the few holding onto this heritage. “Natural houses are no longer the first choice for people’s homes,” Yu Sing said. “The state even calls them uninhabitable homes.” The Java-born architect sees it differently. Yu Sing is one of a number of notable Indonesian architects, such as Realrich Sjarief and Yori Antar, who prize traditional techniques and materials as part of modern practice. After graduating from the architecture faculty of the Bandung Institute of Technology, Yu Sing founded Studio Akanoma in 2008 to showcase new design of low-cost housing using natural materials. A year later he published his first book, Mimpi Rumah Murah — “Dreams of Affordable Homes.” The book covered Yu Sing’s design process and a breakdown of development costs, which are often low when opting for local building materials. Yu Sing founded Studio Akanoma to showcase new design of low-cost housing using natural materials. Image by Tommy Apriando/ Mongabay Indonesia. Studio Akanoma cites the decline in the use of nipa, a mangrove palm, in roofing. It used to be a freely available material used in much of Sumatra’s Jambi province, but today most new homes opt for more expensive zinc sheets because the nipa palms are widely seen as backward. Some believe the palm fronds will last only one year before a replacement thatch is required, but Yu Sing said this perception is misplaced.&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/indonesian-architect-presses-vision-for-low-cost-homes-from-nature/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Roads, human activity take a toll on red pandas: Q&#038;A with researcher Damber Bista</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2023/04/roads-human-activity-take-a-toll-on-red-pandas-qa-with-researcher-damber-bista/</link>
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					<pubDate>10 Apr 2023 15:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Abhaya Raj Joshi]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Abhaya Raj Joshi]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Nepal, and South Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Bamboo, Biodiversity, Conservation Technology, Endangered Species, Forest Fragmentation, GPS, Habitat, Mammals, Pandas, Roadkill, Roads, Trees, and Wildtech]]>
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							<![CDATA[KATHMANDU — The spring season in the Northern Hemisphere is a critical time for red pandas, particularly in Nepal. This is the period when these furry, tree-dwelling animals spend a lot of time on the ground to look for food. It’s also the time when breeding adults of the species, Ailurus fulgens, start to reproduce, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[KATHMANDU — The spring season in the Northern Hemisphere is a critical time for red pandas, particularly in Nepal. This is the period when these furry, tree-dwelling animals spend a lot of time on the ground to look for food. It’s also the time when breeding adults of the species, Ailurus fulgens, start to reproduce, and when cubs born the previous year explore their habitat in search of a new home. These are some of the findings conservationist Damber Bista made while working on his Ph.D. at the University of Queensland, Australia. As part of the study, Bista and his team fitted 10 red pandas in eastern Nepal with GPS collars, so that they could track them to look at the effects of human disturbances on the species. Mongabay’s Abhaya Raj Joshi spoke to Bista recently over video call to learn about his work. The following interview has been translated from Nepali and lightly edited for length and clarity. Mongabay: Could you please describe the main objectives of your study? Damber Bista: My main overall objective was to look at the effects of human disturbance and habitat fragmentation on red pandas. I tried to look at these issues from different indicators such as their space use pattern, daily movement and behavior while close to a road. Also, as we didn’t have previous studies on how cubs disperse after leaving their mother, I also looked into it. The other objective was related to their recursive behavior under which they spend a&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2023/04/roads-human-activity-take-a-toll-on-red-pandas-qa-with-researcher-damber-bista/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>In Indonesia&#8217;s Flores, a lifelong bamboo flautist looks to the next generation</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/in-indonesias-flores-a-lifelong-bamboo-flautist-looks-to-the-next-generation/</link>
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					<pubDate>27 Dec 2022 06:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Ebed de Rosary]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Philip Jacobson]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, and Southeast Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Arts, Bamboo, Community Development, Community-based Conservation, Conservation, Conservation leadership, Environment, Happy-upbeat Environmental, Traditional Knowledge, and Traditional People]]>
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							<![CDATA[NGADA, Indonesia — Marselus Selu wanted to be a musician from an early age, but he didn’t have the money back then to buy a flute. Today, he’s a master craftsman of bamboo instruments and has played for Indonesia’s president. “In the early ’70s it cost 5 rupiah, but I didn&#8217;t have any money,” Marselus, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[NGADA, Indonesia — Marselus Selu wanted to be a musician from an early age, but he didn’t have the money back then to buy a flute. Today, he’s a master craftsman of bamboo instruments and has played for Indonesia’s president. “In the early ’70s it cost 5 rupiah, but I didn&#8217;t have any money,” Marselus, 64, told Mongabay at his home in the hamlet of Wogo, in Ratogesa village, near the southern coast of Flores Island. Undeterred, Marselus earned money hauling bamboo from the forest back to the village for others, and taught himself to both build and play the traditional flutes that have accompanied life in Ratogesa for centuries. The bamboo forest is around 20 kilometers (12 miles) uphill from the village. &#8220;They used to play bamboo flute music for wedding processions going all the way to the church and back to their villages,” Marselus said. He learned his trade by observing the location and depth of the cut that craftsmen made in the bamboo. He learned the subtleties of working with the raw material, including the best season to cut down the bamboo in the forest, and how this influenced the instrument’s sound. “If the bamboo is thin and the water content is low, then the sound will be loud,&#8221; he said. Marselus Selu, head of the One Tekad bamboo music group, stands in front of a traditional house in the Wogo traditional village, Ratogesa Village, Ngada Regency. Photo by Ebed de Rosary/Mongabay Indonesia. Bamboo has long been&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/in-indonesias-flores-a-lifelong-bamboo-flautist-looks-to-the-next-generation/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Bamboo mamas and bikes help with Indonesian diplomacy</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2022/06/bamboo-mamas-and-bikes-help-with-indonesian-diplomacy/</link>
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					<pubDate>29 Jun 2022 15:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Ebed de RosaryNuswantoro]]>
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						<![CDATA[Philip Jacobson]]>
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							<![CDATA[During the new Australian prime minister’s first state visit to Indonesia in early June, Anthony Albanese spent a morning planting trees and riding a bamboo bicycle with Indonesian President Joko Widodo. Pictures of the two politicians taking a spin around the Bogor Presidential Palace lit up social media. Indonesian environmentalists felt proud of the “bamboo [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[During the new Australian prime minister’s first state visit to Indonesia in early June, Anthony Albanese spent a morning planting trees and riding a bamboo bicycle with Indonesian President Joko Widodo. Pictures of the two politicians taking a spin around the Bogor Presidential Palace lit up social media. Indonesian environmentalists felt proud of the “bamboo bike diplomacy,” seeing it as presidential seal of approval for the national sustainability movement. Every part of the bamboo bicycles the pair rode was grown in Indonesia. The bikes were manufactured and purchased from an Indonesian bamboo bicycle company, Spedagi, whose name is an amalgamation of sepeda pagi, Indonesian for “morning bike ride.” The bikes themselves were designed by Spedagi’s owner, Singgih S. Kartono. Craftsmen in a village in Central Java province assembled the bikes’ parts, while villagers on the island of Flores grew the raw bamboo for the bike frames. According to the Environmental Bamboo Foundation (YBL), an Indonesian nonprofit that worked with Spedagi to create the supply chain for producing the bicycles, the act of riding the homegrown bicycles and then gifting one to the visiting Australian prime minister is a sign of President Widodo’s fondness for village-based bamboo industry, the creativity of Indonesian citizens, and the belief that these elements can be folded into a tool of diplomacy. “Remembering World Environment Day [on June 5], this bamboo bicycle diplomacy provides an important marker of the ability of Indonesian citizens to use innovative technologies and eco-friendly materials,” Noer Fauzi Rachman, an adviser to&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2022/06/bamboo-mamas-and-bikes-help-with-indonesian-diplomacy/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>[Photos] Tiny frog, venomous viper among 20 new species described in Bolivia</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2020/12/photos-tiny-frog-venomous-viper-among-20-new-species-described-in-bolivia/</link>
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					<pubDate>14 Dec 2020 10:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Liz Kimbrough]]>
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						<![CDATA[Liz Kimbrough]]>
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							<![CDATA[Bolivia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Amphibians, Animals, Bamboo, Biodiversity, Botany, Butterflies, Cloud Forests, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environment, Forests, Green, Happy-upbeat Environmental, Herps, Insects, Orchids, Plants, Rainforests, Rediscovered Species, Snakes, Species Discovery, Tropical Forests, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[An expedition into the cloud forests of the Bolivian Andes has uncovered 20 species new to science, including a frog that may be the smallest in the Andes, a new venomous pit viper, four butterflies, and four orchid species. Along with the newly described species, the research team also “rediscovered” four species believed to be [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[An expedition into the cloud forests of the Bolivian Andes has uncovered 20 species new to science, including a frog that may be the smallest in the Andes, a new venomous pit viper, four butterflies, and four orchid species. Along with the newly described species, the research team also “rediscovered” four species believed to be extinct, including the devil-eyed frog (Oreobates zongoensis), not observed on record for 20 years, and a satyr butterfly (Euptychoides fida), not recorded for 98 years. The devil-eyed frog (Oreobates zongoensis) was rediscovered on the Zongo RAP expedition in Bolivia. This species was previously known only from a single individual seen more than 20 years ago in the Zongo Valley. Image © Trond Larsen. “These discoveries are the result of 14 days of intense field work spread across the rugged terrain, misty cloud forests and cascading waterfalls of the Zongo — a truly beautiful and diverse landscape,” Trond Larsen, director of Conservation International’s Rapid Assessment Program (RAP), said in a statement. Larsen, along with Claudia Cortez, head of conservation and wildlife management for the municipal government of La Paz, led a group of 17 scientists into Chawi Grande, a locality belonging to the Huaylipaya community in the Zongo Valley, or “heart” valley, region, near the Bolivian capital, La Paz. The expedition was part of Conservation International’s RAP, which began in 1990 to collect information on biodiversity and ecosystem health rapidly to guide conservation policy- and decision-making. The Andean mountains of the Zongo Valley in Bolivia where&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2020/12/photos-tiny-frog-venomous-viper-among-20-new-species-described-in-bolivia/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Architects bring bamboo revival to Indonesian village</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2019/03/architects-bring-bamboo-revival-to-indonesias-sulawesi-island/</link>
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					<pubDate>04 Mar 2019 05:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Eko Rusdianto]]>
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							<![CDATA[Indonesia's Forest Guardians]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Indonesia, South Sulawesi, Southeast Asia, and Sulawesi]]>
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							<![CDATA[TANETE, Indonesia — Aman Wijaya looks up at the roof made from a thousand bamboo stems. “At last this building is standing tall,” he says. “It’s an example to all of us here.” Residents of Tanete village call the building Bambu Bandara (bandara means airport in Indonesian) because the design mimics Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[TANETE, Indonesia — Aman Wijaya looks up at the roof made from a thousand bamboo stems. “At last this building is standing tall,” he says. “It’s an example to all of us here.” Residents of Tanete village call the building Bambu Bandara (bandara means airport in Indonesian) because the design mimics Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport, around 20 kilometers (12 miles) west in Makassar, the capital of Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province. The ceiling is configured to look like gently rolling waves. The idea for a new public space constructed from sustainable materials first took root in a meeting between Aman and his colleagues in Arsitek Komunitas (Community Architects), an NGO, with the local government in 2017. Aman started to sketch plans, consulting with others in Tanete on how best to proceed toward an inclusive design. With the plan settled, the community began hauling in the hundreds of olive-colored bamboo shafts needed to bring the design to life. The Bambu Bandara building in Tanete, Indonesia. Image by Eko Rusdianto for Mongabay. Bamboo as a construction material is as old as the karst limestone hills that rise gently into Bantimurung-Bulusaraung National Park east of the village. Bamboo was used for bridge-building in China since at least the 10th century. Its strength, durability and the speed with which it grows (by almost 1 meter, or 3 feet, a year) meant both split and woven bamboo was commonly used for housing and myriad other purposes. Today, bamboo is enjoying a revival of sorts, with some&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2019/03/architects-bring-bamboo-revival-to-indonesias-sulawesi-island/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Lemur species losing favorite food to climate change, new study says</title>
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					<pubDate>26 Oct 2017 12:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Mongabay.com]]>
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						<![CDATA[John Cannon]]>
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							<![CDATA[Bamboo-eating lemurs in Madagascar could be slowly starving as a changing climate slashes the availability of their favorite part of the plant, a new study shows. “For extreme feeding specialists like the greater bamboo lemur, climate change can be a stealthy killer,” said study co-author Patricia Wright, a primatologist at Stony Brook University, in a [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Bamboo-eating lemurs in Madagascar could be slowly starving as a changing climate slashes the availability of their favorite part of the plant, a new study shows. “For extreme feeding specialists like the greater bamboo lemur, climate change can be a stealthy killer,” said study co-author Patricia Wright, a primatologist at Stony Brook University, in a statement. An infant greater bamboo lemur, born at the beginning of the rainy season. Photo by Jukka Jernvall. A 2014 assessment by the IUCN of the critically endangered primate found that numbers of the animal are down 80 percent in just the last three decades, attributing the decline to deforestation and habitat destruction for farming, logging and mining. But Wright and her colleagues found that the shifting diet of the greater bamboo lemur (Prolemur simus) might also be playing a role, indicating that other animals with similarly picky palates might also face tougher conditions in the future. They report their findings today in the journal Current Biology. In Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar, where the team observed some 2,000 lemur meals over 18 months, they noticed that the animals only went after the woody trunk of the bamboo during the 4-month dry season. The remainder of the year, this species of lemur seemed to prefer the succulent shoots that are both more nutritious and easier to tear into. An examination of the fossil record revealed that greater bamboo lemurs once inhabited a lot more of Madagascar. Now, however, they’re confined to places that have the shortest dry seasons, suggesting&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2017/10/lemur-species-losing-favorite-food-to-climate-change-new-study-says/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Could canned fish soup stop government-community conflict in Sumatra?</title>
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					<pubDate>09 Oct 2015 06:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Taufik Wijaya]]>
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							<![CDATA[Bamboo is a plant familiar to Indonesians. The archipelago is home to 159 species of this giant woody grass known for its prodigious growth rate and durability. In the Bukit Barisan region of South Sumatra, bamboo pops up everywhere: in the forest, on community coffee plantations, in residents’ gardens, even in kitchen utensils and local [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Bamboo is a plant familiar to Indonesians. The archipelago is home to 159 species of this giant woody grass known for its prodigious growth rate and durability. In the Bukit Barisan region of South Sumatra, bamboo pops up everywhere: in the forest, on community coffee plantations, in residents’ gardens, even in kitchen utensils and local soups. “This is lemaeh – bamboo shoots fermented with fish,” explains Sri, a 33-year-old from Tebat Pulau village, as he lifts from his plate a red-curried morsel full of fish bones. Lemaeh soup is a delicacy native to Rejang Lebong regency in Bengkulu province, where the mountainous region of Bukit Barisan is located.  This rich, sweet, hot and sour soup is packed full of phytosterol antioxidants and anticancer agents, according to Pramasty Ayu Koesdinar from AKAR, an NGO that facilitates community forestry programs in the nearby protected forest of Bukit Daun. So salubrious is this concoction that, Koesdinar said, “we’ve heard it’s been canned and exported to Japan and Europe.” He hopes this newfound international renown will encourage local communities to develop economies around other non-timber forest products. Lemaeh, a delicacy of Indonesia&#8217;s Bukit Barisan region made from bamboo. Photo by Taufik Wijaya Some in Bukit Barisan have been locked in a half-decade long conflict with local government authorities. The 850 families in Bukit Barisan’s Air Pikat village, for example, have been forbidden from harvesting coffee from customary plots they have cultivated since the 1940s. This is because, in the 1980s, the regency government rezoned&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2015/10/could-canned-fish-soup-stop-government-community-conflict-in-sumatra/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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