Conservation news https://news.mongabay.com/list/plants/ Environmental science and conservation news Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:19:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/05/16160320/cropped-mongabay_icon-32x32.png News on Plants https://news.mongabay.com/list/plants/ 32 32 Kenyan teen leads charge on tree planting and climate awareness https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/kenyan-teen-leads-charge-on-tree-planting-and-climate-awareness/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/kenyan-teen-leads-charge-on-tree-planting-and-climate-awareness/#respond 29 Jul 2026 09:03:11 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=324658 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/kenyan-teen-leads-charge-on-tree-planting-and-climate-awareness/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-324658 For Brazil’s Xokleng people, saving a sacred tree means saving their culture 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key CITES vote on endangered tree https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/brazil-foia-confirms-lula-macron-talked-before-key-cites-vote-on-endangered-tree/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/brazil-foia-confirms-lula-macron-talked-before-key-cites-vote-on-endangered-tree/#respond 23 Apr 2026 00:01:13 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=317918 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/brazil-foia-confirms-lula-macron-talked-before-key-cites-vote-on-endangered-tree/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-317918 A reforestation corridor in Madagascar offers a future for lemurs and locals https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/a-reforestation-corridor-in-madagascar-offers-a-future-for-lemurs-and-locals/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/a-reforestation-corridor-in-madagascar-offers-a-future-for-lemurs-and-locals/#respond 14 Apr 2026 22:07:43 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=317476 Mongabay]]> 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