How can a bat survive deforestation? Be small, mobile, and vegetarian
Rainforests are full of bats, and with over 1,300 known species around the world bats really do come in all shapes and sizes. Each species has its own range of…
Planting meadows in the ocean: technique may help restore disappearing seagrass beds
BuDS method disperses eelgrass seeds, maintains genetic diversity Seagrass meadows form important parts of many ocean ecosystems, but is disappearing due to human impacts. However, a study published recently in…
They think, therefore they spread: plants can make complex conditional decisions
Decision-making ability linked to success in colonizing new environments Strong memory, being able to predict the future, and acting based on one’s surroundings are traits typically associated only with the…
Fly and wasp biodiversity in Peru linked to strange defense strategy
Fly immune system genes may have applications for virus research Entomologists working in Peru have revealed new and unprecedented layers of diversity amongst wasps and flies. The paper, published in…
Pacific islanders are the ‘victims of industrial countries unable to control their carbon dioxide emissions’
With islands and atolls scattered across the ocean, the small Pacific island states are among those most exposed to the effects of global warming: increasing acidity and rising sea level,…
Adaptation, justice and morality in a warming world
The Turkana people of northern Kenya are currently being hard hit by hunger and drought, which some experts say could have links to climate change. Observers have long warned that…
$28 billion pledged by rich nations to fight climate change
$27.9 billion in "fast-start" funding has so far been pledged by industrialized countries to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate change, according to a new climate finance tracking…
Cost of climate change adaptation to be 2-3 times higher than current estimates
Climate change will challenge US military
US military intelligence analysts claim that climate change will present significant strategic issues around the world. The increased occurrences and severity of storms, droughts, resource shortages, and the spread of…
Salvage logging offers hope for forests, communities devastated by industrial logging
Salvage logging offers hope for forests, communities devastated by industrial logging An interview with Tropical Salvage's Tim O'Brien Salvage logging offers hope for forests, communities devastated by industrial logging Rhett…
Climate change will damage forests, creating hardship for rural communities
Climate change will damage forests, creating hardship for rural communities Climate change will damage forests, creating hardship for rural communities mongabay.com November 28, 2008
Eco-friendly shade-grown coffee buffers farmers against climate change
Eco-friendly shade-grown coffee buffers farmers against climate change Eco-friendly shade-grown coffee buffers farmers against climate change mongabay.com October 3, 2008
Adaptation to climate change will be difficult for Madagascar
Adaptation to climate change will be difficult for Madagascar Adaptation to climate change will be difficult for Madagascar mongabay.com July 29, 2008 Madagascar's high levels of endemism coupled with its…
Moving species may be only way to save them from climate change
Moving species may be only way to save them from climate change Moving species may be only way to save them from climate change Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com July 17, 2008…
Scientists target safe-climate future
Scientists target safe-climate future Scientists target safe-climate future Ryan King, special to mongabay.com March 11, 2008 Friends of the Earth, Australia, working in conjunction with many of the world's foremost…
Small Amazon farmers especially vulnerable to climate change
Small Amazon farmers especially vulnerable to climate change Small Amazon farmers especially vulnerable to climate change Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com February 19, 2008 Communicating the impact of climate change to…
Climate risks to global agriculture are underestimated
Climate risks to global agriculture are underestimated Climate risks to global agriculture are underestimated mongabay.com December 3, 2007 Vulnerability of global agricultural to climate change may be underestimated by experts,…
Food prices to rise due to energy demand, economic trends
Food prices to rise due to energy demand, economic trends Food prices to rise due to energy demand, economic trends mongabay.com December 3, 2007 Income growth, climate change, high energy…
Societies must adapt to global warming, mitigation alone is not the answer
Societies must adapt to global warming, mitigation alone is not the answer Societies must adapt to global warming, mitigation alone is not the answer mongabay.com February 7, 2007 Mankind must…
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Forest Trackers
- License to Log: Cambodian military facilitates logging on Koh Kong Krao and across the Cardamoms
- Forest behind bars: Logging network operating out of Cambodian prison in the Cardamoms
- Indigenous communities in Argentina’s Chaco fear another heavy fire season in 2023
- As tourism booms in India’s Western Ghats, habitat loss pushes endangered frogs to the edge
Oceans
- A Southeast Asian marine biodiversity hotspot is also a wildlife trafficking hotbed
- Experts, activists unite to blast Indonesia’s U-turn on sea sand exports
- As one Indian Ocean tuna stock faces collapse, nations scramble to save others
- Conservationists aim to save critically endangered European eels on Italy’s Po River
Amazon Conservation
- Boosted with fresh donations, Amazon Fund reboots stalled projects
- Majority of Brazil’s Congress votes to restrict Indigenous land advances
- Protected areas store a year’s worth of CO₂ emissions, study reveals
- Indigenous land rights key to curbing deforestation and restoring lands: Study
Land rights and extractives
- Dams and plantations upend livelihoods in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo River Valley
- Fish deaths near Rio Tinto mine in Madagascar dredge up community grievances
- Award-winning, Indigenous peace park dragged into fierce conflict in Myanmar
- Logging permit threatens Quilombola bioeconomic ‘paradise’ in the Amazon
Endangered Environmentalists
- Indigenous chief shot in head in Brazil’s ‘palm oil war’ region; crisis group launched
- ‘You don’t kill people to protect forests’: New Thai parks chief raises alarm
- Vietnam’s environmental NGOs face uncertain status, shrinking civic space
- ‘We lost the biggest ally’: Nelly Marubo on her friend Bruno Pereira’s legacy
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo
- After 20 years and thousands of trees planted, Kalimantan’s veteran forester persists
- Aziil Anwar, Indonesian coral-based mangrove grower, dies at 64
- A utopia of clean air and wet peat amid Sumatra’s forest fire ‘hell’
Conservation Effectiveness
- Africa’s land and forest restoration initiative gathers pace in Malawi
- Study shows Kenyan elephant shrew may be adapting to human disturbance, drought
- Saving forests to protect coastal ecosystems: Japan sets historic example
- From scarcity to abundance: The secret of the ‘peace farmers’ of Colombia
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri
- Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules
- To build its ‘green’ capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest
- Robust river governance key to restoring Mekong River vitality in face of dams
