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Mexico: Four decades of community lessons from the forests of Durango

Marco A. Hernández T. 13 Oct 2020

What is the Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine? Candid Animal Cam heads to Mesoamerica

Romina Castagnino 13 Oct 2020

The post-COVID opportunity for the environment: An interview with the GEF’s Carlos Manuel Rodriguez

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Oct 2020

In Bali, the pandemic unravels a hard-won campaign to save Benoa Bay

Alaine Johnson 12 Oct 2020
Grey-headed fish eagle. Image by David Li.

Singapore embarks on a million-tree planting spree to protect its future

Claire Turrell 9 Oct 2020

New evidence suggests China’s ‘dark’ vessels poached in Galápagos waters

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 9 Oct 2020

Mining covers more than 20% of Indigenous territory in the Amazon

John Cannon 9 Oct 2020
A local fisherman in Tonga. Tonga has less than 1% marine protected areas around the island. Photo by Asian Development Bank via Flickr. (CC BY-NC 2.0).

We’re not protecting enough of the right areas to save biodiversity: Study

Liz Kimbrough 9 Oct 2020

On a Philippine mountain, researchers describe a ‘fire flower’ orchid species

Keith Anthony Fabro 9 Oct 2020

The social network of coral reef fish: Q&A with ecologist Mike Gil

Claudia Geib 8 Oct 2020

The Amazon savanna? Rainforest teeters on the brink as climate heats up

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2020

Deaths and media-driven panic threaten human-jackal coexistence in Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 8 Oct 2020

Vietnam conservation regulations improving, but much work remains

Michael Tatarski 7 Oct 2020

With the help of an app, Nunavut hunters document the changing Arctic

Claudia Geib 7 Oct 2020

Blooms driven by climate change threaten to smother marine life in Arabian Sea

Malavika Vyawahare 7 Oct 2020

In the Horn of Africa, conflict and illegal trade create a ‘cheetah hell’

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 Oct 2020

Brazilian frog believed ‘extinct’ for 50+ years, found with eDNA testing

Peter Yeung 6 Oct 2020

Automakers fuelling deforestation, dispossession in Paraguay’s Gran Chaco: report

Mongabay.com 6 Oct 2020

Meet the red fox found in the Northern Hemisphere on Candid Animal Cam

Romina Castagnino 6 Oct 2020
A mother brown bear and her two cubs in the Gästrikland region of Sweden. Image by Roger Borgelid for Mongabay.

As predators return to Sweden’s wild, ecotourism looks to change mindsets

Johan Augustin 2 Oct 2020

When roads cross wilderness areas, plant pathogens can hitch a ride

Ian Morse 2 Oct 2020

A Philippine tribe’s plant-based medical tradition gets its moment

Bong S. Sarmiento 2 Oct 2020

Land grab, logging, mining threaten biodiversity haven of Woodlark Island

Gianluca Cerullo 1 Oct 2020
Mycena haematopus (Burgundydrop Bonnet)

World’s plants and fungi a frontier of discovery, if we can protect them: Report

Liz Kimbrough 1 Oct 2020

World’s protected areas lack connections, recent study finds

John Cannon 1 Oct 2020

Could disruptions in meat supply relieve pressure on the Amazon? (commentary)

Nikolas Kozloff 30 Sep 2020

In Sumatra, forest edge communities must be at the center of conservation efforts (commentary)

Roderick T.J. Buiskool 30 Sep 2020

Vietnam creates new nature reserve, possible home to elusive ‘Asian unicorn’

Michael Tatarski 29 Sep 2020

Indonesia’s new intelligence hub wields data in the war on illegal fishing

Julia John 29 Sep 2020

Don’t cross this tiger mom: Close encounter in Russia’s Far East

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 29 Sep 2020
Rainforest rainbow in Sabah. Image by Rhett Butler for Mongabay.

World leaders endorse ‘Pledge for Nature’ to address planetary emergency

Liz Kimbrough 29 Sep 2020

A Philippine stingless bee helps boost coconut yields and empower women

Mavic Conde 29 Sep 2020

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