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Indonesian dam raises questions about UN hydropower carbon loophole

Justin Catanoso 12 Dec 2019

Encoded in the genes: Scientists devise a ‘lifespan clock’ for vertebrates

Malavika Vyawahare 12 Dec 2019

Analysis: The Tanah Merah project is a bellwether for Jokowi’s permit review

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 11 Dec 2019
Sue Palminteri with elephants. Courtesy of George Powell.

Conservation biologist and wildtech journalist Sue Palminteri, 1965-2019

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Dec 2019

Vanishing sea ice in the Arctic could shake up seabird migrations

John Cannon 11 Dec 2019

Our fires weren’t as bad as in the Amazon, Indonesian officials claim

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Dec 2019

The Sri Lankan legume: Extinct, rediscovered, and now at risk again (commentary)

Jagath Gunawardana 11 Dec 2019
Google Earth image showing deforestation south of Santarém, in the state of Pará.

Amazon deforestation paces ahead of recent historical norm

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Dec 2019

It’s time for Climate Bonds Initiative to scrap its hydro certification scheme (commentary)

Josh Klemm 10 Dec 2019

Orca grandmothers help improve survival odds of their grandkids, study finds

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2019

COP25: Laura Vargas inspires with power of faith in defense of forests

Justin Catanoso 10 Dec 2019

Indonesia to capture 3 wild Sumatran rhinos to add to breeding population

Rahmadi Rahmad 10 Dec 2019

Revealed: Government officials say permits for mega-plantation in Papua were falsified

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 10 Dec 2019

Killings of environmental defenders on the rise in the Philippines

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2019

Hopes dim as COP25 delegates dicker over Article 6 and world burns: critics

Justin Catanoso 9 Dec 2019

A celebratory kind of revolution: Peruvian villagers hold a bird festival (commentary)

Brian Landever, Fufkin Vollmayer 9 Dec 2019

Evidence ‘unfounded’ against NGO volunteers accused of setting Amazon fires

Shanna Hanbury 9 Dec 2019

Coca farms close in on protected areas, isolated tribes in Peruvian Amazon

Chris Fagan 9 Dec 2019

Newly spotted calves boost Javan rhino population to 72

Basten Gokkon 9 Dec 2019

Time is running out for Southeast Asia

Jeremy Hance 9 Dec 2019

Do birds try to shout down airplanes? The evidence suggests they do

Malavika Vyawahare 9 Dec 2019

Illegal hunting a greater threat to wildlife than forest degradation

Nanditha Chandraprakash 9 Dec 2019

Vervet monkeys thrive despite habitat loss in South Africa

Mongabay.com 9 Dec 2019

Paper and fast fashion fan the flames burning Indonesia’s peat: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Dec 2019

Breaking down barriers: Cattle and wildlife compete in Southern Africa

Jim Tan 9 Dec 2019

In Indonesia, a tourism village holds off a nickel mine — for now

Ian Morse 8 Dec 2019

Sumatra’s dwindling forests face extra pressure from a major highway project

Basten Gokkon 6 Dec 2019
Murchison Falls. Image by Rod Waddington via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

In a flip-flop, Uganda says it’ll allow a study for a dam at Murchison Falls

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2019

Canaries in the coal mine? North Atlantic right whale use of key habitat changing rapidly

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2019

Amazon’s giant South American river turtle holding its own, but risks abound

Jenny Gonzales 6 Dec 2019

Svalbard reindeer rebounding better than hoped after nearly going extinct

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2019

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, December 6, 2019

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2019

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