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The case for forests’ prominent role in holding off climate change

John Cannon 16 Jan 2019

Cyclone harmed Fijian crab fishery in 2016, research finds

Mongabay.com 3 Jan 2019
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Image by Christopher Brunner/ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0).

2018’s top 10 ocean news stories (commentary)

Douglas McCauley, Francis Joyce 24 Dec 2018

COP24: World’s nations gather to grapple with looming climate disaster

Justin Catanoso 3 Dec 2018
Dongria women from Hutesi village farm the slopes of the Niyamgiri hill range. Image by Indrajeet Rajkhowa.

Photos: Indian tribe revives heirloom seeds for health and climate security

Sonali Prasad 30 Nov 2018
Naisimari Lentula, a Yiaku herbalist, with a community forest scout outside her house. Image by Shadrack Kavilu for Mongabay.

For Kenya’s Yiaku, medicinal herbs are their forest’s blessing and curse

Shadrack Kavilu 30 Nov 2018
Lazarus Lentula, a 27-year-old leader of the Yiaku forest guards, who patrol and monitor Mukogodo for illegal activity. Image by Shadrack Kavilu for Mongabay.

Kenya: Bees help indigenous Yiaku defend and monitor their ancestral forest

Shadrack Kavilu 28 Nov 2018
A group of Yiaku youth scouts, who have been trained by the Kenya Forest Service to take part in forest patrols and other conservation activities. Image by Shadrack Kavilu for Mongabay.

A forest of their own: The Yiaku as Kenya’s model forest stewards

Shadrack Kavilu 26 Nov 2018

US could cut emissions more than one-fifth through ‘natural climate solutions’ like reforestation

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2018

New picture of coral reef health opens avenues for saving them

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2018

Deforested, degraded land restoration a top priority for African leaders

Mongabay.com 19 Nov 2018

High sea levels thousands of years ago aided island formation

Mongabay.com 15 Nov 2018
Layang Layang Atoll, Spratly Islands, South China Sea. Photo by Greg Asner/Divephoto.org.

$10bn pledged in new commitments to protect the world’s oceans

Basten Gokkon 30 Oct 2018
Dienaba Diedhiou, an oyster collector in her 70s, poses with her grandchildren. Image by Jennifer O’Mahony for Mongabay.

Women’s work in Senegalese conservation includes exorcising demons

Jennifer O’Mahony 19 Oct 2018

Land rights, forests, food systems central to limiting global warming: report

Justin Catanoso 15 Oct 2018
A fisherman pulls in a barracuda at sunset on the waters of the Casamance River, accompanied by an apprentice. Image by Jennifer O’Mahony for Mongabay.

Senegal: After reviving fish and forests, Jola villages tackle new threats

Jennifer O’Mahony 10 Oct 2018

Agreement bans commercial fishing across much of the Arctic, for now

Mongabay.com 4 Oct 2018

‘Guardians of the forest:’ Indigenous peoples come together to assert role in climate stability

Justin Catanoso 2 Oct 2018

Scientists uncover what makes deep soil either a carbon sink or source

Mongabay.com 20 Sep 2018

Climate mitigation has an ally in need of recognition and land rights: indigenous peoples in tropical countries

Justin Catanoso 10 Sep 2018

The forested path to climate stability (commentary)

Belinda Morris, Frances Seymour 30 Aug 2018

Tracking the shift of tropical forests from carbon sink to source

Mongabay.com 31 Jul 2018

Global marine wilderness has dwindled to 13 percent, new map reveals

John Cannon 26 Jul 2018

Red flags abound as a warming Arctic opens up to shipping

Basten Gokkon 18 Jul 2018

Ice-free passage for ships through the Arctic could cause problems for marine mammals

Mongabay.com 9 Jul 2018

Rwandan people and mountain gorillas face changing climate together

Elham Shirin 27 Jun 2018

Climate change could be killing Africa’s giant baobabs

Mongabay.com 13 Jun 2018
Rainforest on Madagascar's Masoala Peninsula. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Save intact forests for humanity’s sake, urge experts

Mongabay.com 20 Apr 2018

New remote-sensing technique used to determine carbon losses in Sub-Saharan Africa

Mike Gaworecki 10 Apr 2018

Report finds projects in DRC ‘REDD+ laboratory’ fall short of development, conservation goals

John Cannon 16 Mar 2018

NGOs seek suspension of forest-related funding to DRC in response to proposed end to logging moratorium

John Cannon 8 Mar 2018

Beyond polar bears: Arctic animals share in vulnerable climate future

Gloria Dickie 7 Mar 2018

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