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Corn expansion is hurting ladybugs
Corn expansion is hurting ladybugs Corn expansion is hurting ladybugs mongabay.com December 15, 2008
Agricultural firms cut incentives for Amazon deforestation
Agricultural firms cut subsidies contributing to Amazon deforestation Agricultural firms cut incentives for Amazon deforestation Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 2, 2008
Madagascar denies ‘land grab’ by South Korean conglomerate
Madagascar denies 'land grab' by South Korean conglomerate Madagascar denies 'land grab' by South Korean conglomerate mongabay.com November 22, 2008
American fast food is almost entirely made of corn
American fast food is almost entirely made of corn American fast food is almost entirely made of corn mongabay.com November 10, 2008 Study also shows that fast food restaurants are…
U.S. needs environmental standards for biofuels
U.S. needs environmental standards for biofuels U.S. needs environmental standards for biofuels mongabay.com October 2, 2008
Republicans backtrack, call for end to ethanol requirements in gas
Republicans backtrack, call for end to ethanol requirements in gas Republicans backtrack, call for end to ethanol requirements in gas mongabay.com September 2, 2008 Meeting at the Republican National Convention…
Climate change to hurt Brazil’s farm exports by 2020
Climate change to cut Brazil's soy exports 24% by 2020 Climate change to cut Brazil's soy exports 24% by 2020 mongabay.com August 11, 2008 Climate change could have a significant…
Facing criticism, biofuels industry forms new lobby group to influence lawmakers
Facing criticism, biofuels industry forms new lobby group to influence lawmakers Facing criticism, biofuels industry forms new lobby group to influence lawmakers mongabay.com July 25, 2008 Under attack by politicians,…
Using farm waste for ethanol may hurt crop yields in some areas
Using farm waste for ethanol may hurt soil fertility in some areas Using farm waste for ethanol may hurt crop yields mongabay.com July 15, 2008 Cellulosic ethanol proponents have pushed…
Louisiana signs non-corn ethanol law to produce a better biofuel
Louisiana signs non-corn ethanol law to produce a better biofuel Louisiana signs non-corn ethanol law for to produce a better biofuel mongabay.com July 1, 2008 Louisiana has signed into law…
U.S. may allow corn farming on conservation land
U.S. may allow corn farming on conservation land U.S. may allow corn farming on conservation land mongabay.com June 23, 2008 The U.S. Department of Agriculture may allow farmers to plant…
Cellulosic biofuels may be viable alternative to gas within 5 years
Cellulosic biofuels may be viable alternative to gas within 5 years High fuel prices to make cellulosic biofuels increasingly competitive with gas Madolyn Rogers, special to mongabay.com June 2, 2008…
Global ban on biofuels would lead to immediate decline in food prices
Global ban on biofuels would lead to immediate decline in food prices Global ban on biofuels would lead to immediate decline in food prices mongabay.com May 16, 2008 A global…
Amazon soy ban seems to be effective in reducing explicit deforestation
An industry-led ban on soy production in the Amazon appears to be proving effective at reducing new clearing for explicit soy production, according to a survey published Monday by Greenpeace…
Corn planting to drop 8% in 2008
Corn planting to drop 8% in 2008 Corn planting to drop 8% in 2008 mongabay.com March 31, 2008 The UDSA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) expects American farmers to plant…
Corn ethanol is worsening the Gulf dead zone
Corn ethanol is worsening the Gulf dead zone Corn ethanol is worsening the Gulf dead zone mongabay.com March 10, 2008 Proposed legislation that will expand corn-ethanol production in the United…
World fertilizer prices surge 200% in 2007, hurting the poor
World fertilizer prices surge 200% in 2007, hurting the poor World fertilizer prices surge 200% in 2007 mongabay.com February 20, 2008 The world's poor lose as fertilizer price rise World…
UN: biofuels are starving the poor by driving up food prices
UN: biofuels are starving the poor by driving up food prices UN: biofuels are starving the poor by driving up food prices mongabay.com February 14, 2008 Echoing sentiments increasingly expressed…
Bloomberg: global warming “just as lethal” as terrorism
Bloomberg: global warming "just as lethal" as terrorism Bloomberg: global warming "just as lethal" as terrorism mongabay.com February 12, 2008 New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg told reporters Monday that…
Special series
Forest Trackers
- Bolivia’s El Curichi Las Garzas protected area taken over by land-grabbers
- Authorities struggle to protect Bolivian national park from drug-fueled deforestation
- Poverty and plantations: Nigerian reserve struggles against the odds
- Logging, road construction continue to fuel forest loss in Papua New Guinea
Oceans
- Fewer fish and more rules lead to illegal catches, Italian fishers say
- Fishing by dodgy fleets hurts economies, jobs in developing countries: Report
- Warming seas push India’s fishers into distant, and more dangerous, waters
- No protection from bottom trawling for seamount chain in northern Pacific
Amazon Conservation
- Deforestation haunts top Peruvian reserve and its Indigenous communities
- Amid record-high fires across the Amazon, Brazil loses primary forests
- A web of front people conceals environmental offenders in the Amazon
- Brazil boosts protection of Amazon mangroves with new reserves in Pará state
Land rights and extractives
- Women weave a culture of resistance and agroecology in Ecuador’s Intag Valley
- Hyundai ends aluminum deal with Adaro Minerals following K-pop protest
- Brazil’s illegal gold trade takes a hammering, but persists underground
- Maluku bone collector unearths troubling consequence of coastal abrasion
Endangered Environmentalists
- Indonesian activists face jail over FB posts flagging damage to marine park
- Vietnamese environmentalist sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax evasion
- Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights
- Video: Five Tembé Indigenous activists shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- Fenced in by Sulawesi national park, Indigenous women make forestry breakout
- In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew
- 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
Conservation Effectiveness
- The conservation sector must communicate better (commentary)
- Thailand tries nature-based water management to adapt to climate change
- Forest restoration to boost biomass doesn’t have to sacrifice tree diversity
- How scientists and a community are bringing a Bornean river corridor back to life
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Study: Indonesia’s new capital city threatens stable proboscis monkey population
- 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
