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Sri Lanka pushes for protection of sea cucumbers amid overexploitation

Malaka Rodrigo 10 Aug 2019

Tests show multi-rotor UAVs can improve cetacean behavioral studies

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 9 Aug 2019

Gov’t takedown of illegal gold mining in Peru shows promise, but at a cost

Justin Catanoso 9 Aug 2019

Indigenous-managed lands found to harbor more biodiversity than protected areas

Mongabay.com 9 Aug 2019

Peru: Invaders claim their first victim at the Macuya Forest Investigation Center

Yvette Sierra Praeli 9 Aug 2019

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, August 9, 2019

Mongabay.com 9 Aug 2019

Forests: A key piece of the land and climate puzzle (commentary)

Pablo Pacheco 8 Aug 2019

Forests and forest communities critical to climate change solutions

John Cannon 8 Aug 2019

Indonesian flooding disaster bears the hallmarks of agriculture and mining impacts

Ian Morse 7 Aug 2019

Protecting the strange sea pangolin and other animals: Q&A with deep sea biologist Chong Chen

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Aug 2019
Baobab Alley outside Morondava. Photo by Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay.

Photo essay: Madagascar’s disappearing dry forests (insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Aug 2019
Google Earth satellite image showing a deforestation, legal forest reserves, and agriculture in Rondonia, Brazil.

Bolsonaro can bully on deforestation, but he can’t hide from satellites (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Aug 2019

The wolf of Bangladesh: A true story

Jeremy Hance 7 Aug 2019

‘The forest is our life’: Hope for change in Guyana’s forests (commentary)

Gaulbert Sutherland 6 Aug 2019

Indonesia agrees to attempt Sumatran rhino IVF with eggs from Malaysia

Basten Gokkon 6 Aug 2019

Haze from fires, Indonesia’s national ‘embarrassment,’ are back

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Aug 2019

New orchid species from Japan lives on dark forest floor, never blooms

Mongabay.com 5 Aug 2019
Timber packaged for delivery. Photo courtesy ZSL.

Forestry companies warned over environmental policies

James Fair 5 Aug 2019

Amazon indigenous groups feel deserted by Brazil’s public health service

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 5 Aug 2019

Future of Amazon deforestation data in doubt as research head sacked

Karla Mendes 5 Aug 2019
Fresh helmeted hornbill head. Photo by Rangkong Indonesia / Yoki Hadiprakarsa

Hornbill heroes: A conversation with a top Indonesian bird conservation NGO

Mongabay.com 5 Aug 2019
Female Cirrhilabrus wakanda.

Stunning new wrasse species underlines need to protect deeper-lying reefs

Nalisha Adams 5 Aug 2019

New toolkit identifies multiple species from environmental DNA

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 3 Aug 2019

As Amazon deforestation in Brazil rises, Bolsonaro administration attacks the messenger (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 3 Aug 2019
Beira residents carrying belongings wade through flooded street in Beira.

When rich economies cut emissions, poor ones stand to benefit, study says

Ashoka Mukpo 3 Aug 2019
The passenger boat that sits empty and unused outside of Andres Machoa’s home in Llanchama, a symbol of unfulfilled promises by the oil industry. Photo by Kimberley Brown for Mongabay.

Life on the Amazon oil frontier: From exploration to ecotourism

Kimberley Brown 2 Aug 2019

July 2019 was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth

Mongabay.com 2 Aug 2019

Red flags as Indonesia eyes relocating its capital city to Borneo

Basten Gokkon 2 Aug 2019

Africa’s largest reserve may lose half its area to oil development

Stephen Leahy 2 Aug 2019

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, August 2, 2019

Mongabay.com 2 Aug 2019

Some turtle embryos can influence their own sex, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Aug 2019
Part of anti-trafficking campaign in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

The challenges of campaigning against wildlife trafficking in Vietnam

Michael Tatarski 1 Aug 2019

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