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10 noteworthy books on conservation and the environment from 2019

John Cannon 23 Dec 2019

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, December 20, 2019

Mongabay.com 20 Dec 2019

Paris accord ‘impossible to implement’ if tropical forest loss not stopped

Taran Volckhausen 19 Dec 2019

Three pangolin species closer to extinction: IUCN

Mongabay.com 18 Dec 2019

The role of sustainable finance in Forest Landscape Restoration (commentary)

Ruben Coppus 17 Dec 2019

COP25: Self-serving G20 spites youth, humanity, world at climate talks

Justin Catanoso 17 Dec 2019

COP25: EU officials say biomass burning policy to come under critical review

Justin Catanoso 16 Dec 2019

Whitetip sharks declared critically endangered, but gain no protections in Pacific

Monica Evans 13 Dec 2019

COP25: Wood pellet CEO claims biomass carbon neutrality, despite science

Justin Catanoso 13 Dec 2019

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, December 13, 2019

Mongabay.com 13 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

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

Josh Klemm 10 Dec 2019

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

Justin Catanoso 9 Dec 2019

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

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2019

Latest UN Emissions Gap Report finds world must ramp up climate ambitions at least threefold to meet Paris goals

Mongabay.com 5 Dec 2019

Their land, our future: To arrest the climate crisis, we need a democratic overhaul (commentary)

Musimbi Kanyoro, Beth Roberts 2 Dec 2019

COP25 may put climate at greater risk by failing to address forests

Justin Catanoso 2 Dec 2019

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, November 29, 2019

Mongabay.com 29 Nov 2019
Rainforest in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

$10M in prize money for mapping rainforest biodiversity

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Nov 2019

How listening to individual gibbons can benefit conservation

Mike Gaworecki 26 Nov 2019

Bringing back extinct plants to life: Q&A with ‘plant messiah’ Carlos Magdalena

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Nov 2019

Why you should care about the current wave of mass extinctions (commentary)

Gianluca Serra 25 Nov 2019
The reed frog (Hyperolius molleri) is endemic to the island of São Tomé off the coast of Central Africa and was one of the species sampled in the study. Photo by Andrew Stanbridge

Rapid genetic test traces spread of fungus that kills frogs, reveals new strain in Southeast Asia

Jonathan Wosen 25 Nov 2019

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, November 22, 2019

Mongabay.com 22 Nov 2019

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, November 15, 2019

Mongabay.com 15 Nov 2019
Baobab tree amid rice paddies outside Morondava. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Mongabay at 20: Two decades of news and inspiration from nature’s frontline (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2019

Rapid expansion of protected areas around the world failing to reduce human pressures on land

Mongabay.com 14 Nov 2019

Damian Aspinall on why he’s calling for zoos to be phased out within the next three decades

Mike Gaworecki 13 Nov 2019
Researchers examining fungi in China. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Failure Factors: Sometimes the most important thing to know is what did not go as planned (commentary)

David Wilkie, Kara Stevens, Richard Margoluis 13 Nov 2019

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, November 8, 2019

Mongabay.com 8 Nov 2019
Hill Myna, Gracula religiosa, for sale in a bird market, Java, Indonesia. photo credit: Gabby Salazar

Mischaracterizing the conservation benefits of trade (commentary)

Brett R. Scheffers, Brunno F. Oliveira, Ieuan Lamb, David P. Edwards 8 Nov 2019

Coke is again the biggest culprit behind plastic waste in the Philippines

Mongabay.com 7 Nov 2019

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