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An orca in Skjervøy, Norway.

Norway poised to sail past opposition with deep-sea mining licensing plans

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 Oct 2024

EU considers postponing anti-deforestation law as pressure from agribusiness mounts

Maxwell Radwin 3 Oct 2024

NGOs say EU Commission must act on Greece oil activity in whale habitat

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Oct 2024

Why the EU must stand firm on its plan to help protect the world’s forests (commentary)

Sam Lawson 19 Sep 2024
Eurasian lynx, courtesy of Parc Zoologique de Paris.

Sweden’s ‘nature friendly’ reputation is being shot to pieces (commentary)

Misha Istratov 4 Sep 2024

Famous ‘spy’ beluga whale found dead in Norway

Mongabay.com 3 Sep 2024
Eurasian brown bear courtesy of Magnus Lundgren/Swedensbigfive.org.

Sweden greenlights hunt of nearly 500 bears, a fifth of total population

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Aug 2024

Tree bark removes atmospheric methane, study finds

Bobby Bascomb 16 Aug 2024
Cattle raising in recently destroyed forestland in the municipality Aripuanã, in Mato Grosso state.

Biden Administration mistakenly seeks delay of EU’s new deforestation regulation (commentary)

Etelle Higonnet 13 Aug 2024

China is latest country to oppose EU regulation to track deforestation

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Aug 2024

Shark ‘Fitbit’ captures rare footage of collision with boat

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Aug 2024

Critically endangered North Atlantic right whale spotted near Ireland

Bobby Bascomb 31 Jul 2024

Global lakes are in hot water amid climate change

Bobby Bascomb 30 Jul 2024

Incredibly rare Iberian lynx making a “dramatic recovery”

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Jul 2024
Service in Östersund.

How Europe’s only Indigenous group is inspiring a greener Christianity

John Last 17 Jul 2024

Let’s reduce poverty & deforestation via greater EUDR traceability requirements (commentary)

Julia Christian 12 Jul 2024
A mariscadora uses a clam rake to dredge for shellfish off Cambados in Galicia. Image by Naomi Mihara for Mongabay

In northern Spain, climate change is killing shellfish — and women’s livelihoods

Naomi Mihara, Natalie Donback 29 Jun 2024

U.K. court to hear lawsuit for victims of Brazilian dam disaster

Maxwell Radwin 24 Jun 2024

How effective is the EU’s marquee policy to reduce the illegal timber trade?

Mike Gaworecki 19 Jun 2024
Joseph Kirimbwa, a coffee farmer in Uganda and a member of a Nespresso program that hires and manages coffee plantations in Africa.

With an eye on EU’s new rules, scientists test ways to capture Africa’s forest loss

Malavika Vyawahare 11 Jun 2024
A trawler docked in a harbour in Scotland.

Bottom trawling in U.K.’s marine reserves, legally, is apparently a thing

Logan Rance 31 May 2024
Fishermen in Dakar, Senegal.

To renew or not to renew? African nations reconsider EU fishing deals

Edward Carver 17 May 2024
A wall decoration depicting a 'Bagnarota', a historic worker in the fishing sector of Bagnara Calabra.

Fewer fish and more rules lead to illegal catches, Italian fishers say

Alice Pistolesi, Monica Pelliccia 26 Apr 2024
Agribusiness Rush in the MATOPIBA Region.

EU law to reduce deforestation is on a knife’s edge, will leaders act? (commentary)

Etelle Higonnet 25 Apr 2024

IKEA blamed for Romanian forest destruction

Alex Shaw 25 Apr 2024
Cattle ranch next to a recently deforested area in Candeias do Jamari, Rondônia, Brazil. Photo courtesy of Victor Moriyama / Amazônia em Chamas (Amazon in Flames Alliance).

Traceability is no silver bullet for reducing deforestation (commentary)

Erasmus zu Ermgassen 12 Apr 2024
A yellow-legged hornet "hawking," hovering in front of a honeybee hive to pick slower-moving bees out of midair.

Mini radio tags help track ‘murder hornets’ and other invasive insects

Claudia Geib 14 Mar 2024

Rewilding Ireland: ‘Undoing the damage’ from a history of deforestation

Mike DiGirolamo, Rachel Donald 27 Feb 2024
A salmon farm in Bugoynes, Finnmark, Norway.

Norwegian salmon farms gobble up fish that could feed millions in Africa: Report

Francesco De Augustinis 27 Feb 2024
Russia's vast boreal forest is owned by the state and extensively logged. Image courtesy of Earthsight.

Biden’s new sanctions on Russia should include timber exports (commentary)

Etelle Higonnet, Tara Ganesh 26 Feb 2024
A bearded seal in Svalbard.

EU parliament expresses disapproval of Norway’s deep-sea mining plans

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 8 Feb 2024

Indonesia and Spain sign agreement to protect migrant fishing workers

Basten Gokkon 5 Feb 2024

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