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In a world where the human instinct was… Any illegal fishing going on around here? Ask an albatross by Shreya Dasgupta 31 January 2020 There are plenty of ways to hide in the open ocean if you want to fish unnoticed. Many fishing boats do just that. They turn off their public tracking systems… For Ecuador’s eco agenda, 2019 was a year of setbacks and pushbacks by Antonio José Paz Cardona 31 January 2020 For Ecuador, 2019 was a critical year for court decisions regarding environmental and social issues. At the end of 2018, the courts set precedent by ruling in favor of the… In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, Jan. 31, 2020 by Mongabay.com 31 January 2020 Tropical forests A recent study suggests that 32 species of orchids that once existed in Bangladesh can no longer be found there (The Revelator). The forests of the Central African… American journalist Philip Jacobson freed after prolonged detention in Indonesia by Mongabay.com 31 January 2020 Philip Jacobson, an American editor for the non-profit environmental news platform Mongabay, was deported from Indonesia today, January 31, more than six weeks after authorities in the city of Palangkaraya… Key cetacean site in Philippines sees drop in dolphin, whale sightings by Leilani Chavez 31 January 2020 MANILA — Sightings of dolphins and whales in a Philippine strait long considered an important waterway for the marine mammals have plummeted over the past two decades, with human activity… Rare Amazon bush dogs caught on camera in Bolivia by Mongabay.com 30 January 2020 Video footage of a pack of rarely-seen bush dogs has been captured by a camera trap at a ranch in eastern Bolivia. The footage, provided exclusively to Mongabay, was captured… Xavante tribe digs in as Brazil reneges on vow not to build a road in their reserve by Caio de Freitas Paes 30 January 2020 For more than 50 years, the Xavante indigenous group has been fighting to regain sovereignty of the Marãiwatsédé Indigenous Reserve in Mato Grosso state. The most recent obstacle is the federal government's plan to pave BR-158, the interstate highway that cuts through the middle of the reserve. Dam that threatens orangutan habitat is ‘wholly unnecessary’: Report by Hans Nicholas Jong 30 January 2020 JAKARTA — Proponents of a hydropower plant to be built in the only known habitat of a critically endangered orangutan species say it’s important for meeting the future energy needs… ‘Just like terrorists’: Indonesia boosts vigilance for blast fishers by Basten Gokkon 30 January 2020 KUTA, Indonesia — In the weeks before last Christmas, marine authorities in eastern Indonesia reported separate arrests of locals using explosives to catch fish. The arrests highlighted what observers say… Borneo locals win a court battle to bar a coal miner from their land by Lusia Arumingtyas 30 January 2020 JAKARTA — Indigenous activists in Indonesian Borneo have scored a big win in a lawsuit against a coal mining firm that sought to operate on their land. After a two-year… Rare trees are disappearing as ‘wood pirates’ log Bolivian national parks by Eduardo Franco Berton 29 January 2020 SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA, Bolivia — “The day after tomorrow, a cargo of 8,000 board feet of timber must be shipped. As there is little water, they are waiting… Use it, don’t lose it: Q&A with Amazon eco scientist Marcelino Guedes by Débora Pinto 29 January 2020 In an exclusive interview with Mongabay, Marcelino Guedes, a researcher at Brazil’s Amapá Federal University, talks about how important the management of traditional knowledge is for strengthening the forest economy in Brazil to overcome the paradigm that sees standing forest as an enemy of development. Severe drought and other climate impacts are driving the platypus towards extinction by Mongabay.com 29 January 2020 The devastating wildfires in Australia that have claimed the lives of more than a billion animals, by some estimates, are just one of the effects of global climate change the… Answers in excrement: Fecal analysis yields insight about wild primates by Chia-Yi Hou 29 January 2020 Did you ever think about the information we can gain from a simple sample of feces? Wildlife researchers have, and the information they obtain from poop samples can tell them… What starts in the Amazon doesn’t stay there: Fires melting Andes glaciers by Liz Kimbrough 29 January 2020 Study finds that worsening Amazon fires are melting Andean glaciers; soot builds up on snow, absorbing more solar radiation. Melting source isn’t accounted for in current climate models. Habitat loss, climate change make for an uncertain cricket harvest in Uganda by Thomas Lewton 29 January 2020 MASAKA, Uganda — “The harvest season was good when the forests were not yet cut down, but now they don’t have any food,” says John Mulindwa, 58, sitting behind a… Young farmers apply ancient agroforestry practices in the heart of Sardinia by Monica Pelliccia 29 January 2020 DESULO, Italy — In a late 1990s photo, a little girl with a ponytail and white apron poses at the corner of a cheese-making machine. Two decades later, with the… Despite foreign aid, Colombia struggles to rein in Amazon deforestation by Taran Volckhausen 29 January 2020 Three European countries have put up $366 million in foreign aid to fight deforestation in Colombia’s Amazon. The region’s rate of forest loss remains stubbornly high, up 97% since the… Indonesian environment ministry ends WWF partnership amid public spat by Hans Nicholas Jong 29 January 2020 JAKARTA — The Indonesian office of international conservation NGO WWF has expressed shock at the termination of its forest conservation partnership with the country’s environment ministry, three years before it… 1 2 3 … 893 Next » About Mongabay Topic and location feeds By topic By location Agriculture Animals Birds Climate Change Conservation Deforestation Energy Featured Forests Happy-upbeat Environmental Herps Indigenous Peoples Interviews Mammals New Species Oceans Palm Oil Rainforests Technology Wildlife Many more topics Africa Amazon Asia Australia Borneo Brazil Cameroon Central America China Colombia Congo India Indonesia Latin America Madagascar Malaysia New Guinea Peru Sumatra United States Browse more locations Email Updates Email Address * Podcast Our biweekly podcast delivering news & inspiration from nature’s frontline. 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