Community-based conservation is a good climate investment in Brazil & beyond (commentary)
Mongabay Globalby Erik Hoffner25d ago
- In Brazil, community-based land management of collective territories has produced striking results for conservation.
Mongabay Global
news.mongabay.comadded August 2026
top 79%As drought shrinks Sri Lanka’s water holes, poisoning poses threat to wildlife
Mongabay Globalby Dilrukshi Handunnetti25d ago
- Sri Lanka will keep the two most visited sections of Yala National Park closed from Sept. 14 to Oct. 15 as drought conditions and extreme heat intensify pressure on wildlife.
World’s smallest crocodile in high demand for bushmeat trade in Nigeria
Mongabay Globalby Terna Gyuse25d ago
- The African dwarf crocodile is found in dense swamps and flooded forests across large parts of West and Central Africa.
A giant anteater’s return in Argentina offers a case for letting nature restore itself
Mongabay Globalby Alexandra Popescu25d ago
- The return of a giant anteater to the protected area in the humid Gran Chaco in Argentina has given researchers hope that ecosystem restoration could help restore biodiversity in an area...
Rescuers race against time as fires ravage orangutan habitat inside Indonesian oil palm concession
Mongabay Globalby Hans Nicholas Jong25d ago
- Conservationists are racing to rescue six orangutans believed to remain in a fire-affected High Conservation Value area inside an oil palm concession in Indonesia.
Exotic pet trade poses rising zoonotic disease risks in India
Mongabay Globalby Naina Rao25d ago
In India, the exotic pet trade is increasing the risk of zoonotic disease spillovers, as close contact with imported wild animals creates repeated opportunities for dangerous pathogens to jump to...
Displaced by typhoons, Taiwan’s Bunun Indigenous people struggle to preserve heritage
Mongabay Globalby Naina Rao25d ago
Wild grass now grows around the abandoned wooden houses of Tengjhih, a high-mountain hamlet in southern Taiwan, once a key settlement of the Bunun Indigenous people.
In Southeast Asia, residents grapple with life under Indonesia’s wildfire haze
Mongabay Globalby Yenni Kwok25d ago
- Air quality in cities and districts across Southeast Asia has reached hazardous levels in recent weeks owing to transboundary haze from wildfires in Indonesia.
‘Don’t shoot. Listen’: The AI-aided quest to understand Yellowstone’s wolves
Mongabay Globalby Glenn Scherer25d ago
- Wolf howls have mystified listeners for ages, prompting a range of questions. For more than three decades, wildlife biologists, using traditional research methods, have sought answers from the...
Bolivia’s mining law overhaul raises environmental and community concerns
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb25d ago
Bolivia recently began overhauling one of its principal mining laws, with the goal of modernizing the industry and improving oversight.
EU plans new firefighting fleet after deadly summer heat wave
Mongabay Globalby Mongabay Editor25d ago
BRUSSELS (AP) — A scorching summer that dried up rivers and killed tens of thousands across the European Union from Portugal to Hungary has shown that the bloc needs to develop new tools to meet a...
‘A good way to die’: triumph and tragedy among dispersing African wild dogs
Mongabay Globalby Terna Gyuse25d ago
- A pack of wild dogs has recorded the longest journey by an African mammal by clocking up more than 4,100 kilometers (2,500 miles).
‘Carnival of the Nearly Extinct Animals’ celebrates species with song
Mongabay Globalby Liz Kimbrough25d ago
Once upon a time, flocks of passenger pigeons were so dense they blocked the sun like great gray thunderclouds flying overhead. Composer Stephanie Ann Boyd imagines this with music.
Fishers bear deep costs of plastic pollution in Vietnam, but could help turn the tide
Mongabay Globalby Isabel Esterman26d ago
- A new study in Vietnam found coastal plastic pollution costs small-scale fishers thousands of dollars a year in lost earning potential.
Venezuela’s historic oil deal with the US reignites environmental, human rights concerns
Mongabay Globalby Alexandra Popescu26d ago
- The U.S. announced a historic oil deal in August that gives it access to more than 65 billion barrels of proven reserves in Venezuela, which is structured through a private company, North...
For the first time, Congolese NGO to manage a DRC protected area
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta26d ago
For the first time in the modern history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a Congolese nongovernmental organization will co-manage a protected area in the country.
Marine heatwave likely caused sharp decline in Hawaiian humpback whales, study finds
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb26d ago
Roughly a decade ago, a marine heatwave in the northeastern Pacific Ocean caused a dramatic decline in populations of forage fish and krill, the base of the marine food chain.
Right-wing leaders could rule 95% of the Amazon by 2027, experts warn
Mongabay Globalby Alexandre de Santi26d ago
- After a cycle of left-wing administrations, four out of nine Amazonian nations are currently under right-wing leadership that favors exploitation of natural resources over conservation.
‘Big Cats’ highlights the remarkable power of photojournalism
Mongabay Globalby Mikedigirolamo26d ago
Jeff Sikich, the biologist for the National Park Service in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, thought that Steve Winter “was crazy” for wanting to capture a photograph of a mountain lion in front of the...
Report links fishmeal production to decline in key species for Guinea-Bissau communities
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb26d ago
Populations of sardinella, an important protein-rich fish, are in rapid decline in the waters off Guinea-Bissau in West Africa.