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Australia rejects forest biomass in first blow to wood pellet industry

An existing regulation designating the burning of forests to make energy as being renewable has been reversed in Australia. That decision seems unlikely to alter the EU’s heavy commitment to biomass...

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Paying fishers in Indonesia to not catch sharks and rays could be a cost-effective way of conserving these species, a new study suggests.

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The most sought-after dumplings (momos) in Nepal are filled with buffalo meat, which commands a higher price if it comes from a crossbreed of wild and domestic buffalo. My new story for

Nepalis’ love of momos threatens endangered wild water buffaloes

KATHMANDU — A popular dish in Nepal, momos are small, bite-sized dumplings filled with spicy minced meat and wrapped in dough. Served piping hot, they are often accompanied by a spicy pickle. Provide...

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Are you a journalist who covers great apes? Or are you looking for story ideas or tips for your reporting? On March 2 at 11 a.m EST/4 p.m. GMT, please join Mongabay for a webinar on how to cover great apes live on Mongabay’s YouTube channel. Register: mongabay.org/registration-o

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Podcast on China in Africa (

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Une carrière chinoise cause des soucis au Cameroun

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À Fébé, au Cameroun, à seulement six kilomètres de Yaoundé, la capitale du Cameroun, une carrière de pierre surplombe un flanc de montagne et la vie animée du village. Deux fois par mois, le sol...

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Since the 1950s, an area with one of the largest Black populations in the state capital of Bahia has suffered damages to the health of its people and ecosystem as a result of nearby operations of a port, an industrial complex and an oil refinery.

Tide Island: seven decades of environmental racism in Salvador

As unbelievable as it may seem, a neighborhood in the city of Salvador did not have electricity until the late 1980s and piped water until the end of the 20th century. By way of comparison, the...

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Monarch butterflies make a comeback, and the world's 'grumpiest cat' makes an appearance on the highest mountain. Here's your news breakdown from

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Electricity day and night: Solar power is changing isolated Amazon communities

Electricity day and night: Solar power is changing isolated Amazon communities

TERRA FIRME, Brazil — Growing up, Maria de Fátima Batista often studied in the dark, using a candle or lantern for light because the riverine community where she lives in Brazil’s Amazon did not have...

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The Yurí-Passé are at risk of coming into contact with illegal miners and drug traffickers, which violates their right and deliberate decision to live in isolation from the Western world.

Illegal mines and “floating towns” on the Puré River leave uncontacted Indigenous peoples at risk

Throughout 2022, Colombian authorities identified the presence of 40 dredgers on the Colombian side of the Puré River, with another 200 operating on the Brazilian side, where it is known as the...

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Illegal trade in wild species represents the world’s third largest class of illegal trade. Thailand’s 🇹🇭 5-year Coral Reef Management Action Plan aims to combat damage done to coral, including that from coral harvest and trafficking. 🪸 📰

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Thai government turns its sights on illegal coral trade

BANGKOK – A few dawns into 2022, authorities raided a shophouse in the heart of Thailand’s capital city. Officers from the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Division of the Royal Thai Police...

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Illegal mines and “floating towns” on the Puré River leave uncontacted Indigenous peoples at risk

Illegal mines and “floating towns” on the Puré River leave uncontacted Indigenous peoples at risk

Throughout 2022, Colombian authorities identified the presence of 40 dredgers on the Colombian side of the Puré River, with another 200 operating on the Brazilian side, where it is known as the...

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The most sought-after dumplings (momos) in Nepal are filled with buffalo meat, which commands a higher price if it comes from a crossbreed of wild and domestic buffalo,

@arj272

reports.

Nepalis’ love of momos threatens endangered wild water buffaloes

KATHMANDU — A popular dish in Nepal, momos are small, bite-sized dumplings filled with spicy minced meat and wrapped in dough. Served piping hot, they are often accompanied by a spicy pickle. Provide...

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Tide Island: seven decades of environmental racism in Salvador

Tide Island: seven decades of environmental racism in Salvador

As unbelievable as it may seem, a neighborhood in the city of Salvador did not have electricity until the late 1980s and piped water until the end of the 20th century. By way of comparison, the...

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Nepalis’ love of momos threatens endangered wild water buffaloes

Nepalis’ love of momos threatens endangered wild water buffaloes

KATHMANDU — A popular dish in Nepal, momos are small, bite-sized dumplings filled with spicy minced meat and wrapped in dough. Served piping hot, they are often accompanied by a spicy pickle. Provide...

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India’s 2023-24 budget announces new schemes for mangroves and wetlands. Experts hope the schemes will help improve management and local participation in conservation efforts, but they have also pointed to limitations, reports

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India’s finance minister has announced two major programmes for mangrove plantation and wetlands conservation in the country’s latest annual budget, drawing a mixed response among the conservation...

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[Commentary] Greenspeak in the budget needs to be backed by sustained action, independent of optics

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For sustainable development in India to be sustained, there is a need for continuing action that's independent of the G20 presidency and electoral optics, writes

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For any government the first budget and the last one before the elections are important milestones. While the first one gives the initial indication as to how the government plans to turn electoral...

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Study: Paying fishers to ease off sharks and rays is cost-effective conservation

Study: Paying fishers to ease off sharks and rays is cost-effective conservation

More than a third of all elasmobranch (shark and ray) species are at risk of extinction due to overfishing. Indonesia is both a hotspot of elasmobranch biodiversity and one of the leading shark and...

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Element Africa: Lead poisoning, polluted rivers, and ‘calamitous’ mining regulation Illegal gold mining in Ghana is polluting rivers that local communities depend on for water for drinking, bathing and farming. news.mongabay.com/2023/01/elemen

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Women take the lead in promoting nutrition-sensitive aquaculture in Odisha Women have been trained and guided through the fish farming process. They also clean gram panchayat tanks and undertake a weeding out process, per

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The illegal jaguar trade is thriving online. Why aren’t governments stopping it? A new report by

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Western monarch populations reach highest number in decades Western monarchs winter in California and migrate thousands of miles every year in a migratory cycle that takes three or four generations, reports

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Thai government turns its sights on illegal coral trade New laws, higher penalties for breaking them, beefed-up enforcement and a national mandate to curtail illegal coral trade are all part of Thailand’s efforts to end the trade in its corals. news.mongabay.com/2023/02/thai-g

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Changing circumstances turn ‘sustainable communities’ into deforestation drivers: Study Subsistence communities' impact on forest loss has not been quantified fully, but their impact is minimal compared to industry, reports

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Good fisheries management, if enforced, can help sharks and rays recover A study found overfishing threatens 1/3 of sharks, rays and chimeras with extinction, making them the second-most endangered vertebrate group, after amphibians, per

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Kenya’s youngest environmental ambassador: Q&A with 10-year-old Karen Kimani Kimani is also a model and has created clothing from recycled plastics; she uses modeling as an opportunity to spread her message about the environment, reports

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‘Grumpiest cat’ leaves its calling card on the world’s highest mountain The first confirmed sighting of the manul, also known as Pallas’s cat, in Nepal came in 2012, in the country’s western Himalayan region, reports

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Indonesia opens its ‘ocean account’ for sustainable marine management The ocean accounting system will become the standard indicator for the gov in policymaking & zoning regarding fisheries, conservation areas & essential marine ecosystems, per

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Temperature extremes, plus ecological marginalization, raise species risk: Studies As global temperatures continue to rise, scientists have tried to predict how it will affect the many animal species imperiled by human actions today, per

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Indonesia & Malaysia assail new EU ban on ‘dirty commodities’ trade Activists see the regulation as an opportunity for palm oil-producing countries to have their palm oil globally recognized as legal & sustainable, per

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Canopy bridges connect forests, wildlife, and international researchers Canopy bridges provide a simple solution to the expansion of highways by allowing animals to cross over roads safely and maintain gene flow between populations, per

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Indigenous communities threatened as deforestation rises in Nicaraguan reserves Deforestation of the largest primary forests has been a violent, ugly process for Indigenous communities, who achieved self-governance in the 1980s, reports

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Elephants promote jumbo trees, boosting the carbon stores in Africa’s forests New research finds that forest-dwelling elephants browse on trees with low wood density, making space for bigger, heftier carbon-rich trees, reports

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Pollinator declines linked to half million early human deaths annually: Study

Insect pollinator loss is already resulting in an estimated half million early deaths yearly due to reduced healthy food availability and higher prices. Researchers say action to overhaul global...

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