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Five murdered in 2020 Brazilian Amazon land conflicts, adding to 2019 surge
by Sam Cowie 14 January 2020
Three indigenous men in Amazonas state, and two peasant farmers in Maranhão, have been killed so far this month in violence experts say is spurred by Pres. Bolsonaro's policies.
Cost-effective conservation: Study identifies key 'umbrella' species
by John C. Cannon 14 January 2020
Governments could vastly improve the efficiency of money spent on conservation if they took a hard look at the species they prioritize, according to a recent study. The research probed…
by Basten Gokkon 14 January 2020
JAKARTA — Indonesia is ramping up its fisheries in the waters around its northern Natuna Islands, following an incursion into the area by fishing boats and a coast guard vessel…
by Hans Nicholas Jong 14 January 2020
JAKARTA — President Joko Widodo's focus on building tourism hotspots has created an increasingly hostile environment for indigenous communities and land rights activists in Indonesia, a new report says. There…
One six-week expedition discovered ten new songbird species and subspecies in Indonesia
by Mongabay.com 13 January 2020
A six-week expedition to three small island groups near Sulawesi, Indonesia has yielded five new songbird species and five new subspecies. The new species and subspecies were described in a…
Conservationists in peril: Scientists, campaigners risk their lives for their work
by James Fair 13 January 2020
Toward the end of 2014, Tanya Rosen, a former New York-based international lawyer, found herself being followed by a car while walking back to her apartment in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan.…
Update to biodiversity treaty proposes protecting at least 30% of Earth
A proposed update to the global treaty governing plant and animal life on Earth calls for nearly a third of the planet to be designated as protected by 2030. That…
Goldman Prize winner launches new environmental foundation in the Cook Islands
Goldman Environmental Prize winner Jacqueline Evans has launched the Moana Foundation to advance environmental and social activism in her home country of the Cook Islands. Evans won the Goldman Environmental…
by Sarah Sax and Maurício Angelo 13 January 2020
The Estrondo mega-farm exports soy to the EU and China, but it is accused in a mega-land grab; it also has a long record of threatening traditional people.
Ten actions for Brazilian scientists to engage in environmental politics (commentary)
by Ananda R. Pereira Martins | Lucas Pereira Martins | Leila Figueiredo 10 January 2020
Brazil is the most biologically diverse country in the world, harboring 10 to 18% of the world's total biota. This biodiversity, however, is rapidly declining due to habitat degradation, overexploitation,…
by Junaidi Hanafiah, Rahmadi Rahmad 10 January 2020
EAST LAMPUNG, Indonesia — The government of the Indonesian province of Aceh, notorious for public canings carried out under sharia law, plans to put that same strict Islamic jurisprudence to…
In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, Jan. 10, 2020
Tropical forests Forest countries and food companies must build "trust," one commentator says (Ethical Corporation). Chocolate producers see regulations as a possible solution to a long struggle with child labor…
Activists seek purge after Indonesia court rules forest plantations illegal
JAKARTA — Environmental activists have called on the Indonesian government to swiftly crack down on plantation companies operating in protected forests, after the country's highest court ruled such activities illegal.…
Philippine fern efficiently absorbs arsenic, copper from toxic mining soil
by Mongabay.com 9 January 2020
MANILA — Filipino scientists have discovered what might be the next big indigenous plant material for rehabilitating a mining site teeming with copper and arsenic — and it's a largely…
Rare plant species are especially vulnerable to climate change, and rarity is more common than previously understood
Rare plant species are far more likely to go extinct than common species, yet we know surprisingly little about global species abundance. Most efforts to quantify species abundance focus on…
Polly share a cracker: Study finds grey parrots are good Samaritans
by Malavika Vyawahare 9 January 2020
It looked like a game of parrot poker, but the token exchange counter set up by European researchers at a Spanish zoo was an experiment to determine if African grey…
Forest loss moves swiftly once 50% deforestation 'tipping point' reached
Scientists believe they've uncovered a tipping point in the deforestation of landscapes across Earth: Once an area loses half its forest, the rest of the forest is often swift to…
Pangolins top the charts while climate stories lag: Insights on our 2019 reporting (insider)
by Rhett A. Butler 8 January 2020
Mongabay's traffic hit a new record in 2019, with pageviews increasing 34% to 102 million and monthly active users climbing 50% to 4.3 million. But the high level numbers don't…
Tool use in puffins may point to 'underestimated' intelligence in seabirds
The camera traps that ecologist Annette Fayet had set up didn't provide the clues she had hoped to find about puffin diets and nesting behavior. What they did provide, though,…
Palm oil processors top plantations in destroying proboscis monkey habitat
by Hans Nicholas Jong 8 January 2020
JAKARTA — The oil palm processing industry has become the biggest threat to the iconic and endangered proboscis monkeys of Indonesian Borneo, a new study has found. The study, published…
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