news.mongabay.comadded August 2026
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb26 Aug 2026
Kenya’s secondhand clothing trade, locally known as mitumba, clothes millions of people and supports an estimated 2 million livelihoods, making it one of Africa’s largest markets for used garments.
Mongabay Globalby Philip Jacobson26 Aug 2026
- More than 40% of the population in Japan suffers from hay fever, or kafunsho, an annual affliction.
Mongabay Globalby Erik Hoffner26 Aug 2026
- To improve living conditions in Nigeria, new roads like the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway are needed.
Mongabay Globalby Autumn Spanne26 Aug 2026
- Once home to a pristine and vibrant network of coral reefs, the Spermonde Archipelago off the coast of South Sulawesi in Indonesia has had its coral decimated by the illegal practice of blast...
Mongabay Globalby Autumn Spanne26 Aug 2026
- A new study details a deep-sea expedition near the remote Christmas and Cocos islands, where researchers visited unexplored seamounts and identified 149 previously unknown marine species...
Mongabay Globalby Terna Gyuse26 Aug 2026
- In July, Mongabay published a feature investigation and video report about deforestation in southeastern Liberia dude to cacao cultivation.
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta26 Aug 2026
At least four suspects have been arrested in connection with the deaths of 18 elephants in the Amboseli ecosystem in southern Kenya, near the border with Tanzania.
Mongabay Globalby Terna Gyuse26 Aug 2026
- A 10-year agreement provides York Timber Holdings with access to renewable electricity “at scale,” an official with the timber company said.
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta26 Aug 2026
As the 2026 El Niño strengthens in the equatorial Pacific, satellites are capturing the first major signs of disruption to the marine food web.
Mongabay Globalby Alexandra Popescu26 Aug 2026
- When a 2022 drought hit Bolivia’s Ascensión de Guarayos, restoring traditional paúros helped the community survive after the municipal reservoir ran dry.
Mongabay Globalby Yenni Kwok26 Aug 2026
- A massive genetic analysis of wild tulips has confirmed that Central Asia is the birthplace of tulips, but no single country can rightfully claim the flower originated within its borders.
Mongabay Globalby Malavikavyawahare26 Aug 2026
- Safe access to water is scarce across parts of Ituri province, which is the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Mongabay Globalby Rhett Butler26 Aug 2026
- Ashéninka leader Américo Pascuala Tumisha was shot and killed Aug. 23 while patrolling the territory of the Onconashari Indigenous community in Peru’s Ucayali region.
Mongabay Globalby Isabel Esterman26 Aug 2026
- The Mindoro Forest and Biodiversity Conservation Programme combines Indigenous forest patrols, ancestral-domain support, carbon monitoring and livelihood projects to protect more than 40,000...
Mongabay Globalby Latoya Abulu25 Aug 2026
- Hundreds of pastoralists are in Mongolia for the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification, or UNCCD, from Aug. 17 to 28, 2026.
Mongabay Globalby Mikedigirolamo25 Aug 2026
Bhutan is a Himalayan kingdom sandwiched between China and India. Forty percent of its 800,000 citizens work in the agriculture sector.
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta25 Aug 2026
Aug. 25 is a National Day of Action to support U.S. national parks and public lands. One focus of the event is the U.S.
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta25 Aug 2026
Indonesian authorities have charged 72 individuals with intentionally igniting forest fires across five provinces on the island of Borneo and four on Sumatra.
Mongabay Globalby Philip Jacobson25 Aug 2026
- The new estimate represents a decline of 41-45% over the 2,400-2,800 estimate published by Indonesia in 2007.
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta25 Aug 2026
In Liberia’s Grand Gedeh county, deforestation for cocoa has soared since 2020, pushing the region’s cocoa trade into an uncertain future.
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