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Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta2 Sept 2026
In July, following relentless bursts of rainfall, flash floods covered pockets of Lagos, disrupting commerce and traffic in Nigeria’s commercial capital.
Mongabay Globalby Autumn Spanne2 Sept 2026
- A new study finds that a coral-associated damselfish may help hasten the healing of wounded corals.
Mongabay Globalby Yenni Kwok2 Sept 2026
- More than a hundred Bunun Indigenous people were forced to resettle in lowland areas after 2009’s Typhoon Morakot destroyed the only road leading to Tengjhih, their mountain settlement, in...
Mongabay Globalby Naina Rao2 Sept 2026
In the forests of the Philippines’ Mindoro Island, an urgent effort is underway to record the vanishing ecological knowledge of the Indigenous Iraya Mangyan community.
Mongabay Globalby Naina Rao2 Sept 2026
Many of Southeast Asia’s native oak species are under high stress from human pressures and lack protection, according to a recent report, reports contributor Sean Mowbray for Mongabay.
Mongabay Globalby Isabel Esterman2 Sept 2026
- Construction of the Stung Russei Chrum Kandal hydropower dam inside Phnom Kravanh National Park, one of Cambodia’s largest protected rainforests, began in 2023.
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb1 Sept 2026
Togo is cosponsoring a proposal to review commercial whaling quotas, drawing criticism from whale conservation groups.
Mongabay Globalby Erik Hoffner1 Sept 2026
- Integrating knowledge of Indigenous and local communities (IPLCs) into the process of seed propagation can strengthen forest restoration outcomes in Southeast Asia, and beyond.
Mongabay Globalby Mikedigirolamo1 Sept 2026
A new award has been created in honor of late conservation icon Jane Goodall by the board of the Starmus Festival, an international gathering of scientists and artists to be held from Oct.
Mongabay Globalby John Cannon1 Sept 2026
- A unique approach to ecosystem restoration in South Africa — repairing exhausted farmlands through the mass planting of an endemic drought-tolerant succulent called spekboom — is receiving global...
Mongabay Globalby Rhett Butler1 Sept 2026
- Guarani leaders Tiago Karaí and Kerexu Laudiceia Benites died with their two children and three other members of Tekoa Kalipety when a semitrailer struck their car on August 14.
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb1 Sept 2026
Burning biomass fuels like dry wood and rice husk for cooking can produce air pollution and contribute to toxic heavy metals buildup inside rural kitchens in Bangladesh, a new study finds. Md.
Mongabay Globalby Hans Nicholas Jong1 Sept 2026
- Representatives of 20 Indigenous subtribes in Raja Ampat gathered in Arborek for Heyul Pelei Koranu Fyak, a gathering to strengthen unity and find common ground over the future of the...
Mongabay Globalby Mongabay Editor1 Sept 2026
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Drone pilot Manish Maharjan has helped rescue teams in Nepal find people missing after last week’s catastrophic floods, sometimes using speakers mounted on the devices to...
Mongabay Globalby Alexandre de Santi1 Sept 2026
- Researchers have found a direct link between illegal mining, miners’ routes, and malaria cases in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory in Brazil.
Mongabay Globalby Sharon Guynup1 Sept 2026
- The provincial government of British Columbia, Canada, has proposed extending its decade-long wolf cull program by five more years in areas that are home to 15 declining woodland caribou herds.
Mongabay Globalby Latoya Abulu1 Sept 2026
- In Ecuador’s Intag Valley, 19 families are developing a 300-kilowatt hydropower project that can provide an alternative source of income to the large-scale extractive and productive industries...
Mongabay Globalby Malavikavyawahare1 Sept 2026
- Company Namibian Marine Phosphate has received an environmental clearance for dredging within a concession that spans 2,234 square kilometers (863 square miles) of the Atlantic seabed off...
Mongabay Globalby Malavikavyawahare1 Sept 2026
- The Cali Fund, established to channel companies’ contributions from the use of digital genetic data back to the countries and communities of origin, has received just $6,000 from two companies...
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta1 Sept 2026
A severe drought that has parched the Caribbean since May 2026 was fueled by human-induced climate change, according to a recent study.
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