news.mongabay.comadded August 2026
Mongabay Globalby Autumn Spanne13d ago
- Using satellite data and water samples taken by ships over the last 40 years, researchers employed machine learning to untangle the history of marine heat waves hitting simultaneously with...
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb13d ago
Plastic waste has been found in the most remote places — including, now, a deep-sea canyon off the coast of Argentina, according to a recent study.
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta13d ago
In an editorial in Science, U.S.-based energy policy experts Paasha Mahdavi and Michael Ross argue that governments creating consumer fossil fuel subsidies in response to rising energy prices is...
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta13d ago
Food conglomerate Mondelēz International, the owner of chocolate brands Cadbury, Milka, Toblerone and Oreo, has allegedly engaged in an extensive lobbying campaign to weaken and delay enforcement...
Mongabay Globalby Karen Coates14d ago
- Pakistan has established the Punjnad Indus River Dolphin Sanctuary in Punjab, which connects with an existing reserve in Sindh to form a continuous 400-kilometer protected river corridor.
Mongabay Globalby Rhett Butler14d ago
- The recent description of the tilcayo (Leopardus tilcayo) from Bolivia comes amid a broader reassessment of wild cat taxonomy, with genetic research suggesting that several additional species may...
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb14d ago
Zambia is investigating wildlife deaths and human exposure linked to an anthrax outbreak in the northern province of Muchinga, where several hippos have died since the outbreak was reported on Aug.
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb14d ago
A public hearing this week by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights will assess claims that the Peruvian state violated the rights of the Indigenous Mashco Piro, Yora, and Amahuaca peoples, who...
Mongabay Globalby Alexandre de Santi14d ago
- The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) aims to reach $10 billion in sponsor capital by the end of 2026, a step toward a larger $25 billion fundraising goal.
Mongabay Globalby Shanna Hanbury14d ago
Gorillas are among humans’ closest relatives, with a common ancestor dating back around 8 to 10 million years.
Mongabay Globalby Karen Coates14d ago
- In Nepal, the law has eliminated gender discrimination when it comes to property rights, but cultural norms still interfere with land ownership.
Mongabay Globalby Morgan Erickson-Davis14d ago
- The consultancy firm One Earth Partners has published an analysis of the environmental consequences of USAID’s closure.
Mongabay Globalby Malavikavyawahare14d ago
- In June, a team of researchers working in Côte d’Ivoire’s Taï National Park spotted a Ghana cuckooshrike, a bird that hadn’t been seen in 13 years.
Mongabay Globalby Glenn Scherer14d ago
- planetary boundaries — vital for preserving the safe operating space for humanity — are transgressed and heading further into the danger zone.
Mongabay Globalby Erik Hoffner14d ago
- The biodiversity credit market should stop trying to copy the carbon market’s method of reducing everything to one tradable unit, a new op-ed argues.
Mongabay Globalby Hayat Indriyatno14d ago
- Indonesia’s push to expand geothermal power is facing resistance from communities around Mount Ungaran in Central Java province, where a long-running dispute over the proposed project has...
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb14d ago
A mass of floating weeds at Chia Lagoon, Malawi’s largest, is choking out waterways and livelihoods as farmers and fishers struggle to access fields and fishing areas.
Mongabay Globalby Isabel Esterman15d ago
- The Philippines is a key location for the U.S.-led Pax Silica initiative, a global pact to establish a semiconductor and AI supply chain not reliant on China.
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb15d ago
Brazilian tin-producing company, White Solder, has been accused of acquiring a mineral illegally mined in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory in the Brazilian Amazon.
Mongabay Globalby Isabel Esterman15d ago
- Indigenous communities in Malaysia’s Upper Baram Forest Area say a planned conservation area is being eroded by the existence of an active timber concession within the forest area.
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