Environment

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Environment

ENVIRONMENT 06/09/2026 07:00

Indigenous knowledge helps reveal the ties between reefs and mangroves

In a recent scientific article in the journal Ocean & Coastal Management, alongside the list of scientist-authors were the Bardi Jawi and Oo…

ENVIRONMENT 03/09/2026 17:57

Watching wildlife? Here's how to view marine animals safely

Watching wildlife? Here's how to view marine animals safely A Hawaiia…

ENVIRONMENT 05/09/2026 07:11

Why are they killing this beautiful fish?

Lionfish are beautiful, venomous and devastating Caribbean reefs. In Honduras, divers are fighting back with homemade spears, hunting compet…

ENVIRONMENT 05/09/2026 06:49

Urban water quality pose challenges to low-income communities in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital

COLOMBO — As part of his morning routine, Nalin Kaluwitharana from “Ranjan Wijerathnapura,” a low-income settlement in the heart of Colombo,…

ENVIRONMENT 04/09/2026 23:23

Comparing green space for urban cooling, study

Cities can become dangerously hot during extreme heat events, making it increasingly important for urban planners to find ways to reduce tem…

ENVIRONMENT 04/09/2026 16:59

Brazil’s Senate passes rare earth minerals regulation, paving the way for boosted exploration

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Senate has approved a bill to regulate the exploration of critical minerals, including rare earths, marking a…

ENVIRONMENT 04/09/2026 16:48

Marine conservation collides with mining in Indonesia’s biodiversity-rich Moramo Bay

SOUTH KONAWE, Indonesia — A marine protected area in Indonesia’s Southeast Sulawesi province is home to a critically depleted population of …

ENVIRONMENT 04/09/2026 12:26

As Indonesia’s wildfires rage, haze spreads farther across Southeast Asia

Haze from wildfires in Indonesia has spread even farther this week, reaching beyond Malaysia and Brunei to Singapore and the Philippines. On…

ENVIRONMENT 04/09/2026 11:15

Illegal gold mining continues in Indonesia’s Aceh despite government crackdown pledge

NAGAN RAYA, Indonesia – Two weeks after government and law enforcement leaders vowed to crack down on illegal gold mining in the semiautonom…

ENVIRONMENT 04/09/2026 10:30

South Korea’s ‘sea women’ seek justice after marine habitat devastated by harbor work

GUMAN-RI, South Korea — This fishing village, on the eastern coast of the Korean Peninsula, is filled with scars. Every summer, typhoons rum…

ENVIRONMENT 04/09/2026 09:15

Study analyzes danger of parasites to Bengal tigers in South Asia

A typical roundworm measures roughly 2.7% of the average length of a Bengal tiger or weighs just three-millionths of one percent of the larg…

ENVIRONMENT 04/09/2026 05:25

Genetic road map offers hope for threatened Visayan spotted deer

Scientists have sequenced the first-ever draft genome of the Philippines’ highly threatened Visayan spotted deer. The genome could guide eff…

ENVIRONMENT 03/09/2026 20:20

Ebola outbreak underscores food insecurity crisis in DRC

The recent Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus has reportedly claimed more than 3,000 lives, and more than twice as …

ENVIRONMENT 03/09/2026 18:55

Key tree species boost Amazon forest restoration, new study shows

Regrowing Amazon forests face a quiet collapse if fast pioneer trees die without stronger successors.

ENVIRONMENT 03/09/2026 18:26

Cherokee youth win legal rights for waterway in first all-female U.S. effort

Before the proceedings began, the young women carried Longperson into the room with them, water gathered from the mountain headwaters and he…

ENVIRONMENT 03/09/2026 17:28

A ‘lost’ Philippine pigeon reappears after 20 years — but its forest is disappearing

A camera trap on the Philippine island of Mindoro has photographed one of the country’s rarest birds, confirming that the critically endange…

ENVIRONMENT 03/09/2026 16:59

Trading food for medicine and crossing the river by zip line are part of life in Nepal flood zone

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Some survivors sheltering in relief camps after deadly floods in Nepal struggled Thursday to obtain essential medici…

ENVIRONMENT 03/09/2026 16:10

South Africa’s new gold rush: Big promises, closed books in new carbon frontier

This is the third article in Mongabay’s three-part investigation of spekboom-led ecosystem restoration in South Africa. This is part of an a…

ENVIRONMENT 03/09/2026 15:18

On renewable energy, it’s time to debunk the ‘transition minerals’ narrative (commentary)

There is an insidious lie that has taken root in the energy transition narrative pushed by the world’s most powerful financial, political, a…

ENVIRONMENT 03/09/2026 15:08

Planned Bolivia-Brazil highway threatens Chiquitania dry forest

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz signed an agreement to begin technical studies for a highway connecting the municipality of San Ignacio de Ve…

ENVIRONMENT 03/09/2026 13:57

Repeal of U.S. Roadless Rule could threaten drinking water for 25 million people

The drinking water for about 25 million Americans starts in the backcountry of the national forests, on land where roads are few by design. …

ENVIRONMENT 03/09/2026 13:13

From seizure to sentence: Weak prosecution leaves tigers vulnerable to trafficking in Southeast Asia: Report

When tiger poachers and traffickers are apprehended in Southeast Asia, they frequently get away without consequences: Fewer than half of arr…

ENVIRONMENT 03/09/2026 13:10

Development banks are backing problematic mineral projects, report finds

“Development bank-backed transition minerals projects are frequently associated with significant environmental, social, and human rights ris…

ENVIRONMENT 03/09/2026 10:02

Mexico-Brazil oil deal raises concern for ecosystems and energy transition

Environmental organizations have raised concerns that a recent partnership between the state petrochemical companies of Brazil and Mexico wi…