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Audio: Meet the ‘Almost Famous Animals’ that deserve more conservation recognition

Audio: Meet the ‘Almost Famous Animals’ that deserve more conservation recognition

On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast, we welcome Mongabay contributing editor Glenn Scherer to the program. Glenn is responsible for Mongabay’s “Almost Famous Animals” series, which just wrapped up its second year with a focus ...
The last elephants of Cambodia’s Virachey National Park

The last elephants of Cambodia’s Virachey National Park

Locals feared that elephants and most other large mammals had long been poached out of Virachey National Park in Cambodia. Our ...
Building environmental community and transparency through maps

Building environmental community and transparency through maps

Map for Environment is a free online open-source mapping platform aimed at broadening the cadre of environmentalists making and sharing maps.
Rare beaked whale filmed underwater for the first time

Rare beaked whale filmed underwater for the first time

Scientists have captured the first ever underwater video of wild True’s beaked whales swimming around Pico Island in the Portuguese Azores ...
Nearly half of Mount Oku frogs are in danger of croaking, study finds

Nearly half of Mount Oku frogs are in danger of croaking, study finds

A new survey of amphibians on one of Cameroon’s biggest mountains discovers twice as many species as known before.
An indigenous group reforests its corner of coastal New Guinea

An indigenous group reforests its corner of coastal New Guinea

The Asmat people of Indonesian Papua have a philosophy that they must be one with god, the ancestral spirits and the ...
Japanese, Singaporean banks finance controversial Indonesian coal plant

Japanese, Singaporean banks finance controversial Indonesian coal plant

After French banks pulled out of the project, $3.36 billion in financing for the Tanjung Jati B coal plant has been ...
Many tree species in eastern US may be unable to adapt to changing climate, study finds

Many tree species in eastern US may be unable to adapt to changing climate, study finds

Climate change is expected to alter the distribution of the most iconic trees in the eastern US because of environmental challenges ...
Science needed for more transparency in Paris climate projections

Science needed for more transparency in Paris climate projections

Safeguarding forests and minimizing emissions from cutting them down is critical to meeting the climate-related targets in the Paris Agreement, but ...
Where the forest grants went

Where the forest grants went

What is the flow of grant finance around specific issues, forest regions, and theories of change? Where do gaps and opportunities ...
A Christmas Miracle? Perhaps someday

A Christmas Miracle? Perhaps someday

Even as two lizard species have vanished forever from Christmas Island, conservationists are working hard to save the remaining reptiles.
Ethiopia looks to carbon trading as it gears up to be net carbon neutral by 2025

Ethiopia looks to carbon trading as it gears up to be net carbon neutral by 2025

Under Ethiopia’s Oromia Forested Landscape Program, the country’s region with highest concentration of biodiversity is on track to benefit from vital ...
Nitrogen pollution slows down forest decomposers

Nitrogen pollution slows down forest decomposers

A new study has found that excess nitrogen pollution slows down decomposition of plant matter by soil fungi.
African Parks gets $65M for conservation in Rwanda and Malawi

African Parks gets $65M for conservation in Rwanda and Malawi

African Parks, a South Africa-based organization that manages six million hectares across ten protected areas in seven African nations, will receive ...
Translating the barcode of wildlife into action

Translating the barcode of wildlife into action

The Barcode of Wildlife Project offers invaluable insight on how to integrate technology, science, and law enforcement sectors to fight wildlife ...
Trapped elephants face attacks by mob in India

Trapped elephants face attacks by mob in India

A video shows hundreds of men descending upon a herd of elephants every time they move out of the forest patches ...
Discovering the Congo carbon sink

Discovering the Congo carbon sink

Researchers uncover the world’s largest tropical peatlands hidden deep in the Republic of Congo.
The promise and potential of tropical forests: Q&A with forests expert Frances Seymour

The promise and potential of tropical forests: Q&A with forests expert Frances Seymour

Frances Seymour and Jonah Busch explore investment in tropical forest protection, restoration and political unity on related issues in their new ...
HSBC to stop financing deforestation-linked palm oil firms

HSBC to stop financing deforestation-linked palm oil firms

The commitment by Europe’s biggest bank follows a Greenpeace exposé of its ties to forest-destroying companies in Indonesia, the world’s top ...
Newly discovered Tanzanian frog already facing extinction

Newly discovered Tanzanian frog already facing extinction

Genetic analysis of a spiny-throated reed frog hidden in museum collections has revealed it to be a new species. But recent ...
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