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WEBEnvironmental science and conservation news. To meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and avoid the worst outcomes of climate change, the world needs to rapidly reduce carbon emissions.
To save endangered trees, researchers in South America recruit an …
WEB4 days ago · In Chile, César Marín, a fungi ecologist at Santo Tomas University, is studying how fungi partner with the alerce tree (Fitzroya cupressoides), an iconic local endangered species. Alerce is the ...
How the Brazilian military sabotaged protection of Indigenous …
WEB14 hours ago · The Brazilian military has been involved in a series of controversial episodes that have undermined emergency efforts to tackle the humanitarian crisis in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory ...
In Cameroon, forest and water source restoration offers …
WEB9 hours ago · In Nkambe and Bamukumbit, NGOs have chosen species such as P. africana, raffia palm, acacia or gmelina that are suitable for wetlands; while mahogany, erythrina, wenge (Millettia laurentii ...
25-fold surge in malaria at Indonesia gold frontier raises ...
WEB12 hours ago · Diagnoses of malaria in Pohuwato district on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi soared by more than an order of magnitude in 2023, a health department official told Mongabay Indonesia.
The Top Positive Environmental News Stories from 2021
WEBDec 23, 2021 · Mongabay takes a look back at some of the most positive stories from 2021. New protected areas established. While the Australian government has drawn criticism for its COP26 declaration, the ...
Reforestation to capture carbon could be done much more …
WEBAug 14, 2024 · New research shows that a mix of natural forest regrowth and tree planting could remove up to 10 times more carbon at $20 per metric ton than previously estimated by the IPCC, the U.N.’s climate ...
We have turned the Amazon into a net greenhouse gas emitter: …
WEBMar 19, 2021 · In a first-of-its-kind effort, scientists have calculated the balance of all natural and human-caused greenhouse gases coming in and out of the Amazon Basin — and found that the region is now a ...
The year in rainforests 2021 - Conservation news
WEBDec 29, 2021 · The year in rainforests 2021. 2021 was a year where tropical forests featured more prominently in global headlines than normal thanks to rising recognition of the role they play in addressing ...
Mongabay’s top 10 stories of 2022 - Conservation news
WEBDec 29, 2022 · In 2022, Mongabay published 4,900 articles, with original reporting in six languages. A total of 23 million readers spent more than 14.4 million hours reading Mongabay stories this year.