Excited to share that we won the prestigious Biophilia Award for Environmental Communication for our “outstanding track record” in communicating news of #nature , #environment and #biodiversity 🦁
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12:19 PM - Oct 24, 2023
As the world gathers in New York for #climateweek2023 , Indigenous leaders are calling on UN delegates, environmental organizations, and the research community to back a stronger goal for Amazon protection:
12:57 PM - Sep 19, 2023
An analysis of satellite images shows that 26,764 acres are currently being used for Mexico's new Maya Train project, with 61% of the area deforested:
10:58 AM - Sep 14, 2023
[Good news] Deforestation in the Brazilian #Amazon continues to decline, according to data released Friday by Brazil’s national space research institute:
01:03 PM - Sep 11, 2023
Leaders from Fiji, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu & others say more research is needed to establish whether mining the seabed below 200 meters is possible without damaging ecosystems and fisheries:
10:57 AM - Sep 07, 2023
In Brazil’s Caatinga region, windfarms have brought dirt, noise and disruption to local communities:
11:27 AM - Sep 05, 2023
Uh oh, trouble for @Spoutible 's mascot in Iceland:
Only one company currently has a license to hunt #whales there and it’s set to expire this year, with no guarantee the government will renew it for the coming years, but:
Only one company currently has a license to hunt #whales there and it’s set to expire this year, with no guarantee the government will renew it for the coming years, but:
12:46 PM - Sep 01, 2023
What would it cost to protect the Congo Rainforest?
Many pledges exist, but a lot of them go unfulfilled. The larger question is, do these commitments translate to benefits for people who live in these forests?
Listen here:
Many pledges exist, but a lot of them go unfulfilled. The larger question is, do these commitments translate to benefits for people who live in these forests?
Listen here:
11:30 AM - Aug 31, 2023
On the 30th of August, Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court is set to rule on the Marco Temporal, a legal argument that would severely limit Indigenous peoples’ land rights:
03:52 PM - Aug 28, 2023
Congrats to the Spain women's football team for winning the #worldcup , well deserved, though if I were in the stadium I would have booed their coach, too:
12:04 PM - Aug 21, 2023
Security guards for a palm oil company shot and wounded 5 Tembé Indigenous people in the latest flareup linked to a long-running land dispute in Brazil:
01:37 PM - Aug 10, 2023
Australia’s national broadcaster has shut down almost all its accounts on Twitter, citing “toxic interactions” and joining other major news outlets fleeing the doomed platform:
01:30 PM - Aug 10, 2023
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon plunged sharply in July, continuing a downward trend since President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office at the beginning of the year:
03:55 PM - Aug 07, 2023
The world’s largest collective of seafaring nomads--whose culture inspired the 2022 blockbuster "Avatar: The Way of Water"--are ramping up protection of their coastal mangrove forests:
02:07 PM - Aug 01, 2023
"Explaining the decision to reporters, he said,
“Elon Musk is an O.K. name, but WTF fits me better.”
“Elon Musk is an O.K. name, but WTF fits me better.”
02:11 PM - Aug 01, 2023
Negotiations by member states of the International Seabed Authority broke down at a crucial meeting in Jamaica before reaching compromise on two items:
Would ISA conduct a review of itself?
What are the consequences to marine environments from deep-sea mining?
Would ISA conduct a review of itself?
What are the consequences to marine environments from deep-sea mining?
11:10 AM - Jul 31, 2023
80% of global #biodiversity is found on lands cared for by #indigenous communities. First Nations are leading ambitious plans for protecting lands in Canada currently, in the establishment of Indigenous Protected Areas, for eg:
01:41 PM - Jul 27, 2023
So glad I hired intrepid Italian reporter Monica Pelliccia to file this inspiring report about how scientists doing rapid biological surveys are saving #biodiversity in Europe:
Scientists protect biodiversity against hydropower in Bosnia - YouTube
Rapid biological surveys are a well-known way to establish the richness of an ecosystem and advocate for its conservation. A group of scientists and conserva...
05:38 PM - Jul 24, 2023
Our reporting was cited or republished by NASA to the New Yorker – and scientific research stalwarts like The Lancet and JSTOR Daily – among many others recently: https://mongabay.org/monga...
10:58 AM - Jul 20, 2023
New solution for #conservation -- Virtual fencing could open up whole landscapes for wildlife by removing injurious barriers for #birds & migratory herds + it's cheaper than stringing up barbed wire:
09:25 AM - Jul 19, 2023
[Sweet success] An NGO is promoting coexistence between beekeepers and giant armadillos by certifying those who use mitigation measures to prevent armadillo attacks on beehives, which helps them fetch a higher honey price:
07:59 PM - Jul 17, 2023
10:12 AM - Jul 18, 2023
“With the #climatechange & #biodiversity crises, we need field stations more than ever, yet they’re often under threat of being closed,” our guest on the @mongabay #podcast says
Glad to publish this one, research stations play a crucial role & need support of governmental & #Philanthropy sectors:
Glad to publish this one, research stations play a crucial role & need support of governmental & #Philanthropy sectors:
04:57 PM - Jul 17, 2023
I published a @mongabay op-ed this week about the decline of natural history museums & what it means for conservation & biodiversity research, big/interesting ramifications:
12:56 PM - Jun 30, 2023
Women hunt today, too, but:
New research shows women have always hunted, refuting the idea that all women in the past did was gather food for hunter-gatherer societies:
New research shows women have always hunted, refuting the idea that all women in the past did was gather food for hunter-gatherer societies:
journals.plos.org
The Myth of Man the Hunter: Women’s contribution to the hunt across ethnographic contexts | PLOS ONE
The sexual division of labor among human foraging populations has typically been recognized as involving males as hunters and females as gatherers. Recent archeological research has questioned this paradigm with evidence that females hunted (and went to war) throughout the Homo sapiens lineage, thou..
02:08 PM - Jun 29, 2023
Last year, the #AmazonRainforest saw some of the highest rates of deforestation in over a decade due to a combination of cattle ranching, agriculture, mining and road projects that cleared millions of acres of #rainforest , here's why:
10:07 AM - Jun 28, 2023
Got an eyeful of incredible nature in WA state recently, including a visit with giant Douglas firs, 800+ years old, 35+ feet around and hundreds of feet high, the US truly has an inspiring natural heritage: https://www.instagram.com/...
12:49 PM - Jun 26, 2023
01:54 PM - Jun 23, 2023
Who loves college radio, who was a DJ in HS or college?
Both boxes checked for me, and here's why it's still relevant, even to young people who get their music and info in mostly digital ways these days:
Both boxes checked for me, and here's why it's still relevant, even to young people who get their music and info in mostly digital ways these days:
06:23 PM - Jun 06, 2023
With Lula taking office in Brazil early this year, the Amazon Fund was resumed and should get new donations from the U.K. and the US to resume #conservation work in the world's largest rainforest:
12:06 PM - Jun 06, 2023
