Here's the 2nd article in a new 5-part series on carbon credits, climate & the voluntary carbon market 🌎
Our reporter writes that REDD+ projects often aim to benefit local communities, but they have also reportedly caused abuses and rights violations recently:
Our reporter writes that REDD+ projects often aim to benefit local communities, but they have also reportedly caused abuses and rights violations recently:
03:30 PM - Jan 12, 2024
The UN #climate Loss & Damage Fund has gotten a bit lost & damaged 😐️
Our podcast host Rachel Donald discusses w/ ActionAid's Brandon Wu, who was at key U.N. Transitional Committee meetings about it
Listen here or find the Mongabay Newscast via your fave podcast app:
Our podcast host Rachel Donald discusses w/ ActionAid's Brandon Wu, who was at key U.N. Transitional Committee meetings about it
Listen here or find the Mongabay Newscast via your fave podcast app:
10:44 AM - Nov 29, 2023
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 🦁
More info:
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12:19 PM - Oct 24, 2023
[Good news] The fearless and persecuted environmental activism group Mother Nature Cambodia has been named one of the 2023 Right Livelihood Award winners:
05:04 PM - Sep 28, 2023
Observers are calling for public input & more transparency for Indonesia’s Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) to ensure justice for all people in the effort to transition away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy:
03:30 PM - Sep 25, 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
The UN has claimed to be at least 95% climate neutral since 2018, largely through the use of carbon credits
We teamed up w/ The New Humanitarian to explain how this is not the case
The UN’s credits are linked to environmental damage & displacement, while others were deemed worthless by experts:
We teamed up w/ The New Humanitarian to explain how this is not the case
The UN’s credits are linked to environmental damage & displacement, while others were deemed worthless by experts:
12:21 PM - 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
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
“Once the road is paved, it will never be unpaved. Instead, a compromise solution lies in sensitive thinking of where the large mammals collect.”
After a pause of more than 10 years, road upgrading through Katavi National Park has restarted:
After a pause of more than 10 years, road upgrading through Katavi National Park has restarted:
10:09 AM - 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
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
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:
04:03 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
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
Seaweed farmers in Indonesia are losing out on revenue from their harvests as a result of erratic weather patterns and warming waters — signs of climate change's impact:
10:46 AM - 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
Since Colombia signed a peace agreement with its largest rebel group (FARC), farmers, miners, loggers and armed groups have accelerated deforestation, but a new initiative pushing peace aims to stop that trend:
05:11 PM - Jul 18, 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
“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
Vegetation plays a crucial role in purifying water, regulating the climate, supporting #biodiversity & stabilizing the soil, making its preservation essential for nature and people:
11:56 AM - Jun 26, 2023
Urban green spaces can be important to global carbon sequestration and mitigating the potential effects of #climatechange , a new study shows:
03:30 PM - Jun 05, 2023
The “fortress conservation” model that removes people from their traditional territories remains popular with some governments, but many are shifting their opinion and moving toward inclusive and rights-based approaches to protected areas and ecosystems:
02:03 PM - May 18, 2023
Most species of migratory waterbirds in Bangladesh’s Tanguar Haor wetland, a key stopping point, have fallen over the past 15 years, and it’s clear that conversion of the basin’s original area to farmland and settlements in the last 30 years is part of why:
12:12 PM - May 15, 2023
A recent study has found that in the five-year period between 2021 and 2025, the Amazon could lose half the total forest cover it lost in the previous 20 years, a further loss of 237,058 square kilometers:
09:19 AM - May 12, 2023
