- The European Union’s demand for electric vehicles may lead to the deforestation of 118,000 hectares (291,584 acres) in critical minerals-supplying countries, according to a new report.
- Brazil, which accounts for…
Category: 9. Environment
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EU appetite for EVs drives new wave of deforestation in tropical forests
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Mentawai’s primates are vanishing. One hunter is trying to save them.
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries.
In the jungles of Siberut Island, the cries of…
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Volcanic Eruptions Can Create Ice in The Sky, And We Finally Know How : ScienceAlert
Satellites soaring high above Earth have revealed exactly how wispy clouds are created by the giant plumes of ash belched upwards in a volcanic eruption.
Volcanoes play a vital role in the cycles governing Earth’s climate. When active…
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E-bikes transform food delivery in South Africa
CAPE TOWN — Siphe Mlawuli stands next to her e-bike outside a popular fast-food outlet in Table Bay, a Cape Town suburb. The sun has just set, giving the sky above Table Bay a…
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M Marika, custodian of Yolŋu land and culture, died on June 4th, aged 64
In the Yolŋu worldview, land and people are not separate things. They are interwoven—spirit, soil, and songline one and the same. Few embodied that unity more steadily than M…
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The curse of river dolphin ‘love perfumes’ (cartoon)
Already imperiled by habitat loss, climate change and the recent incidences of droughts in the Amazon, the endangered Amazon River Dolphins have yet another curse cast upon them- the myth that the perfume made from their oil, known locally…
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New population of rare douc langurs found in Vietnam’s highland forests
- Conservationists surveying upland forests in central Vietnam have located a new subpopulation of critically endangered gray-shanked douc langurs.
- Fewer than 2,400 individuals are thought to remain in the wild,…
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On remote Indonesia karst outpost, Indigenous farmers fear the silence of the yams
- The Banggai archipelago is a remote landscape of around 97% limestone karst east of Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island.
- Extractive concessions on 39 locations on Peleng island, the largest island in the Banggai Islands…
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UN scientists propose ‘minerals trust’ to power green energy, protect communities
Rapidly scaling up renewable energy to limit future warming requires a sharp increase in the supply of critical minerals like cobalt, nickel and lithium for technologies including…
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In Nepal, northernmost sighting of Eurasian otter raises hope, concerns
- The northernmost Eurasian otter sighting in Nepal was recorded in the Karnali River, raising hopes for the species’ range expansion. But as the animal was found dead in a fishing net, conservationists highlight…
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