- President Daniel Noboa announced a series of mergers within the government that included folding the Ministry of Environment into the Ministry of Energy and Mines.
- The presidential decree, published July 24, builds…
Category: 9. Environment
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Ecuador axes environment ministry as officials scramble to revive economy
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We need a revolution in environmental communications (commentary)
- Despite widespread acknowledgment of climate change, many people still reject the science due to ideological, psychological, or structural barriers. Simply presenting evidence is often ineffective because people…
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Can rainwater-fed ponds revive Bangladesh’s hilly streams?
- Natural streams in Bangladesh’s southeastern Chittagong Hill Tracts are drying up due to climate change and human activities.
- Rainwater harvesting in man-made ponds holds hopes for the revival of streams and could…
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DNA research changes the fate of the most trafficked parrots in Colombia
- Colombian law demands that, after rehabilitation, trafficked wildlife must be released in their original home range. But that is often difficult to determine.
- Researchers sequenced the DNA of Colombia’s six…
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The treaty meant to control nuclear risks is under strain 80 years after the US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Eighty years ago – on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945 – the U.S. military dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, thrusting humanity into a terrifying new age. In mere moments, tens of thousands of people perished in deaths whose…
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The World Court just ruled countries can be held liable for climate change damage – what does that mean for the US?
The International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory opinion in July 2025 declaring that all countries have a legal obligation to protect and prevent harm to the climate.
The court, created as part of the United Nations in 1945,…
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Indonesian farmers plant hope for isolated Javan gibbons
In Indonesia’s Central Java province, two groups of Javan gibbons have become isolated in two small forest patches. To help the gibbons make their way to larger forest areas, a…
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Community patrolling reduced environmental crime by 80% in the Amazon
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries.
In the Brazilian Amazon, where enforcement…
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Jailed Vietnamese civil society leader wins award, boosting calls for his release
- Imprisoned Vietnamese environmentalist Dang Dinh Bach recently received a distinguished international award, the Baldwin Medal of Liberty, honoring his human rights work.
- Bach, the co-founder and director of…
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Voices from a displaced village in Mexico
TABASCO, Mexico — Flooding caused by rapid sea-level rise and increasingly intense storms has decimated the coastal town of El Bosque in Tabasco, Mexico. Between 2019 to June 2024, at least 70 homes in the community were destroyed by the…
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