Experts warn the indiscriminate use of insecticides by farmers in Bangladesh to protect their crops is harming beneficial honey bees, Mongabay contributor Sadiqur Rahman reported in…
Category: 9. Environment
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Deadly landslide and flooding in Colombia and Venezuela linked to rapid urbanization
Heavy rainfall in Colombia and Venezuela caused deadly landslides and widespread flooding in June. A new analysis now points to rapid urbanization, deforestation, mining and…
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Louisiana cancels $3 billion coastal restoration project funded by oil spill settlement
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana is officially canceling a $3 billion coastal restoration project funded by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement. The Mid-Barataria Sediment…
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The price of protecting what’s left in Cambodia
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries.
In a nation where speaking up can lead to…
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Indonesia moves to revise sea sand export policy after court ruling
- Indonesia’s Supreme Court earlier this year struck down key parts of a 2023 regulation allowing sea sand exports, citing legal contradictions and environmental risks.
- The annulled policy had reversed a two-decade…
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Improved cookstoves enhance household air quality and respiratory health in rural Rwanda
Study sites
The study was conducted in the districts of Musanze and Gatsibo in Rwanda (Fig. S1). Musanze district (1.3°S, 29.3°E, average altitude of 1860 m a.s.l., 476.500 inhabitants) is located in northwest Rwanda in the country’s most…
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Remote sensing and climatic data for flood impact assessment in Al-Ain (UAE)
Background
Around the world, the number of natural disasters and weather-related events like storms or floods has increased significantly by 3 times over the past 35 years1. From an economic standpoint, globally socio-economic issues like an…
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Small Australian carnivorous marsupial reclassified as 3 species: Study
Researchers describe the kultarr as “Australia’s cutest mammal”: It’s eyes are quite large for its mouse-like head, it’s ears are perky and it has long, thin legs that…
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In the Andes, decentralization fails to address environmental harm
- In the Andean countries responsibility for the provision of key public services has been transferred to local institutions. However, national governments still exert control over strategic assets such as natural…
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Brazil’s Congress passes ‘devastation bill’ in major environmental setback
- Lawmakers approved a bill that weakens Brazil’s environmental licensing framework, which creates self-approving licensing and hands decisions to local politicians.
- The new law eases critical impact studies for…
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