A major new report released July 15th warns that wetlands, among the world’s most valuable yet most threatened ecosystems, are vanishing faster than any other natural system….
Category: 9. Environment
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How one woman rose from porter to conservation leader
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries.
In the damp undergrowth of Cameroon’s…
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Supporting resilience-based coral reef management using broadscale threshold approaches
Cerutti, J. M. B. et al. Impacts of the 2014–2017 global bleaching event on a protected remote Atoll in the Western Indian ocean. Coral Reefs. 39, 15–26 (2020).
Head, C. E. I. et al. Coral…
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Abuses continue at Tanzanian national park, US human rights group says
The Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA) continues to prevent villagers from farming or herding cattle in an area marked for expansion of a national park, the U.S.-based…
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To change the environment, change the narrative
Narratives help shape our society, culture and environment, entrenching beliefs that can help — or harm — our planet and human rights. Tsering Yangzom Lama, story manager at Greenpeace International, joins Mongabay’s podcast to explain how…
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Small island nations provide big environmental solutions but need finance partners (commentary)
- Small island nations offer the world powerful environmental solutions — from “blue” climate finance innovations to marine conservation — but they need the international community to match their ambition…
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Landmark Indigenous land title in Ecuadorian Amazon reserve mired in controversy
- A 2023 court ruling granted land rights in Ecuador’s Cuyabeno Reserve to the Siekopai people, recognizing their ancestral ties and setting a precedent for Indigenous land claims in protected areas.
- The decision…
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Indigenous groups debate use of land agreements in Ecuador’s protected areas
- The Kichwa de Zancudo Cocha community lost some of the land it had been managing in the Cuyabeno Reserve under an agreement with the Ecuadorian government when the Siekopai Nation was awarded a land title in a 2023…
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Tropical forest roots show strain as changes aboveground filter below
- Tropical forest plant roots have not received as much research attention as above ground vegetation. This knowledge gap affects our understanding of how rainforests adapt to change, including their ability to…
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Wetlands at risk, but new report offers road map for recovery
A new report finds that up to 20% of the world’s wetlands could be lost in the next 25 years.
The “Global Wetland Outlook 2025,” produced under the Ramsar Convention, an…
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