Environmental headlines

A new reason to ban whaling: your health A new reason to ban whaling: your health mongabay.com November 28, 2008

Climate change will damage forests, creating hardship for rural communities Climate change will damage forests, creating hardship for rural communities mongabay.com November 28, 2008

Germany meets Kyoto target for CO2 emissions Germany meets Kyoto target for CO2 emissions mongabay.com November 28, 2008

New hope of curing amphibian plague New hope of curing amphibian plague Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com November 28, 2008

Japanese scientists clone embryo of vanishing 'living fossil' Japanese scientists clone embryo of vanishing 'living fossil' Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com November 28, 2008

Living up to the Pope's words: the Vatican turns to solar power Living up to the Pope's words: the Vatican turns to solar power Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com November 28, 2008

Carbon market could pay poor farmers to adopt sustainable cultivation techniques Carbon market could pay poor farmers to adopt sustainable cultivation techniques mongabay.com November 26, 2008

Guide to reducing emissions through forest conservation Guide to reducing emissions through forest conservation released mongabay.com November 26, 2008

Captive breeding of monster Amazon fish could feed people and save it from depletion Captive breeding of monster Amazon fish could feed people and save it from depletion mongabay.com November…

Cameroon moves to protect rarest gorilla Cameroon moves to protect rarest gorilla mongabay.com November 26, 2008

Madagascar denies 'land grab' by South Korean conglomerate Madagascar denies 'land grab' by South Korean conglomerate mongabay.com November 22, 2008

Brazil moves to protect and restore endangered Atlantic rainforest Brazil moves to protect and restore endangered Atlantic rainforest mongabay.com November 22, 2008

A cure for the Tasmanian devil's strange and fatal cancer? A cure for the Tasmanian devil's strange and fatal cancer? Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com November 21, 2008

Bush seeks to gut endangered species protections in final weeks Bush seeks to gut endangered species protections in final weeks mongabay.com November 20, 2008

Studying world's rarest penguin leads to the discovery of a new species Studying world's rarest penguin leads to the discovery of a new species Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com November 19, 2008

Last uncontacted tribe in Paraguay rapidly losing homeland Last uncontacted tribe in Paraguay rapidly losing homeland mongabay.com November 19, 2008

Brazil to use body-heat sensing technology to find uncontacted Amazon tribes Brazil to use body-heat sensing technology to find uncontacted Amazon tribes mongabay.com November 19, 2008

Malaysia's indigenous people to get land rights for first time Malaysia's indigenous people to get land rights for first time mongabay.com November 19, 2008 But proposed legal changes may sound…

Scientists have rediscovered a long-lost species of primate on a remote island in Indonesia. Conducting a survey of Mount Rore Katimbo in Lore Lindu National Park on the island of…

California joins effort to fight global warming by saving rainforests California joins effort to fight global warming by saving rainforests mongabay.com November 19, 2008

Drug use destroy rainforests Illegal drug use destroys rainforests mongabay.com November 18, 2008

Tropical ocean dead zones could increase 50 percent by 2050 Tropical ocean dead zones could increase 50 percent by 2050 Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com November 18, 2008

Coordinated effort needed to cut deforestation via carbon markets Coordinated effort needed to cut deforestation via carbon markets mongabay.com November 18, 2008

New rules establish market for saving rainforests through carbon trading New rules establish market for saving rainforests through carbon trading mongabay.com November 18, 2008

Water vapor will amplify global warming Water vapor will amplify global warming mongabay.com November 17, 2008

Industrialized countries slow to reduce emissions Industrialized countries slow to reduce emissions mongabay.com November 17, 2008 Emerging economies like China, Russia, and Brazil are not Annex 1 countries and were…

Conflict in PNG between govt and landowners over REDD carbon trading Conflict in PNG between govt and landowners over REDD carbon trading mongabay.com November 17, 2008

Mosques Support Sea Turtle Conservation in Malaysia Mosques Support Sea Turtle Conservation in Malaysia Nathan Brouwer, special to mongabay.com November 17, 2008

Korean demilitarized zone has become pristine wildlife habitat Korean demilitarized zone has become pristine wildlife habitat Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com November 17, 2008

CO2 emissions penalties may cost 20 countries $46 billion CO2 emissions penalties may cost 20 countries $46 billion mongabay.com November 16, 2008