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WEB6 days ago · Toilet paper: Environmentally impactful, but alternatives are rolling out. Petro Kotzé 15 Mar 2024. Consumed traces the life cycle of a variety of common consumer products from their origins ...
Clearest picture yet of Amazon carbon density could help guide …
WEB3 days ago · GEDI measured megagrams of aboveground biomass per hectare at a 1-kilometer (0.6-mile) resolution, picking up 37 billion metric tons of carbon, whereas this new study from Planet measured ...
Mongabay’s top 10 stories of 2022 - Conservation news
WEBDec 29, 2022 · In October 2022, Alaska closed its Bering Sea snow crab fishery for the first time, following a population decline of 80% between 2018 and 2022. The news captured the world’s attention, raising ...
Deforestation in Borneo threatens one in four orangutans, study says
WEBJul 26, 2022 · Deforestation in Borneo will destroy the habitat of more than 26,000 orangutans, a quarter of the population of the critically endangered species, by 2032, a new study says.
Malaysian court shuts down hydroelectric dam project on …
WEB2 days ago · A Malaysian court ruled this week that hydropower companies building a dam on land belonging to the Indigenous Semai people of Malaysia’s Perak state had failed to secure proper consent and must ...
Reforestation to capture carbon could be done much more …
WEBAug 14, 2024 · New research shows that a mix of natural forest regrowth and tree planting could remove up to 10 times more carbon at $20 per metric ton than previously estimated by the IPCC, the U.N.’s climate ...
Report links killings to environmental crimes in Peru’s Amazon
WEB3 days ago · According to a new report by the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP), the estimated 29 environmental defenders killed in the Peruvian Amazon between 2010 and 2022 may be connected to ...
Marine ecosystems still overlooked in Indonesia’s new …
WEB3 days ago · Indonesia’s recently revised conservation law retains a heavy focus on terrestrial protection and largely ignores marine and fisheries issues, experts say.
We have turned the Amazon into a net greenhouse gas emitter: …
WEBMar 19, 2021 · In a first-of-its-kind effort, scientists have calculated the balance of all natural and human-caused greenhouse gases coming in and out of the Amazon Basin — and found that the region is now a ...
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WEBAug 28, 2024 · Articles. Podcasts. Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on ...