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A new Netflix documentary captures rare mountain gorilla behavior

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Centering an Indigenous approach to forestry through reciprocity, not extraction

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Across oceans, seabird flyways gain recognition — and a chance at protection

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The coyotes next door: What we get wrong about America's 'song dog'

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The 'lonely conservationist' advocating for better care of workers

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The conservation sector must speak truth to power, says political ecologist

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A year after the shuttering of USAID conservation projects fight to stay afloat

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Save a tiger, save an ecosystem: Why protecting the big cats is a biodiversity boon

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Understanding how elephants experience time might change how we protect them

10

Tyson Yunkaporta on how the 'wrong story' harms nature, and how we can change it

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Live theater tells the story of how Mongabay detected narco airstrips in the Amazon

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Kiliii Yüyan details 'Guardians of Life' and how we can learn from them

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Lessons from 60 years of USAID development projects have been saved by this company

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Writer Megan Mayhew Bergman on the lessons and moral clarity of 'Silent Spring'

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Massive decline of European olive groves harms nature and culture, but solutions exist

16

Joy is a winning environmental strategy for drag artist Pattie Gonia

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On plastic pollution, we have all the evidence — and solutions — we need

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How outdoor adventurers are collecting crucial conservation data

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Shark is on the menu for millions of Brazilians, but few know

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Russ Feingold on the nonpartisan nature of conservation

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Freeing ourselves from cars is simpler (and healthier) than we may think

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Indigenous and local communities regain millions of hectares of land via successful legal effort

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Madagascar conservation successes hinge on public education and health, famed primatologist says

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Mongabay founder reflects on success, Jane Goodall, and more

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Australia's inspiring 'humpback comeback' and why krill need protection

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Understanding the psychology of environmental crime

27

Innovative initiatives for nature recognized with World Future Policy Awards

28

Bird-watching's wide appeal and social justice impact

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Storytelling with wildlife photography drives global impact and healing

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Stewarding nature & Indigenous culture with shared knowledge & radio

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Canada's mining sector a stain on the nation, Indigenous journalist reports

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Top court delivers a 'huge' climate win for island nations

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Saving ourselves and nature means tackling inequality

34

Tales of wonder in an age of extinction with author Natalie Kyriacou

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Rewilding the world, one acre at a time

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Alan Weisman's 'Hope Dies Last' weaves stories of environmental hope

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How empathy and spiritual ecology can heal humanity's rift with nature

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How Singapore leads the way in urban-wildlife coexistence

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To change the world, change the narrative

40

Cash for community conservation is tight, but this nonprofit unlocks it

41

Are Rivers Alive? Author Robert Macfarlane argues they are.

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Coffee drives tropical deforestation, but doesn't have to

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Lessons from 30 years of successfully fending off mines in an Ecuadorian cloud forest

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Kim Stanley Robinson's 'Ministry for the Future' has lessons for the present

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Why protected Congo rainforests look 'like a war zone'

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Inspiring action for the ocean wins top environmental prize for ex-engineer

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'De-extinction' is misleading and dangerous, ecologist says

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How the sounds of whales guide conservation efforts

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How a prize-winning project brought saiga antelope back from the brink

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The impact-driven success of Mongabay's nonprofit news model

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The climate movement must move beyond carbon and emphasize humanity, too, Paul Hawken says

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Why has Australia paused key environment commitments?

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What environmental history says about our current 'planetary risk'

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How 'ecological empathy' can shape a better world

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Degrowth's benefits in Barcelona are getting noticed across the globe

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How corporations meet their climate targets, on paper

57

Bobcats provide health benefits for ecosystems and humans, but are largely misunderstood

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Perceptions of law enforcement in Africa's protected areas vary

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Justice for people, animals and environment are closely linked

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Turning problems into solutions for culture and agriculture, with Anthony James

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Christiana Figueres remains optimistic on climate action

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Secretive regional fisheries management organizations need media coverage

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A new tropical forest conservation fund with great potential

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Do we need a 'moral reckoning' on aquaculture's environmental impacts?

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Conservation is key for planetary health & preventing pandemics

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Grounded: This pilot quit flying to help the aviation industry change, for the better

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Don't call it the 'high seas treaty': New oceans agreement should center biodiversity, expert says

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Global Nature Positive Summit features Indigenous & conservation leaders but gets negative marks on government action

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Jane Goodall and Rhett Butler celebrate Mongabay's 25th anniversary

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Community conservation, Indigenous rights, and phasing out fossil fuels at Climate Week NYC

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High CO2 levels are greening the world's drylands, is that good news?

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"What If We Get It Right?" marine biologist & climate action author Ayana Elizabeth Johnson asks

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Private profit from public lands: How a Cambodian elite with military ties claimed a community forest

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The rights of nature, legal personhood & other new ways laws can protect the planet

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How coastal communities are adapting to rising seas naturally with Living Shorelines

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Experts warn bird flu poses 'an existential threat' to biodiversity, and a possible threat to humans

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Indigenous communities' traditional ecological knowledge is key to conservation: National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yüyan

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The 'Wild Frequencies' of Indian wildlife revealed by bioacoustics

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How a multi-nation effort has protected North American amphibians from a deadly disease outbreak

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Sacrificing U.S. forests for solar energy "misses the plot" on climate action

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Natural forest regeneration is 'a restoration of hope' for farmers & forests worldwide

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Indigenous communities left in the dark on Borneo hydropower plan advocate for their river

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'Seeking solutions,' Mongabay's new Africa bureau reports the big issues and conservation wins

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How forests affect weather, wind and climate via 'flying rivers'

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Unmasking the illusion of renewable biomass energy with Justin Catanoso

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Indigenous economics offers alternative to Wall Street's financialization of nature

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Koala conservation delayed while government pursues faulty offset schemes

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Can the 'Right to Roam' boost nature connection and restoration?

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What's unique about Canada's environment? 'The Narwhal' brings top news and views

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How a grassroots legal effort defeated a giant Australian coal mine

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Energy transition minerals: questions, consent and costs are key

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The high costs of resource-based conflicts for people & planet

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How young activists navigate a hostile climate with honest conversations

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Jane Goodall on empathy and action for nature

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Forest elephants, the endangered "gardeners" of the Congo Rainforest

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Show us the money: Are giant pledges by major conservation funders effective?

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Cultural survival through reclaiming language and land, with author Jay Griffiths

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Rewilding Ireland: Healing from a history of deforestation, one tree at a time

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In the biodiversity hotspot of Raja Ampat, ecotourism underpins conservation

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Is media objectivity possible during our environmental crisis?

101

The many social and ecological benefits of a 'degrowth' world

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Is "Not the End of the World" author's 'techno-realism' enough to solve our ecological problems?

103

When independent journalism exposes crimes against people and planet

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Wildlife trafficking should be covered as a crime story

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Wild by nature: Ecological restoration brings humanity and biodiversity together

106

How the Junglekeepers protect 55,000 acres of the Peruvian Amazon

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Will the UN climate Loss & Damage Fund deliver on its promise?

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Deforestation decline in the Amazon and other positive news

109

Corals, kelp and creative conservation in Australia

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Debunking the UN's climate neutrality claims

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Ken Burns on 'The American Buffalo,' his latest documentary focusing on the iconic species

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Why some bears thrive and others barely survive

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Can 'road ecology' save millions of animals?

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Profitability and sustainability go together, Patagonia's advocacy director says

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Ecuadorian environmentalists win historic vote for Yasuní National Park

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Protecting the Amazon requires fresh thinking

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XPRIZE-Rainforest finalists for $10m conservation tech award announced

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Biological field stations are key to conservation but often 'invisible'

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Big problems and potential for great ape conservation

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Can the boom in psychedelics boost Amazon conservation?

121

The Boom: Amy Westervelt examines Guyana's massive oil project on 'Drilled'

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Mongabay Reports: Solutions abound for staying within this planetary boundary

123

Can we right the wrongs of 'fortress conservation?'

124

Climate change is no joke for Australians

125

Mongabay Reports: Deep sea discovery shocks and delights scientists

126

The world's second-largest rainforest is at a turning point

127

Guyana gets Drilled: Journalist Amy Westervelt on the latest oil boom

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Mongabay Reports: Breeding new hope for African penguins at De Hoop Nature Reserve

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Conservation technology just keeps on growing

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Mongabay Reports: What's in the new U.N. High Seas treaty?

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Journalist Tom Philpott on how agriculture impacts the environment & agroecology alternatives

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Mongabay Reports: Monarchs make a comeback

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Indigenous ecological knowledge: National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yuyan talks TEK

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Mongabay Reports: Can you fund reforestation by cutting trees down?

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Geoengineering and other 'solution problems': Discussion with author Elizabeth Kolbert

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Mongabay Reports: Cheetahs bring vultures back from the brink in Malawi

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Epic struggle for Ecuador's biodiversity is having success

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Mongabay Reports: Protecting forests on a budget? Here's how.

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Are botanists disappearing just when we need them the most?

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Mongabay Reports: Amazon's tallest tree threatened by deforestation

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UN Biodiversity Conference an 'important step' toward conserving nature

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Mongabay Reports: Anteaters lead the way for species reintroductions

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A bittersweet bioacoustics bonanza

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Into the Wasteland, 3: Buried in Europe's Recycling

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Into the Wasteland, 2: The New Narcotics

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Into the Wasteland: The true crime of the UK's waste mountain

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Finned: A tale of illegal fishing and the fate of Pacific sharks

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Mongabay Reports: Lebanon's inspiring restoration success

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An escape into soundscapes

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Mongabay Reports: Sky Bridges for Sloth Safety

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How the Indigenous Shuar regained their ancestral forest

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Mongabay Reports: Spectacular fish is the first named by a Maldivian scientist

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Science that saves the biodiversity of free-flowing rivers

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Mongabay Reports: A "game changing" ecological restoration playbook

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Bottom trawling strips the sea of life, but activism is slowing the damage

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Mongabay Reports: Agroforestry is climate-positive and profitable, investors say

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Could Brazil's election decide the fate of the Amazon?

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Mongabay Reports: Spies in the sky, albatrosses alert authorities to illegal fishing

159

Sumatran elephants' future may hinge on their 'personhood'

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Mongabay Reports: Chocolate frog, anyone?

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Top wildlife photography requires patience, ethics, and kindness

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Mongabay Reports: Can bugs take a bite out of climate change?

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Bitcoin, blockchain, and burgeoning energy use

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Mongabay Reports: Chimpanzee tool innovation reveals cultural evolution

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Mexico's Maya Train chugs forward, but at what cost?

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Mongabay Reports: New Guinea has the most plant species of any island

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'Water always wins' but 'slow' solutions to water scarcity are growing in popularity

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Mongabay Reports: Will the vaquita vanish?

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How marine conservation benefits by blending Indigenous knowledge and western science

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Mongabay Reports: 'Lost' Amazonian cities reveal sustainability secrets

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New whale calls and dolphin behaviors discovered with bioacoustics

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Mongabay Reports: Palm oil investigation with BBC and Gecko Project exposes corporate theft from communities

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How Indigenous aquaculture leverages traditional ecological knowledge

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Mongabay Reports: Can celebrities 'rewrite extinction'?

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Vandana Shiva on the agroecology solution for climate change, the biodiversity crisis, and hunger

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Mongabay Explores: She's here! A Sumatran rhino is born

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Wonder on wings: the fierce nature and enduring beauty of birds

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Mongabay Explores New Guinea: Community empowerment and forest conservation grow from the galip nut

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Convention on Biological Diversity: progress, hope and hard work ahead

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Mongabay Explores New Guinea: Who is destroying these rainforests? The Tanah Merah mystery.

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Outstanding in the field: researchers head out for a new season

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Mongabay Reports: Degraded forests still provide immense value

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Indigenous peoples: the world's top conservationists

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Mongabay Explores New Guinea: 'Ghosts of the rainforest'

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Are 'nature based solutions' the best fix for climate change?

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Mongabay Explores New Guinea: A long and winding road

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How the sounds of African wildlife aid their conservation

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Mongabay Explores New Guinea: Protecting paradise

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Kelp, condors and Indigenous conservation

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Mongabay Explores New Guinea: 'Carbon cowboys' and illegal logging

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The 411 on forests and reforestation for 2022

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Mongabay Reports: Mt. Pinatubo's 'eruption-proof' mouse

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Who will lead the conservation movement now?

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Mongabay Explores New Guinea: Protecting unparalleled biodiversity

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In search of wild spectacles and river journeys with Janisse Ray and Jordan Salama

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What do two giant land deals mean for the future of Southeast Asia's forests?

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Mongabay Reports: Why chimp GIFs aren't funny

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Bill McKibben on climate action, grief and 'radical joy' after COP26 climate summit

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Mongabay Reports: Earth Defenders Toolkit strengthens Indigenous voices

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Let it grow: Natural forest regeneration's amazing reforestation power

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Mongabay Reports: Lost chameleon reappears

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Indigenous bioacoustics: listening to the land for conservation and tradition

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Mongabay Reports: New species of North America's rare spotted skunks discovered

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Extracted, exported and forgotten: the global race for resources and the DRC

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Mongabay Reports: In search of the 'forest ghost,' South America's giant armadillo

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The key role of Indigenous rights for the future of biodiversity conservation

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Mongabay Reports: As Gabon gets paid to conserve its forests, will others follow?

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Are tuna recovering well, like reports say? It's complicated.

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Mongabay Reports: Can climate-friendly agroforestry transform farming in the U.S. Midwest?

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What makes conservation projects succeed, or not?

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Mongabay Reports: 'Extinction denial' is the latest anti-science conspiracy theory

212

What can seashells tell us about the oceans' health?

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Optimism for elephants fuels effective Indigenous conservation effort

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Mongabay Reports: Two new Javan rhino calves spotted in the species' last holdout

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Reforestation done right, from Haiti to Honduras and Ho Chi Minh City

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Reconnecting kids and ourselves to the planet with author Richard Louv

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Mongabay Reports: Camera traps in trees reveal a richness of species in Rwandan park

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With billion dollar boost, bioacoustics is set to soar

219

Can Biden's 30x30 plan put the U.S. back on a positive conservation track?

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Mongabay Reports: How many trees are on the Earth?

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Reforestation vs deforestation: Forest losses and gains this past year

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Two tunas and a tale of managed extinction

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As humanity exceeds key 'planetary boundaries' many solutions are on the horizon, too

224

New investigation in the Amazon documents impact of palm oil plantations on Indigenous communities

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Mongabay Explores Sumatra: Solutions and optimism that drive conservation

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Can agroecology feed the world?

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Mongabay Explores Sumatra: Restoration for peat's sake

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Rewilding, restoration, and real hope for the future

229

Mongabay Explores Sumatra: where are the rhinos?

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Biomass and hydropower: climate solutions or delusions?

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Mongabay Explores Sumatra: Omens and optimism for orangutans

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Agroforestry: the most climate-friendly and biodiversity-positive agriculture technique is growing

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Mongabay Explores Sumatra: Elephants and eternity

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What's in store for the world's forests in 2021?

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New conservation tech to clean up mining sector

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Mongabay Explores Sumatra: Tiger on the highway

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Cerrado solutions: Creative conservation for Brazil's massive savanna

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Mongabay Explores Sumatra: Will the world's newest great ape species face a dammed future?

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Land rights, and wrongs: How Indigenous and local communities are fighting to gain title to their territories

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Mongabay Explores Sumatra: Deforestation demystified

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In Madagascar, award-winning plant passion & lemur love

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Mongabay Explores Sumatra: Saving the singing rhino

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Amazon defenders, especially women, are set to get new protections

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Mongabay Explores Sumatra, Episode 1: A land like no other

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Gorilla Radio: innovation in conservation of super rare great apes

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Can the oceans support a renewable energy transition?

247

Great ape forest gardeners of Africa benefit from big conservation victory

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In the Amazon, women are key to forest conservation

249

Singing cetaceans: New whale & dolphin recordings intrigue researchers

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From parks to payments, which conservation methods work best?

251

Mongabay Explores the Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 6: Hellbenders and super spreaders

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Finding nature in the city

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Mongabay Explores the Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 5: Policy possibilities?

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Does trophy hunting support or hurt conservation?

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Mongabay Explores the Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 4: The 'Bsal battalion'

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Animals have culture, too, and for some it's crucial to their survival and conservation

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Mongabay Explores the Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 3: On the Hunt

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Conservation leaders create community & opportunity amid current crises of violence and viruses

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Mongabay Explores the Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 2: Great diversity and danger

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How listening to elephants can help conserve rainforests

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Mongabay Explores the Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 1: Are we ready?

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Forest fire season 2020: what will it look like and what can we do?

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How to photograph wildlife ethically and why that's so necessary

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Inspiration for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day amid a global pandemic

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The link between pandemics and the destruction of nature, with John Vidal

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Songs and sounds of Bering Sea whales and seals reveal a story of change

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New technologies deliver cutting edge conservation, discussion with Shah Selbe

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Conservation is a growth industry for Africa, Fred Swaniker says

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Mongabay Newscast trailer

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Galina Angarova on the indigenous relationship to land, conservation, and the sacred feminine

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How the sweet sounds of tropical katydids can benefit rainforest conservation

272

Top conservation photographer Ami Vitale discusses rhinos, pandas, hope and more

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Best animal calls and songs of 2019

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Cleared for coca: Chris Fagan on his new investigation from Peru's rainforest

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How haunting gibbon songs can aid their conservation

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All zoos should put themselves out of business, Damian Aspinall argues

277

Buzzfeed's Katie Baker details their explosive investigation of WWF

278

Deep sea diva: A dive to the ocean floor with biologist Diva Amon

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Hitting the highway in Borneo to assess diversity and development

280

Are humpback whale groups sharing their songs?

281

"I'm excited!" Climate action star Rev Yearwood on the UN, youth and women's leadership & more

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Return of the amazing superb lyrebird

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Baltimore, urban rats, and environmental justice

284

Celebrated author David Quammen on inspiring ecological restoration, evolutionary science, and more

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Right whales discovered singing for the first time: new recordings

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New CITES boss discusses reining in online wildlife trafficking, the next COP, and more

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Zoos are more key to conservation than ever, Bronx Zoo director says

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What can talkative river dolphins teach us about their marine relatives?

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How to discover an untouched rainforest

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Paying for healthcare with a healthy rainforest

291

Unusual tool-using chimp culture discovered in the Congo

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Sloths' amazing survival skills create a challenge for their survival

293

Studying secretive humpback dolphins through sound

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Amazon explorer Scott Wallace: Uncontacted indigenous peoples are a true treasure

295

How sound can save a rare bird with an AI assist

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Good news from Mexico monarch reserve despite looming threats

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We need nature more than nature needs us: IUCN's Inger Andersen

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Sound can save forests and major rainforest trends to watch with Mongabay's founder

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How 96 rare sea turtle hatchlings survived a NY City summer

300

Bill McKibben is down on COPs but bullish on climate action

301

E.O. Wilson discusses Half-Earth and conservation solutions

302

Chasing penguins, a dispatch from Antarctica

303

Racing to save the world's amazing frogs

304

Bats and Ebola: studying fruit bats to prevent future outbreaks

305

Getting social for science and conservation

306

'Godfather of biodiversity' says it's time to manage Earth as a whole system

307

The amazing song skills of the superb lyrebird

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Beavers, our brilliant ecosystem builders

309

How dark money and shadow companies deforest Indonesia and derail its democracy

310

How to use drones without stressing wildlife

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Indigenous knowledge and climate science

312

What can soundscapes tell us about animals and their home landscapes?

313

Mexico's community forests find sustainability by including women and youths

314

Renowned marine biologist Sylvia Earle on acting for the oceans

315

Seabird secrets revealed by bioacoustics in New Zealand

316

Exploring Brazil's biodiverse Cerrado region and the impacts of agriculture

317

Maroon 5 guitarist James Valentine on stopping illegal rainforest wood from becoming guitars

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Exploring our deep connection to water, plus the sounds of Sandhill crane migration

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How effective is environmental restoration?

320

Exploring the minds and inner lives of wild animals

321

New eyes in the sky monitor Earth systems like never before

322

David Suzuki on why indigenous knowledge is critical for humanity's survival

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Climate lessons from indigenous peoples, plus the mysterious night parrot

324

Massive Amazonian medicine encyclopedia gets an update, and Madagascar conservation efforts examined

325

Margaret Atwood talks about birds, ecology, and her graphic novel series

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Jane Goodall on being proven right that animals have personalities, and more

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Gas drilling vs wildlife in Peruvian Amazon and a Goldman Prize winner on mercury contamination

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Bat calls from the Amazon plus how Indonesia's rainforests became palm plantations

329

Javan rhino calls and an analysis of 'green' forest certification

330

Legendary musician Bruce Cockburn on music, activism, and hope

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From AI to remote sensing, tech and conservation a powerful combo

332

New Madagascar mine worries locals and lemurs; plus, banjo frogs and whistling ducks in Australia

333

Speaking from the heart on climate change with Katherine Hayhoe

334

Taiwan's natural soundscapes and a critique of the global hydropower building boom

335

A wildlife DJ and a children's book author inspiring the next generation of conservationists

336

Indonesia's Leuser Ecosystem under threat, plus tracking bird movement in Puerto Rico

337

Amazon Reef discovery discussed plus environmental journalism hits milestone in Latin America

338

Why forests, why now? How tropical forests can survive and thrive

339

Singing seals and a discussion of the "infrastructure tsunami" sweeping the planet

340

Deep dive into marine wildlife study with bioacoustics

341

Eyes in the skies for forests, plus mangrove finches on the rebound

342

Tech solutions for conservation and a chat with Harvard researchers

343

Musician Paul Simon discusses his new environmental concert tour

344

Almost Famous Animals - plus the songs of galagos

345

Author and climate historian Naomi Oreskes on why scientists should speak out

346

Reporter Sue Branford on journalism from the Amazon that makes a difference

347

E.O. Wilson talks about global biodiversity, Trump, Half-Earth, and hope

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Yaks, curassows, and other cool species overlooked by conservation efforts

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Top new species discoveries of 2016, and how fig trees can save rainforests

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Undiscovered Sumatran rhinos in the wilds of Malaysia? Maybe, or maybe not.

351

Carl Safina discusses marine conservation under a Trump administration, and Rhett Butler shares the origins of Mongabay

352

Report from the Climate Talks in Marrakesh and Salamander Conservation in Michoacan, Mexico

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Andrea Crosta of Elephant Action League on "The Ivory Game" and orangutans under threat in Indonesia

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Crucial conservation votes at CITES and the future of socio-ecological research

355

The Mekong, Earth's most climate-sensitive river delta, plus conservation in conflict zones

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Mongabay Newscast #1: Panama's Barro Blanco Dam