Just transition remains elusive for Kenyan women despite robust policies
Anna Fatuma is a 31-year-old woman who runs a kibandaski in Tumboni village, Kitui county in eastern Kenya. Kibandaski is Kenyan urban slang for an affordable, open-air…
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IUCN’s Madhu Rao on the world’s protected areas: Progress, pressures and the race to 2030
A park ranger in the Democratic Republic of Congo survived an ambush that killed colleagues. In Cambodia, mines and dams are pressing against land set aside for…
Sustainable silvopasture is popular with US farmers despite waning financial supports
VERSHIRE, Vermont – When Sabra Ewing and Sebastian Lousada bought a tired dairy farm with pastures featuring old apple trees alongside sprouting maples, it was obvious…
Heavy rains during critical period of cacao cultivation hit Ghana’s yields
Heavy rainfall during the cacao flowering season is a major driver of Ghana’s recent harvest fluctuations, new research finds. A study published in September by…
Six beluga deaths cast a shadow over rescue from Canada’s Marineland
Six members of a pod of 30 belugas, a fifth of the whales that were transferred from a marine park in Canada to facilities in the U.S. and Spain as part of a massive…
Wildlife photography’s dirty little secret
Have you ever seen a wildlife photograph so spectacular that you’ve wondered if it was even real? Enter “photography game farms”: captive facilities where photographers…
Delegates at biodiversity COP17 should follow the lead of Global South women (commentary)
As global leaders convene in Armenia this week for the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) conference of the parties (COP17), it is difficult to ignore how…
Search for the ‘Asian unicorn’ faces an uncertain future amid funding losses
The search for the enigmatic creature often called the Asian unicorn is stumbling forward on a month-to-month basis, according to the Saola Foundation, which organizes…
Mozambique’s Maputo National Park showcases biodiversity and shelters migratory birds
A recent State of the World’s Birds report found nearly half of the migratory birds assessed are declining. The stark finding comes as world governments are gathered in…
For Australia’s Indigenous Desert Alliance, caring for Country starts with a story
This week on the Mongabay Newscast, Samantha Murray, CEO of the Indigenous Desert Alliance, joins the program to discuss the IDA’s recent nomination for an Earthshot…
US deep-sea mining claims in Pacific’s high seas now rival the area set aside by international regulator
The International Seabed Authority (ISA), a U.N.-associated body, has long managed activities related to deep-sea mining in international waters. But after the Trump…
The women keeping Uttarakhand’s native bees alive
PITHORAGARH, Uttarakhand, India — The world comes alive during summers in Himalayan states like Uttarakhand. The forests are budding with new green leaves, and almost…