Environmental defenders in Madagascar have faced a spate of threats and attacks in recent years, overshadowing their work to protect biodiversity and human rights. Against this backdrop, tortoise conservationist Hery Razafimamonjiraibe spoke with Mongabay about how his team manages threats working in often isolated conditions in the south of the country. By Carolyn Cowan
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How tortoise conservationist Hery Razafimamonjiraibe manages risks to antipoaching teams
Madagascar is home to weird and wonderful creatures that occur nowhere else on the planet. In many parts of the island, this biodiversity is under ...
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Latin America’s feline species are losing their habitat and becoming trapped in small patches. Scientists are concerned about isolated populations and trapped individuals that are unable to migrate. This isn’t the only threat: reprisal hunting, vehicle collisions and the incursion of feral and undomesticated dogs into wild areas means that many cats could be on the path to extinction. By Antonio José Paz Cardona
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Conservation corridors provide hope for Latin America’s felines
The jaguar moves between patches of forest in the Mesoamerican Corridor across Central America. Meanwhile, the majestic Colombian Massif still serv...
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Mongabay is hiring a Staff Writer – California Biodiversity. The writer’s reporting responsibilities include coverage of the status of high conservation value landscapes emphasizing biodiversity corridors, analysis relevant to wildlife ecology and behavior particularly in the context of climate change, issues around natural resource governance and development pressure, and the environmental conservation practices of Indigenous communities.
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Staff Writer – California Biodiversity - Environmental Journalism and Education
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Mongabay Latam has identified six secret runways in and around Indigenous reserves in the regions of Ucayali, Huánuco and Pasco in the Peruvian Amazon. One was found inside the Kakataibo reserve and one in its surroundings. These findings came from an algorithm created with artificial intelligence, which was jointly developed by Mongabay Latam and Earth Genome. It uses satellite images to detect traces of runways hidden in forests.
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The illegal runways exposing the Kakataibo people to drug violence in Peru
The audience erupts into cheers and applause. The emcee has just announced the four finalists of the “Miss Juan Chávez Muquinuy” beauty pagean...
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Islanders and experts have warned of widespread environmental and social impacts from the construction of a bridge linking the Brazilian city of Salvador with the island of Itaparica in Todos os Santos Bay. Critics say the project will devastate mangrove forests and coral reefs, leading to environmental imbalance, compromising fishing communities and threatening the survival of many marine species including humpback whales and sea turtles. By Lobato Felizola
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Communities warn of threat to ecosystems from Brazil bridge project
“It seems like they intentionally neglected the ferry system just to create enough discontent so that people would accept construction of this br...
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Erratic rainfall and rising temperatures have hit farmers in Ghana’s semiarid Upper East region hard in recent years. Planting rows of trees and allowing goats and sheep to graze their fields is helping retain soil moisture and fertility, while encouraging birds and bats to return, helping to control pests. The trees and small livestock also provide additional sources of income for farmers. By Caleb Ahinakwah
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Agroecology offers blueprint for resilient farming in northern Ghana
Farmers in Ghana’s Upper East region traditionally decided when to plant and harvest their crops in rhythm with regular rainfall cycles. But the ...
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Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum proposed allocating 1% of the military’s annual spending, or around $24 billion, to support six million tree planters in the reforestation of around 15 million hectares (37 million acres). If carried out successfully, it would be the largest reforestation effort in the country’s history, equivalent to the surface area of all of Guatemala, Belize and El Salvador combined. By Maxwell Radwin
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Nations should redirect 1% of military spending towards reforestation, Mexico proposes
MEXICO CITY — President Claudia Sheinbaum has proposed dedicating 1% of the military annual budgets of the world’s biggest economies to sup...
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Mau Forest is one of the largest forests in East Africa, and the most important water catchment in western Kenya, providing water for millions of people. Mau is also home to a plethora of wildlife, including endangered species such as African bush elephants, African golden cats and bongo antelopes. But Mau lost some 25% of its tree cover between 1984 and 2020, and satellites show continuing loss. By Morgan Erickson-Davis
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Western Kenya's most important water-capturing forest is disappearing, satellites show
Encompassing some 2,700 square kilometers, Mau Forest is considered the most important water catchment in western Kenya, providing water to million...
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Over the past two years, three significant vulture poisoning events in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park have claimed the lives of more than 400 vultures. Conservationists identified the deaths using satellite tags, discovering birds without heads and feet alongside evidence of targeted poaching. By Sean Mowbray
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Vulture poisonings in the Serengeti alarm conservationists
In July this year, conservationists from North Carolina Zoo in the U.S. and the Grumeti Fund in Tanzania went searching for a white-backed vulture ...
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