Historic fire seasons are the 'new normal' without 'serious action' on climate change
Elizabeth Goldman is a co-director of Global Nature Watch, previously known as Global Forest Watch, a database measuring forest loss that's frequently cited in Mongabay reporting. She joins this week'...
11 Elo 28min
The 'quiet revolution' inspired by Delhi's urban wildlife
In her upcoming book, My Wild City: Finding Nature, Meaning, and Hope in India's Capital, conservation biologist Neha Sinha takes readers to the hidden and not-so-hidden ecosystems of India's largest...
4 Elo 54min
Why are forests in Liberia disappearing?
On this week's episode of the Mongabay Newscast, we speak with features writer Ashoka Mukpo, who traveled to southeastern Liberia to investigate what satellite images indicated was a spike in deforest...
28 Heinä 38min
The Mediterranean Sea's beauty hides an ecosystem under pressure
The Mediterranean Sea accounts for less than 1% of the world's ocean surface water, but it contains roughly 18% of global marine biodiversity. It is home to 150 million people along its coastline (rou...
14 Heinä 33min
Wildlife crossings are having a moment
Nearly three years ago, Newscast guest, author and journalist Ben Goldfarb discussed his book Crossings, which is about wildlife crossings and road ecology. Wildlife crossings help reconnect habitats...
7 Heinä 37min
The radical plan to rethink work, wealth and planetary well-being
A group of more than 40 researchers spent 20 months devising a plan for the world to achieve ecological sustainability within planetary boundaries, all while seeing incomes rise for 98% of the global ...
30 Kesä 52min
Addressing the 'toxic legacy' of mining in Bougainville
Theonila Roka Matbob grew up next to what was — at the time — the world's largest open-pit mine in Bougainville, an autonomous island in Papua New Guinea, operated by a subsidiary of Rio Tinto. This m...
16 Kesä 33min
