Indigenous communities' traditional ecological knowledge is key to conservation: National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yüyan
Top National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yüyan joined the show to discuss traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and why Indigenous communities are the world's most effective conservationists. Yüya...
13 Aug 202441min
The 'Wild Frequencies' of Indian wildlife revealed by bioacoustics
Mongabay newswire editor Shreya Dasgupta joins the Mongabay Newscast to detail her new three-part miniseries, Wild Frequencies, produced in collaboration with the Mongabay India bureau. Dasgupta detai...
6 Aug 202431min
How a multi-nation effort has protected North American amphibians from a deadly disease outbreak
Scientists described Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) over 10 years ago, a pathogen that causes the deadly disease chytridiomycosis which is currently devastating salamanders and frogs around ...
30 Jul 202452min
Sacrificing U.S. forests for solar energy "misses the plot" on climate action
U.S. states such as Vermont and Massachusetts are cutting thousands of acres of forest for solar power projects, despite the fact that this harms biodiversity and degrades ecosystems' carbon sequestra...
23 Jul 202436min
Natural forest regeneration is 'a restoration of hope' for farmers & forests worldwide
Australian agronomist Tony Rinaudo's reforestation project in Niger was failing – with 80% of his planted saplings dying – until he stumbled upon a simple solution in plain sight: stumps of previously...
16 Jul 202449min
Indigenous communities left in the dark on Borneo hydropower plan advocate for their river
The premier of the Malaysian state of Sarawak recently announced new dam projects on three rivers in Borneo without the informed consent of local people. The managing director of the Sarawak-based NGO...
9 Jul 202445min
'Seeking solutions,' Mongabay's new Africa bureau reports the big issues and conservation wins
Last year, Mongabay launched a brand-new bureau dedicated to covering the African continent daily in French and English. The team is led by veteran Cameroonian journalist David Akana, who chats with c...
25 Jun 202436min
How forests affect weather, wind and climate via 'flying rivers'
The biotic pump theory has been controversial in the climate science community ever since Anastassia Makarieva and Victor Gorshkov published their paper about it to the journal Atmospheric Chemistry ...
18 Jun 202454min
