Can we right the wrongs of 'fortress conservation?'
Since the colonization of the Congo Basin by Europeans, many Indigenous communities have been denied land they once relied on in the name of conservation under a contentious conservation model. The ce...
30 Mai 20231h 9min
Climate change is no joke for Australians
Australia suffered catastrophic bushfires in 2019 - 2020, followed by intense rain and flooding from an ensuing La Niña which experts say may be linked to those bushfires. Despite the pleas of scienti...
23 Mai 202340min
Mongabay Reports: Deep sea discovery shocks and delights scientists
Scientists have discovered a series of hydrothermal vents in the Mid-Atlantic ridge spanning hundreds of miles and teeming with life adapted to scorching plumes of hot water like shrimp, crabs, mussel...
17 Mai 20236min
The world's second-largest rainforest is at a turning point
This week we're sharing the first episode of a new season of Mongabay Explores, a deep dive into the Congo Basin which begins with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which contains 60% of cen...
2 Mai 20231h
Guyana gets Drilled: Journalist Amy Westervelt on the latest oil boom
The South American nation of Guyana, whose economy has traditionally relied on tourism, agriculture, and fishing, has begun doing business with oil giant ExxonMobil to build a massive offshore oil dri...
18 Apr 202342min
Mongabay Reports: Breeding new hope for African penguins at De Hoop Nature Reserve
Recent breeding success at a nature reserve in South Africa has given conservationists hope for the survival of Africa's only resident penguin species, whose population has dropped by nearly 65% since...
11 Apr 20238min
Conservation technology just keeps on growing
Conservation technology is a rapidly growing field with exciting potential. From eDNA to bioacoustics and AI, there's a lot to keep track of in an ever-changing environment. Here to discuss it on the ...
3 Apr 202322min
Mongabay Reports: What's in the new U.N. High Seas treaty?
More than 15 years in the making, the United Nations has finally reached an agreement on a landmark, legally binding treaty to protect international waters, where a myriad of wildlife big and small li...
27 Mar 202311min
