Justice for people, animals and environment are closely linked
Bryan Simmons, the vice president of communications for the Arcus Foundation, joins the Mongabay Newscast this week to share the philosophy behind the 25-year-old foundation, which funds grantees that...
28 Jan 202548min
Turning problems into solutions for culture and agriculture, with Anthony James
This week, Anthony James, host of The RegenNarration Podcast, joins Mongabay's podcast to share stories of community resilience and land regeneration in the Americas and Australia. James explains how ...
14 Jan 202544min
Christiana Figueres remains optimistic on climate action
General frustration with the result of the most recent UN climate conference (UNFCCC COP29) spurred the former UN climate chief, Christiana Figueres – under whose leadership the Paris Agreement was st...
7 Jan 202553min
Secretive regional fisheries management organizations need media coverage
Seventeen regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) regulate commercially valuable fish species across the world's oceans. The members of these organizations do not publicize their meetings ...
23 Dec 20241h 23min
A new tropical forest conservation fund with great potential
A new forest finance fund known as the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) will work like an investment portfolio (unlike the familiar – and often ineffective – forest conservation loan or grant f...
16 Dec 202437min
Do we need a 'moral reckoning' on aquaculture's environmental impacts?
Animal aquaculture, the farming of fish, has outpaced the amount of wild-caught fish by tens of millions of metric tons each year, bringing with it negative environmental impacts and enabling abuse, s...
10 Dec 202446min
Conservation is key for planetary health & preventing pandemics
Neil Vora MD is a former epidemic intelligence service officer with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with experience combating outbreaks of the deadly Ebola virus and running ...
26 Nov 202439min
Grounded: This pilot quit flying to help the aviation industry change, for the better
Todd Smith wanted to be a pilot since the age of 5, but an epiphany spurred by seeing a retreating ice cap in Peru revealed that his love of flying conflicted with the planetary harm his industry was ...
12 Nov 202447min
