Mongabay
Canada’s 2023 wildfires burned an area nearly the size of Ireland, releasing emissions equivalent to four times the global aviation sector.
Climate change creates longer, more severe fire seasons, leading to a dangerous feedback loop of increasing emissions.
by Liz Kimbrough
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/canadas-2023-wildfires-released-more-emissions-than-airplanes-yet-go-uncounted/
#News #Environment #Conservation #Fires #ForestsFires #ClimateChange
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Deforestation inside protected areas in central Colombia appears to be picking up pace this year, suggesting the steep drop-off from 2022-2023 was just a blip, according to satellite data.
by Morgan Erickson-Davis
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/narco-activity-takes-heavy-toll-on-colombias-protected-forests-satellite-data-show/
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The loko i’a system of native fishponds in Hawai‘i has for generations provided sustenance to Indigenous communities, supported fish populations in surrounding waters, and generally improved water quality.
These benefits, long understood by native Hawaiians, have now been confirmed by scientists in a new study that looked at the restoration of one such fishpond.
by Keona Blanks
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/restoring-indigenous-aquaculture-heals-both-ecosystems-and-communities-in-hawaii/
Mongabay
Electric vehicles are often presented as a key technology for drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions, thus helping curb climate change.
But manufacturing electric cars requires the mining of critical minerals for batteries, like lithium and cobalt, that are largely sourced in developing countries. Local traditional and Indigenous communities say the mining is already harming their way of life, damaging biodiversity, and polluting.
by Gerry McGovern, Sue Branford
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/green-credentials-of-electric-vehicles-come-under-fire/
Mongabay
In an interview with Mongabay, Brasílio Priprá, one of the pioneers of the Free Land Camp, the largest event of the Brazilian Indigenous movement, looks back on its 20 years of existence.
Priprá, who has been active in the Indigenous movement for 40 years, has seen few changes, but enough to keep fighting for his rights.
by Amanda Magnani
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/our-rights-are-on-trial-interview-with-pioneer-of-brazils-indigenous-movement-brasilio-pripra/
#News #Conservation #Environment #Interviews #IndigenousPeoples #Brazil
Mongabay
To celebrate Earth Day, we want to share some happy environmental news with our readers.
Culture and conservation thrive as Great Lakes tribes bring back native wild rice
By Spoorthy Raman
#News #Conservation #Environment #IndigenousPeoples #EarthDay #earthday2024
Mongabay
Breadfruit has been put forward by advocates as a climate solution as well as a way to strengthen food security; but the carbon storage potential of breadfruit has never before been investigated.
In a new study, researchers from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa found that in orchards, breadfruit’s carbon storage abilities are relatively low compared with other broadleaf trees in wet environments.
By Claudia Geib
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/breadfruits-low-carbon-storage-could-be-offset-by-fast-growth-study-finds/
Mongabay
Mexico recently announced 20 new protected areas covering roughly 2.3 million hectares across the country.
The protected areas, which include national parks, sanctuaries and flora and fauna protection areas, are located in the states of Quintana Roo, Oaxaca, Zacatecas, Chiapas and eight others, as well as the Gulf of Mexico and Gulf of California.
By Aimee Gabay
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/mexico-announces-20-new-protected-areas-despite-budget-cuts/
Mongabay
A host of different players have crowded into the voluntary carbon trade as its value has grown. Motivated by the potential for profit, a concern for climate change or some combination of the two, these companies and organizations link the credits generated by projects, such as those that fit in the forest conservation scheme known as REDD+, with buyers, often companies and individuals in the Global North looking to compensate for their climate impacts.
By John Cannon
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/cowboys-and-intermediaries-thrive-in-wild-west-of-the-carbon-market/
Mongabay
Lost crops, reduced fish numbers, low water levels in rivers and difficult access to potable water have all led to a state of disaster declared in many municipalities in the state of Pará.
Severe drought, the result of increasing climate changes and El Niño, is resulting in a more flammable Amazon rainforest. Farmers and technicians are seeking out more sustainable alternatives to the traditional slash-and-burn system.
by Sibélia Zanon
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/extreme-drought-in-western-para-pushes-family-farmers-into-agroforestry/
Mongabay
Wolves, with their widespread distribution from North America to Eurasia, are ecologically vital as keystone species, playing a critical role in maintaining the health and balance of ecosystems by regulating prey populations. Their influence extends to increasing biodiversity and reshaping landscapes, thus fostering more robust and diverse natural environments.
By Rhett A. Butler
Mongabay
An artificial intelligence model is helping researchers use bird-sighting data to estimate their presence at a given time and location.
Developed by researchers at Cornell University, the model makes predictions on when and where species of birds in North America might occur throughout the year, providing information that could be vital for conservation purposes.
By Abhishyant Kidangoor
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/new-ai-model-gives-birds-eye-view-of-avian-distribution-at-vast-scale/
#News #Conservation #Environment #Technology #ConservationTechnology #Birds
Mongabay
Wildfires scorched a fifth of the Pantanal’s Encontro das Águas State Park, home to the highest concentration of jaguars in Brazil.
After a month of roaring fires, a downpour of rain put out the worst of the flames, but experts are warning of further fire risks from underground embers and hot days ahead.
by Sarah Brown
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/jaguar-haven-in-brazils-pantanal-burns-amid-new-normal-of-wildfires/
#News #Conservation #Environment #Fires #Brazil #Wildlife #Jaguars
Mongabay
Trillions of microplastic particles in the ocean threaten marine life, from huge filter-feeders to tiny plankton. Although not lethal in the short term, the long-term impacts of microplastics on plankton and marine microbes could disrupt key Earth systems such as ocean carbon storage and nitrogen cycling.
By Claire Asher
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/microplastics-pose-risk-to-ocean-plankton-climate-other-key-earth-systems/
#News #Oceans #Environment #Conservation #Pollution #Ecosystem #Microplastics
Mongabay
The UN claims to be almost entirely climate neutral, yet that claim is based on buying millions of carbon offset credits that experts say do little to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, The New Humanitarian and Mongabay found in a year-long investigation.
by Jacob Goldberg, Leopold Salzenstein, Sarah Brown, Shaz Syed
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/revealed-why-the-un-is-not-climate-neutral/
#News #Conervation #Environment #Investigation #Climate #UN #ClimateNeutral #GHG
Mongabay
The Netherlands is one of the smallest countries in Europe, but also one of its biggest food producers and exporters, thanks to a wildly successful intensive agriculture sector.
With the highest density of livestock in Europe, the Netherlands has been in the throes of a years-long crisis over nitrogen emissions from manure, which ecologists say are destroying the country’s ecosystems.
By Ashoka Mukpo
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/how-manure-blew-up-the-netherlands/
Mongabay
The Indonesian government has recognized the rights of 15 Indigenous Dayak communities to forests on Borneo covering a combined area larger than Jakarta.
The nearly 70,000 hectares (173,000 acres) is the largest cluster of customary forests ever recognized by the state.
by Hans Nicholas Jong
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/indonesia-awards-biggest-indigenous-forest-claim-yet-to-bornean-dayaks/
#News #Conservation #Environment #Indonesia #Indigenous #LandRights
Mongabay
The Icelandic government has announced that commercial whaling will recommence following a two-month suspension of the activity, albeit with increased monitoring and stricter hunting regulations.
The government temporarily banned whaling in June due to animal welfare concerns, but the ban expired on Aug. 31.
by Elizabeth Claire Alberts
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/international-outcry-as-iceland-lifts-ban-on-what-could-be-last-whale-hunt/
Mongabay
Mexico introduced six new national parks and seven flora and fauna protection areas covering 17,918 hectares (44,276 acres) to be overseen by the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (Conanp).
The protected areas are located in the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Oaxaca and Guerrero.
By Maxwell Radwin
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/mexico-announces-13-new-protected-areas-with-more-to-come/
Mongabay
According to a recent study, losing two Kordofan giraffes each year would lead to local extinction of the subspecies within Cameroon’s Bénoué National Park in just 15 years.
The study found that antipoaching measures are the most effective way to prevent extinction, including robust patrols by guards, strengthening law enforcement, and providing sustainable livelihoods to people living around the park.
By Liz Kimbrough
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/kordofan-giraffes-face-local-extinction-in-15-years-if-poaching-continues/
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