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Jake Johnson Ancient and slow-growing deep sea corals, endangered large whales and sea turtles, and an incredible array of fish, seabirds, sharks, dolphins and other wildlife—these are the species and habitats that will pay the price. In a move that environmentalists warned could further imperil h

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Corruption , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Forests , Monitoring , Sustainable Development / 06/04/2020

New data show world lost a Switzerland-size area of primary rainforest in 2019

Morgan Erickson-Davis Data from 2001 to 2019 show an overall deforestation of primary forest constituting the third-highest year of primary forest loss since the turn of the century Last year the world lost around 119,000 square kilometers (45,946 square miles) of tree cover, according to satellit

Business , Climate , COVID-19 , Economy , Environment , Food , Forests , Health , Resources , Sustainable Development / 05/01/2020

The surprising link between our consumer habits and deadly diseases ranging from malaria to the novel coronavirus

Anita Makri From age-old malaria to COVID-19, markets influence systems that drive pandemic risk. Here’s what we can do about it. Rebecca Wong knows a thing or two about scouting exotic animals. She’ll root around in online forums, take tips from friends of friends, hang out at hotels and restau

Biodiversity , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Disasters , Environment , Food , Forests , Health , Sustainable Development / 04/07/2020

Public Calls for Governments to Close Southeast Asia’s Wildlife Markets

A WWF public survey in South East Asian countries show that an overwhelming majority support closure of wildlife markets which are mostly illegal This World Health Day, as the world grapples with the worst public health emergency in recent memory, over 90 percent of respondents surveyed in Southeast

Biodiversity , Climate , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Environment , Forests , Health , Sustainable Development / 03/27/2020

DESTRUCTION OF HABITAT AND LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY ARE CREATING THE PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR DISEASES LIKE COVID-19 TO EMERGE

John Vidal As habitat and biodiversity loss increase globally, the novel coronavirus outbreak may be just the beginning of mass pandemics Mayibout 2 is not a healthy place. The 150 or so people who live in the village, which sits on the south bank of the Ivindo River, deep in the great Minkebe fores

Biodiversity , Environment , Forests , Sustainable Development / 01/10/2020

Wings of Chance: The Accidental Discovery of the Apatani Glory Moth

Samrat In remote Pange, near the Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh, an “unintentional” photograph by a local sparked a series of scientific expeditions and led to the discovery of a new moth species, now named after his tribe Pange is the base camp for expeditions and treks in

Biodiversity , Environment , Forests , Sustainable Development / 11/27/2019

Kuno, India’s second home for the Asiatic lion, is ready

Anup Dutta After more than two decades of roadblocks, the Kuno Palpur wildlife sanctuary is ready as the new home for Asiatic lions, starting with those that are to be relocated from Gujarat’s Gir sanctuary, currently the only home of the Asiatic lions in India. Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno Palpu

Biodiversity , Corruption , Environment , Forests , Gender , Governance , Resources , Sustainable Development / 11/10/2019

Asian governments & officials awarded for fighting environmental crimes

Customs, parks and law enforcement officials from China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, and Singapore have been named recipients of the 2019 Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards. The winners of the Awards are recognized by the United Nations and INTERPOL for their exceptional contribution to fighting t

Biodiversity , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Forests , Sustainable Development / 10/30/2019

How Laos lost its tigers

Jeremy Hance A new paper in Global Conservation and Ecology finds that the last tigers of Laos along with the Indochinese leopards vanished shortly after 2013 from Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area. A new camera trap study finds that tigers vanished from Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protec

Biodiversity , Environment , Forests / 08/10/2019

The wolf of Bangladesh: A true story

Jeremy Hance The last wolf in Bangladesh was seen in 1949 – until this year. The wolf, an adult male, was killed by local villagers in the Sundarbans, a suboptimal habitat for wolves. But could there be more wolves in the Sundarbans? Is there a breeding population? Time will tell. For Munta

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