Gone: a look at extinction over the past decade
A survey of twelve species lost to extinction over the past ten years. No one can say with any certainty how many species went extinct from 2000-2009. Because no one…
Tanzania News
Brazil: king of conservation, deforestation for the 2000s
Brazil set aside more land in protected areas than any other country during the 2000s, accounting for nearly 60 percent of total terrestrial conservation during the decade, according to mongabay.com's…
Photo of new chameleon species discovered in Tanzania
Researchers have discovered a new species of chameleon in southern Tanzania. The species, the Magombera chameleon (Kinyongia magomberae), was discovered by a team of scientists from the Museo Tridentino di…
Nations vulnerable to global warming present demands: carbon levels below 350ppm and billions in aid
A group of nations especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change have released a declaration calling for developed countries to keep CO2 emission below 350 parts per million (ppm)…
NASA satellite image reveals extent of drought in East Africa
A new image from NASA shows the severity of the drought in East Africa, which impacted Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Three failed rains in a row brought the region…
Kihansi spray toad goes extinct in the wild
This year's IUCN Red List has updated its assessment of the Kihansi spray toad, moving the species from Critically Endangered to Extinct in the Wild. With that another amphibian species…
Goodbye, snows of Kilimanjaro
The most recent survey among the ice fields atop Mount Kilimanjaro found that the ice atop Africa's most famous mountain could be gone in twenty years—and maybe even sooner. Published…
Uganda to open its doors to big game hunters
Uganda, which suffered a 90 percent decline in large mammals during the 70s and 80s, has now lifted a decades-long ban on big game hunting, reports the AFP. The Uganda…
Solar powered conservation
Birds found to be key protectors of forest in Tanzania
Seed-eating birds play a critical role in maintaining forests in the Serengeti by keeping seed-killing beetles in check, report researchers writing in the journal Science. The finding is another example…
Indigenous people, forest communities in Africa control less than 2% of forest land
Less than 2 percent of Africa’s tropical forests are under community control, hindering efforts to slow deforestation and alleviate rural poverty, reports a new assessment from the International Tropical Timber…
Huge cache of smuggled ivory represents up to 40 elephants
On April 25th two men were pursued by wildlife rangers from the Amboseli-Tsavo Game Scouts Association in Tanzania. The men escaped across the border to southern Kenya where they were…
New chameleon species named after carbon conservation pioneer
A newly discovered species of chameleon from Tanzania has been named after Dorjee Sun, CEO of Carbon Conservation, an outfit which seeks to make rainforest conservation profitable through a carbon…
Plant communities changing across the globe, says scientist Sasha Wright
An interview with Sasha Wright, a graduate student studying plant ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Mongabay.com's third in a new series of interviews with 'Young Scientists'.
Bushmeat hunting in Tanzania
Bushmeat hunting constitutes the most immediate threat to wildlife populations in the Udzungwa Mountains of the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot in Tanzania. A new study, published in Tropical Conservation Science…
Traditional practices contribute to conservation of medicinal plants
Traditional practices contribute to conservation of medicinal plants in West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania, report Tuli S Msuya and Jafari R Kideghesho in the March issue of the open access journal…
DR Congo, Indonesia, PNG, Tanzania, Vietnam win REDD funding for forest conservation
The United Nation's REDD Program has approved $18 million in support of forest conservation projects in five pilot countries: Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, and Viet…
Norway emerges as champion of rainforest conservation
Scandinavian country with population 1.5 percent that of the United States is the biggest international funder of rainforest conservation. While citizens in western countries have long paid lip service to…
400-million-year-old fish at risk from harbor project
Population of prehistoric deep-ocean coelacanth may go the way of the dinosaurs. A harbor project in Tanzania may put a population of coelacanth at risk, reports Nature News. A port…
17 new reptile and amphibian species discovered in Tanzania
“These results, documenting the high species richness and the outstanding number of putative endemics of the forests, strongly highlight the biological importance of the South Nguru Mountains and place them…
Co-management of conservation areas offers multiple benefits
Co-management of conservation areas offers multiple benefits Co-management of conservation areas offers multiple benefits mongabay.com December 1, 2008
Massive bat species returns from the brink of extinction
Massive bat species returns from the brink of extinction Massive bat species returns from the brink of extinction mongabay.com October 31, 2008
NASA study shows global warming will diminish rainfall in East Africa, worsening hunger
NASA study shows global warming will diminish rainfall in East Africa, worsening hunger NASA study shows global warming will diminish rainfall in East Africa, worsening hunger mongabay.com August 6, 2008…
Newly discovered monkey is critically endangered by logging, poaching
Newly discovered monkey is critically endangered by logging, poaching Newly discovered monkey is critically endangered by logging, poaching mongabay.com July 28, 2008 A newly discovered species of monkey may already…
Lion die-offs in Africa linked to global warming
Lion die-offs in Africa linked to global warming Lion die-offs in Africa linked to global warming mongabay.com June 26, 2008 Scientists have linked climate shifts in East Africa to die-offs…
Elephants may explain Mount Kilimanjaro’s bamboo enigma
Elephants may be key to the mystery of missing bamboo on Mount Kilimanjaro Elephants may explain Mount Kilimanjaro's bamboo enigma Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com June 25, 2008 At nearly 6,000 meters…
Wildlife conservationist in Tanzania awarded prestigious prize
Wildlife conservationist in Tanzania awarded prestigious prize Wildlife conservationist in Tanzania awarded prestigious prize mongabay.com May 29, 2008 A wildlife conservationist working in Tanzania has been awarded the prestigious 2008…
Screaming elephant-cousin threatened by logging
Screaming elephant-cousin threatened by logging Screaming elephant-cousin threatened by logging mongabay.com March 3, 2008 A small screaming mammal that may be the closest living relative of the elephant is threatened…
Giant shrew discovered in Tanzania
Researchers have discovered the world's largest shrew in a remote part of Tanzania where a trove on previously unknown species have been recorded in the past few years. The species…
“Living fossil” fish captured in Zanzibar
"Living fossil" fish captured in Zanzibar "Living fossil" fish captured in Zanzibar mongabay.com July 16, 2007 Fishermen in Zanzibar have caught a coelacanth, reports Reuters. The coelacanth was believed extinct…
African Flamingo population gravely threatened by industrial development
African Flamingo population gravely threatened by industrial development African Flamingo population gravely threatened by industrial development Wetlands International July 16, 2007 Tata Chemicals, a division of the biggest multinational industrial…
Cheetah are unfaithful mates
Cheetah are unfaithful mates Cheetah are unfaithful mates mongabay.com May 30, 2007 Female cheetah are highly promiscuous reports a new study by Zoological Society of London (ZSL) scientists. Working in…
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Forest Trackers
- Narco airstrips beset Indigenous communities in Peruvian Amazon
- 15 illegal narco-trafficking airstrips found near Peru Indigenous communities
- Satellite data show bursts of deforestation continue in Indonesian national park
- Fires rip through Indigenous territories in Brazilian Amazon
Oceans
- Tuna fishing devices drift through a third of oceans, harming corals, coasts: Study
- Indigenous Bajo suffer child deaths & toxic sludge amid green energy push
- Southeast Asia’s fisheries thrive despite decades of overfishing warnings: Study
- Peruvian fishers sue for additional compensation after big December oil spill
Amazon Conservation
- ‘World’s largest’ carbon credit deal in the Amazon faces bumpy road ahead
- New conservation model calls for protecting Amazon for its archaeological riches
- Brazil dredges Amazon rivers to ease drought isolation, raising environmental concerns
- ‘We need white men on our side to save the Amazon from destruction,’ 92-year-old Indigenous Chief Raoni says
Land rights and extractives
- Indigenous Bajo suffer child deaths & toxic sludge amid green energy push
- ‘Colombia’s Amazon peoples provide solutions’: Interview with José Homero Mutumbajoy
- Should mining companies consider no-go zones where isolated Indigenous peoples live? (Commentary)
- Brazil sets a date to remove illegal miners from Munduruku land, more details await
Endangered Environmentalists
- Environmental & rights activists flee and hide as M23 captures DRC’s cities
- Environmental journalist in Cambodia shot and killed by suspected logger
- Vietnam sentences yet another energy expert over renewables research
- Mother Nature Cambodia activists sentenced to prison — again
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- On a Borneo mountainside, Indigenous Dayak women hold fire and defend forest
- Fenced in by Sulawesi national park, Indigenous women make forestry breakout
- In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew
- Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo
Conservation Effectiveness
- How effective is the EU’s marquee policy to reduce the illegal timber trade?
- How sharing and learning from failures can transform conservation (commentary)
- Is planting trees as good for the Earth as everyone says?
- Failure in conservation projects: Everyone experiences it, few record it
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- An ‘ocean grab’ for a property megaproject leaves Jakarta fishers grounded
- Study: Indonesia’s new capital city threatens stable proboscis monkey population
- Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri
- Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules
