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Zoos: Why a Revolution is Necessary to Justify Them

by Jeremy Leon Hance 5 October 2008

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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

Scientists, Māori experts uncover new insights into rare spade-toothed whale
Coral reefs could survive climate change, but in altered state, study says
Conservationists see progress for swordfish, problems for sharks at Atlantic fisheries summit
As tidal power rides a wave of clean energy optimism, pitfalls persist

‘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

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
Peruvian logger loses FSC label after latest clash with isolated Mashco Piro
A national park and its rangers in Bolivia endure persisting road construction, illegal mining

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
Mongabay video screening at Chile’s Supreme Court expected to help landmark verdict in Brazil

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

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

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

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