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6% of Earth’s Protected Land is Used to Grow Crops, Study Finds
Covering around 13% of Earth’s surface and harbouring an estimated 83% of its endangered wildlife, protected areas are tasked with an...
Constant Tedder
Jan 28, 20213 min read
New York’s Famous Scallops Are Being Threatened by Parasites Caused by Climate Change
The New York State Department of Environmental Conversation (DEC) has detected a protozoan parasite in a sample of Peconic bay scallops...
Constant Tedder
Jan 25, 20213 min read
Nigeria emerges as Africa’s primary export hub for ivory, pangolin scales
When Singaporean customs officials opened a shipping container en route to Vietnam from Nigeria on April 3, 2019, they found piles of...
Constant Tedder
Jan 22, 20215 min read
Deforestation Spurred by Road Project Creeps Closer to Sumatra Wildlife Haven
An upgrade to a road that cuts through one of Southeast Asia’s last great swaths of intact rainforest in Sumatra is driving deeper...
Constant Tedder
Jan 20, 20216 min read
Amazon Gold Mining Wipes Out Rainforest Regeneration for Years: Study
The remote Guiana Shield of the Northern Amazon holds some of the largest tracts of unfragmented forest on the planet, but the rapid...
Constant Tedder
Jan 14, 20215 min read
Conservationists are Suing the US Fish and Wildlife Service to Preserve the Red Wolf Population
The US Fish and Wildlife Service is facing legal action after being accused of not taking enough direct action to help the struggling red...
Constant Tedder
Jan 14, 20214 min read
Lack of Protection Leaves Spain-Size Swath of Brazilian Amazon Up for Grabs
The Brazilian Amazon is home to public lands that span an area the size of Spain — undesignated forests that are at growing risk of land...
Constant Tedder
Jan 13, 20215 min read
A Madagascar Forest Long Protected by its Remoteness is Now Threatened by it
The mountainous forests of northern Madagascar are biodiverse beyond measure, containing plant and animal species found nowhere else on...
Constant Tedder
Jan 8, 20217 min read
Rainforests: 11 Things to Watch in 2021
2020 was a rough year for tropical rainforest conservation efforts, as explained in Mongabay’s year-end wrap-up on rainforests, so what’s...
Constant Tedder
Jan 6, 20217 min read
Global Food Industry Will Threaten the Habitats of 90% of Animals Species by 2050- Study
A new study has found that if current food production processes continue, the world will likely need between 1.9 and 10 million sq km of...
Constant Tedder
Dec 28, 20202 min read
Poor Governance Fuels ‘Horrible Dynamic’ of Deforestation in DRC
There’s a saying in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that refers to “Article 15,” a nonexistent paragraph of the country’s...
Constant Tedder
Dec 25, 20207 min read
Uncertainty For African Rhinos Likely To Continue Into 2021- Foundation
It goes without saying that 2020 has been an unprecedented year. For rhinos, COVID-19- related lockdowns have brought poaching to a...
Constant Tedder
Dec 24, 20202 min read
Only 40% of World’s Forests Have High Ecological Integrity, A New Index Reveals
Of the world’s remaining forests, only 40% are intact, with high ecological integrity, according to data from the newly developed Forest...
Constant Tedder
Dec 23, 20204 min read
2020 Sees Record-Breaking Breeding Year For Critically Endangered Wildcats
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) is celebrating a record breeding year after 57 wildcats were born within the UK...
Constant Tedder
Dec 21, 20202 min read
Newly-Discovered Primate in Myanmar ‘Already Facing Extinction’
December 14 is Monkey Day! In celebration, Earth.Org is republishing this piece from November 16, 2020. Scientists have discovered a new...
Constant Tedder
Dec 14, 20202 min read
The Importance of Land Reclamation in Hong Kong and Its Impacts
In 1993, Hong Kong recorded an urbanisation rate of 100%, meaning that all of the territory’s residents were considered to be residing in...
Constant Tedder
Dec 14, 202010 min read
UK Government Launches Plan to Preserve Honey Bee Populations
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in the UK, alongside the Welsh government, have published the Healthy Bees...
Constant Tedder
Dec 10, 20203 min read
A Foundation is Working to Create Additional Habitat for the Critically Endangered Javan Rhino
Javan rhinos exist only in Indonesia’s Ujung Kulon National Park (UKNP), and one of the major challenges for the recovery of this...
Constant Tedder
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Elephants Return to Congo National Park in Unprecedented Numbers
Since mid-2020, Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has seen some unexpected guests that have stuck around- a...
Constant Tedder
Dec 8, 20203 min read
Spots of Hope: Some Good News for South Africa’s Cheetahs
In celebration of International Cheetah Day, Earth.Org is republishing this piece from October 1. South Africa is home to around 1,300 of...
Constant Tedder
Dec 3, 20206 min read
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