Mongabay — Wildlife · 02/11/2026Nigeria’s parks chief stresses conservation gains amid struggle to protect wildlife
- Nigeria’s National Park Service, with support from the military and conservation organizations, closed the Kila gold mine in Gashaka-Gumti National Park in July, the country’s largest. The operation drove…
Đọc bài gốc →Mongabay — Wildlife · 02/11/2026US deep-sea mining claims in Pacific’s high seas now rival the area set aside by international regulator
The International Seabed Authority (ISA), a U.N.-associated body, has long managed activities related to deep-sea mining in international waters. But after the Trump administration issued an executive order in 2025…
Đọc bài gốc →Mongabay — Wildlife · 02/11/2026Mozambique’s Maputo National Park showcases biodiversity and shelters migratory birds
A recent State of the World’s Birds report found nearly half of the migratory birds assessed are declining. The stark finding comes as world governments are gathered in Armenia for…
Đọc bài gốc →Mongabay — Wildlife Trafficking · 02/11/2026Farmworkers’ health matters: South Africa looks to alternatives for chemical pesticides
- Each year, 385 million cases of pesticide poisoning are reported worldwide, according to the Pesticide Action Network.- As researchers develop alternatives, farmworkers and environmentalists are raising questions about what…
Đọc bài gốc →Mongabay — Wildlife · 02/11/2026Legal gaps allow rampant pet trade, poaching reptiles and amphibians towards extinction
- Recent seizures of trafficked reptiles and amphibians provide insight into a booming trade in these animals, which are now coveted as pets worldwide.- Patchy legislation and loopholes in wildlife…
Đọc bài gốc →Mongabay — Wildlife Trafficking · 01/11/2026Vantara in talks with Brazil on ‘strategic cooperation’ on threatened species, FOIA documents reveal
- Documents obtained by Mongabay show Vantara, the controversial private zoo in India run by billionaire Anant Ambani, was in talks with Brazilian authorities to form a “strategic conservation partnership”…
Đọc bài gốc →Mongabay — Wetlands · 01/11/2026Costa Rica banana plantation destroyed protected wetland, complaint alleges
- A legal complaint in Costa Rica alleges that a banana plantation destroyed parts of a protected wetland in Bananito Sur, located in the Valle La Estrella district in the…
Đọc bài gốc →Mongabay — Vietnam · 01/11/2026From seizure to sentence: Weak prosecution leaves tigers vulnerable to trafficking in Southeast Asia: Report
- Prosecution of tiger crime — trafficking and sales of tiger skins, bones, and other body parts — is poor in Southeast Asia, according to a recent report.- Fewer than…
Đọc bài gốc →Mongabay — Wildlife · 01/11/2026Solutions to the risks posed by the global pet trade could be enacted quickly
The global pet trade, particularly in exotic reptiles and amphibians, poses significant biodiversity and potential human health risks, scientists say; yet compared to other pressing crises like climate change, the…
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