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Meta has shuttered nine Facebook groups in Indonesia following a joint investigation by #Mongabay and @Bellingcat.

The report uncovered evidence of illegal wildlife trade conducted openly on the platform. Reporters found advertisements for protected species, including the rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) and infant Javan silvery gibbons.

Story by Achmad Rizki Muazam and Foeke Postma.
https://mongabay.cc/TAqnWm

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Facebook shuts Indonesia groups after Mongabay and Bellingcat report illegal wildlife trade

This story was produced in collaboration with Bellingcat. Read their version here, and Mongabay-Indonesia’s version here. JAKARTA — A new report by Mongabay and independent journalism organization Bellingcat has uncovered several Facebook groups selling protected species in Indonesia, one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. In a Facebook group whose Indonesian name translates […]

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Mongabay 2d ago

As the sun sets over Kenya’s cave systems, a critical race is underway to understand the hidden lives of bats.

Bats are vital to our ecosystems, yet they are among the most sensitive species to human disturbance.

Read the full story by Shola Lawal on how scientists are safeguarding Kenya's bat populations. https://mongabay.cc/lDvoC3

#News #Mongabay #Bats #Kenya

At dusk in Kenya’s caves, scientists study the hidden lives of bats

As the afternoon fades at the Three Sisters Caves in Kenya’s Kwale county, David Wechuli’s team begins setting up nearly invisible nets along the hillsides in the coastal forest. “When dusk arrives, bats begin pouring out of the caves,” Wechuli says. “Some fly straight into the nets. We quickly remove them, carefully untangling each bat […]

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Mongabay 3d ago

Conservation tech leaders SMART and EarthRanger are merging into a single platform: SERCA.

By combining real-time visualization with advanced data analysis, this partnership aims to streamline operations for organizations like WWF and WCS.

Learn more about the capabilities of SERCA in this report by Maxwell Radwin for #Mongabay. https://mongabay.cc/eXEHgGS

#News #Conservation #SERCA

Flagship conservation platforms SMART and EarthRanger join forces in new tech partnership

For years, conservation groups have relied on two leading technologies to help manage protected areas: EarthRanger, a platform for wildlife monitoring and real-time field reporting, and SMART, a conservation management software useful for logging patrol data and ranger activity. But some organizations have struggled to decide between them and even end up using both, forcing […]

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Mongabay 4d ago

[Founder's Briefs] Community-led mapping in Gabon is proving that traditional knowledge can stop industrial logging. Massaha’s biocultural map revealed a history of occupation that global data missed, successfully protecting their rainforests.

By Rhett Butler. https://mongabay.cc/xkkuzU

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How a community defended its ancestral forest from logging

To the cartographers of the modern conservation world, the forests of northeastern Gabon can appear almost empty. Satellite images show a deep green canopy stretching across the Congo Basin. Global datasets classify large tracts as “intact forest landscapes”, areas supposedly free of industrial disturbance and largely untouched by people. On paper, such forests look […]

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Mongabay 4d ago

After 50 years, reintroduced ariel toucans are back to work in Brazil’s Tijuca National Park.

A new study shows they disperse 90% of large-seeded plants, including endangered trees like the jussara palm. Half a century later, these birds are key to forest restoration.

Story by Shanna Hanbury for #Mongabay. https://mongabay.cc/aB3bwr

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Toucans reintroduced 50 years ago disperse seeds of endangered trees in Brazil

More than 50 years ago, the ariel toucan was reintroduced to Tijuca National Park, the world’s largest urban forest, located in Rio de Janeiro in southeastern Brazil. Now, a new study finds that the bird, which became locally extinct in the 1960s, has almost entirely settled back into its original role in the ecosystem, serving […]

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Mongabay 4d ago

Costa Rica aims to certify its entire coffee sector as deforestation-free to meet new EU rules. However, its "head start" masks a tougher road for other nations.

Can the rest of the world emulate this model, or will the EUDR leave resource-strapped producers behind?

Learn more in this report by Claudia Geib for #Mongabay. https://mongabay.cc/xeGMc7

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Costa Rica’s head start may mask tougher EUDR road ahead

Costa Rica’s famous coffee industry says it’s nearly ready for EUDR. The upcoming European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) requires that all coffee shipped into the EU not come from recently deforested land, prompting Costa Rica to develop a pilot program with its largest coffee cooperative. The initial program provided tools and training to help growers, […]

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Mongabay 5d ago

Andy Ball's film "The Clearing” follows Ly Chandaravuth, Thun Ratha, Yim Leanghy, Long Kunthea, and Phuon Keoraksmey in their mission against illegal logging and sand mining.

Find this film supported by the #Pulitzer Center in #Mongabay's YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/t60OyDyU7vU?si=eTydevko3D9rl652

Young activists risk all to defend Cambodia’s environment

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Mongabay 5d ago

Five environmental activists from Mother Nature Cambodia remain imprisoned after the Cambodian Supreme Court denied their release.

Thun Ratha, Ly Chandaravuth, Yim Leanghy, Long Kunthea and Phuon Keoraksmey have been held for more than 600 days.

Read more in this story by John Cannon for #Mongabay. https://mongabay.cc/lCdHnk

Cambodia's Supreme Court denies release of five imprisoned environmental activists

Five environmental activists in Cambodia will remain in prison, where they have been for more than 622 days, after the country’s Supreme Court decided not to allow them to go free as they appeal their convictions. On July 2, 2024, Ly Chandaravuth, Phuon Keoraksmey, Long Kunthea and Thun Ratha were sentenced to six years each […]

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Mongabay 5d ago

Severe flooding in Colombia’s Córdoba region has forced displaced tens of thousands and reignited a decades-old debate over the Urrá hydroelectric dam.

Locals and experts warn the project on the Sinú River is intensifying climate-driven disasters.

By Euan Wallace for #Mongabay.
👉 https://mongabay.cc/QHClH1

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Mongabay 6d ago

South Africa has joined 33 nations pledging to triple global nuclear capacity by 2050.

While the government calls nuclear a "structural necessity" to phase out coal, experts warn of high costs and a lack of flexibility compared to renewables.

Story by Victoria Schneider for #Mongabay. https://mongabay.cc/3KnDJc

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