Pesticides released into Brazil’s Amazon to degrade rainforest and facilitate deforestation
by Jenny Gonzales - MongaBay - Creative Commons Chemicals created to kill agricultural pests are being sprayed by aircraft into native forest areas. Glyphosate and 2,4-D, among others, cause the trees to defoliate and end...
Despite sanctions, U.S. companies still importing Myanmar teak, report says
by Sheryl Lee Tian Tong - MongaBay - Creative Commons U.S. timber companies undercut sanctions to import nearly 1,600 metric tons of teak from Myanmar last year, according to a new report. Advocacy group Justice...
FOREST Act bill would hold global suppliers accountable for illegal deforestation
by Maxwell Radwin - MongaBay - Creative Commons A new bill in the U.S. congress would create legislation to prohibit agricultural commodities like palm oil, cattle, soybeans, rubber, pulp and cocoa from import if they...
Malawi court sentences Chinese wildlife trafficking kingpin to 14 years in jail
by Charles Mpaka - MongaBay - Creative Commons A court in Malawi has sentenced a Chinese national to 14 years in jail for masterminding an illegal wildlife trafficking cartel that operated across Southern Africa. Yunhua...
Fires in the Amazon have already impacted 90% of plant and animal species
by Suzana Camargo - MongaBay - Creative Commons New study addresses the effects of fires on biodiversity loss in the world’s largest forest during the last two decades. Researchers measured the impacts on the habitats...
Nigeria seizes scales from 15,000 dead pangolins
by Mongabay.com - MongaBay - Creative Commons Authorities at the Nigeria Customs Service have announced the seizure of 7.1 tons of pangolin scales that smugglers were attempting to ship out of the country. According to...
More than 250 major fires detected in the Amazon this year, despite Brazil’s ban
Liz Kimbrough - MongaBay - Creative Commons There have been 267 major fires detected in the Amazon this year, burning more than 105,000 hectares (260,000 acres) — an area roughly the size of Los Angeles,...
333 people rescued from slavery in Brazil mines since 2008, exclusive report shows
Maurício Angelo - MongaBay - Creative Commons A breakthrough report has mapped out all the raids carried out to rescue people working in slave-labor conditions in mines across Brazil since 2008. A total of...
