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Water as Weapon of War: Activists Say Israel is Drying Out the West Bank to Drive Out Palestinians
October 8, 2021
Water as Weapon of War: Activists Say Israel is Drying Out the West Bank to Drive Out Palestinians
by Jessica Buxbaum – MintPressNews – Creative Commons(MintPressNews) – MASAFER YATTA, OCCUPIED WEST BANK — Last weekend, around 600 Israeli, Palestinian and international activists marched across Masafer Yatta in the Occupied…
Malawi court sentences Chinese wildlife trafficking kingpin to 14 years in jail
October 2, 2021
Malawi court sentences Chinese wildlife trafficking kingpin to 14 years in jail
by Charles Mpaka – MongaBay – Creative CommonsA court in Malawi has sentenced a Chinese national to 14 years in jail for masterminding an illegal wildlife trafficking cartel that operated across…
Fires in the Amazon have already impacted 90% of plant and animal species
September 21, 2021
Fires in the Amazon have already impacted 90% of plant and animal species
by Suzana Camargo – MongaBay – Creative CommonsNew 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…
Nigeria seizes scales from 15,000 dead pangolins
August 11, 2021
Nigeria seizes scales from 15,000 dead pangolins
by Mongabay.com – MongaBay – Creative CommonsAuthorities 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…
SpyCops: How the UK Police Infiltrated 1,000 Activist Groups
August 7, 2021
SpyCops: How the UK Police Infiltrated 1,000 Activist Groups
by Lowkey – MintPressNews – Creative Commons(MintPressNews) – The new MintPress podcast, “The Watchdog,” hosted by British-Iraqi hip-hop artist Lowkey, closely examines organizations about which it is in the public…
More than 250 major fires detected in the Amazon this year, despite Brazil’s ban
August 6, 2021
More than 250 major fires detected in the Amazon this year, despite Brazil’s ban
Liz Kimbrough – MongaBay – Creative CommonsThere 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…
333 people rescued from slavery in Brazil mines since 2008, exclusive report shows
August 3, 2021
333 people rescued from slavery in Brazil mines since 2008, exclusive report shows
Maurício Angelo – MongaBay – Creative CommonsA 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…
‘Stampede’ of legislation threatens accelerated destruction of the Amazon
July 26, 2021
‘Stampede’ of legislation threatens accelerated destruction of the Amazon
by Débora Pinto – Translated by Maya Johnson – MongaBay – Creative CommonsA series of bills being deliberated in Brazil threatens to legalize illegally occupied land, change demarcation rules for Indigenous…
Gabon becomes first African country to get paid for protecting its forests
July 22, 2021
Gabon becomes first African country to get paid for protecting its forests
by Jim Tan – MongaBay – Creative CommonsGabon recently received the first $17 million of a pledged $150 million from Norway for results-based emission reduction payments as part of the…
Israel-U.A.E. pipeline deal ‘invitation to disaster’ for globally important corals
July 17, 2021
Israel-U.A.E. pipeline deal ‘invitation to disaster’ for globally important corals
by Elizabeth Fitt – MongaBay – Creative CommonsIsrael and the U.A.E are moving to extend oil operations using Israel’s “land bridge,” an alternative to the Suez Canal, following the signing…