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  1. Two Panamanian environmental groups opposing the Puerto Barú port face defamation lawsuits from developers.

    The groups warn the project would damage mangroves and threaten sharks and rays.

    Authorities have seized their assets, including bank accounts and private nature reserve properties.

    by Maxwell Radwin
    news.mongabay.com/2026/02/pana

    #news #activism #conservation #environment #marineconservation #protectedareas #wildlife

  2. Geopark (Earth sciences 🌍)

    A geopark is a protected area with internationally significant geology within which sustainable development is sought and which includes tourism, conservation, education and research concerning not just geology but other relevant sciences. It also supports the communities that live in its boundaries. In 2005, a European Geopark was defined as being...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geopark

    #Geopark #Geology #Geoparks #EarthSciences #ProtectedAreas #GeographyEducation

  3. So, when I first saw this headline, I thought it was about the #UnitedStates making #EPA staffing cuts. Nope! It's the #UK! And this has been going on for a while now!

    Thousands of #RiverPollution tests cancelled because of staff shortages

    by Jonah Fisher, July 24, 2025

    Excerpt: "Staffing problems are nothing new at the EA. In 2023 its chairman Alan Lovell told parliament that it had 'struggled with recruitment and retention of staff'.

    "Internal emails obtained by campaign groups #Greenpeace and #Desmog through freedom of information requests were shared with the BBC. They show EA officials discussing the impact of staff departures on testing and saying that others planned to leave.

    "One senior official, writing an email to her colleagues, said it was 'not good news I'm afraid' adding 'this isn't where we want to be (again)'.

    "Helen Nightingale, who worked at the #EnvironmentAgency as a catchment planner, analysing data from its water quality programme until 2022, says that while she was there she saw a shift of focus away from serious investigation to trying to find 'successes'.

    "She also said that morale was low: "The pay is not great – we didn't have pay rises for years due to #austerity.

    " 'But a lot people are in it [the EA] because they want to make a difference – and when you're not even getting that - well, what's the point?'

    "Documents seen by the BBC show that the work affected by the cuts to testing this year included investigations into the water industry in various parts of the country, and monitoring of #ProtectedAreas including the #RiverWye, which is currently facing a #pollution crisis linked to intensive #ChickenFarming."

    Read more:
    bbc.com/news/articles/cx24xy8z

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/o15LD

    #WaterIsLife #UKNews #WaterPollution #WaterMonitoring #FactoryFarming #Drought #WaterLevels #Sewage

  4. So, when I first saw this headline, I thought it was about the #UnitedStates making #EPA staffing cuts. Nope! It's the #UK! And this has been going on for a while now!

    Thousands of #RiverPollution tests cancelled because of staff shortages

    by Jonah Fisher, July 24, 2025

    Excerpt: "Staffing problems are nothing new at the EA. In 2023 its chairman Alan Lovell told parliament that it had 'struggled with recruitment and retention of staff'.

    "Internal emails obtained by campaign groups #Greenpeace and #Desmog through freedom of information requests were shared with the BBC. They show EA officials discussing the impact of staff departures on testing and saying that others planned to leave.

    "One senior official, writing an email to her colleagues, said it was 'not good news I'm afraid' adding 'this isn't where we want to be (again)'.

    "Helen Nightingale, who worked at the #EnvironmentAgency as a catchment planner, analysing data from its water quality programme until 2022, says that while she was there she saw a shift of focus away from serious investigation to trying to find 'successes'.

    "She also said that morale was low: "The pay is not great – we didn't have pay rises for years due to #austerity.

    " 'But a lot people are in it [the EA] because they want to make a difference – and when you're not even getting that - well, what's the point?'

    "Documents seen by the BBC show that the work affected by the cuts to testing this year included investigations into the water industry in various parts of the country, and monitoring of #ProtectedAreas including the #RiverWye, which is currently facing a #pollution crisis linked to intensive #ChickenFarming."

    Read more:
    bbc.com/news/articles/cx24xy8z

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/o15LD

    #WaterIsLife #UKNews #WaterPollution #WaterMonitoring #FactoryFarming #Drought #WaterLevels #Sewage

  5. So, when I first saw this headline, I thought it was about the #UnitedStates making #EPA staffing cuts. Nope! It's the #UK! And this has been going on for a while now!

    Thousands of #RiverPollution tests cancelled because of staff shortages

    by Jonah Fisher, July 24, 2025

    Excerpt: "Staffing problems are nothing new at the EA. In 2023 its chairman Alan Lovell told parliament that it had 'struggled with recruitment and retention of staff'.

    "Internal emails obtained by campaign groups #Greenpeace and #Desmog through freedom of information requests were shared with the BBC. They show EA officials discussing the impact of staff departures on testing and saying that others planned to leave.

    "One senior official, writing an email to her colleagues, said it was 'not good news I'm afraid' adding 'this isn't where we want to be (again)'.

    "Helen Nightingale, who worked at the #EnvironmentAgency as a catchment planner, analysing data from its water quality programme until 2022, says that while she was there she saw a shift of focus away from serious investigation to trying to find 'successes'.

    "She also said that morale was low: "The pay is not great – we didn't have pay rises for years due to #austerity.

    " 'But a lot people are in it [the EA] because they want to make a difference – and when you're not even getting that - well, what's the point?'

    "Documents seen by the BBC show that the work affected by the cuts to testing this year included investigations into the water industry in various parts of the country, and monitoring of #ProtectedAreas including the #RiverWye, which is currently facing a #pollution crisis linked to intensive #ChickenFarming."

    Read more:
    bbc.com/news/articles/cx24xy8z

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/o15LD

    #WaterIsLife #UKNews #WaterPollution #WaterMonitoring #FactoryFarming #Drought #WaterLevels #Sewage

  6. So, when I first saw this headline, I thought it was about the #UnitedStates making #EPA staffing cuts. Nope! It's the #UK! And this has been going on for a while now!

    Thousands of #RiverPollution tests cancelled because of staff shortages

    by Jonah Fisher, July 24, 2025

    Excerpt: "Staffing problems are nothing new at the EA. In 2023 its chairman Alan Lovell told parliament that it had 'struggled with recruitment and retention of staff'.

    "Internal emails obtained by campaign groups #Greenpeace and #Desmog through freedom of information requests were shared with the BBC. They show EA officials discussing the impact of staff departures on testing and saying that others planned to leave.

    "One senior official, writing an email to her colleagues, said it was 'not good news I'm afraid' adding 'this isn't where we want to be (again)'.

    "Helen Nightingale, who worked at the #EnvironmentAgency as a catchment planner, analysing data from its water quality programme until 2022, says that while she was there she saw a shift of focus away from serious investigation to trying to find 'successes'.

    "She also said that morale was low: "The pay is not great – we didn't have pay rises for years due to #austerity.

    " 'But a lot people are in it [the EA] because they want to make a difference – and when you're not even getting that - well, what's the point?'

    "Documents seen by the BBC show that the work affected by the cuts to testing this year included investigations into the water industry in various parts of the country, and monitoring of #ProtectedAreas including the #RiverWye, which is currently facing a #pollution crisis linked to intensive #ChickenFarming."

    Read more:
    bbc.com/news/articles/cx24xy8z

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/o15LD

    #WaterIsLife #UKNews #WaterPollution #WaterMonitoring #FactoryFarming #Drought #WaterLevels #Sewage

  7. So, when I first saw this headline, I thought it was about the #UnitedStates making #EPA staffing cuts. Nope! It's the #UK! And this has been going on for a while now!

    Thousands of #RiverPollution tests cancelled because of staff shortages

    by Jonah Fisher, July 24, 2025

    Excerpt: "Staffing problems are nothing new at the EA. In 2023 its chairman Alan Lovell told parliament that it had 'struggled with recruitment and retention of staff'.

    "Internal emails obtained by campaign groups #Greenpeace and #Desmog through freedom of information requests were shared with the BBC. They show EA officials discussing the impact of staff departures on testing and saying that others planned to leave.

    "One senior official, writing an email to her colleagues, said it was 'not good news I'm afraid' adding 'this isn't where we want to be (again)'.

    "Helen Nightingale, who worked at the #EnvironmentAgency as a catchment planner, analysing data from its water quality programme until 2022, says that while she was there she saw a shift of focus away from serious investigation to trying to find 'successes'.

    "She also said that morale was low: "The pay is not great – we didn't have pay rises for years due to #austerity.

    " 'But a lot people are in it [the EA] because they want to make a difference – and when you're not even getting that - well, what's the point?'

    "Documents seen by the BBC show that the work affected by the cuts to testing this year included investigations into the water industry in various parts of the country, and monitoring of #ProtectedAreas including the #RiverWye, which is currently facing a #pollution crisis linked to intensive #ChickenFarming."

    Read more:
    bbc.com/news/articles/cx24xy8z

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/o15LD

    #WaterIsLife #UKNews #WaterPollution #WaterMonitoring #FactoryFarming #Drought #WaterLevels #Sewage

  8. Man and the Biosphere Programme (Biomes 🌍)

    Man and the Biosphere Programme is an intergovernmental scientific program, launched in 1971 by UNESCO, that aims to establish a scientific basis for the 'improvement of relationships' between people and their environments. MAB engages with the international development agenda, es...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_and_

    #ManAndTheBiosphereProgramme #Biomes #Biodiversity #ProtectedAreas #BiosphereReserves #1971InTheEnvironment

  9. Man and the Biosphere Programme (Biomes 🌍)

    Man and the Biosphere Programme is an intergovernmental scientific program, launched in 1971 by UNESCO, that aims to establish a scientific basis for the 'improvement of relationships' between people and their environments. MAB engages with the international development agenda, es...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_and_

    #ManAndTheBiosphereProgramme #Biomes #Biodiversity #ProtectedAreas #BiosphereReserves #1971InTheEnvironment

  10. Man and the Biosphere Programme (Biomes 🌍)

    Man and the Biosphere Programme is an intergovernmental scientific program, launched in 1971 by UNESCO, that aims to establish a scientific basis for the 'improvement of relationships' between people and their environments. MAB engages with the international development agenda, es...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_and_

    #ManAndTheBiosphereProgramme #Biomes #Biodiversity #ProtectedAreas #BiosphereReserves #1971InTheEnvironment

  11. Man and the Biosphere Programme (Biomes 🌍)

    Man and the Biosphere Programme is an intergovernmental scientific program, launched in 1971 by UNESCO, that aims to establish a scientific basis for the 'improvement of relationships' between people and their environments. MAB engages with the international development agenda, es...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_and_

    #ManAndTheBiosphereProgramme #Biomes #Biodiversity #ProtectedAreas #BiosphereReserves #1971InTheEnvironment

  12. Man and the Biosphere Programme (Biomes 🌍)

    Man and the Biosphere Programme is an intergovernmental scientific program, launched in 1971 by UNESCO, that aims to establish a scientific basis for the 'improvement of relationships' between people and their environments. MAB engages with the international development agenda, es...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_and_

    #ManAndTheBiosphereProgramme #Biomes #Biodiversity #ProtectedAreas #BiosphereReserves #1971InTheEnvironment

  13. Sri Lanka has declared the Nilgala wilderness, a unique landscape harboring the island’s largest savanna ecosystem interwoven with a mosaic of unique habitats, as a national forest reserve.

    Despite being home to numerous endemic and range-restricted species found nowhere else on the island, Nilgala had long been an overlooked conservation priority, facing continuous environmental threats.

    By Malaka Rodrigo
    news.mongabay.com/2025/06/an-o

    #News #Conservation #Environment #Forests #ProtectedAreas

  14. Mongabay staff reporter Ashoka Mukpo traveled to several nations to assess the current state of conservation in key protected areas. He joined Mongabay’s podcast to describe what he’s seen in his reporting.

    news.mongabay.com/podcast/2025

    Mongabay’s new series, Beyond the Safari, examines conservation’s colonial origins in East Africa—and how rural communities are building a new future: news.mongabay.com/specials/202

    #News #Conservation #Environment #Africa #Podcast #ProtectedAreas

  15. The “fortress conservation” model is under pressure. Mongabay’s new series, Beyond the Safari, explores history, human rights, and biodiversity in East Africa.

    Read the first article on protected areas and wildlife by Ashoka Mukpo
    here: news.mongabay.com/2024/12/like

    #News #Conservation #Environment #Wildlife #Africa #ProtectedAreas

  16. A new report has found that protected areas and Indigenous territories in the Amazon store more aboveground carbon than the rest of the rainforest.

    Protected areas and Indigenous territories were also found to serve as significant carbon sinks between 2013 and 2022, absorbing 257 million metric tons of carbon dioxide.

    By Abhishyant Kidangoor
    news.mongabay.com/2025/04/new-

    #News #Conservation #Environment #ProtectedAreas #Carbon

  17. Geopark (Geology ⛰️)

    A geopark is a protected area with internationally significant geology within which sustainable development is sought and which includes tourism, conservation, education and research concerning not just geology but other relevant sciences. In 2005, a European Geopark was defined as being: "a territory with a particular geological heritage and with a sust...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geopark

    #Geopark #Geology #Geoparks #EarthSciences #ProtectedAreas #GeographyEducation

  18. Indigenous iTaukei people across Fiji have historically protected their freshwater and marine areas in memory of chiefs and community members who have passed away. These are called aquatic funerary protected areas (FPAs).

    By Sonam Lama
    news.mongabay.com/2025/02/fune

    #News #Conservation #Environment #Oceans #ProtectedAreas

  19. [PODCAST] As Africa eyes protected areas expansion of 1 million square miles, concerns over ‘brutal’ enforcement persist

    Mongabay staff reporter Ashoka Mukpo traveled to several nations to assess the current state of conservation in key protected areas. He joins Mongabay’s podcast to describe what he’s seen in his reporting so far, and what he’s publishing next in the series.

    news.mongabay.com/podcast/2025

    #News #Conservation #Environment #Africa #ProtectedAreas

  20. South Africa-based conservation NGO African Parks signed a long-term deal in December 2024 to manage Gambella National Park in Ethiopia.

    The agreement brings the number of protected areas under management by African Parks to 23 in 13 countries.

    By Ashoka Mukpo
    news.mongabay.com/2025/01/afri

    #News #Conservation #Environment #ProtectedAreas #Africa

  21. There are nearly 9,000 inland protected areas across the African continent, covering 4.37 million square kilometers.

    These protected areas are at the center of conservation policymaking by African countries hoping to safeguard nature and threatened wildlife.

    news.mongabay.com/2024/12/like

    The Mongabay Data Studio helps journalists visualize data and use it in their reporting. Check it out at studio.mongabay.com

    #News #Conservation #Environment #MongabayDataStudio #ProtectedAreas #Africa

  22. Ship strikes are a leading threat to large whales, with global shipping routes overlapping 92% of their habitats, a new study finds. But protecting whales in the most dangerous collision hotspots would require action over just 2.6% of the ocean’s surface, researchers conclude, potentially saving thousands of whales with minimal disruption to global trade.

    By Shanna Hanbury
    news.mongabay.com/short-articl

    #News #Conservation #Environment #Oceans #Whales #ProtectedAreas

  23. Bolivia’s Tucabaca Valley Municipal Wildlife Reserve has been beset by clearing and fires over the past several years.

    Now, mining, infrastructure development and land trafficking are adding to the pressure faced by the reserve.

    Residents of nearby communities have formed an association called Movement in Defense of the Tucabaca Valley.

    By Iván Paredes Tamayo
    news.mongabay.com/2024/11/comm

    #News #Conservation #Environment #CommunityBasedConservation #ProtectedAreas

  24. 🔥 The threats don’t end at a border. 🔥
    Wildfires, droughts, and other climate-induced disasters are erasing protections. Areas like Australia’s national parks are examples, where devastating fires in 2019 led to severe losses despite protective status. #ClimateCrisis #ProtectedAreas

  25. Some great articles in the latest issue of BTO News including one from CEO Juliet Vickery on the reasons for joining other organisations at the Restore Nature Now rally in London back in June

    Was it really as a long ago as June?

    bto.org/our-science/publicatio

    #BTO #birds #science #people #conservation #citizenScience #BritishTrustForOrnithology #RestoreNatureNow
    #wildlife #agriculture #farming #environment #publicHealth #protectedAreas

  26. Some great articles in the latest issue of BTO News including one from CEO Juliet Vickery on the reasons for joining other organisations at the Restore Nature Now rally in London back in June

    Was it really as a long ago as June?

    bto.org/our-science/publicatio

    #BTO #birds #science #people #conservation #citizenScience #BritishTrustForOrnithology #RestoreNatureNow
    #wildlife #agriculture #farming #environment #publicHealth #protectedAreas

  27. Some great articles in the latest issue of BTO News including one from CEO Juliet Vickery on the reasons for joining other organisations at the Restore Nature Now rally in London back in June

    Was it really as a long ago as June?

    bto.org/our-science/publicatio

    #BTO #birds #science #people #conservation #citizenScience #BritishTrustForOrnithology #RestoreNatureNow
    #wildlife #agriculture #farming #environment #publicHealth #protectedAreas

  28. Some great articles in the latest issue of BTO News including one from CEO Juliet Vickery on the reasons for joining other organisations at the Restore Nature Now rally in London back in June

    Was it really as a long ago as June?

    bto.org/our-science/publicatio


  29. Some great articles in the latest issue of BTO News including one from CEO Juliet Vickery on the reasons for joining other organisations at the Restore Nature Now rally in London back in June

    Was it really as a long ago as June?

    bto.org/our-science/publicatio

    #BTO #birds #science #people #conservation #citizenScience #BritishTrustForOrnithology #RestoreNatureNow
    #wildlife #agriculture #farming #environment #publicHealth #protectedAreas

  30. A career #OilAndGas #insider will soon be shaping #ClimatePolicy in #Alberta’s department of #Environment and #ProtectedAreas.

    After a decade working in various roles for the #Canadian Association of #PetroleumProducers #CAPP , Patrick McDonald has been hired by Alberta Environment and Protected Areas to serve as assistant deputy minister of air, #climate and clean technology.

    CAPP is one of Canada’s biggest and most aggressive #FossilFuel #LobbyGroups; it held 91 meetings with government officials in 2023, second only to the #PathwaysAlliance with 104, according to a recent report by #EnvironmentalDefence. CAPP’s member companies are responsible for nearly three quarters of Canada’s annual #oil and #NaturalGas production.

    nationalobserver.com/2024/08/1

    #ConflictOfPublicInterest #Corruption #ABpoli #CDNpoli #DirtyOilProfiteers #BanCorporateLobbyists #EcocidalManiacs #PollutionProfiteers #CrimesAgainstHumanity

  31. To achieve global #biodiversity targets, #conservationists & #governments must prioritize the establishment & effective management of large, interconnected #ProtectedAreas with high #ecological integrity - in an essay published May 21 in #OpenAccess journal #PLOSBiology.

    The authors argue that protected & #conservation areas that meet all 4 criteria—which they name #Nature's #Strongholds"—will be disproportionately important for biodiversity conservation.

    phys.org/news/2024-05-nature-s

  32. More than a fifth of the 11,500 #endangered animal, plant & fungi species in #Greece are “critically endangered” & thus are #UnderThreat of #extinction a re-evaluation of the country’s #RedList has found.

    The #Environment Ministry published the revised list to commemorate #European Natura 2000 Day, the anniversary of the creation in 1992 of what is now the world’s largest coordinated network of #ProtectedAreas, which in the present day includes more than 27,000 sites.

    greekreporter.com/2024/05/21/o

  33. More than a fifth of the 11,500 #endangered animal, plant & fungi species in #Greece are “critically endangered” & thus are #UnderThreat of #extinction a re-evaluation of the country’s #RedList has found.

    The #Environment Ministry published the revised list to commemorate #European Natura 2000 Day, the anniversary of the creation in 1992 of what is now the world’s largest coordinated network of #ProtectedAreas, which in the present day includes more than 27,000 sites.

    greekreporter.com/2024/05/21/o

  34. More than a fifth of the 11,500 #endangered animal, plant & fungi species in #Greece are “critically endangered” & thus are #UnderThreat of #extinction a re-evaluation of the country’s #RedList has found.

    The #Environment Ministry published the revised list to commemorate #European Natura 2000 Day, the anniversary of the creation in 1992 of what is now the world’s largest coordinated network of #ProtectedAreas, which in the present day includes more than 27,000 sites.

    greekreporter.com/2024/05/21/o

  35. More than a fifth of the 11,500 #endangered animal, plant & fungi species in #Greece are “critically endangered” & thus are #UnderThreat of #extinction a re-evaluation of the country’s #RedList has found.

    The #Environment Ministry published the revised list to commemorate #European Natura 2000 Day, the anniversary of the creation in 1992 of what is now the world’s largest coordinated network of #ProtectedAreas, which in the present day includes more than 27,000 sites.

    greekreporter.com/2024/05/21/o

  36. #scicomm : One of our pure theory articles was selected for a cover 😀 so we made a #comicstrip instead of another misleading #tippingpoint #metaphor

    "A new critical review demonstrates #AlternateStableStates can exist in #metacommunity systems without a Hill function. The revised theory creates new challenges for management of #fisheries and #marine #protectedareas"

    mdpi.com/2077-1312/12/2

    mdpi.com/files/uploaded/covers