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Australia has the money to protect nature. It just isn’t spending it, expert says https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/06/australia-has-the-money-to-protect-nature-it-just-isnt-spending-it-expert-says/…

Australia has the money to protect nature. It just isn't spending it, expert says
“I think the international community really does need to put more pressure on Australia to do better,” says Euan Ritchie, a professor of wildlife ecology and conservation at Deakin University in Australia, in a recent episode of Mongabay’s Newscast. From animals like kangaroos, koalas and platypuses, to plants like waratah, kangaroo paw and climbing heath, […]

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-€855/MWh: Was Energiemanager daraus machen können
Minuspreise für Strom können zu einem mächtigen Werkzeug für Mittelstand und Gewerbe werden.

"Infrastructures of Listening: The ManoWhisper Podcast Analysis Pipeline"
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"Cocaine exposure drives salmon to alter movements"
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Cocaine exposure drives salmon to alter movements
Young Atlantic salmon exposed to cocaine and its breakdown product, benzoylecgonine, swim farther and more widely in the wild, a new study shows. This behavioral change can put them in risky situations, researchers say. “[T]he effects of illicit drug pollution on aquatic wildlife is not just a laboratory finding — it can measurably alter wildlife […]

Dutch importers linked to suspect Amazon timber, investigation finds https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/dutch-importers-linked-to-suspect-amazon-timber-investigation-finds/

Dutch importers linked to suspect Amazon timber, investigation finds
Two Dutch timber importers are at the center of a new investigation that shows they may have purchased suspect wood sourced to one of the largest logging companies in Brazil, which had temporarily lost its permits and been banned from clearing. Brazilian logging company Samise Indústria Comércio e Exportação was clearing the forest to make […]

"UN report flags disproportionate costs of clean energy transition"
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UN report flags disproportionate costs of clean energy transition
A new report published by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) warns that wealthy nations’ push toward cleaner energy comes with high environmental and social costs in mineral-producing countries. The investigation links the extraction of transition minerals used in green energy technologies like solar panels and rechargeable batteries to acute […]

Brazil prosecutors launch suit against meatpacking giant JBS over beef tied to slavery-like labor https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/04/brazil-prosecutors-launch-suit-against-meatpacking-gi…

Brazil prosecutors launch suit against meatpacking giant JBS over beef tied to slavery-like labor
SAO PAULO (AP) — Labor prosecutors in Brazil filed a lawsuit Wednesday against meatpacking giant JBS, accusing the company of buying cattle from farms where workers were held in slavery-like conditions. The civil action suit before a labor court in the northern Brazilian state of Para seeks nearly 119 million reais (about $24 million) in compensation, an […]

Tropical forest loss falls in 2025, but world still off track on deforestation goals https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/tropical-forest-loss-falls-in-2025-but-world-still-off-track-on-deforestation-goals/

Tropical forest loss falls in 2025, but world still off track on deforestation goals
JAKARTA — Tropical primary forest loss fell sharply in 2025, dropping 36% from the record highs of the previous year, according to new data from a long-running satellite monitoring project. Non-fire forest loss also declined by 23%, reaching its lowest level in a decade, according to the data from the University of Maryland’s Global Land […]

"Black cockatoo species caught in the crosshairs of global race for minerals"
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Black cockatoo species caught in the crosshairs of global race for minerals
Environmental organizations in southwest Australia have criticized the Australian government’s decision to grant the U.S. bauxite mining company Alcoa a national interest exemption, usually provided in cases of emergency, defense or national security, thereby authorizing the company to continue its operations despite years of unauthorized clearing in the country’s Northern Jarrah Forest. The Northern Jarrah […]

"Inside the fight to save the little-known Galšpagos petrel"
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Inside the fight to save the little-known Galápagos petrel
Critically endangered Galápagos petrels spend much of their life at sea, but as they return to breed in the only place they call home, a litany of threats awaits. Over the last 60 years, in particular until the 1980s, the population of the Galápagos petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia) declined significantly, with only 15,000 individuals remaining today, […]