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
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/new-report-reinforces-critical-role-of-amazonian-protected-areas-in-climate-fight/
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...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geopark
#Geopark #Geology #Geoparks #EarthSciences #ProtectedAreas #GeographyEducation
What If the Best Way to Save Nature Is to Let It Change?…
A new article challenges long-standing #conservation approaches. The authors argue that #protectedareas, such as #nationalparks and designated wilderness zones, should focus on maintaining natural landscape dynamics instead of trying to preserve fixed conditions or static features...
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
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/funerary-practices-in-fiji-protect-marine-areas-while-honoring-the-deceased/
"It’s 1999, the 21st century is on the horizon, and California has big plans for marine conservation. New legislation has presented a mandate to establish an ambitious network of marine protected areas (MPAs) unlike anywhere else in the world. The goal is to craft strategic protections to safeguard the state’s marine life for preservation and economic benefits alike".
#marine #conservation #protectedareas
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1073237
Not sure that the notion of nature stewardship credits is realistic given the debacle that #carbon offsets is. But its nice to see connections between #Indigenous-led #conservation efforts in #Australia and northern #Canada. https://cabinradio.ca/221692/news/economy/can-the-nwt-sell-the-rest-of-the-world-credits-for-conservation/
[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.
In Honduras communities race to establish protected area as La Mosquitia forest disappears https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/in-honduras-communities-race-to-establish-reserve-as-la-mosquitia-forest-disappears/ #Forests #ProtectedAreas #Honduras
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
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/african-parks-closes-deal-to-manage-ethiopias-gambella-national-park/
Environmentalists reach landmark agreement with Point Reyes National Seashore, ranchers https://localnewsmatters.org/2025/01/10/environmentalists-reach-landmark-agreement-with-point-reyes-national-seashore-ranchers/ #ProtectedAreas #LandUse #PointReyes
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.
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/like-you-i-fear-the-demise-of-the-elephants/
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
New indigenous protected area proposed for Yukon https://thenarwhal.ca/ross-river-dena-yukon-indigenous-protected-area/ #ProtectedAreas #Indigenous #Yukon
Indigenous protected area proposed to block pipeline https://www.burnslakelakesdistrictnews.com/local-news/gitanyow-propose-indigenous-protected-area-to-block-pipeline-projects-7673983 #Indigenous #ProtectedAreas #Pipelines
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
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/11/protecting-oceans-prevent-whale-ship-collisions/
#News #Conservation #Environment #Oceans #Whales #ProtectedAreas
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
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/communities-band-together-to-save-besieged-reserve-in-bolivia/
#News #Conservation #Environment #CommunityBasedConservation #ProtectedAreas
World Commission on Protected Areas info note highlighting priorities at the IUCN Convention on Biological Diversity COP16. https://iucn.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/wcpa-cop16-information-note.-1.pdf
#conservation #nature #IPCA #protectedareas
🔥 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
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?
https://www.bto.org/our-science/publications/bto-news
#BTO #birds #science #people #conservation #citizenScience #BritishTrustForOrnithology #RestoreNatureNow
#wildlife #agriculture #farming #environment #publicHealth #protectedAreas
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.
#ConflictOfPublicInterest #Corruption #ABpoli #CDNpoli #DirtyOilProfiteers #BanCorporateLobbyists #EcocidalManiacs #PollutionProfiteers #CrimesAgainstHumanity
In Brazil’s state of Maranhão, one of the last slices of remaining rainforest is under threat from invasions and fires, which has complicated efforts to protect this area of rich biodiversity from the advance of agriculture and cattle ranching.
By Ana Ionova
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/in-brazils-amazon-land-invasions-and-fires-threaten-a-protected-reserve/
#News #Conservation #Environment #Amazon #Brazil #ProtectedAreas
