Mongabay India has been honored with the 2024 Greenaccord International Media Award, presented annually by the Italy-based nonprofit Greenaccord. The award publicly recognizes news organizations that are committed to “raising public awareness of the most urgent ecological problems of our time and promoting a more sustainable future.” This year’s recipients include two news outlets from Asia: Mongabay…

The chief of Banda Boase in the Bono region, Nana Ligbi Wullitei II, is pushing for the adoption of traditional methods of environmental conservation to save Ghana’s forest reserves and rivers. He observed that the various traditional authorities previously prohibited members of their communities from farming, entering or undertaking any activity in and around the…

He also emphasized on the devastating effects of deforestation, pollution and the reckless use of natural resources. Instead, the RSS supremo called for an urgent need to shift towards more sustainable practices ingrained in Indian traditions. AAEA President Er Kailash Sarma, along with Working President Er NJ Thakuria and Secretary Er Inamul Hye, fully backed…

The All Assam Engineers’ Association (AAEA), a forum representing graduate engineers in northeast India, has praised Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Dr. Mohan Bhagwat for his strong appeal to safeguard nature and protect the environment. In his annual Vijayadashami address on October 12, 2024, Bhagwat urged citizens to conserve water, reduce single-use plastics, and plant…

Mongabay India was presented the Greenaccord International Media Award on October 12, 2024, at the XVI Greenaccord International Forum for Information on Safeguard of Nature in Frascati, Italy. The award recognises “the news organisation that has demonstrated the greatest originality and consistency in covering environmental topics throughout the year”. It is dedicated to a different…

Environmental groups on Friday won their bid to put on hold federal and state authorizations for a natural gas project in Tennessee after the Sixth Circuit said irreparable harm could occur otherwise. The Cumberland Project includes a 32-mile gas pipeline being constructed by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan Inc., expected to…

This week’s environment and conservation news stories rolled into one. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch the latest high quality, original video stories from nature’s frontline in India. To receive a weekly email roundup of stories, please sign-up for our newsletter. When people’s participation propels science A study on the Malabar tree toad highlights…

The late Gov. Winfield Dunn helped preserve thousands of acres of the state’s natural areas. TDEC Former Tennessee Governor Winfield Dunn died recently at 97, but his contributions to conservation remain a living legacy. In 1971 Dunn signed the Natural Area Protection Act that provided protection and preservation for more than 100,000 acres in 80…

Uzbekistan and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have solidified their commitment to environmental conservation by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) during the IUCN Regional Conservation Forum (RCF) for Europe, North, and Central Asia. The event was hosted in Bruges, Belgium, where Deputy Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change, Iskandar…