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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

Mongabay Environmental News · An overlooked biocultural landscape in Sri Lanka receives overdue protectionCOLOMBO — Nestled in the eastern edge of Sri Lanka’s Uva province, Nilgala stands out as a landscape of remarkable ecological and cultural importance. Long overlooked in mainstream conservation efforts despite its significance, Nilgala finally received due recognition on June 2 when it was declared a forest reserve covering its full extent of 40,685 hectares […]
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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

Mongabay Environmental News · ‘Like you, I fear the demise of the elephants’On June 13, 1959, the Waata hunter Galogalo Kafonde surrendered himself to colonial Kenya’s “Field Force,” Africa’s first militarized antipoaching unit. For centuries, the ethnic Waata had hunted elephants. Killing one was a rite of passage; unlike their neighbors, who raised and kept cows, the Waata lived off game meat and wore elephant skins. Ivory […]
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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-

Mongabay Environmental News · New report reinforces critical role of Amazonian protected areas in climate fightA new report adds to the already overwhelming case that protected areas and Indigenous territories in the Amazon Rainforest serve as a critical carbon sink. The report, based on satellite data gathered by Earth imaging company Planet and analyzed by the nonprofit organization Amazon Conservation, reinforces the critical role of protected areas and Indigenous territories […]
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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

Mongabay Environmental News · Funerary practices in Fiji protect marine areas while honoring the deceasedOn the fifth day after the burial of their chief, Seru Moce, 66, and other clan members gathered for a meeting to decide what portion of the sea to protect in memory of their deceased leader. For generations, Indigenous iTaukei people in Fiji have not only protected a loved one’s burial grounds, but also freshwater […]
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[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

Mongabay Environmental News · As Africa eyes protected areas expansion of 1 million square miles, concerns over ‘brutal’ enforcement persistThe global effort to protect 30% of Earth’s land and water by 2030, known as the 30×30 goals, means nations across the world are expanding their protected areas. In Africa, that would mean an additional 2.59 million square kilometers, or 1 million square miles roughly — about the size of the Democratic Republic of the […]
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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

Mongabay Environmental News · African Parks closes deal to manage Ethiopia’s Gambella National ParkSouth Africa-based conservation NGO African Parks has signed a long-term deal with Ethiopian authorities to manage Gambella National Park. The park is Ethiopia’s largest protected area, a 4,575-square-kilometer (1,766-square-mile) landscape on the border with South Sudan. Its savannas, floodplains, and woodlands host some of the highest concentrations of wildlife in Ethiopia, including threatened species such […]
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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/vest

Mongabay Environmental News · Vested interests and social tribes in the Pan AmazonThe private sector is the largest single promoter of conventional development. Its lobbying organizations tend to be well-funded and staffed with competent individuals grounded in the analytical abilities of traditional economics and the communication skills of public relations professionals. Its members are the quintessential vested interests whose business models rely on access to mineral resources […]
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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

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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
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Mongabay Environmental News · Protecting 2.6% of oceans could prevent deadly whale-ship collisions: StudyShip 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. The […]
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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

Mongabay Environmental News · Communities band together to save besieged reserve in BoliviaTucabaca Valley Municipal Wildlife Reserve comprises more than 2,640 square kilometers (1,020 square miles) of semi-arid forest and tropical savannah in the heart of southern Bolivia’s Chiquitania region. However, this protected area and surrounding habitat is being lost to industrial agriculture and associated fires and infrastructure development. The Tucabaca (also referred to as “Tucavaca”) reserve […]
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