Will the ban on Palestine Action terrify enough people into silence?

The proscription is part of a wider push to stifle dissent in an increasingly authoritarian Britain ~ Kevin Blowe ~ The repression of political dissent in Britain has been escalating for years: first against Black Lives Matter and environmental campaigners and now the Palestine solidarity movement. Throughout the last 20 months, campaigners have been demonised,

U. S. federal agency clears ways for deep-sea mining — and companies are lining up

On June 25, the United States Department of the Interior , a department within the federal government that manages the nation’s natural resources, announced plans to accelerate the initiation of deep-sea mining in U. S. waters, effectively enacting President Trump’s executive order that calls for fast-tracking the industry.

Young secondary forests may be the planet’s most overlooked carbon sink

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. As governments and corporations scramble to meet climate pledges, the search for reliable and scalable carbon removal strategies has turned increasingly toward forests.

Nepal sees positive outcome from reforestation project using local knowledge

KATHMANDU — A decade ago, people from Salija village in western Nepal traveled several hours into the uphill forests to gather firewood and feed for their livestock, Shakhamani Khorja recalls. “[Now], we have a forest growing on about 13 hectares [32 acres] of land less than a kilometer [0.

From apps to Indigenous guardians: Ways we can save rainforests

Deforestation figures can be frustrating to look at, but there are a number of success stories when it comes to protecting tropical forests that we can learn from, Crystal Davis, global program director at the World Resources Institute, says in a recent Mongabay video. “We know what works.

The constitutional republic in danger

Let us call to those better angels of our nature which have expanded democracy and justice over these 249 years, working in the places where we live to organize power and forward the ideas that will make a just and sustainable future. That is the ground for a New American Revolution.

In Finland, the Left Can Meme — and Win Elections

The online right loves to say the Left can’t meme. Alma Tuuva — a meme account admin recently elected in Finland — talked to Jacobin about why the libertarian right is so influential on social media and how she’s getting her anti-capitalist message across.

Bangladesh to save critically endangered orchids and trees

Bangladesh has initiated efforts to revive five species of plants currently listed as critically endangered on the country’s red list, as well as bring back two species declared locally extinct, reports Mongabay’s Abu Siddique.