Environment & Sustainability

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A dancing lemur could help save one of Madagascar’s most endangered ecosystems

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Madagascar’s rainforests often steal the spotlight, with their flamboyant biodiversity and familiar lemur mascots. Less noticed are the country’s dry forests in the…

Can the Latest Youth Climate Case Win Where Others Have Failed?

In Lighthiser v. Trump, 22 young people are asking a federal court to declare executive orders that “unleash” fossil fuels unconstitutional. They face some of the same challenges that led to the dismissal of another famous climate case. By Elisabeth…

A Tumultuous Moment for Public Lands and All Who Rely on Them

The fourth installment in our special Climate Week video series. Some 640 million acres of the United States are owned by the federal government for the benefit of the people. These public lands, widely loved by Americans, are being pulled…

What would an Indigenous Law of the Sea look like?

‘Wáahlaal Gíidaak, who is Indigenous Haida, Tlingit, and Ahtna Athabascan, grew up on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska that was home to about 6,000 people.  She spent her career working in government and public policy advocating for Indigenous peoples…