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Brazil can green its environmental crime-fighting in the Amazon (commentary)
In 2013, a small group of Brazilian forestry engineers ecologists, and other scientists formed a special operations unit. Known as the Grupo de Especialização de Fiscalização (GEF), the unit operates under Brazil’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change. GEF targets…
EUDR implementation comes laden with potential unintended consequences
Set to enter into force Dec. 30, 2025, the European Union’s deforestation-free products regulation (EUDR) aims to halt the bloc’s contribution to global forest loss. Experts Mongabay spoke to agree the EUDR promises to become a landmark legislative tool for…
NOAA Fisheries seeks public’s input on restoring American seafood competitiveness
NOAA Fisheries seeks public’s input on restoring American seafood competitiveness A commercial fishing boat and crew working in waters off the U.S. Atlantic coastline. Undated image. (Image credit: iStock) Download Image September 4, 2025 Fisheries commercial fishing seafood 0 Off
Scientists capture rare video of bumblebee catfish climbing waterfalls in Brazil
In November 2024, members of Brazil’s environmental military police and scientists observed a “massive aggregation” of small catfish making their way up waterfalls in Brazil. These first-of-their-kind observations of the rare bumblebee catfish likely migrating upstream to spawn were published…
Air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia, research suggests
Airborne particles cause toxic clumps of proteins in brain that are hallmarks of Lewy body dementia, study indicates Fine-particulate air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia by triggering the formation of toxic clumps of protein that destroy nerve cells…
Your home has a 1 in 4 chance of being at severe risk from extreme weather
This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It is published with support from the CO2 Foundation. Extreme weather disasters — made larger, longer, and more intense…
Republicans move to lift drilling and mining restrictions in Western states
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Congress are moving to eliminate limits on energy development in several Western states. The move clears the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to sharply expand mining and drilling on public lands. House…
How do we perceive biodiversity? We can see it & hear it
In the verdant and melodious depths of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the songs of birds match the murmur of leaves, several Indigenous people affirm the results of research that emerged in July. Biodiversity scientists, intrigued by the…
New gecko species findings highlight threats to Cambodia’s limestone hills
Researchers have described three new gecko species in northwestern Cambodia’s limestone hills and are eager to conduct further research, but recent border clashes with Thailand have disrupted their studies. Violent clashes this summer, which killed close to 40 people and…