https://news.mongabay.com/by/leocadia-bongben/ Environmental science and conservation news Thu, 19 Sep 2024 02:52:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/05/16160320/cropped-mongabay_icon-32x32.png https://news.mongabay.com/by/leocadia-bongben/ 32 32 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/environmentalists-empowering-women-and-citizen-science-win-2024-heinz-awards/ https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/environmentalists-empowering-women-and-citizen-science-win-2024-heinz-awards/#respond 19 Sep 2024 02:42:27 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?post_type=short-article&p=287586 Two pairs of environmentalists are being awarded the prestigious Heinz Award for the Environment this year. Each duo will receive an unrestricted, shared cash award of $250,000 and the Heinz Awards medallion. Mongabay founder and CEO Rhett Ayers Butler received the award in 2022. Among the 2024 winners are Amira Diamond and Melinda Kramer, co-founders of […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/environmentalists-empowering-women-and-citizen-science-win-2024-heinz-awards/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/just-0-7-of-land-hosts-one-third-of-unique-endangered-species-study/ https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/just-0-7-of-land-hosts-one-third-of-unique-endangered-species-study/#respond 18 Sep 2024 18:40:07 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?post_type=short-article&p=287582 Just 0.7% of the world’s land surface is home to one-third of the world’s most threatened and unique four-legged animals, a recent study has found. In the vast evolutionary tree of life, some animals, like rats, have many closely related species that are at no immediate risk of extinction. But others, like the red panda […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/just-0-7-of-land-hosts-one-third-of-unique-endangered-species-study/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/brazil-judge-fines-slaughterhouses-for-amazon-deforestation/ https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/brazil-judge-fines-slaughterhouses-for-amazon-deforestation/#respond 18 Sep 2024 17:55:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?post_type=short-article&p=287573 A judge in Brazil has imposed fines totaling 4.2 million reais, or $762,000, against two beef producers and three ranchers for deforestation in a protected part of the Amazon Rainforest. The Sept. 4 ruling was in response to illegal cattle ranching in the Jaci Paraná Extractive Reserve in Rondônia state. The companies fined were Frigon […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/brazil-judge-fines-slaughterhouses-for-amazon-deforestation/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/we-know-how-many-okapi-live-in-zoos-in-the-wild-its-complicated/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/we-know-how-many-okapi-live-in-zoos-in-the-wild-its-complicated/#respond 18 Sep 2024 15:08:50 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=287051 Revered by the Indigenous Mbuti and Efe tribes as a spiritual symbol and uplifted by the Democratic Republic of Congo as a national one, the okapi is deserving of a nickname as mystical as “forest unicorn.” The dark-colored ungulates are docile, elusive, and characterized by the zebra-like stripes on their legs and rump, though they’re […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/we-know-how-many-okapi-live-in-zoos-in-the-wild-its-complicated/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/from-prison-psychologist-to-wildlife-whisperer-interview-with-susan-eirich/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/from-prison-psychologist-to-wildlife-whisperer-interview-with-susan-eirich/#respond 18 Sep 2024 14:54:34 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=287276 Ramble Bear, a 23-year-old rescued Hokkaido brown bear, acts more like a poodle than a predator. He blinks and licks my hand through the protective fence, very demure. His tongue is surprisingly soft. “He’s a big show off,” Susan B. Eirich, licensed psychologist, biologist, and founder of Earthfire Institute Wildlife Sanctuary & Retreat Center, tells […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/from-prison-psychologist-to-wildlife-whisperer-interview-with-susan-eirich/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/aluminum-and-steel-vital-to-energy-transition-but-need-circular-solutions/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/aluminum-and-steel-vital-to-energy-transition-but-need-circular-solutions/#respond 18 Sep 2024 14:53:25 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=287556 This is the second of a two-part story. Part one deals with aluminum and steel impacts; Part two explores circular solutions. Aluminum and steel have long been hailed for their relatively high recycling rates compared to other materials such as petrochemical-based plastics. But experts point to numerous supply chain faults for these metals — extending […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/aluminum-and-steel-vital-to-energy-transition-but-need-circular-solutions/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/ahead-of-cop16-groups-warn-of-rights-abuses-linked-to-30x30-goal/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/ahead-of-cop16-groups-warn-of-rights-abuses-linked-to-30x30-goal/#respond 18 Sep 2024 14:19:34 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=287553 Two years since global policymakers agreed on the concept of protecting 30% of the world’s land and waters by 2030, there’s still little clarity on how achieving this goal will impact Indigenous communities who safeguard some of the most biodiverse areas on Earth. In October this year, government representatives are set to meet at the […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/ahead-of-cop16-groups-warn-of-rights-abuses-linked-to-30x30-goal/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/sierra-leone-group-helps-farmers-adapt-to-changing-climate-protect-forest/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/sierra-leone-group-helps-farmers-adapt-to-changing-climate-protect-forest/#respond 18 Sep 2024 08:27:37 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=287511 For two years, a volunteer organization in eastern Sierra Leone worked to encourage residents of Kenema district to plant trees and switch to more climate-resilient crops. Sierra Leone Environment Matter’s 50 members aimed to protect both residents’ farming livelihoods, faltering in the face of changing weather, and the Kambui Hills Forest Reserve which has been […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/sierra-leone-group-helps-farmers-adapt-to-changing-climate-protect-forest/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/philippines-hydro-boom-rips-indigenous-communities/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/philippines-hydro-boom-rips-indigenous-communities/#respond 18 Sep 2024 05:31:58 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=287523 KALINGA, Philippines — On the mountainsides flanking the mighty Chico River in the northern Philippines’ Kalinga province, residents of once tight-knit villages have drifted apart in recent years. Hearty greetings between neighbors tending to farmlands have been replaced with avoidant looks or glowering stares. “We don’t talk much like before,” says Gohn Dangoy, a 59-year-old […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/philippines-hydro-boom-rips-indigenous-communities/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/fishing-in-a-fog-ship-noise-hampers-orcas-hunting-success/ https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/fishing-in-a-fog-ship-noise-hampers-orcas-hunting-success/#respond 18 Sep 2024 05:14:32 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?post_type=short-article&p=287538 Underwater noise from ships is making it tough for killer whales, or orcas, to find and catch their favorite fish, a recent study has found. Orcas (Orcinus orca) rely heavily on sound to hunt. They emit ultrasonic echolocation clicks that bounce off objects. By listening for the echoes of these clicks, the orcas can identify […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/fishing-in-a-fog-ship-noise-hampers-orcas-hunting-success/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/climate-change-could-threaten-newly-described-shiny-north-american-bees/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/climate-change-could-threaten-newly-described-shiny-north-american-bees/#respond 18 Sep 2024 03:55:45 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=287525 COLOMBO — Sri Lanka, an Indian Ocean island, lies far away from the United States and is just one-sixth the size of California. But interestingly, one of the three newly identified wild bee species described in California has been bestowed with a Sinhala name, a language exclusive to Sri Lanka. All three bees look alike […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/climate-change-could-threaten-newly-described-shiny-north-american-bees/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2024/09/community-forest-or-corporate-fortune-how-public-land-became-a-mine-in-cambodia/ https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2024/09/community-forest-or-corporate-fortune-how-public-land-became-a-mine-in-cambodia/#respond 17 Sep 2024 20:40:12 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?post_type=podcasts&p=287449 Mongabay features writer Gerry Flynn joins Mongabay’s podcast to discuss a new investigation he published with freelance journalist Nehru Pry looking at how mining company Lin Vatey acquired thousands of hectares of a public forest, essentially kicking local people, including the Kuy Indigenous community, off public lands that they previously relied on. In this conversation, […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2024/09/community-forest-or-corporate-fortune-how-public-land-became-a-mine-in-cambodia/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/report-exposes-meatpackers-role-in-recent-chemical-deforestation-in-brazil/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/report-exposes-meatpackers-role-in-recent-chemical-deforestation-in-brazil/#respond 17 Sep 2024 19:38:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=287518 A new report links Brazil's top meatpackers — JBS, Marfrig and Minerva — to widespread deforestation across the Pantanal, Amazon and Cerrado; of five farms investigated between October 2023 and February 2024, 86% of the destruction occurred in the Pantanal.]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/report-exposes-meatpackers-role-in-recent-chemical-deforestation-in-brazil/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/amazon-river-and-tributaries-at-record-low-levels/ https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/amazon-river-and-tributaries-at-record-low-levels/#respond 17 Sep 2024 19:00:13 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?post_type=short-article&p=287512 The Amazon Rainforest’s main rivers are drying out due to an unprecedented drought exacerbated by climate change. Levels have continued to drop since Mongabay’s Sept 9. feature by Fernanda Wenzel. Major rivers such as the Madeira and Negro continue to beat record lows, disrupting life for Indigenous communities and raising concerns about economic and environmental […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/amazon-river-and-tributaries-at-record-low-levels/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/aluminum-and-steel-take-environment-and-health-toll-even-as-demand-grows/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/aluminum-and-steel-take-environment-and-health-toll-even-as-demand-grows/#respond 17 Sep 2024 14:33:29 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=287487 This is the first part of a two-part story. Part one deals with aluminum and steel impacts; Part two explores circular solutions. Aluminum and steel are two metals vital to a thriving global industrial economy. And both will be even more in demand in future, as they supply the global energy transition and infrastructure needs […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/aluminum-and-steel-take-environment-and-health-toll-even-as-demand-grows/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/experts-call-for-urgent-action-as-invasive-species-threatens-brazil-mangroves/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/experts-call-for-urgent-action-as-invasive-species-threatens-brazil-mangroves/#respond 17 Sep 2024 10:53:12 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=287489 During a field trip in May 2023 to the Cubatão mangroves in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, a cluster of white flowers puzzled biologists Geraldo Eysink and Edmar Hatamura. They bloomed from trees unlike any they had ever seen in the area in 30 years of research. They gathered samples, and with the expertise […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/experts-call-for-urgent-action-as-invasive-species-threatens-brazil-mangroves/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/us-govt-watchdog-human-rights-still-at-risk-in-overseas-conservation-aid/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/us-govt-watchdog-human-rights-still-at-risk-in-overseas-conservation-aid/#respond 17 Sep 2024 08:11:30 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=287444 U.S. government agencies responsible for handing out conservation grants overseas still aren’t doing enough to protect human rights, according to an internal review. The review was commissioned by the U.S. Congress in the wake of an outcry over a 2019 Buzzfeed News report on conservation-related human rights abuses in the Congo Basin. The story led […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/us-govt-watchdog-human-rights-still-at-risk-in-overseas-conservation-aid/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/pacific-island-nations-propose-ecocide-be-adopted-as-international-crime/ https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/pacific-island-nations-propose-ecocide-be-adopted-as-international-crime/#respond 17 Sep 2024 05:33:11 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?post_type=short-article&p=287481 Three Pacific island countries have formally requested the International Criminal Court to recognize “ecocide,” or mass environmental destruction, as an international crime alongside genocide and war crimes. The proposal, submitted by Vanuatu and co-sponsors Fiji and Samoa on Sept. 9, seeks to amend the ICC’s Rome Statute, which currently allows for the prosecution of genocide, […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/pacific-island-nations-propose-ecocide-be-adopted-as-international-crime/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/philippine-coal-mine-roars-into-production-amid-waves-of-complaints/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/philippine-coal-mine-roars-into-production-amid-waves-of-complaints/#respond 17 Sep 2024 05:14:47 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=287472 SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines — On a sunny Wednesday in August, police officer Loreto Malon and a subordinate were riding their motorcycles in the mountain mining village of Ned on their way to the lowlands when a speeding haul truck loaded with coal nearly hit and killed them. “We could have been crushed if we did […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/philippine-coal-mine-roars-into-production-amid-waves-of-complaints/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/in-cameroon-forest-and-water-source-restoration-offers-sustainable-solutions/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/in-cameroon-forest-and-water-source-restoration-offers-sustainable-solutions/#respond 16 Sep 2024 19:16:43 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=287458 In Bamukumbit village in northwestern Cameroon, residents have traditionally depended on natural water sources. However, these springs, streams, and rivers have deteriorated and become polluted over time as a result of intensive human activities, including agriculture, deforestation, pastoralism and livestock herding. Thanks to a project implemented by the nonprofit Support Humanity Cameroon (Suhucam), these water […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/in-cameroon-forest-and-water-source-restoration-offers-sustainable-solutions/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/video/2024/09/java-activists-risk-jail-for-exposing-shrimp-farm-pollution-crisis/ https://news.mongabay.com/video/2024/09/java-activists-risk-jail-for-exposing-shrimp-farm-pollution-crisis/#respond 16 Sep 2024 17:21:11 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?post_type=videos&p=287454 JAKARTA — In 2023, environmental activist Daniel Frits Maurits Tangkilisan was sentenced to seven months in prison under Indonesia’s controversial online hate speech law. His crime? A Facebook post criticizing illegal shrimp farms operating within Karimunjawa National Park, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Tangkilisan was part of the #SaveKarimunjawa movement, which aimed to expose the environmental […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/video/2024/09/java-activists-risk-jail-for-exposing-shrimp-farm-pollution-crisis/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/25-fold-surge-in-malaria-at-indonesia-gold-frontier-raises-deforestation-questions/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/25-fold-surge-in-malaria-at-indonesia-gold-frontier-raises-deforestation-questions/#respond 16 Sep 2024 16:01:14 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=287432 POHUWATO, Indonesia — Lukman Ahmad managed in the end to drag himself down from the slopes of Mount Pani toward the southern coast of Indonesia’s Pohuwato district. When he staggered back into Botubilotahu village, the 56-year-old was gaunt and reeling. “I’m fine standing, and I can just about walk,” Lukman told Mongabay Indonesia. “But it […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/25-fold-surge-in-malaria-at-indonesia-gold-frontier-raises-deforestation-questions/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/how-the-brazilian-military-sabotaged-protection-of-indigenous-people-in-the-amazon/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/how-the-brazilian-military-sabotaged-protection-of-indigenous-people-in-the-amazon/#respond 16 Sep 2024 13:44:23 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=287393 Reports show it failed (or sabotaged) airspace control and food deliveries to the Indigenous people, who suffer from malnutrition as a result of mercury contamination from illegal mining.]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/how-the-brazilian-military-sabotaged-protection-of-indigenous-people-in-the-amazon/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/investors-urge-banks-to-cut-commodity-driven-deforestation/ https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/investors-urge-banks-to-cut-commodity-driven-deforestation/#respond 16 Sep 2024 10:04:22 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?post_type=short-article&p=287436 Investment managers with a combined $8 trillion in assets under management are urging the banks in their portfolios to eliminate deforestation from their lending and investment practices. The new guidelines call for banks to assess their ties to deforestation, set policies to reduce harm, and track their progress. The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/investors-urge-banks-to-cut-commodity-driven-deforestation/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/hooded-vultures-in-ghana-and-south-africa-on-the-brink-study-says/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/hooded-vultures-in-ghana-and-south-africa-on-the-brink-study-says/#respond 16 Sep 2024 09:49:47 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=287401 High rates of inbreeding among hooded vultures in Ghana and South Africa spell trouble for their future, according to a newly published study. The study found that despite wide differences in the population size of the birds in the two countries, both face similar risks associated with low genetic diversity. It underlined the need to […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/hooded-vultures-in-ghana-and-south-africa-on-the-brink-study-says/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/in-chile-a-copper-mining-project-tainted-by-environmental-damage-sues-32-locals/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/in-chile-a-copper-mining-project-tainted-by-environmental-damage-sues-32-locals/#respond 16 Sep 2024 09:12:04 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=287217 During the second week of October 2023, in northern Chile’s Coquimbo, Yasna Silva used social media to ask for help. She and her entire family had been sued by the Los Pelambres Mining Company. The reason? Neither she, nor the rest of the residents of her community, Pupío, had agreed to the expansion of a […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/in-chile-a-copper-mining-project-tainted-by-environmental-damage-sues-32-locals/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/study-highlights-climate-policies-that-actually-work-to-reduce-emissions/ https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/study-highlights-climate-policies-that-actually-work-to-reduce-emissions/#respond 13 Sep 2024 22:54:40 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?post_type=short-article&p=287424 To meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and avoid the worst outcomes of climate change, the world needs to rapidly reduce carbon emissions. Identifying effective policies to reach national climate goals has been challenging, but a new study published in Science examined 1500 climate policies implemented over the last two decades, and found […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/study-highlights-climate-policies-that-actually-work-to-reduce-emissions/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/maasai-women-struggle-to-survive-amid-forced-evictions-in-conservation-area/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/maasai-women-struggle-to-survive-amid-forced-evictions-in-conservation-area/#respond 13 Sep 2024 22:15:16 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=287415 In 2022, the government of Tanzania began forcibly evicting thousands of Indigenous Maasai from 1,500 square kilometers, nearly 600 square miles, of their ancestral land to make way for elite tourism in the renowned Ngorongoro Conservation Area. A large group of Maasai recently blocked the road leading to Ngorongoro, protesting the evictions and denial of […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/maasai-women-struggle-to-survive-amid-forced-evictions-in-conservation-area/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/billions-in-public-funds-wasted-on-carbon-capture-projects-report-finds/ https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/billions-in-public-funds-wasted-on-carbon-capture-projects-report-finds/#respond 13 Sep 2024 18:30:47 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?post_type=short-article&p=287413 A handful of governments have spent nearly $30 billion in public funds on carbon capture and hydrogen projects, mostly for private fossil fuel companies, over the past 40 years, a new report from Oil Change International finds. National governments are expected to spend an additional $115 billion to $240 billion in the coming decades, the […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/billions-in-public-funds-wasted-on-carbon-capture-projects-report-finds/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/wildcat-miners-will-cyanide-displace-mercury/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/wildcat-miners-will-cyanide-displace-mercury/#respond 13 Sep 2024 13:29:12 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=287385 The activities of wildcat miners in the Pan Amazon has become an increasing issue of concern over the past five years; in part, because their numbers have exploded, but also because as a group, they have flagrantly violated the land rights of Indigenous people, particularly the Yanomami, but also the Murunduku and Kayapó (Brazil), the […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/wildcat-miners-will-cyanide-displace-mercury/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/honduras-taps-armed-forces-to-eliminate-deforestation-by-2029-will-it-work/ https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/honduras-taps-armed-forces-to-eliminate-deforestation-by-2029-will-it-work/#respond 13 Sep 2024 10:00:05 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=287226 Honduras this year launched a plan to eliminate deforestation by 2029, with a special focus on recovering land used by criminal groups for timber trafficking. Officials have already carried out hundreds of operations and arrested dozens of people tied to organized crime. But some experts worry that the plan doesn’t go far enough. The “Zero […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/honduras-taps-armed-forces-to-eliminate-deforestation-by-2029-will-it-work/feed/ 0 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/ugandan-oil-project-linked-with-massive-human-rights-abuses-report/ https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/ugandan-oil-project-linked-with-massive-human-rights-abuses-report/#respond 13 Sep 2024 02:57:39 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?post_type=short-article&p=287395 The Kingfisher oil project in Uganda operated by a Chinese company has resulted in numerous human rights violations, including forced evictions, inadequate compensation, threats, violence and loss of livelihoods, a new report says. Climate Rights International (CRI), a U.S.-based nonprofit, published the report on Sept. 2. “Our findings substantiate that this project is not for […]]]> Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/ugandan-oil-project-linked-with-massive-human-rights-abuses-report/feed/ 0