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*ILLEGAL LOGGING IN CAMBODIA* A new #investigation supported by @pulitzercenter reveals a Cambodian military general and top official appears to be a notorious illegal logger, per @geraldrflynn. 🧵 news.mongabay.com/2023/03/logged… 1/12

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Experts are drawing attention to the unregulated nature of squid fishing, which they say could lead to the overexploitation of species, allow illegal fishing activity to flourish, and contribute to inequity, reports @ECAlberts. news.mongabay.com/2023/03/fishy-…

In an interview with Mongabay, artist, educator and political activist Daiara Tukano talks about the pathways by which art inspires critical thinking for the general public and helps in the fight for Indigenous rights. news.mongabay.com/2023/03/they-w…

In Sri Lanka and beyond, seagrass key to livelihoods, marine habitats news.mongabay.com/2023/03/in-sri…

Rural communities in South Sumatra, an Indonesian province that’s two-fifths wetlands, have long relied on catching freshwater fish as a source of livelihood. news.mongabay.com/2023/03/wetlan…

A top Mexican official confirmed the arrest of criminals who illegally fished for totoaba, fish whose bladders can go for as much as $80,000/kilo. These practices have contributed to the decline of the critically endangered vaquita, per @MaxRadwin. news.mongabay.com/2023/01/mexico…

Fishy business of squid vessels needs stronger regulation, study says news.mongabay.com/2023/03/fishy-…

Loss of wetlands threatens South Sumatra’s rich fish-preserving tradition news.mongabay.com/2023/03/wetlan…

A new joint investigation with @pulitzercenter reveals a Cambodian military general and top official appears to be a notorious illegal logger, per @geraldrflynn. Among the revelations revealed by @geraldrflynn's new exposé is that a senior government official's involvement in illegal timber grabs goes as far back as 2013. This official’s logging activities in the Stung Treng area might now put a newly protected forest at risk. Features writer @geraldrflynn found that Meuk Saphannareth, alias Oknha Chey ("victorious tycoon"), who’s the Deputy Director of Prisons for Cambodia's Interior Ministry & a military general, reportedly amassed a fortune through logging operations in the country's northern provinces. Thousands of hectares of primary forest remained untouched for decades close to Cambodia's border with #Laos. But @planet and @globalforests imagery shows his company has been engaging in illegal clearing activities beyond the approved boundaries. Although the activities of Saphannareth have gone unnoticed for years, his recent logging venture in Stung Treng has exposed him to the public eye. His close connections to top politicians & business elites may have played a role in his ability to avoid scrutiny until now. Saphannareth has established a ferry crossing over the Sekong River, exclusively for transporting timber out of his new land concession. Local officials say there are no plans to develop these 5,602 hectares once the forest disappears. Although stakeholders insist this timber transport is legal, journalist @geraldrflynn was chased by a motorist while trying to uncover the destination of the resource. This investigation supported by @pulitzercenter demonstrates the lengths public officials go to for private gain at the expense of the environment, but also the risks reporters like @geraldrflynn must take to discover the truth about what's happening on nature's frontlines. *It's complicated, but here's the gist:* A senior Cambodian government official was given a concession in an old growth forest, he's cutting beyond its boundaries using a fake name, and has a history of illegal logging. news.mongabay.com/2023/03/logged…

The presence of Mennonite families, which began arriving in Mexico's Bacalar municipality in 2001, has continued to grow in the region. Satellite imagery and field visits reveal vast swaths of rainforest have been cleared for large-scale agriculture. news.mongabay.com/2023/03/defore…

A new study supports mounting evidence that deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest correlates with regional rainfall reduction. Environmentalists see an opportunity to reshape conservation activism and policy towards local communities, reports @BrSarahTr. news.mongabay.com/2023/03/make-i…

‘They will not put us in a display case’: Q&A with Indigenous artist Daiara Tukano news.mongabay.com/2023/03/they-w…

Japan, EU, UK biomass emissions standards fall short, full of loopholes: Critics A global biomass boom continues, with Japan, the European Union and the United Kingdom among those gov'ts providing large subsidies for the burning of wood to make energy. news.mongabay.com/2023/03/japan-…

Not much is known about the critically endangered Philippine eagle's range and wild population. Using satellite images and citizen science data, a team of researchers has recently identified forest areas suitable for the eagles, reports @KeithFabro. news.mongabay.com/2023/03/new-ma…

Kashmir’s architecture evolved in response to the Valley’s climate, including addressing harsh winter periods. Here's a photo story by @amirrafi29 featuring the old homes of Kashmir’s cold valley on @MongabayIndia: india.mongabay.com/2023/03/photos…

Deforestation on the rise in southern Mexico as Mennonite communities move in news.mongabay.com/2023/03/defore…

The Madia Gond tribes of India, who have lived in and around Maharashtra's Tadoba Andhari reserve for many years, are being forced to leave their ancestral lands due to gov't conservation efforts and rising human-animal conflict, reports @MongabayIndia. india.mongabay.com/2023/03/madia-…

Japan, EU, UK biomass emissions standards fall short, full of loopholes: Critics news.mongabay.com/2023/03/japan-…