NEWS
The World Is Farming More Seafood Than It Catches
Editor's note: The author asks if that is a good thing. The short answer is no. For the same reason, agriculture is bad for the land, aquaculture is bad for the ocean. It is because humans have overcaught wild fish and depleted their numbers that people have more and...
Sick Chimps Seek out Medicinal Plants to Heal Themselves
by Basten Gokkon on Mongabay 14 May 2024 A new study concludes that chimpanzees displaying a range of ailments seek out plants with known medicinal properties to treat those ailments. The finding is important because it’s a rare instance where a species is shown to...
Forest Bird Trade Flies Quietly Under Social Media Radar
by Riza Salman on Mongabay 11 June 2024 During the COVID-19 pandemic, a young documentary filmmaker began quietly joining a growing number of Facebook community groups run by traders of rare Indonesian birds. Over the following two years, a reporting team from several...
ACTION
Building Environmental Activism In the Next Generation
Editor's note: Environmental activism will only play a role in the lives of young people if adults are great role models and walk the talk. As custodians, we need to take the young out into nature to help them gain an appreciation for wilderness. So that they will...
DGR Annual Conference: Live Stream and Zoom
Hello! Brandi from Deep Green Resistance here. We here at DGR would love to invite you to our upcoming online conference opportunities. They're all about our annual conference which is fast approaching. The dates of the conference are Friday, August 23rd...
In Ukraine, Saving Wildlife Harmed by War
Editor's note: Mass media news about war raises concerns about death, injury, and refuge of humans, the war on nature is rarely highlighted. But warfare always means ecocide on a large scale and wildlife and nature often take more time to recover than it is capable...
ANALYSIS
Shark Awareness Day: Protecting Our Ocean’s Guardians
Editor's note: Sharks are beautiful, intelligent creatures, but they have been overexploited for decades. Because of their "high market value" industrial fisheries hunt sharks for their fins and other body parts. But it's difficult to control the protection of the sea...
Burning Wood Is not ‘Renewable Energy’
by Mike DiGirolamo, Rachel Donald on Mongabay 11 June 2024 Burning wood to generate electricity — “biomass energy” — is increasingly being pursued as a renewable replacement for burning coal in nations like the U.K., Japan, and South Korea — even though its...
The Next Pandemic Is Already Here for Earth’s Wildlife
Editor's note: A pandemic in our backyards - The squirrel walked a bit wobbly, it wasn't as agile and funny as these small creatures often move. It had its eyes rather closed which gave it a tired look. I was concerned and called a squirrel rescue station, luckily...
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