John Cannon
Features Writer at Mongabay
Staff features writer for @mongabayorg, covering conservation and the environment. Views my own.
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1 month ago |
news.mongabay.com | John Cannon
The world’s most vulnerable people, including refugees, migrants and the poor, increasingly face threats related to climate change. Many lack the ability to move away from impacts like heat, flooding and landslides. A new study reveals a lack of data showing the causes of this involuntary immobility. Experts say governments and organizations can invest in low-cost interventions aimed at reducing suffering.
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2 months ago |
news.mongabay.com | John Cannon
The Torricelli Mountain range in northern Papua New Guinea holds a staggering amount of biodiversity in a tiny area. A recent analysis suggests that the threat of extinction to species living in the Torricellis if the land were cleared of its forests would be among the highest on Earth.
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2 months ago |
news.mongabay.com | John Cannon
A recent report from the Dutch NGO Profundo suggests that complying with the EUDR, the regulation designed to root out deforestation in the supply chains of products entering the European Union, will add little cost to companies’ bottom lines. Researchers from Profundo used available customs data for 12 small, medium and large companies that import one or more of the seven commodities regulated by the EUDR.
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Mar 7, 2025 |
fr.mongabay.com | John Cannon
L’Est de la République démocratique du Congo est le lieu de conflits armés depuis des décennies, et récemment une attaque du M23, un groupe de rebelles soutenus par le Rwanda, a déplacé des milliers de personnes. Les conflits dans l’Est de la RDC découlent des tensions ethniques liées au génocide rwandais de 1994, de la corruption politique et dans les entreprises, et des effets persistants du colonialisme occidental, exacerbés par l’extraction des ressources naturelles.
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Feb 19, 2025 |
news.mongabay.com | John Cannon
Just 17% of peatlands worldwide are protected, according to a new study, despite the fact that they hold more carbon than all the world’s forests. Peatlands are waterlogged accumulations of dead, partly decomposed vegetation, and are scattered widely from the northern latitudes through temperate zones to the equatorial tropics.
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Vulnerable populations, including refugees, migrants and the poor, increasingly face threats related to climate change, but lack the ability to move. I covered a recent study for @mongabayorg looking at involuntary immobility in the face of climate change: https://t.co/nZUphKW2US https://t.co/xapX7EDZU4
My latest for @mongabayorg: #EUDR compliance costs to be minimal, report finds — but industry disagrees https://t.co/8xBfxxJj3f https://t.co/13NwRxiOHx
RT @WorldResources: 🌿🌊We can’t fight #climatechange without safeguarding nature. Trees, healthy soils and the ocean remove vast amounts o…