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Sep 24, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · John Cannon

    ‘Lost’ bird reappears in West Africa’s forests after more than a decade (opens the original)

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    When Paulo Ditzel first laid eyes on the bird, he knew he’d seen something special: a vibrant orange body with yellow and black wings and tail feathers, topped by a dark head set off by almost-whimsical splashes of copper on its cheek. “My brain registered, it’s the Ghana cuckooshrike,” Ditzel, a field research fellow with the International Bird Conservation Partnership (IBCP), tells Mongabay. A surge of excitement rippled through him, he says. Still, the sighting also immediately sparked “the m

  2. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · John Cannon

    South Africa’s new gold rush: Big promises, closed books in new carbon frontier (opens the original)

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    This is the third article in Mongabay’s three-part investigation of spekboom-led ecosystem restoration in South Africa. This is part of an award-winning collaboration between independent science writer Leonie Joubert, the Stellenbosch University School for Climate Studies, and the Henry Nxumalo Foundation which supports investigative journalism in Africa. Read parts one and two. GQEBERHA, South Africa — Browsed. Heavily browsed. Knackered. This farm camp is well on the knackered side of the degr

  3. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · John Cannon

    South Africa’s new gold rush: Spekboom restoration speeds up, but it’s a bumpy road, insiders report (opens the original)

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    This is the second article in Mongabay’s three-part investigation of spekboom-led ecosystem restoration in South Africa. It is part of an award-winning collaboration between independent science writer Leonie Joubert, the Stellenbosch University School for Climate Studies, and the Henry Nxumalo Foundation which supports investigative journalism in Africa. Read parts one and three. GQEBERHA, South Africa — The team of diggers crisscrossing a hard-to-reach hill on a remote farm in South Africa’s Ea

  4. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · John Cannon

    South Africa’s new gold rush: Big money, high stakes in emerging spekboom restoration sector (opens the original)

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    This is the first article in Mongabay’s three-part investigation of spekboom-led ecosystem restoration in South Africa. It is part of an award-winning collaboration between independent science writer Leonie Joubert, the Stellenbosch University School for Climate Studies, and the Henry Nxumalo Foundation which supports investigative journalism in Africa. Read parts two and three. GQEBERHA, South Africa — The spekboom is to goats what ice cream is to a toddler, say the locals in this little nook o

  5. Article · Jul 14, 2026 · John Cannon

    Research offers nature-positive path to end and reverse biodiversity loss (opens the original)

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    From its nests high in the canopy of the Amazon, the harpy eagle depends on — and is critical to — the health of the forest around it. The species controls the numbers of animals such as sloths and monkeys that, unchecked, could consume too many leaves and turn the canopy into lace. But the massive loss of trees in the world’s largest rainforest has hampered the survival of the harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja). Too few tall trees in the vicinity of their nests means fledgling chicks don’t have enoug

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