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The seventh and final episode of the Mongabay Explores podcast series about New Guinea examines the growing galip nut industry and the many social, economic and environmental benefits this agricultural product has for Papua New Guinea: Listen here: Globally, the edible nut industry will be worth an estimated $2 billion by 2025. In Papua New […]

The sixth episode of Mongabay Explores New Guinea shares what was learned from almost two years of investigative reporting by Mongabay, Malaysiakini, Tempo, Earthsight and The Gecko Project, plus what we now know about the Tanah Merah project — and still don’t know — including who owns this company that’s currently converting a giant swath […]

The fifth episode in the New Guinea series of Mongabay Explores looks at the various tree kangaroo species of New Guinea and their potential to drive conservation and income streams for local communities. Listen here: Occupying the cloud forests of New Guinea, these montane marsupials are as distinct as the island itself, the world’s second-largest […]

The fourth episode in the New Guinea series of Mongabay Explores uncovers the massive Trans-Papua Highway, the potential it has to deforest the largest protected area in Southeast Asia, and potential pathways forward for conservation. Listen here: This week we interviewed David Gaveau, research associate at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and founder […]

The third episode in the New Guinea series of Mongabay Explores covers the island’s unique birds-of-paradise, and their symbolism as ambassadors for both the island’s beautiful landscape, and also the culture of the people who live there: Listen here: The provinces of Papua and West Papua contain roughly half of Indonesia’s remaining tropical forests. Comprised […]

The second episode in the New Guinea series of Mongabay Explores covers the struggles faced by Indigenous communities in Papua New Guinea to protect their customary land rights, and one governor’s perspective on how to change that conversation. Listen here: Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of two nations that make up the island of […]

Deep in Borneo's rainforest, among the 10,000 species of plants and a canopy of trees, one might hear the growl of a Clouded leopard, the howl of an orangutan, or the call of the Rhinoceros hornbill.

Sestdien, 4. septembrī, ikviens mākslas un kultūras cienītājs aicināts apmeklēt mūsdienu kultūras forumu "Baltā nakts", kura programmu šogad iedvesmojusi pilsēt

Nepieradinātās mūzikas festivāla "Skaņu mežs 2021" centrālie koncertvakari šogad notiks 8. un 9. oktobrī kultūrtelpā "Hanzas perons", savukārt bezmaksas ievadkoncerts noritēs 2. oktobrī pasākumu telpā "Fantadroms". Pirmo reizi festivāla vēsturē programmā iekļauti arī mūziķi no Kenijas, bet pirmatskaņojumu Latvijā piedzīvos Jāņa Petraškeviča diptihs "Madman’s Glove I-II", informēja festivāla organizatori.