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And while this story may not sound hopeful on the surface, the persistence of an animal like Aran and the people monitoring him, I think, tell a very remarkable story.

Kaylee Long, welcome to the Mongabay Newscast.

It's good to have you here.

Thank you for having me.

And I will be sure to link the story in the show notes.

Thanks so much for your time.

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yeah yeah um and and as we always say like you can also speak your mind with your vote so um yeah if you are living in democracy then that is definitely another option for you as well The next story we are doing is about the deep sea mining in U.S. Pacific.

So this comes from the stories from the Mongabay and it says U.S. deep sea mining claims in Pacific's high seas now rival the area set aside by international regulator.

Following a 2025 Trump executive order promoting deep sea mining, my God, companies have increasingly sought U.S. permission to explore and exploit seabed areas in international waters, bypassing and challenging the UN-affiliated International Seabed Authority.

In the Pacific's mineral-rich clarion-crypton zone, Mongabay found that US approved or requested claims over cover half the territory the ISA has designated for mining over 25 years.

Many US applications arrived within the past 18 months and several claims overlap creating uncertainty over governance and competing rights.

Environmental critics warned that accelerating mining outside the ISA framework could intensify damage to poorly understood marine ecosystems.

So 42% is a huge, huge, huge figure.

I just hope that they're honest about that figure and it's not just a made-up figure to look good in the elections.

But if they're private, don't feel any stress.

But I mean, any other favorite resources that you use as individuals, like Mongabay, Grist, Climate Base, or the places you can, Mobilization Lab, which came at a green pace and then kind of shut down for a while, was a great place.

But any other things that you, follow on YouTube, subscribe to, and when you open it and it's put out regularly, whether it's once a week or once a month, and it's just like, this is great information or inspiring content or cool opportunities.

Like any things you all subscribe, read to, or podcasts you listen to on a regular basis, individually, that you're just like, if you don't want to feel depressed about the world and just, you know, which there's a lot of depressing things, but this is a source of just interesting news or opportunities.

And we're doing it for everybody in Australia and everyone should be proud of that.

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I'm your host, Mike DiGirolamo, bringing you weekly conversations with experts, authors, scientists, and activists, working on the front lines of conservation, shining a light on some of the most pressing issues facing our planet, and holding people in power to account.

This podcast is edited on Gadigal land.

Over four years, the IDA has helped rehabilitate biodiversity on 145 million hectares of land.

Murray also shares how she hopes to elevate rangers' work, highlighting their practices as vital to protecting ecosystems for all Australians.

Sam Murray, welcome to the Mongabay Newscast.

It's great to have you with us today.

Rias are back to Chile and Patagonia.

In April, 2026, Mongabay documented a dedicated women-led ranger team from Rewilding Chile Foundation, releasing 13 Darwin's Rias into Patagonia National Park's Chocobuco Valley.

These rangers working year-round face harsh weather, dangerous predators like pumas, and illegal livestock grazing while protecting the fragile ecosystem.

For over a century, sheep and cattle ranching dominated the valley, fragmenting the landscape with extensive fences that nearly eliminated the species completely.

Next topic.

I think yes, let's go to the next one.

There is this topic from a story from Mongabay saying perpetuating stupidity.

Indonesia comes under fire for response to burning and haze.

We also have more Vantara news to share.

Uh, Mongabay has continued to investigate the institution in India founded by a billionaire and seemingly involved in controversy every few weeks now.

A few weeks ago, they obtained documents showing that Vantara created documents pursuing a, quote, "strategic conservation partnership," end quote, with Brazilian authorities.

The agreement would have, uh, covered threatened Brazilian species, including the Spix's macaw, a species extinct in the wild.

Ramasubramanian at the Swaminathan Foundation.

He told Mongabay the turnaround was the canals, a ban on felling, and paying people to plant instead of cutting firewood.

And the ledger?

Mongabay yesterday.

Global Mangrove Watch.

108 countries, 10-meter satellites.

They do not have the driver yet.

Nigeria's delta is a different paragraph.