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Conservationists look for new ways to fight oil pipelines in southern Mexico

Maxwell Radwin 26 Jul 2024

In sub-Saharan Africa, ‘forgotten’ foods could boost climate resilience, nutrition

Claudia Geib, Elodie Toto 26 Jul 2024

Brazil’s wildcat mining is deeply rooted in its politics and thirst for minerals

Timothy J. Killeen 26 Jul 2024

The Amazon’s most fertile forests are also most vulnerable to drought: Study

Claire Asher 26 Jul 2024
Madre de Dios in the Peruvian Amazon observed the extent of river damage due to gold mining.

Gold mining in the Amazon has doubled in area since 2018, AI tool shows

Fernanda Wenzel 26 Jul 2024

Peruvian bills could imperil marine biodiversity & artisanal fishing, experts say

Yvette Sierra Praeli 26 Jul 2024

Palm oil company fined for cheating; Sulawesi farmers to reap their due rupiah

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Jul 2024
From left: Florinda Zurdo, Silvia Salina and Patricia Mendoza stand in a plot of land near ASASTRAN’s site in Lajero where traditional medicine is cultivated.

Indigenous midwives in Panama strive to preserve traditional medicine for maternal health

Adam D. Williams 25 Jul 2024
Mangroves in Vietnam

In choice of mangroves or livelihood, Vietnam shrimp farmers choose the latter

Carolyn Cowan 25 Jul 2024
Aerial view of rust-red roofs of the town of Jorkporlorsue in the bottom left, surrounded dark green crowns of rubber trees owned by Socfin's Salala plantation in the rest of the frame. Image by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

Troubled rubber plantation in Liberia shuts down after labor unrest

Ashoka Mukpo 25 Jul 2024

Short on funds and long on risk, Venezuelan conservation groups worry for future

Maxwell Radwin 25 Jul 2024

Indigenous communities in the Bolivian Amazon combat droughts and floods

Iván Paredes Tamayo 25 Jul 2024

In Cambodia, Indigenous villagers lose forest & land amid carbon offset project

Jack Brook 24 Jul 2024
Sun over a city skyline.

Don’t even study it: Geoengineering research hits societal roadblocks

Jeremy Hance 24 Jul 2024
A fisherman feeds his net into the Mekong River on the Thai-Lao border by Chiang Saen.

On heavily dammed Mekong, tracking study tries to find where the fish are going

Anton L. Delgado 24 Jul 2024
A coyote in Chicago. Image courtesy of Cook County Coyote Project.

Animal welfare advocacy must include wildlife & invertebrates (commentary)

Zoe Newton 24 Jul 2024
An elephant in Udawalawe, Sri Lanka.

Leading the charge in philanthropy across Asia: Interview with Lim Seok Hui

Matthew Boyer 24 Jul 2024

Beleaguered Indonesian civil society gets lift in push for just energy transition

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Jul 2024

What’s at stake for the environment in Venezuela’s upcoming election?

Maxwell Radwin 24 Jul 2024
Siamese crocodiles in Siem Pang

Siamese crocodile hatchlings a ‘promising sign’ in Cambodia, but greater protection needed

Gerald Flynn 24 Jul 2024
Two school boys planting a tree.

Protecting Nigeria one child & one tree at a time: Interview with Doyinsola Ogunye

Tarinipre Francis 24 Jul 2024
A farmer applies biochar in the field.

Biochar could play big role in Bhutan’s carbon storage — but it’s news to farmers

Choki Wangmo 24 Jul 2024

Activists in Cameroon repeatedly questioned by authorities following Mongabay story

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2024
Silhouette of grain crops with the sun in the background.

Sun block: The promise and peril of solar geoengineering

Jeremy Hance 23 Jul 2024

To host 2025 climate summit, Brazil will carve up an Amazonian reserve

Sarah Brown 23 Jul 2024
A Maasai man armed with a spear stands on a hilltop close to the highest point of the Loita hills.

PHOTOS: For Kenya’s Maasai, a new faith may undo age-old conservation traditions

Stuart Butler 23 Jul 2024
A wild boar at Parsa National Park.

Nepal’s youngest national park looks to elevated lanes to prevent roadkill

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Jul 2024

Where Javan leopards thrive, so do other wildlife, study shows

Basten Gokkon 23 Jul 2024
A group of Bunong farmers harvest rice in Sre I village in the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary.

Can a carbon offset project really secure Indigenous rights in authoritarian Cambodia?

Jack Brook 22 Jul 2024
Thap Lan patrol

Thai plan to redraw boundaries of tiger reserve sparks concern and criticism

Carolyn Cowan 22 Jul 2024

A Guatemalan reserve turns from civil war refuge to deforestation hotspot

Bobby Bascomb 22 Jul 2024
Goondoi rangers performing a traditional dance at Etty Bay Beach.

Shaping the next generation of Indigenous rangers: Interview with Manni Edwards

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 18 Jul 2024

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