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Sri Lanka replanting bid begins after minister is held liable for deforestation

Malaka Rodrigo 28 Feb 2021

Declaring key ocean habitats off-limits to human activities protects biodiversity and guards against climate change (commentary)

Kelsey Lamp 26 Feb 2021

Jaguars in Suriname’s protected parks remain vulnerable to poaching

Vanessa Romo 26 Feb 2021
A Bornean orangutan. Image by John C. Cannon/Mongabay.

Forest patches amid agriculture are key to orangutan survival: Study

John Cannon 26 Feb 2021

‘The river will bleed red’: Indigenous Filipinos face down dam projects

Karlston Lapniten 26 Feb 2021

The perils of relying on high-tech networks in a warmer world (commentary)

Simon Pollock 25 Feb 2021
Drone image of alleged clearing for luxury residential estates in Bokor National Park. Image courtesy of Mother Nature Cambodia.

‘A disgrace’: Luxury housing plans threaten Cambodia’s Bokor National Park

Chris Humphrey 25 Feb 2021

Mystery bird not seen in 172 years makes surprise reappearance in Borneo forest

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 25 Feb 2021
Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest

We’re killing those tropical trees we’re counting on to absorb carbon dioxide

Fernanda Wenzel 24 Feb 2021

Human impacts leave reefs short on sharks and long on moray eels

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 24 Feb 2021

The Kalunga digitally map traditional lands to save Cerrado way of life

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 24 Feb 2021

Only 1 of 52 pilot whales survives mass stranding in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 24 Feb 2021

Agroforestry and land reform give Brazil cacao farmers sweet taste of success

Patricia Moll 24 Feb 2021

When seas turn rough, gleaning keeps the fish on the table for some communities

Basten Gokkon 24 Feb 2021

As Amazon forest-to-savanna tipping point looms, solutions remain elusive

Shanna Hanbury 23 Feb 2021

Electronic ears listen to poachers in a key Central American jaguar habitat

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 23 Feb 2021
Young girl in the Kayapó-Mẽbêngôkre village of Aukre in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo credit: Cristina Mittermeier

“Securing Indigenous guardianship of vital ecosystems”: Q&A with Nia Tero CEO Peter Seligmann

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Feb 2021

On a Philippine volcano, an eruption-proof mouse rules the roost

Leilani Chavez 23 Feb 2021

New platform gathers data on Brazil’s disappearing Cerrado biome

Clarissa Beretz 23 Feb 2021

Here goes nothing: Male spiders found giving females silk-wrapped zilch

Anna Nordseth 22 Feb 2021

Gold and diamonds fail to shine as drivers of Amazon development

Maurício Angelo 22 Feb 2021
Satellite image of Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand in February 2021. Photo credit: Maxar Technologies and Planet.

‘Everything on this planet is connected’: Q&A with WWF’s Marco Lambertini

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Feb 2021
Rhett Butler in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo in 2015.

Mongabay founder wins environmental journalism award

Mongabay.com 22 Feb 2021

Madagascar: Young farmers adopt new methods to help lemurs, forests and themselves

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 19 Feb 2021

Backing the stewards of biocultural diversity: Q&A with Indigenous rights leader Carla Fredericks

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Feb 2021
A lemur tree frog (Hylomantis lemur) in Costa Rica. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

U.N. report lays out blueprint to end ‘suicidal war on nature’

John Cannon 19 Feb 2021

Study highlights ‘terrible’ signs of species decline from wildlife trade

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Feb 2021

Fake it till you save it? Synthetic animal parts pose a conservation conundrum

Claudia Geib 19 Feb 2021

Philippine quarries under scrutiny after deadly mudflow buries homes

Mavic Conde 19 Feb 2021

Calls for accountability after coal-slurry spill in Indonesian river

Della Syahni, Sapariah Saturi 19 Feb 2021

In Malaysian Borneo’s rainforests, powerful state governments set their own rules

Danielle Keeton-Olsen 18 Feb 2021

A tale of two seas: Closed season is a mixed bag for Philippine sardines industry 

Bong S. Sarmiento 18 Feb 2021

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