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Uncontacted Ayoreo could face health risks as Gran Chaco shrinks, experts warn

Maxwell Radwin 21 Mar 2025
oil spill river

Colombia’s top oil company concealed environmental damages: Investigation

Mie Hoejris Dahl 20 Mar 2025
Logging operation for timber Brazilian Amazon.

EUDR compliance costs to be minimal, report finds — but industry disagrees

John Cannon 18 Mar 2025
tree timber Brazil

Forest management ambitions in Brazilian Amazon aim to make up for lost time

Jenny Gonzales 12 Mar 2025
wind turbines

Brazil communities accuse companies of ‘green grabbing’ for wind energy

Jonathan Moens, Thomas Bauer 7 Mar 2025
Construction on the Airport of the Pacific. Photo courtesy of Casa Presidencial/X.

Mangroves at risk as El Salvador begins work on new airport

Maxwell Radwin 6 Mar 2025
deforestation Amazon

New setbacks for Peruvian Amazon reserve put uncontacted tribes at risk

Carla Ruas 6 Mar 2025

Land rights bill in Suriname sparks outrage in Indigenous communities

Maxwell Radwin 28 Feb 2025

Colombia’s cattle traceability bill awaits approval as deforestation spikes

Maxwell Radwin 25 Feb 2025
CTPH also supports alternative livelihoods through a social enterprise, Gorilla Conservation Coffee, which supports and markets premium coffee grown by farmers near Bwindi. Image courtesy of Jo-Anne McArthur.

Coffee companies are readier for the EUDR than they claim (commentary)

Etelle Higonnet 25 Feb 2025

Baja California tourism poses mounting challenges for conservation, critics say

Maxwell Radwin 24 Feb 2025

Lula pushes oil drilling at mouth of Amazon despite climate risks

Sarah Brown 21 Feb 2025

Vicuña poop creates biodiversity hotspots as glaciers retreat rapidly

Sean Mowbray 20 Feb 2025

After LA, fire crisis reaches Latin America — from Mexico to Argentina

Astrid Arellano 17 Feb 2025

Deforestation boom in Gran Chaco raises alarm over Argentina’s forest law

Maxwell Radwin 14 Feb 2025

Report reveals staggering levels of wildlife trafficking in Hispanic America

Spoorthy Raman 7 Feb 2025
Military officials on patrol near one of the railway lines of the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.

Oaxaca Indigenous leader’s killing leaves land defenders’ safety in doubt

Aimee Gabay 6 Feb 2025

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

Maxwell Radwin 5 Feb 2025
frailejon tree paramo Ecuador

In Ecuador, a mountain shrub could hold the key to restoring a precious ecosystem

Christina Noriega 5 Feb 2025

Agriculture, illegal ranching and roads threaten the jaguar in Mesoamerica

Astrid Arellano 3 Feb 2025

As the gold rush surges in Nicaragua, Indigenous communities pay the price

Maxwell Radwin 31 Jan 2025

Court decision to stop Tren Maya comes too late for ecosystems, critics say

Maxwell Radwin 31 Jan 2025

On a São Paulo eco-farm, Brazil’s landless movement makes its case for occupation

Peter Speetjens 30 Jan 2025
Aerial view of an area in the Amazon deforested for cattle ranching -- the biggest driver of deforestation in the Amazon -- in Lábrea, Amazonas state on Sep 15, 2021. Photo © Victor Moriyama / Amazônia em Chamas (Amazon in Flames Alliance)

EUDR divides Brazil’s environmental and agribusiness authorities

Karla Mendes 27 Jan 2025

In Panama, major port construction begins at key mangrove site

Maxwell Radwin 23 Jan 2025

Birdwatchers rally behind endemic hummingbird, spurring conservation movement in Mexico

Tamara Blazquez Haik 23 Jan 2025

Indigenous communities rise up against prison projects in Ecuador

Kimberley Brown 22 Jan 2025
An aerial image shows rainforest fragmented by cattle ranching.

Study shows degradation changes a forest’s tree profile and its carbon storage

Peter Speetjens 22 Jan 2025

Plans for bauxite mine in Suriname reignite Indigenous land rights debate

Maxwell Radwin 16 Jan 2025

El Salvador reverses landmark mining ban, setting up clash with activists

Maxwell Radwin 13 Jan 2025

Indigenous communities come together to protect the Colombian Amazon

Mie Hoejris Dahl 8 Jan 2025
Mist rising from the Amazon rainforest at dawn. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Latin America in 2024: politics, turmoil and hope

Alexandra Popescu 3 Jan 2025

News and Inspiration from Nature's Frontline.

Why are the British flooding parts of their coast? Once farmland protected by flood defenses, Steart Marshes in southwest England now thrives as a restored salt marsh. As the defences weakened, the land became increasingly vulnerable to flooding. Instead of rebuilding defenses, conservationists, the government and local communities made a bold choice to let the sea reclaim the landscape. Just over 10 years ago the sea wall was breached, allowing the sea to take over the land, transforming the area into a vital wetland habitat. Salt marshes, which have declined by 85% in the U.K. since the 19th century, play a crucial role in coastal ecosystems. They provide shelter for wetland wildlife, act as natural flood defenses by absorbing storm surges, stabilize coastlines against erosion, and store carbon to help combat climate change. Managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Steart Marshes now provides a model for future restoration projects, proving that working with nature can protect communities while rebuilding lost habitats.
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Akit tribe residence, Titi Akar Village, North Rupat, Bengkalis, Riau, Indonesia. Image courtesy of Nukila Evanty.
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Rainstorm over Pillcopata in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo by Rhett Butler/Mongabay.
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