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New reserve in Ecuador secures over 3 million acres of forest

Maxwell Radwin 9 Feb 2023

Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?

Maxwell Radwin 7 Feb 2023

Amazonian countries must act together to reverse rainforest loss, experts say

Jenny Gonzales 7 Feb 2023

The illegal jaguar trade is thriving online. Why aren’t governments stopping it?

Maxwell Radwin 2 Feb 2023
An overflight conducted by Greenpeace and Instituto Socioambiental in December 2022 spotted four excavators near an illegal road recently discovered inside the Yanomami Indigenous territory, one of the most endangered areas of Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon.

Illegal road found in Yanomami land accelerates destruction

Dimitri Selibas 26 Jan 2023
Mennonites in the municipality of Bacalar.

Indigenous communities in Latin America decry the Mennonites’ expanding land occupation

Alexa Eunoé Vélez Zuazo 26 Jan 2023

Colombia’s ‘tree of life’ births a new culinary and conservation movement

Ocean Malandra 23 Jan 2023
Forests of Bolivia.

Reciprocal Water Agreements protect millions of hectares of Bolivian forest

Michelle Carrere 19 Jan 2023
community conservation

Indigenous Kogi worldview aims to change face of conservation for good

Kimberley Brown 18 Jan 2023

Murdered Belize environmentalist helped boost marine conservation through technology

Maxwell Radwin 10 Jan 2023

In Ecuador, communities protecting a ‘terrestrial coral reef’ face a mining giant

Liz Kimbrough 9 Jan 2023
lagoon

Locals fight to save ‘a piece of the sea’ in Venezuela’s Andes

María Fernanda Rodríguez and Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 5 Jan 2023
Aerial photo of gold mining.

Mongabay’s top Amazon stories from 2022

Alexandra Popescu 29 Dec 2022

Zero-deforestation commitments can push agriculture to other rich biomes, study warns

Maurício Brum and Sílvia Lisboa 27 Dec 2022
Humberto Sánchez.

Shadows of oil in Peru: Shipibo people denounce damage, contamination left by company

Enrique Vera 26 Dec 2022

Fighting wildlife trafficking in Peru: Q&A with prosecutor Alberto Caraza

Maxwell Radwin 26 Dec 2022
seedling

Mexican restoration dominated by non-environmental interests

Dimitri Selibas 22 Dec 2022

To cut emissions from cattle ranching, beef up the soil, study says

Shanna Hanbury 20 Dec 2022

Mongabay’s Conservation Potential series investigates: Where do we need to protect biodiversity?

Liz Kimbrough 19 Dec 2022
cocoa beans

Amazon-produced cacao offers climate solutions

Miguel Pinheiro 15 Dec 2022
The blackened earth shows where banana trees used to be.

“Sinchiurco is coated with oil”: The Kichwa people going up against Petroecuador

Ana Cristina Alvarado 14 Dec 2022
puma

In Patagonia, a puma’s life is decided by political borders

Ryan Biller 7 Dec 2022
animals

Population cycles explain white-lipped peccary’s ups and downs, study shows

Mark Hillsdon 6 Dec 2022
Aerial view of expansive natural lands in Peru. Image by Rhett Butler for Mongabay.

Peru is tackling water scarcity with nature-based solutions, leading the way in Latin America

Kimberley Brown 29 Nov 2022
There are signs of a new frontier of deforestation emerging in Autazes, as invaders descend on this slice of the Amazon. Indigenous leaders say the area is now plagued by illegal logging and land-grabbing. Much of it is related to speculation as a massive potash mining project awaits approval. Image by Ana Ionova for Mongabay

In Brazilian Amazon, mining harm comes from beyond just the mines, study shows

Maurício Brum 24 Nov 2022
Fire in the Amazon.

2022 Amazon fires tightly tied to recent deforestation, new data show

Sandra Cuffe 22 Nov 2022
Deforestation in Kapuas Hulu, Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Where is the money? Brazil, Indonesia and Congo join forces in push for rainforest protection cash

Shanna Hanbury 18 Nov 2022
Illustration of deforestation.

Following the impacts of palm oil alliance: Violated regulations and penalty proceedings

Tras las huellas de la palma alliance 17 Nov 2022

Critics cite threats to communities, mangroves from El Salvador airport plans

Maxwell Radwin 15 Nov 2022

Environmental ‘superministry’ bill raises alarm in Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe 15 Nov 2022
river forest

Deforestation is pushing Amazon to ‘point of no return’: WWF report

Maxwell Radwin 9 Nov 2022

Honduran forest governance agreement brings cautious hope

Sandra Cuffe 3 Nov 2022

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