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Deforestation for soy plantations and cattle ranches endanger the habitats of Amazon primates and prevent their movement to new locations. Rivers further limit the ability of small primates to move. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Sea change for soy champion Brazil as it wrestles with EUDR compliance

Karla Mendes 30 Dec 2024
Cocoa Agroforestry

‘Uncertainty’ amid EUDR delay poses challenges for cocoa companies, farmers

John Cannon 27 Dec 2024

Coffee agroforestry promises a path to EUDR compliance, but challenges remain

Marina Martinez 26 Dec 2024

Agribusiness giant Olam gets head start on EUDR; its suppliers, not so much

Aimee Gabay 24 Dec 2024

Jaguar tracks still stained with blood in Bolivia

Iván Paredes Tamayo 24 Dec 2024

‘Time is water’: A cross-border Indigenous alliance works to save the Amazon

Francesc Badia i Dalmases 23 Dec 2024

Experts question benefits of Colombian forestation project led by top oil trader

Carla Ruas 23 Dec 2024

Even for ‘progressive’ Danone, complying with EUDR is a challenge

Maxwell Radwin 19 Dec 2024

Grassroots efforts sprout up to protect Central America’s Trifinio watershed

Maxwell Radwin 16 Dec 2024
Amazon Rainforest

Brazil paper and pulp industry invests in blockchain to comply with EUDR

Karla Mendes 16 Dec 2024
The illegal trade is still one of the greatest threats to hawksbills, according to the April 2020 Global Tortoiseshell Report.

Illegal cockfighting threatens endangered sea turtles across Central America

Tina Deines 13 Dec 2024

Foreign investor lawsuits impede Honduras human rights & environment protections

Sarah Brown 12 Dec 2024

Certified ethanol produced in Brazil for global airlines linked to slave labor

Poliana Dallabrida from Repórter Brasil 5 Dec 2024

Severe drought in Peruvian Amazon isolated more than 130 Indigenous communities

Aimee Gabay 5 Dec 2024

Climate financing should come from oil and gas ‘super’ profits, study says

Maxwell Radwin 2 Dec 2024

In Brazil’s ‘water tank’, communities resist mining to preserve their water and livelihoods

Beatriz Miranda, Íria Borges 30 Nov 2024

In Bolivia’s flooded savannas, ranching aims to boost grasslands conservation

Brian Kluepfel 29 Nov 2024
The Putumayo is a long Amazonian river that begins in Colombia and flows into the Brazilian Amazon. Photo courtesy of Michelle Carrere.

Women in Putumayo turn to fish farming and away from the coca industry

Iñigo Alexander 28 Nov 2024

In Colombia, a simple fencing fix offers a win-win for wildlife and ranchers

Marlowe Starling 28 Nov 2024

Nations should redirect 1% of military spending towards reforestation, Mexico proposes

Maxwell Radwin 27 Nov 2024
Cattle in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Brazil beef industry still struggling with deforestation from indirect suppliers, survey finds

Maxwell Radwin 26 Nov 2024

A deadly fly is spreading through Central America. Experts blame illegal cattle ranching

Maxwell Radwin 12 Nov 2024

Long-running tropical forest research stalls amid Venezuelan crisis

Tony Frangie Mawad 11 Nov 2024

Killing of jaguar pushes species’ survival in Argentina’s Gran Chaco to the brink

Rodolfo Chisleanschi 11 Nov 2024

Court throws out permits for controversial Baja California hotel project

Maxwell Radwin 8 Nov 2024

Paraguay’s pumas adapt, with some help, to a ranch-filled landscape

Rodolfo Chisleanschi 8 Nov 2024

As Venezuela’s crisis rolls on, its wildlife is increasingly at risk

Mie Hoejris Dahl 7 Nov 2024
Amazon Rainforest

Report reveals how environmental crime profits in the Amazon are laundered

Aimee Gabay 5 Nov 2024

In Colombia, guerrilla groups decide the fate of the Amazon

Maxwell Radwin 31 Oct 2024
Tikuna man fishing in Colombia

Colombia decree recognizes Indigenous people as environmental authorities

Aimee Gabay 30 Oct 2024

Six months after its worst floods, Rio Grande do Sul works to bounce back

Shi En Kim 28 Oct 2024

Trial begins in U.K. for victims of Minas Gerais dam disaster

Maxwell Radwin 28 Oct 2024

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