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UN passes first ever declaration for peasant rights

Kimberley Brown 20 Feb 2019
Jaguar in Madre de Dios, Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Madre de Dios: Seven Brazil nut concessions investigated for illegal timber extraction

Yvette Sierra Praeli 20 Feb 2019

Peru: Report reveals high rates of illegality in timber extraction

Yvette Sierra Praeli 14 Feb 2019
Anti-wildlife-trafficking statues at Minh Dang Quang Buddhist Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, one of the pagodas included in the campaign. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Graphic anti-wildlife-trafficking campaign tackles Vietnam’s pangolin problem

Michael Tatarski 14 Feb 2019
Fresh oil palm fruit bunches. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

US senators warn fund managers over palm oil

James Fair 11 Feb 2019
Indigenous women march in Puyo, Ecuador on March 8, 2018. Photo by Kimberley Brown/Mongabay.

To fight deforestation first tackle inequality, study says

Kimberley Brown 8 Feb 2019
Cauca River. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Colombia’s disaster-ridden hydropower project runs second largest river dry

Taran Volckhausen 7 Feb 2019

Asian banks give billions to firms linked to deforestation, study finds

James Fair 5 Feb 2019
Wood that was cut for charcoal production near Katha, northern Myanmar. Villages in this area used to cut teak and other valuable trees for export, but have since started producing charcoal. The charcoal being exported to China can be made from any tree, regardless of size or kind. This amount of trees could produce about 150 bags of charcoal. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

France pledges to stop ‘deforestation imports’ by 2030

Carinya Sharples 1 Feb 2019
Image via Putneypics/Flickr.

Indigenous peoples unite in fight to heal the Salish Sea

Lauren Crothers 1 Feb 2019
Hiking through the tiny village of Doong in central Vietnam's Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Current threats and future hopes for the greater Mekong’s mangroves

Michael Tatarski 30 Jan 2019
Rainbow over the Amazon rainforest. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Time to shift focus to existing environmental laws, says new UN report

Kimberley Brown 25 Jan 2019
Turtles in the conservation project in Guyana. Photo courtesy Ereika DeAndrade.

A community in Guyana relies on indigenous knowledge in conservation

Akola Thompson 24 Jan 2019
The forest of Liberia. Photo by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

Liberia’s community forestry becoming a front for deforestation: Report

Ashoka Mukpo 23 Jan 2019
Some of Susana Simbana's wooden creations. Photo by Kimberley Brown for Mongabay.

Ecuador’s artisans struggle to save wooden toy culture

Kimberley Brown 21 Jan 2019
The masks of Julio Toaquiza have been exhibited in various countries such as Colombia and Bolivia, where it has been recognized that their art is unique. Photo by Jonatan Rosas for Mongabay.

The man who made Ecuador’s wooden Tigua masks famous

Kimberley Brown 16 Jan 2019

Guyana signs on to forest management agreement with the EU

Carinya Sharples 16 Jan 2019
A journalist in a borrowed flak jacket and helmet works in Ni'lin, West Bank in June 2016. Photo by Genevieve Belmaker/Mongabay.

Have a good cry, but don’t miss deadline (insider)

Genevieve Belmaker 9 Jan 2019

Journalists reporting on the environment faced increased dangers in 2018

Kaamil Ahmed 4 Jan 2019
Rainforest rainbow in Sabah. Image by Rhett Butler for Mongabay.

The 10 most intriguing forest stories of 2018

Genevieve Belmaker, Joseph Charpentier 25 Dec 2018

For embattled environmental defenders, a reprieve of sorts in 2018

Taran Volckhausen 24 Dec 2018
José León/Diario Ímpetu

Land trafficking in Peru: officials arrested for falsifying documents

Yvette Sierra Praeli 21 Dec 2018
Wild orchids still attached to tree branches, for sale in a street market in China. Photo courtesy Amy Hinsley.

Social media, e-commerce sites facilitate illegal orchid trade

Stephanie Parker 21 Dec 2018

Illegal mining in the Amazon ‘not comparable to any other period of its history’

Kimberley Brown 20 Dec 2018
In 2015, the largest seizure of Peruvian timber was made in the Yacu Kallpa vessel. Photo courtesy of the Environmental Research Agency (EIA).

Investors told to wise up over cost of environmental crime

James Fair 20 Dec 2018
1. Adbul Kadeem inspecting drying coffee outside of his house in Manyate Village on the outskirts of Harenna Forest. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

Pressure mounting for the home of wild coffee and Ethiopian wolves

Nathan Siegel 18 Dec 2018
Indigenous women march in Puyo, Ecuador on March 8, 2018. Photo by Kimberley Brown/Mongabay.

Indigenous peoples denounce ongoing land rights violations in Ecuador

Taran Volckhausen 17 Dec 2018
An indigenous Colombian takes in deforestation close to the Amacayacu National Park in the Colombian Amazon.

Scientists team up with indigenous, faithful to fight for forests

Andrew J. Wight 11 Dec 2018
Ornately carved Buddhist statues for sale in Dong Ky, Vietnam. Photo by Chris Humphrey.

Tracing the safeguards against illegal logging in Vietnam

Kit Humphrey 4 Dec 2018

Extinction by omission: Peru’s disappearing ancient shihuahuaco trees

Vanessa Romo 28 Nov 2018
Chocolate is wrapped in a cocoa tree leaf. Photo by Sarita Reed.

Smallholder farmers defy cocoa’s production model in Brazil

Sarita Reed, Vinícius Fontana 26 Nov 2018
Indigenous leaders in Ecuador stand with Roger Waters at a press conference in Quito on November 20, 2018. Photo by Jonatan Rosas.

Rock icon Roger Waters denounces Chevron in Ecuador

Kimberley Brown 21 Nov 2018

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