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Latoya Abulu is an editor at Mongabay covering Indigenous news, nature-based solutions to climate change and stories about high conservation value ecosystems. You can reach her on Twitter @LatoyaAbulu

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Indigenous people from Pará and Amapá

Scientists call for end to violence against Amazon communities, environmental defenders

Sandra Cuffe 15 Jul 2022
Diver towing a string of taramea.

Young Māori divers hunt invasive crown-of-thorns starfish to save coral reefs

Monica Evans 15 Jul 2022
Nepal seed bank

Community-based seed banks in Nepal help conserve native species

Abhaya Raj Joshi 14 Jul 2022
A protest held in the Yankuntich community

Amazonian communities in Peru try to keep oil-rich Block 64 in their own hands

Gloria Alvitres 7 Jul 2022
Plantations in Cuesta del Ternero that burned in January 2021. Image courtesy of Denali DeGraf.

Tree plantations in Patagonia are the site of wildfires and land dispute

Denali DeGraf 6 Jul 2022
Joan Carling, Indigenous rights activist of the Indigenous Peoples' Major Group, speaking at COP26 climate talks Forest in November 2021. Image courtesy of Karwai Tang/ UK Government via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Disappointment and a few wins, Indigenous leaders react to Nairobi biodiversity talks

Laurel Sutherland 1 Jul 2022
Caroline Chepkoeh poses for a photo with her husband and extended family outside of her home near the Mau Forest Complex in western Kenya. Image by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

African court rules in favor of Indigenous land titles, reparations from the Kenyan government

Laurel Sutherland 28 Jun 2022
tiger problem nepal

As Nepal’s tigers thrive, Indigenous knowledge may be key in preventing attacks

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Jun 2022
Kibiwot displaying his archery skills at his makeshift home in the Embobut, which has been burned down many times by KFS as part of forceful evictions.

Kenyan hunter-gatherers forced to farm now face increased evictions from their forest

Kang-Chun Cheng 22 Jun 2022
Raphael Mapou, Kanak leader who established the environmental organization Rhéébù Nùù. Image courtesy of Lachie Carracher.

Nickel, Tesla and two decades of environmental activism: Q&A with leader Raphaël Mapou

Nick Rodway 22 Jun 2022
The Goro Mine in southern New Caledonia. Image courtesy of Lachie Carracher.

All eyes on Tesla as it invests in a troubled nickel mine

Nick Rodway 22 Jun 2022

Mining company destroys Indigenous cemetery during expansion in Honduras

Maxwell Radwin 21 Jun 2022
Salatou Sambou

A tale of successes and new challenges in Senegal: Q&A with ICCA coordinator Salatou Sambou

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 21 Jun 2022
Sugar kelp hanging on its growing lines. Image courtesy of Claudia Geib for Mongabay.

‘The return of land to Indigenous people is key’: Q&A with Shinnecock Kelp Farm’s Tela Troge

Claudia Geib 20 Jun 2022
Arabica coffee growing under a shade of trees. Image courtesy of Noel Rojo.

Farmers in Mexico fight coffee disease with resistant varieties and agroforestry

Magdaléna Rojo 15 Jun 2022

‘Lost’ Amazonian cities hint at how to build urban landscapes without harming nature

Kimberley Brown 15 Jun 2022
Maasai walking in rain in Kenya. Image courtesy of David via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Maasai protesters shot, beaten as Tanzania moves forward with wildlife game reserve

Latoya Abulu, Laurel Sutherland 14 Jun 2022
View of the Nangaritza valley from near Las Orquideas. Photo by Andrew Neil via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Illegal mining threatens one of the last forest links between the Andes and Ecuador’s Amazon

Jackeline Beltrán 10 Jun 2022
Grizzly bear in British Columbia, Canada. Image courtesy of Anthony Bucci.

First Nation reclaims territory by declaring Indigenous protected area in Canada

Erica Gies 6 Jun 2022
The Hudson Bay Lowland landscape is as much water as land. The deep peat soils of the region store billions of tonnes of carbon. Image courtesy of WCS Canada.

Canada mining push puts major carbon sink and Indigenous lands in the crosshairs

Spoorthy Raman 2 Jun 2022
Dr Marco Hatch at one of his study sites. Image courtesy of Dr Marco Hatch.

Indigenous oyster fisheries were ‘fundamentally different’: Q&A with researcher Marco Hatch

Spoorthy Raman 1 Jun 2022
Portrait of Sarayaku Warmikuna, member of Mujeres Amazónicas (Amazonian Women). The women of the community were the first to be part of the collective known as Amazonian Women. Image courtesy of Esteffany Bravo.

A look at violence and conflict over Indigenous lands in nine Latin American countries

Astrid Arellano, Yvette Sierra Praeli 31 May 2022
The Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher (Terenotriccus erythrurus) is a common species that forages on insects in the forest understory (an understory insectivore). Image courtesy of Dr. John Whitelaw.

Drastic declines in Neotropical birds in a protected Panamanian forest

Neha Jain 31 May 2022
Pedro Uc is a poet, campesino and defender of his territory. Photo taken from his Facebook page.

‘What’s lacking is respect for Mayan culture’: Q&A with Pedro Uc Be on Mexico’s Tren Maya

Thelma Gómez Durán 30 May 2022

Tale of two pandemics as mining thrived while communities faced restrictions

Sandra Cuffe 24 May 2022
Gold mine in South Kivu, Congo. Image courtesy of the Sasha Lezhnev Enough Project.

Results of mining tax for reforestation in the DRC leave more questions than answers

Didier Makal 19 May 2022
A young girl carrying one of her goats as they travel home at the end of the day.

Conflict over resources in Kenya hits deadly highs with firearms in play

Kang-Chun Cheng 19 May 2022
Angie Duperi with her daughter Brenda.

Indigenous group and locals sign agreement to protect sustainable livelihoods and culture

Dimitri Selibas 18 May 2022
Bonga enjoying the feeling of the cooler part of our walk through the forest one afternoon in 2018. Copyright Ana Verahrami/Elephant Listening Project.

To conserve the vibrant diversity of Central Africa’s forests, include Indigenous people (commentary)

Anahita Verahrami 16 May 2022
Irma and Heloisa collect Murici fruits ( Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Rich) at the Ripá tribe on Pimentel Barbosa indigenous territory in Mato Grosso, Brazil

Indigenous village harvests seeds to slow deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado

Daniel Grossman and Dado Galdieri 16 May 2022

“Indigenous people are fighting to protect a natural equilibrium”: Q&A with Patricia Gualinga

Astrid Arellano 6 May 2022
At COP 1, there was a push for more countries to join the Agreement. Image courtesy of ECLAC.

Citizen participation: a key achievement at the first COP to the Escazú Agreement

Oscar Bermeo Ocaña 5 May 2022

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