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Research behind award-winning documentary film reveals new species

Mongabay.com 3 Sep 2020
Brazil might be a good candidate for increased feedlot production of beef. Photo by A.C. Moraes.

Europe’s richest countries importing Brazilian beef linked to millions of tons of emissions: Report

Mongabay.com 3 Sep 2020

Infrastructure plans imperil Latin America’s forests: Analysis

Mongabay.com 2 Sep 2020
Heat spots in areas with Prodes warnings (2017-2019). Area next to the borders of the Kaxarari Indigenous territory, in Lábrea, Amazonas state. Taken 17 Aug, 2020. CREDIT: © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

Greenpeace photos illuminate illegal Amazon fires

Mongabay.com 1 Sep 2020
Deforestation in the state of Rondônia, Brazil. Courtesy of Maxar Technologies.

Despite expanding fires, Brazil suspends operations to combat Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 28 Aug 2020

The other Corona: Rescued pangolin is a rehabilitation success story

Mongabay.com 28 Aug 2020

Belize takes ocean action with expanded marine reserve and ban on gill nets

Mongabay.com 25 Aug 2020

New road cutting into Manu Biosphere Reserve in Peruvian Amazon sparks debate, fears and a film

Mongabay.com 20 Aug 2020
Soil erosion in the Kasai River, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Mongabay’s most popular stories for July 2020

Mongabay.com 12 Aug 2020

Amazon rainforest the size of Sao Paulo cleared in July in Brazil

Mongabay.com 7 Aug 2020
In July 2020, Greenpeace Russia documented forest fires in the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia.

What funds are needed to prevent another pandemic? Just 2% of COVID-19’s estimated cost

Mongabay.com 27 Jul 2020
Cattle at one of the 70,000 suppliers used by JBS, one of Brazil's largest beef producers. Photo courtesy of JBS

Investigation links meat giant JBS to Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 27 Jul 2020

Energy-guzzling McMansions make the American dream a climate nightmare

Mongabay.com 20 Jul 2020
Hotspot directly in the forest, next to a freshly deforested area, with Deter warning, in Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso state. © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

Amazon fires rage despite official ban, Greenpeace photos reveal

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2020

New study quantifies impact of hunting on migratory shorebird populations

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2020
Devil's Peak in the California Sierra Nevada.

Our most popular conservation news stories from June 2020

Mongabay.com 16 Jul 2020

Philippine court rejects OceanaGold’s bid to keep mining on expired permit

Mongabay.com 16 Jul 2020
Planet images showing fire on recently deforested near Itaúba in the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil on June 29, 2020.

Deforestation rate climbs higher as Amazon moves into the burning season

Mongabay.com 10 Jul 2020

Indonesia reopens national parks to tourists as COVID-19 cases rise

Mongabay.com 1 Jul 2020
An exploration of ritual and liminal space. Photo by Erika Larsen.

Using photography and indigenous art to help Amazon communities during COVID

Mongabay.com 23 Jun 2020

Sex organs reveal new jumping spider species in the Philippines

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2020

For forest communities without a legal footing, new guideline is a starting template

Mongabay.com 10 Jun 2020

Lockdown allowed illegal fishing to spike in Philippines, satellite data suggest

Mongabay.com 7 Jun 2020

Our most-read conservation news stories in May 2020

Mongabay.com 7 Jun 2020

Mug shots and public pics join the dots of whale sharks’ Southeast Asian trips

Mongabay.com 28 May 2020
Teak decking on a luxury yacht at the London Boat Show, January 2018. Photo by Sophie Cohen/Mongabay.

Investigation exposes European firms exploiting loophole to import Myanmar teak

Mongabay.com 28 May 2020

Deaths, arrests and protests as Philippines re-emerges from lockdown

Mongabay.com 21 May 2020

Our 20 top conservation and environmental science stories in April 2020

Mongabay.com 3 May 2020

A ‘crazy beast’ that coexisted with dinosaurs discovered from Madagascar

Mongabay.com 30 Apr 2020
Cattle in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

UK military beef supplier buys from sanctioned Brazilian farmers, investigation shows

Mongabay.com 28 Apr 2020

Companies use COVID-19 to weaken standards, secure subsidies: Report

Mongabay.com 23 Apr 2020

Manila gets its skyline back as air quality improves amid COVID-19 lockdown

Mongabay.com 23 Apr 2020

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