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Holding their communities' titles are Apu Juan Jarana Pérez from San Alberto de Morona community, Apa Elizethy Cruz Ponciano from San Jose de Yanayacu community, and Pedro Alcidez Pérez Peña from Sargento Lores de Camote Isla community. Image courtesy of Sacha Cine/Rainforest Foundation US.

Record number of Indigenous land titles granted in Peru via innovative process (commentary)

Miguel Guimaraes Vasquez and Wendy Pineda 6 Sep 2024
Egyptian fruit bat

Scientists find unexpected biodiversity in an African river, thanks to eDNA

Abhishyant Kidangoor 6 Sep 2024

The future of extractive industries in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 6 Sep 2024
Tightly coiled ferns of Matteuccia struthiopteris.

In Nepal, a humble edible fern is at heart of human-tiger conflict

Abhaya Raj Joshi 6 Sep 2024
Bhuddhist prayer flags ib Pachu Community Tourism center.

Ecotourism offers new hopes for Bhutanese youth — and local environments

Choki Wangmo 6 Sep 2024

For Indonesian oil palm farmers, EU’s deforestation law is another top-down imposition

Dyna Rochmyaningsih 5 Sep 2024
Clown fish in anemone

The ocean ‘belongs to all of us’: Interview with Palau President Whipps

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 5 Sep 2024
Hussen Ahmed, herding cattle in Ethiopia's Somali region. He is among the millions grappling with the consequences of drought across the Horn of Africa. Image by UNICEF Ethiopia/Mulugeta Ayene via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

African environment ministers meet over pressing challenges

Christophe Assogba, Roland Klohi 5 Sep 2024

Drought forces Amazon Indigenous communities to drink mercury-tainted water

Fernanda Wenzel 5 Sep 2024
The African manatee use their whisker-like hairs (vibrissae) to detect objects and help expertly navigate waterways (Credit: Lucy Keith-Diagne).

Mysterious African manatees inspire a growing chorus of champions

Petro Kotzé 5 Sep 2024

‘Stop the stupidity’: Indonesia’s top court orders end to mine in quake zone

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Sep 2024

More alarms over Indonesia rhino poaching after latest trafficking bust

Donny Iqbal, Nopri Ismi 5 Sep 2024
Having already picked Phnom Chum Rok Sat community forest clean of large, valuable trees, loggers working for Lin Vatey now appear to be clear-cutting what remains of the forest. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay

Mining company tied to Cambodian military officials grabs community forest

Gerald Flynn, Nehru Pry 5 Sep 2024
Eurasian lynx, courtesy of Parc Zoologique de Paris.

Sweden’s ‘nature friendly’ reputation is being shot to pieces (commentary)

Misha Istratov 4 Sep 2024
Isolated Indigenous Mashco Piro men and boys on a beach in the Peruvian Amazon. Image courtesy of Survival International.

Peruvian logger loses FSC label after latest clash with isolated Mashco Piro

Dan Collyns 4 Sep 2024

A Mexican marine park shelters giant manta rays: Interview with Madalena Pereira Cabral

Astrid Arellano 4 Sep 2024
A Nicobar pigeon, found in Vietnam.

In Vietnam, environmental defense is increasingly a crime

Hướng Thiện 3 Sep 2024
A white-browed nuthatch (Sitta victoriae), an endangered bird endemic to Nat Ma Taung National Park in western Myanmar.

Protected areas in SE Asia could do better with more resources, study finds

Spoorthy Raman 3 Sep 2024

Failed U.S. ‘war on drugs’ endangers Central American bird habitats, study warns

Boris van der Spek 3 Sep 2024
Thatching grass collected in the miombo woodlands. Thatching grass is used to roof homes, woven into fences and for other purposes, and is one of the numerous non-timber forest products derived from the woodlands. Image courtesy of Edwin Tambara, AWF.

Meet the Miombo, the largest forest you’ve never heard of

Ruth Kamnitzer 3 Sep 2024
argeting demand for rhino horn-based products must complement efforts to protect rhinos from poaching. Image by Geranimo via Unsplash.

As a medicine, study finds rhino horn useless — and potentially toxic

Juliette Portala 3 Sep 2024
A fruit seller with peeled papaya in a market in Bangladesh.

Crop fields make way for profitable orchards in Bangladesh, imperiling food security

Abu Siddique 3 Sep 2024

Wildlife-rich mangroves suffer as Indonesia ramps up construction of new capital

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Sep 2024

Nearly all Brazilian gold imported by EU is likely illegal, report says

Fernanda Wenzel 2 Sep 2024

Six months after first Houthi ship sinking, attacks slick Red Sea with oil

Elizabeth Fitt 2 Sep 2024

Indonesia’s Farwiza Farhan among Ramon Magsaysay awardees for protecting Leuser Ecosystem

Lusia Arumingtyas, Sapariah Saturi 2 Sep 2024
A school of barracuda in Papua New Guinea.

Not merely ‘exploration’: PNG deep-sea mining riles critics & surprises officials

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 2 Sep 2024
Tiger in India. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

As in India, tigers in Nepal may seek refuge in sugarcane fields

Abhaya Raj Joshi 31 Aug 2024

In Nicaragua, activists challenge the value of international ‘green’ financing

Maxwell Radwin 30 Aug 2024
Event announcement. Goodall photo by Jeff Horowitz.

Jane Goodall is coming to San Francisco. Her event is sold out, but students can still get free tickets

Rhett A. Butler 30 Aug 2024
A coral reef off the coast of Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua province, Indonesia. Image courtesy of Ronal Mambrasar/Konservasi Indonesia.

$35m debt-for-nature deal aims to protect Indonesia’s coral reefs

M Ambari 30 Aug 2024
Tropical rainforests are not adapted to fire, and have no natural fire regime.

Brazil launches ‘war’ on widespread fire outbreaks & criminal arsonists

Fernanda Wenzel 30 Aug 2024

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