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The passenger boat that sits empty and unused outside of Andres Machoa’s home in Llanchama, a symbol of unfulfilled promises by the oil industry. Photo by Kimberley Brown for Mongabay.

Life on the Amazon oil frontier: From exploration to ecotourism

Kimberley Brown 2 Aug 2019

July 2019 was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth

Mongabay.com 2 Aug 2019

Red flags as Indonesia eyes relocating its capital city to Borneo

Basten Gokkon 2 Aug 2019

Africa’s largest reserve may lose half its area to oil development

Stephen Leahy 2 Aug 2019

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, August 2, 2019

Mongabay.com 2 Aug 2019

Some turtle embryos can influence their own sex, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Aug 2019
Part of anti-trafficking campaign in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

The challenges of campaigning against wildlife trafficking in Vietnam

Michael Tatarski 1 Aug 2019

New film reveals at-risk ‘uncontacted’ Awá tribe in Brazilian Amazon

Karla Mendes 1 Aug 2019

Logging, mining companies lock eyes on a biodiverse island like no other

Gianluca Cerullo 31 Jul 2019

Fuel trafficking sustains illegal mining in Peru’s Madre de Dios

Vanessa Romo 31 Jul 2019

Venezuelan crisis: Caring for priceless botanical treasures in a failed state

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 31 Jul 2019

Forest loss threatens territorial gibbons in southern Borneo

Mongabay.com 31 Jul 2019

Study shows how to protect more species for less money in western Amazon

Liz Kimbrough 31 Jul 2019

Deforestation drops in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, but risks remain: experts

Karla Mendes 31 Jul 2019

‘Extremely rare’ fossil tooth of hamster-sized monkey found in Peru

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Jul 2019

Indonesia investigates oil spill in Java Sea by state energy company

Basten Gokkon 31 Jul 2019

Reef fish are faring fine in eastern Indonesia, study suggests

Julia John 31 Jul 2019
Traditional Iban tattoos on a Dayak leader's back. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Travelogue: Visiting an indigenous rainforest tribe in Borneo (Insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Jul 2019

Microplastic waste fouls up beaches on Sri Lanka’s southern tourism coast

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 31 Jul 2019

A Philippine community that once ate giant clams now works to protect them

Leilani Chavez 31 Jul 2019

Peru’s crackdown on coca pushes illegal growers toward protected areas

Vanessa Romo 30 Jul 2019

Malagasy president considers backing declaration on conservation goals

Mongabay.com 30 Jul 2019

Top Mongabay beach reads for the ‘dog days’ of summer

Erik Hoffner 30 Jul 2019

Authorities investigate murder of indigenous leader in Brazilian Amazon

Thais Borges 30 Jul 2019

West Nile virus lingers longer in birds exposed to light pollution

Mongabay.com 29 Jul 2019

Brazilian Amazon deforestation surge is real despite Bolsonaro’s denial (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 29 Jul 2019

India pushes for its largest ever hydropower project despite concerns

Mayank Aggarwal 29 Jul 2019

Two ferns presumed extinct found on remote Australian mountaintops

Mongabay.com 26 Jul 2019

To regulate or not to regulate? EU climate commitments face key test over global deforestation (commentary)

Sam Lawson 26 Jul 2019

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, July 26, 2019

Mongabay.com 26 Jul 2019

In Indonesia, a court victory for Bali’s ban on single-use plastics

Basten Gokkon 26 Jul 2019

Baby whale wears a camera, reveals its travel and nursing behavior: video

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 25 Jul 2019

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