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Dismantling of Brazilian environmental protections gains pace

Sue Branford, Thais Borges 8 May 2019

What we learned from two years of investigating corrupt land deals in Indonesia

Mongabay, The Gecko Project 8 May 2019

’Unprecedented’ loss of biodiversity threatens humanity, report finds

Mongabay.com 7 May 2019

China, EU, US trading with Brazilian firms fined for Amazon deforestation: report

Karla Mendes 6 May 2019

Most communities not seeing promised oil palm payoff in Borneo, study finds

Loren Bell 6 May 2019

Slave labor found at second Starbucks-certified Brazilian coffee farm

Daniel Camargos, from Repórter Brasil 3 May 2019

When losing your soil means losing your livelihood (commentary)

Sophie Erfurth 3 May 2019

Malaysia calls on Southeast Asia to back palm oil against ‘unfair’ claims

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 May 2019

Illegal logging poised to wipe Cambodian wildlife sanctuary off the map

Kit Humphrey 2 May 2019
Monsanto Lasso herbicide to be sprayed on food crops showing proper protective gear. Photo courtesy of the USDA

Bolsonaro administration authorizes 150+ pesticides in first 100 days

Sue Branford, Thais Borges 2 May 2019

Huge rubber plantation in Cameroon halts deforestation following rebuke

Rachel Fritts 1 May 2019
A coastal village near the Myeik area in Myanmar. Photo by Victoria Milko.

Controversial aquaculture projects threaten Myanmar’s remaining mangroves

Wudan Yan 1 May 2019
Western Chimpanzees at Tacugama Chimp Sanctuary in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photo by BigMikeSndTech, licensed under CC by 2.0

Western chimp numbers revised up to 53,000, but development threats loom

Ashoka Mukpo 1 May 2019

EU holds the key to stop the ‘Notre Dame of forests’ from burning (commentary)

Claire Wordley 30 Apr 2019

Meet the winners of the 2019 Goldman Environmental Prize

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Apr 2019

Brazil Supreme Court land demarcation decision sparks indigenous protest

Karla Mendes 26 Apr 2019

Stinging ants: Amazon indigenous group girds itself to hold ancestral lands

Thais Borges, Sue Branford 25 Apr 2019

Bolsonaro draws battle lines in fight over Amazon indigenous lands

Thais Borges, Sue Branford 24 Apr 2019
Indonesian rainforest. Photo for Mongabay by Rhett A. Butler.

Not in my backyard: Indonesian official fights corrupt palm concession

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Apr 2019

In Indonesia, a paper giant shuffles a litany of land conflicts

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Apr 2019

Bird flu in Namibia’s penguins wanes, after killing nearly 500

John Cannon 24 Apr 2019

Less rainforest, less rain: A cautionary tale from Borneo

Jeremy Hance 23 Apr 2019

Community buy-in stamps out elephant poaching in Zambian park

John Cannon 22 Apr 2019
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Peat protection rule may be a double-edged sword for Indonesia’s forests

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Apr 2019

Amazon could be biggest casualty of US-China Trade war, researchers warn

Sarah Sax 16 Apr 2019

Deforested habitats leave migratory birds ill-prepared for journey north

Ashley Stumvoll 15 Apr 2019

Palm oil, logging firms the usual suspects as Indonesia fires flare anew

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Apr 2019

How a sheriff in Brazil is using satellites to stop deforestation

Jenny Gonzales 12 Apr 2019

‘It’s getting worse’: National parks in Honduras hit hard by palm oil

Maxwell Radwin 11 Apr 2019

Scientists urge overhaul of the world’s parks to protect biodiversity

John Cannon 11 Apr 2019
Tropical rainforest in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

EU consumption drives ‘import’ of tropical deforestation

Carinya Sharples 11 Apr 2019

Indonesia’s threat to exit Paris accord over palm oil seen as cynical ploy

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Apr 2019

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