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In this Aug. 23, 2020 file photo, cattle graze on land recently burned and deforested by cattle farmers near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil. The cattle industry in Brazil is a major driver of destruction of the Amazon rainforest, a fact documented by the World Bank and numerous academic studies. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

EUDR is starting to steer company actions, despite slow progress: Report

Constance Malleret 14 Apr 2026
Phil Lyver (second from left) and Tuawhenua kaumatua (elders). Image by Manaaki Whenua/Landcare Research.

Māori knowledge shows climate change domino effects on forest food chains

Monica Evans 14 Apr 2026
Cape Three Points village, Ghana. Image by Tini Maier via Flickr. CC BY 2.0.

Ghana declares its first marine protected area

Victoria Schneider 14 Apr 2026
Kute Hero (right) abandoned his traditional pastoralist livelihood for fishing after most of his livestock perished during a severe drought. Image by Christopher Clark for Mongabay.

In northern Kenya, a shifting Lake Turkana reshapes traditional livelihoods

Christopher Clark 14 Apr 2026
Visitors report seeing kalij pheasants (Lophura leucomelanos), a forest-dependent native species, around the reforestation site. Image by Mprasannak via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

30-year Himalayan project shows power of community-led forest restoration

Shradha Triveni 13 Apr 2026
In 2023, women working at the Salala plantation told Mongabay their managers often tried to pressure them into sex. Ashoka Mukpo/Mongabay.

Second progress report shows little action on World Bank redress plan at Liberian plantation

Victoria Schneider 9 Apr 2026

As EU-Mercosur agreement goes into effect, environmentalists raise red flags

Ramana Rech 8 Apr 2026

Malawi says there’s been no illegal crayfish smuggling for a year

Charles Mpaka 8 Apr 2026

Mennonites from Belize spark deforestation fears with new settlement plans in Suriname

Maxwell Radwin 8 Apr 2026
Shark meat in Brazil. Image by Philip Jacobson/Mongabay.

Latin America’s largest hospital complex cancels plan to buy shark meat

Philip Jacobson, Lucas Berti, Karla Mendes 7 Apr 2026

Unwrapping deforestation: Your chocolate Easter bunny may harm the environment

Elisângela Mendonça 3 Apr 2026
Nickel mining on Manuran Island. Image courtesy of Auriga Nusantara.

Indonesia’s deforestation surges 66% in 2025, reversing years of decline

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Apr 2026

Brazilian banks to verify satellite deforestation data for rural credit

Associated Press 2 Apr 2026

Railroad & tariff war boost soy in Brazil’s Cerrado, endangering Indigenous lands

Kevin Damasio 2 Apr 2026
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How wild cattle recovery is transforming local livelihoods near key Thai reserve

Carolyn Cowan 2 Apr 2026
Integrated Women’s Development Organization at work in Sidama, Ethiopia. Image courtesy of Ruhama Getahun.

Ethiopian women plant trees, restoring lands & livelihoods

Charles Mpaka 1 Apr 2026
The only water left for human and livestock to share in Berano Wereda, Homay Kebele of Ethiopia's Somali region. Image by © FAO/Michael Tewelde.

‘Sharing is off the table’ as drought reshapes the culture of Ethiopia’s pastoralists

Kaleab Girma 1 Apr 2026

Oil surge sharpens calls for Indonesia to shift away from fossil fuels

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Apr 2026

Brazil is uniquely positioned to weather rising world oil prices

Associated Press 31 Mar 2026

In Peru, Indigenous women work to save an ancestral potato from disappearance

Astrid Arellano 31 Mar 2026
Research finds that there are already places on Earth where it gets so hot and humid at times during the year that it’s unsafe for either younger or older adults to do more than lie down or sit outdoors. Photo by NOAA.

Global warming already impacts daily lives around the globe, study finds

Mike Gaworecki 30 Mar 2026

Brazilian settlers turn to reforestation in ambitious land recovery plan

Sibélia Zanon 30 Mar 2026

Grasslands and wetlands are being lost to agriculture four times faster than forests

Shanna Hanbury 30 Mar 2026
The Zanette in the Gqeberha harbour, offloading its catch into a truck belonging to the DSL permit-holder, Fisherman Fresh CC. Image courtesy of Enrico Gennari.

Investigation of permit violations in South Africa’s shark fishery pending

Victoria Schneider 27 Mar 2026
Youngdung with a cross-bred yak calf in Vijer (Tra) village in Dolpo. Image by Youngdung Jhama Lama.

Climate change tests Nepal’s wild and domesticated yaks 

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 27 Mar 2026
Lubumbashi River, at the level of the Kalubwe bridge, where significant fish mortality was reported in November 2025. Image by Ruth Kutemba.

4 months after DRC mine spill, residents remain impacted

Ruth Kutemba, Elodie Toto 26 Mar 2026

Palm oil clearing advances in Bornean orangutan habitat despite red flags

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Mar 2026
Students are planting indigenous and other fruit tree species on school grounds. Image courtesy of Namulindwa Brendah.

Five more community-led African groups join global landscape restoration network

Charles Mpaka 25 Mar 2026
Researcher Lisiane Hahn and colleagues have tagged and released piraíba fitted with tracking devices, generating new data that reveal previously undocumented migrations of this South American species. Image courtesy of Lisiane Hahn.

325 Long-neglected migratory freshwater fish species need protection now: Report

Stefan Lovgren 25 Mar 2026
Cucumbers growing on a bamboo frame in Bangladesh.

New farming method replaces traditional jhum in crowding Bangladesh hills

Sifayet Ullah 25 Mar 2026
Fish on a beach in New Ireland province. Image ©Sebastian Velasquez.

PNG’s New Ireland coastal waters causing fish deaths, human sickness

John Cannon 20 Mar 2026
A Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) ship.

Shipping’s biofuel gamble could deepen Africa’s land squeeze and food insecurity (commentary)

Susan Chomba, Million Belay 20 Mar 2026

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