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DNA testing proves that cocoa originated in the Amazon and reveals robust pre-Columbian trade

Sibélia Zanon 29 Jul 2024

Sri Lanka aims to restore ancient irrigation tanks in climate change plan

Malaka Rodrigo 22 Apr 2023

Reviving an ancient way of aquaculture at Hawaii’s Heʻeia fishpond

Shannon Brown 20 Apr 2020
Rainforest in Malaysian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Conserving the World’s Remaining Intact Forests (commentary)

Michael Painter and David Wilkie 25 Jul 2017

Pre-Columbian Amazon settlement primarily ate fish — more sustainable?

Claire Salisbury 8 Jul 2016
La Danta pyramid in the Mayan city of Mirador, as seen from a distance. Photo by Ronyrocael/Wikimedia Commons.

Controversial park plans in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 17 Jun 2016
Marta Álvarez inspects xate palm fronds harvested in the Uaxactún community forest concession. Photo by Sandra Cuffe.

Communities lead the way in rainforest conservation in Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe 9 Jun 2016

Successes and many challenges in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 2 Jun 2016

Lima to restore pre-Incan aqueducts to alleviate its water crisis

Ariel Mark 16 Apr 2015

Discovery of ‘Lost City’ spurs conservation pledge

Jeremy Hance 18 Mar 2015

Drones to scan the Amazon rainforest for hidden civilizations

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2015

Giant stone face unveiled in the Amazon rainforest (video)

Jeremy Hance 4 Dec 2014

Egyptian art helps chart past extinctions of big mammals

Kim Smuga-Otto 1 Dec 2014

A garden or a wilderness? One-fifth of the Amazon may have been savannah before the arrival of Europeans

Jeremy Hance 9 Jul 2014

Experts dispute recent study that claims little impact by pre-Columbian tribes in Amazon

Jeremy Hance 5 Jul 2012

Humans drove rainforest into savannah in ancient Africa

Jeremy Hance 9 Feb 2012

Evidence mounts that Maya did themselves in through deforestation

Jeremy Hance 8 Dec 2011

Scientists confirm ancient Egyptian knowledge: Nile crocodile is two species

Jeremy Hance 20 Sep 2011

Destructive farming practices of early civilization may have altered climate long before industrial era

Jeremy Hance 31 Aug 2009

Chocolate has been a delicacy north of Mexico for a thousand years

Jeremy Hance 2 Feb 2009

European conquest of the Americas may have driven global cooling

Mongabay.com 18 Dec 2008

Pre-Colombian Amazonians lived in sustainable ‘urban’ society

Rhett A. Butler 28 Aug 2008

Heavily-populated Amazon was decimated by old world disease

Jeremy Hance 9 Jun 2008

Ancient Amazon fires linked to human populations

Rhett A. Butler 20 Feb 2008

Chocolate first used more than 3100 years ago

Mongabay.com 12 Nov 2007

Crop domestication originated in compost piles

Mongabay.com 19 Aug 2007

Failing water supply destroyed lost city of Angkor Wat

Mongabay.com 13 Aug 2007

Killers of renowned anthropologist sentenced in Brazil

Mongabay.com 12 Jul 2007

Peanuts, cotton, squash first farmed in Peru 6,000-10,000 years ago

Mongabay.com 28 Jun 2007

Polynesians brought chickens to Americas before Columbus

Rhett A. Butler 4 Jun 2007

Maize cultivated at least 7,300 years ago in Mexico

Rhett A. Butler 9 Apr 2007

Amazon rainforest fires date back thousands of years

Rhett A. Butler 14 Mar 2007

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