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A villager from Mahu cuts down a tree using a midsize chainsaw. A chainsaw can cut down a tree four times faster than an axe and handsaw. Photo by Ann Wang for Mongabay.

A fight to control chainsaws in Myanmar could turn the tide on illegal logging

Ann Wang, Genevieve Belmaker 4 May 2017

Vandals ravage Mother Nature (commentary)

Fred Bercovitch 4 May 2017

“We don’t believe in words anymore”: Indians stand against Temer govt.

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 3 May 2017

Over the bridge: The battle for the future of the Kinabatangan

John Cannon 3 May 2017

Human-wildlife conflict is decimating leopard numbers in one of their last African strongholds

Mike Gaworecki 3 May 2017

Mexican ecologist José Sarukhán wins 2017 Tyler Prize

Erik Hoffner 3 May 2017

Rwanda welcomes 20 black rhinos to Akagera National Park

Mongabay.com 3 May 2017

Preserving orangutan culture an ingredient for successful conservation

Linda Lombardi 2 May 2017

A return to mixed roots in a Sumatran forest

Dedek Hendry 2 May 2017

Saving the most endangered plants in the world

Shreya Dasgupta 2 May 2017

Effective climate change action needs technology and policy

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 1 May 2017

To help stop illegal fishing, ban practice of transshipment on high seas, researchers say

Mike Gaworecki 1 May 2017

Conservation lessons from the bonobos

Kim Harrisberg 1 May 2017

Despite numerous challenges, rhinos are thriving in India’s Jaldapara National Park

Moushumi Basu 1 May 2017

Saving Congo’s sea turtles: progress made but dangers ahead

William Clowes 1 May 2017

Delicate Solomon Island ecosystem in danger of heavy logging

Elliot Dawea, John Cannon 1 May 2017

Corruption drives dealings with logging companies in the Solomon Islands

Elliot Dawea, John Cannon 1 May 2017

Brazil’s deforestation “sheriff” has been fired

Mike Gaworecki 28 Apr 2017
Proboscis monkeys grooming.

An interactive map connects landowners and forest change in one of the world’s most biodiverse places

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 28 Apr 2017

Cross River superhighway changes course in Nigeria

John Cannon 28 Apr 2017

Philippines bans new open-pit metal mines

Keith Schneider 28 Apr 2017

As forests disappear, human-elephant conflict escalates in Nepal

Lillie Howell 28 Apr 2017

Overestimated range maps for endemic birds in India’s Western Ghats lead to underestimated threats, study finds

Mike Gaworecki 27 Apr 2017

Indigenous communities resisting dams in Indonesia claim they face repression, rights abuses

Eko Rusdianto 27 Apr 2017

Amazon’s fate hangs on outcome of war between opposing worldviews

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 27 Apr 2017

Illegal trade threatens nearly half the world’s natural heritage sites: WWF

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Apr 2017

The meat hook: satiating Asia’s demand for beef

Maxine Chen 27 Apr 2017

Plans to drill for oil near newly discovered Amazon Reef alarm scientists

Mike Gaworecki 26 Apr 2017
Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema), a species threatened by the Madagascar rosewood trade. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Singapore convicts rosewood trader in historic CITES seizure

Edward Carver 26 Apr 2017
Indigenous Arhuaco peoples ride toward the forest in Colombia. Photo by Bram Ebus for Mongabay.

Colombia’s indigenous Arhuaco awarded 500 hectares in ongoing bid to regain ancestral lands

Bram Ebus 26 Apr 2017
The coast of DRC. Photo by William Clowes for Mongabay.

Conserving Congo’s wild places on a shoestring

William Clowes 25 Apr 2017

Namibia’s low cost, sustainable solution to seabird bycatch

William H. Funk 25 Apr 2017

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