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Climate change fuels African floods that hit harder in vulnerable regions

Fanta Mabo 13 Dec 2024

Indonesian forests put at risk by South Korean and Japanese biomass subsidies

Annelise Giseburt 12 Dec 2024

Andes glacier melt threatens Amazon’s rivers & intensifies droughts

Amanda Magnani 11 Dec 2024

Loggers and carbon projects forge odd partnerships in the Brazilian Amazon

Fernanda Wenzel 9 Dec 2024

‘Bear’s-eye camera’ reveals elusive Andean bear cannibalism and treetop mating

Liz Kimbrough 6 Dec 2024

Agroecology offers blueprint for resilient farming in northern Ghana

Caleb Ahinakwah 5 Dec 2024

Severe drought in Peruvian Amazon isolated more than 130 Indigenous communities

Aimee Gabay 5 Dec 2024
Tattersalli is an area stewarded by the NGO FANAMBY on the edge of Bekaraoka Forest in Madagascar.

Climate finance must empower grassroots conservation in Africa & beyond (commentary)

Dr. Josia Razafindramanana 3 Dec 2024
Snow and cold at the original CarbFix injection well in Iceland during late 2011 made working conditions at this field site more challenging.

Storing CO2 in rock: Carbon mineralization holds climate promise but needs scale-up

Ruth Kamnitzer 3 Dec 2024

Climate financing should come from oil and gas ‘super’ profits, study says

Maxwell Radwin 2 Dec 2024
Cobalt ore mined in DRC.

Just energy transition reports urge care in surge to reach global renewable energy goals

Sonam Lama Hyolmo and Latoya Abulu 2 Dec 2024
Cutting a tree with a chainsaw.

Land use change impacting seven planetary boundaries, solutions urgent, say scientists

Sean Mowbray 2 Dec 2024

Brazil plans new reserves to curb deforestation near contested Amazon roads

Fernanda Wenzel 28 Nov 2024
Two Paĩ leaders.

Paraguay’s Indigenous Paĩ Tavyterã communities fight invaders, fires and drought

Aimee Gabay 28 Nov 2024
Restoring the abandoned rice fields required breaking up earthen dykes and clearing channels to restore natural water flow, so that mangroves seedlings and propagules could naturally recolonize the areas. In instances seedlings are also planted to help natural regeneration. Image by Wetlands International & Beyond Borders Media

How a holistic approach aims to heal mangroves in Guinea-Bissau

Ruth Kamnitzer 27 Nov 2024

Nations should redirect 1% of military spending towards reforestation, Mexico proposes

Maxwell Radwin 27 Nov 2024

Researchers find high levels of mercury in Amazon’s Madeira River water & fish

Kevin Damasio 27 Nov 2024
Rainforest rainbow in Sabah. Image by Rhett Butler for Mongabay.

Environmental journalism as the link between local and global (commentary)

Gustavo Faleiros 27 Nov 2024
Cattle in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Brazil beef industry still struggling with deforestation from indirect suppliers, survey finds

Maxwell Radwin 26 Nov 2024
In a village near Kebribeyah district of Somali regional state, a young herder guides the cattle to the water source, keeping the age-old tradition alive. Image by Solomon Yimer.

As climate change upends Ethiopia’s pastoral wisdom, adaptations can help

Sonam Lama Hyolmo and Solomon Yimer 26 Nov 2024
Protesters bearing signs reading "Global North, pay up" and "Global South, hold the line" outside the plenary hall during COP29, Baku, Azerbaijan. Image by Kiara Worth/UN Climate Change via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) https://www.flickr.com/photos/unfccc/54158868096/in/dateposted/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

COP29 ends in $300 billion deal, widespread dismay — and eyes toward COP30

David Akana 25 Nov 2024

Seeking solutions in Indigenous knowledge: Interview with the Maldives’ Mohamed Nasheed

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 23 Nov 2024
Blackwater oxbow lake in the Peruvian Amazon.

Prosecutors urge suspension of Amazon carbon projects, citing Mongabay investigation

Fernanda Wenzel 22 Nov 2024
Cityscape of Seattle, U.S., with trees in the foreground.

Cities are climate solution leaders: Interview with Vancouver’s Gregor Robertson

Justin Catanoso 22 Nov 2024
Macaws flying over the rainforest.

Let’s rethink debt-for-nature swaps toward greater sustainability & integrity (commentary)

Daniel Ortega-Pacheco and Jonathan Glennie 22 Nov 2024
People walk in heavy rains in Dhaka.

Studies link stronger dengue outbreak in Bangladesh to climate change

Mohammad Al-Masum Molla 22 Nov 2024
Agroforestry products Thailand

Help farmers adopt agroecology to protect biodiversity and climate (commentary)

Jonathan Mockshell 21 Nov 2024
Carteret islanders on a canoe. Image credit: Friends of the Earth.

In a Noah’s Ark move, PNG migrants bring thousands of trees to safer ground

Thibault Le Pivain 21 Nov 2024

Hopes and fears for the Amazon: Interview with botanist Hans ter Steege

Peter Speetjens 19 Nov 2024
A female mountain gorilla carrying her baby on her back.

Biodiversity credit approaches multiply as concerns cloud confidence

John Cannon 19 Nov 2024

Organizations tackle droughts, floods in Brazil by planting forests

Ellen Nemitz 18 Nov 2024
A plastic beverage bottle floats in the shallow waters of Sand Island in Hawaii. Image by David Slater / NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program Marine Debris Team, 2015.

How ‘waste colonialism’ underpins Asia’s plastic problem (commentary)

Coleen Salamat 18 Nov 2024

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