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Ricardo Miranda, one of the protest leaders and member of the M10 movement representing Ngäbe communities affected by the dam. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

PHOTOS: Panama revives stalled dam over strong indigenous opposition

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 25 Aug 2016

REDD+ funds are being put to work in the right places: report

Mike Gaworecki 16 Aug 2016
Blue color form of Dendrobates auratus dart frog. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

10 conservation “fads”: how have they worked in Latin America?

Aldo Orellana López, Alan Forsberg 17 Jun 2016
These baby orangutans were confiscated from a trafficker in Indonesia's Aceh province in 2015. Photo by Junaidi Hanafiah.

Environmental crime reaches new record of $258b, report finds

Daniel Pye 8 Jun 2016

Climate negotiators focus on carbon credits, underplay human rights

Justin Catanoso 23 May 2016

International forest conservation finance is flowing to Africa

Mike Gaworecki 26 Apr 2016

Groups want forests to help mitigate the climate damage from your next flight

Mike Gaworecki 6 Apr 2016
Rainforest in Costa Rica. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

New Rainforest Alliance head: technology could improve commodity certification

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Mar 2016

Two forest countries, two very different conservation finance outlooks

Mike Gaworecki 14 Mar 2016
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Mato Grosso leading the fight against climate change and deforestation (commentary)

Daniel Nepstad 10 Mar 2016

Soil carbon could be key to protecting global biodiversity and climate at same time

Mike Gaworecki 24 Feb 2016

Some Indigenous groups wary of REDD+ following Paris Climate Agreement

Mitch Paquette 12 Feb 2016

Fighting climate change means protecting forests and wildlife

Russell A. Mittermeier 19 Jan 2016

The year in rainforests: 2015

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Dec 2015

Norway extends forest conservation initiative

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Dec 2015

Carbon storage for sale: USDA grants promote markets for ‘ecosystem services’

Peter Mellgard 12 Nov 2015

Community plants green shoots of hope in the land of the lost Javan tiger

Petrus Riski 11 Nov 2015

‘Maybe that’s why there’s so many fires’: Was a peat swamp illegitimately stripped of protected status in Indonesia?

Jay Fajar, Sapariah Saturi 2 Oct 2015

Norway pledges $47M/yr to help Congo countries save forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Sep 2015

Norway pays Brazil $1B to fulfill pledge for curbing deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Sep 2015

Damming Dissent: Community leaders behind bars in Guatemala after opposing hydro projects

Sandra Cuffe 2 Jul 2015

$4.5 Billion Spent On Voluntary Carbon Offsets Over Past Decade: Report

Mike Gaworecki 16 Jun 2015

Fighting fire with money: can finance protect Indonesia’s forests?

Pek Shibao 6 Apr 2015

Big surprise in the greenhouse: study finds economic costs of climate change hugely underestimated

Glenn Scherer 30 Mar 2015

World Bank’s forest carbon program falls short on indigenous peoples’ rights, argues report

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2015

Financial pledges for REDD+ slow to be disbursed, finds report

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2015

Indigenous uprising earned tribe territories, but greatest challenges lie ahead

Roberto (bear) Guerra - Special Reporting Initiative Fellow 6 Nov 2014

Between the Forest and the Sea: The Yarsuisuit Collective – Part II

Roberto (bear) Guerra - Special Reporting Initiative Fellow 31 Oct 2014

Between the forest and the sea: life and climate change in Guna Yala – Part I

Roberto (bear) Guerra - Special Reporting Initiative Fellow 27 Oct 2014

With drones, satellites, and camera traps proliferating, conservation needs better networking

Mongabay.com, Mongabay.com 27 Oct 2014

REDD+ versus indigenous people? Why a tribe in Panama rejected pay for their carbon-rich forests

Ruxandra Guidi - Mongabay.org Special Reporting Initiative Fellow 4 Sep 2014

Norway puts $1.6B into rainforest conservation

Mongabay.com 19 Aug 2014

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