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Eucalyptus trees at the Burapha Agro-Forestry plantation near Xathany District, Laos, 2023. Image courtesy of Melissa Lo.

Land tenure lesson from Laos for forest carbon projects (commentary)

Melissa Lo / Simran Kaur / Oluwole Soyinka / Sheng Huan Tang / Song Fu 2 Apr 2024
Indigenous leader Alessandra Korap Munduruku confronted Anglo American over its attempts to mine on protected Indigenous land, leading the mining giant to withdraw its prospecting applications. Image courtesy of the Goldman Environmental Prize.

Direct funding of Indigenous peoples can protect global rainforests & the climate (commentary)

Joe Eisen, Suzanne Pelletier, Tørris Jæger 24 Jan 2024

False claims of U.N. backing see Indigenous groups cede forest rights for sketchy finance

Gloria Pallares 4 Jan 2024
Indigenous elder of the Pataxó tribe in Brazil. Photo credit: Brastock Images. Licensed via Adobe Photo Stock

2023’s top 10 Indigenous news stories (commentary)

Joan Carling, Joseph Itongwa, Juan Carlos Jintiach 28 Dec 2023
Three pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus).

New tool aims to make nature-based solutions projects in SE Asia a better sell

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Dec 2023
Mist rising from the Amazon rainforest at dawn. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Amazon deforestation declines but fossil fuels remain contentious, COP28 shows

Sarah Brown 7 Dec 2023

Indonesia pushes carbon-intensive ‘false solutions’ in its energy transition

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Dec 2023
A traditional fishermen in an Indigenous territory on the Tapajós River, in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo credit: Marcio Isensee e Sá. Licensed via Adobe Photo Stock

Despite progress, small share of climate pledge went to Indigenous groups: report

Aimee Gabay 4 Dec 2023
Keo Seima forest. Image by user Pygathrix nigripes via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Indigenous land rights are key to conservation in Cambodia (commentary)

Emiel de Lange, Sushil Raj, Yun Mane 1 Dec 2023
Clouds reflected in a lake in the Amazon Rainforest.

At COP28 & beyond, fair carbon markets must be part of the climate finance solution (commentary)

Charles Bedford, John Edward Myers 30 Nov 2023

African leaders & activists will bring new demands, hopes to COP28

Abdulkareem Mojeed 29 Nov 2023
A REDD+-supported nursery at Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary in Cambodia. Image by John Cannon/Mongabay.

Carbon credit certifier Verra updates accounting method amid growing criticism

John Cannon 28 Nov 2023
Sitio Paho, Pala’wan Indigenous leader Mami Lapasan, carrying a heavy load of almaciga resin.

How Indigenous peoples and local communities can make the voluntary carbon market work for them (commentary)

Francisco Souza, Jennifer Tauli Corpuz, Kanyinke Sena, Levi Sucre Romero 27 Nov 2023
Woman carrying a solar pannel near Yangambi, DRC.

Can carbon markets solve Africa’s climate finance woes?

Ashoka Mukpo 7 Nov 2023

Delay of Indonesia’s energy transition plan a chance to get public input

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Sep 2023
The Pataxó territory overlaps with Monte Pascoal National Park in the Brazilian state of Bahia. Image courtesy of André Olmos.

At Climate Week, guaranteeing Indigenous land rights and funding is crucial (commentary)

Dinamam Tuxá and Leila Saraiva 15 Sep 2023
“We sow our plants and when the time of flowering comes, the drought dries them up and they die,” says Mariano from rural Indigenous Guatemala.

Indigenous peoples undersupported on frontline of hotter, drier, fiery world

Jeremy Hance 13 Sep 2023

Peru signs $20-million debt-for-nature swap with focus on Amazon rainforest

Maxwell Radwin 12 Sep 2023
Aerial view of a road.

Study: Tricky balancing act between EV scale-up and mining battery metals

Liz Kimbrough 8 Sep 2023
Coal protest in Indonesia

Indonesian voters want a clean energy plan, but candidates haven’t delivered

Basten Gokkon 6 Sep 2023

In a world of climate risks, Sri Lanka is finding ways to adapt

Dennis Mombauer 31 Aug 2023
A forest in Indonesia.

Asian Development Bank’s climate commitments require greater accountability (commentary)

Radhika Goyal 12 Jul 2023
Elizabeth Azzuz and Margo Robbins, leaders of the Cultural Fire Management Council, have been helping Yurok Tribal members burn their land to improve the growth of basket materials and other traditional plants. Photo by Jane Braxton Little for Mongabay

Funders commit $102.5 million to support tribal-led conservation efforts in the U.S.

Laurel Sutherland 27 Apr 2023
Dominick DellaSala, chief scientist with Oregon-based NGO Wild Heritage walks on a trail.

The U.S. has cataloged its forests. Now comes the hard part: Protecting them

Justin Catanoso 27 Apr 2023
Coal on a barge near Tanjung Redeb, East Kalimantan.

U.S. firm quits Indonesian gasification project in major blow to coal ambitions

Nithin Coca 4 Apr 2023
Sunset over the Amazon. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Mobilizing Amazon societies to reduce forest carbon emissions and unlock the carbon market (commentary)

Dan Nepstad, Monica de los Rios, Ronaldo Seroa da Motta 13 Mar 2023
Gas-fueled power plant in Riau, Indonesia. Image courtesy of PLN.

Indonesia aims to use gas in foreign-funded energy transition; critics cry foul

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Mar 2023
A clownfish in the Red Sea. Image by Cinzia Osele Bismarck via Ocean Image Bank.

On climate & biodiversity, where are we, post-COP15? (commentary)

Zoë Quiroz Cullen 4 Jan 2023
Residents of Hanging Site.

In Sierra Leone’s fishing villages, a reality check for climate aid

Ashoka Mukpo 15 Dec 2022
Indigenous delegates at COP27 in Egypt. Image courtesy of UN climate change via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Words that didn’t make the cut: What happened to Indigenous rights at COP27

Dimitri Selibas 25 Nov 2022

Despite pledges, obstacles stifle community climate and conservation funding

John Cannon 23 Nov 2022

COP27 boosts carbon trading and ‘non-market’ conservation: But can they save forests?

Alec Luhn 22 Nov 2022

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