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Flowering rainforest tree in the Colombian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Could the Blockchain help save the Amazon? (commentary)

Sophia Wood 22 Dec 2021

Can a new wave of climate fiction inspire climate action? (commentary)

Ryan Mizzen 16 Dec 2021
rubber agroforestry

A ‘probiotic’ approach to agriculture is better for people and planet (commentary)

Fabrice DeClerck 10 Dec 2021
TNC scientist Eddie Game checks an acoustic recorder in Papua New Guinea. Photo © Justine E. Hausheer / The Nature Conservancy

Collaboration is key to scaling conservation technologies (commentary)

Jonathan Palmer 7 Dec 2021
Measuring coral off the coast of East Africa. Photo credit: Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Save Our Seas Foundation

We must reverse the pressures on coral reefs before it’s too late (commentary)

David Obura, Melita Samoilys 6 Dec 2021

Criminal indictment obscures the reality of extractives contamination (commentary)

Suzana Sawyer, Lindsay Ofrias 6 Dec 2021
Andean Condor. Photo by Enrique Ortiz

How Andean Condors in Peru saved the California condor from extinction (commentary)

Enrique Ortiz 5 Dec 2021

The catfight within tiger conservation: Why all stakeholders need to start working together (commentary)

Chris Slappendel 3 Dec 2021
primary forest in Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, by John C. Cannon/Mongabay

Is colonial history repeating itself with Sabah forest carbon deal? (commentary)

Cynthia Clare Ong Gaik Suan 1 Dec 2021

In search of Taiwan’s lost clouded leopards, anthropology uncovers more than camera traps (commentary)

Yu Shih-Hsuan 23 Nov 2021
Flooded forest in the Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay

How to ensure the Glasgow forest declaration is a success (commentary)

Alison Hoare 22 Nov 2021

How sharing and learning from failures can transform conservation (commentary)

Josephine Chambers, Kate Massarella, Robert Fletcher 18 Nov 2021

What’s stopping some countries from keeping up with tiger conservation promises? (commentary)

Chris Slappendel 9 Nov 2021

Relying on green labels to address our thirst for the products of deforestation would be a disaster (commentary)

Sam Lawson 8 Nov 2021
Bison affect plant growth, nutrient cycling, and fire dynamics through their grazing. Image courtesy of Wildlife Conservation Society.

For Bison Day 2021, conservation and reconciliation through buffalo eyes (commentary)

Cristina Mormorunni, Shelly R. Fyant 5 Nov 2021

The ‘net zero’ bridge to saving the Amazon (commentary)

Daniel Nepstad 3 Nov 2021

COP-26: Amazonia’s Indigenous peoples are vital to fighting global warming (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 2 Nov 2021

It’s time for Brazil to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (commentary)

Athayde Motta, Miles Litvinoff 29 Oct 2021

BR-319 highway hearings: An attack on Brazil’s interests and Amazonia’s future (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 26 Oct 2021

Cats, charisma and climate change (commentary)

Jonathan Ayers 26 Oct 2021
Wooded landscape in Kõrvemaa Nature Park, Estonia. Image courtesy of Ireen Trummer via Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0.

Can we stop calling it ‘forest bathing’ now? Please, just get outside. (commentary)

Hannah Fries 22 Oct 2021

With Bachman’s warbler and others added to the ‘extinct’ list, we must support biodiversity agreements (commentary)

Christoph Irmscher 20 Oct 2021
Rainforest in the Colombian Amazon

Amazonian ecosystems and peoples on the brink – it is time for a new vision (commentary)

Mercedes Bustamante 18 Oct 2021
Daroyen in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Photo credit: NASA Landsat

30×30 is not a one-size-fits-all biodiversity target (commentary)

Karl Burkart 15 Oct 2021

Forests falling for cashew monocultures: A ‘repeated mistake’ in Côte d’Ivoire (commentary)

Cathy Watson 13 Oct 2021
Satellites provide a new data point for evaluating the impact of conservation programs. Image credit: Microsoft Zoom Earth

Donor agencies should ditch the club and embrace more locals (commentary)

Aida Greenbury 13 Oct 2021

Keep polar bears and their extensive range safe from oil drilling (Commentary)

Steve Blackledge, Dyani Chapman 8 Oct 2021

Can we save the bees? Absolutely. Let’s start with the native species (commentary)

Krystle Hickman 7 Oct 2021
Soy-forest boundary. Photo credit: Mighty Earth

Timmermans vs. Bolsonaro: Will the EU get deforestation off our dinner plates? (commentary)

Nico Muzi 7 Oct 2021
Road through a Redwood forest in Northern California. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay

How can philanthropy be more effective in environmental grant making? (commentary)

Byron Swift 4 Oct 2021

A gendered approach to the illegal wildlife trade could engender an anti-trafficking revolution (commentary)

Lisa Arlbrandt, Nathalie Simomeau, Rob Parry-Jones, Tamara Leger 1 Oct 2021

Following coup, Myanmar’s Indigenous vow to protect forests ‘until the end of the world’ (commentary)

Esther Wah 27 Sep 2021

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