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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.

Climate finance must reach Indigenous communities at COP30 & beyond (commentary)

Suzanne Pelletier, Victor Gil 5 Nov 2025
Girl with a seedling in Northern California. Image by Rhett Ayers Butler

Investing in the next generation of environmental journalists (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Nov 2025

Youth, hope & the role of environmental journalism in building a better future (commentary)

Fernanda Biasoli 4 Nov 2025
Logging truck leaves the forest in Ghana. Image courtesy of Fern.

As Ghana ships first ‘gold standard’ timber to EU, questions about FLEGT’s future remain (commentary)

Fred Pearce 3 Nov 2025
Banyan tree in Vietnam. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler.

What might lie ahead for tropical forests (analysis)

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Nov 2025
Corals and fish in Lighthouse Reef atoll, Belize.

Belize’s blue reputation vs. reef reality: Marine conservation wins, and what’s missing (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Oct 2025

On first International Day of the Deep Seabed, we seek stewardship and consensus (commentary)

Leticia Carvalho 30 Oct 2025
A representation of a bisected nautilus.

Why independent journalism is a strategic investment for philanthropy (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Oct 2025
Shoebills are one of the endangered species that rely on Lake Victoria in Uganda. Image by Emilie Chen via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0).

Has Uganda done enough to prevent pollution of Lake Albert by oil drilling? (commentary)

Robert Agenonga 24 Oct 2025
One of the last nesting beaches of green sea turtles and extremely rare leatherback turtles on Misali, the most likely site for a new hotel complex. Image by Tim Caro.

Zanzibar must act to conserve its natural & cultural heritage for the future (commentary)

Tim Caro 22 Oct 2025
Starling Murmuration. Image by Rhett Ayers Butler

Trust-based philanthropy: Lessons from MacKenzie Scott and Laurene Powell Jobs (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Oct 2025
Mamá Conchita in her chagra with her dogs.

Indigenous women and the path to a just energy transition: Voices from the land (commentary)

Galina Angarova, Daniela De León 20 Oct 2025
Fresh oil palm fruit bunches. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil must halt Liberian palm oil company’s abuses (commentary)

Gaurav Madan 15 Oct 2025

Voices from the Land

Mongabay.com 15 Oct 2025
Yesid Achicue, an Indigenous mountain guide from the Cauca region in Colombia. Image courtesy of Yesid Achicue.

As the Andes’ glaciers melt, our values can help: Voices from the land (commentary)

Yesid Achicue 14 Oct 2025
A waddle of chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) on Deception Island, Antarctica. Image courtesy of Jay Williams / WWF.

Abandoning Antarctic krill management measure threatens conservation progress (commentary)

Andrea Capurro, Mary-Anne Lea 13 Oct 2025
Redwoods in California. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler.

Supporting frontline leadership in a time of crisis (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Oct 2025
In the cloud forests of Brava, Cabo Verde, community youth bend over thorny shrubs, pulling out these invasive plants that choke the native orchids and grasslands. Not far away, herders guide their cattle through cleared pastures, benefiting directly from the restoration work. These community members are inspired by an initiative that commenced thousands of kilometers away in India, where villagers and conservationists are wrestling with Lantana camara, an ornamental plant from Central America that has spread like wildfire, threatening forests, wildlife, and livelihoods alike. Yet in both places, these struggles are not just about removing a plant—they are about securing a future where people and ecosystems can coexist. Image courtesy of the author.

Linking biodiversity protection with community development in an era of crisis (commentary)

Dheeraj Jayant 10 Oct 2025
A common octopus (Octopus vulgaris). Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Octopus farming is a dangerous detour for marine conservation (commentary)

Giulia Malerbi 8 Oct 2025
Palm civet in a wildlife farm in Dong Nai Province, Viet Nam. Image courtesy of Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).

New global guidelines needed to rein in the wildlife pet trade (commentary)

Elizabeth Bennett 7 Oct 2025
Amadiba Crisis Committee Protest at Mzamba Beach. Image courtesy of the Amadiba Crisis Committee.

Indigenous consent isn’t a ‘box-ticking’ exercise: Voices from the land (commentary)

Sinegugu Zukulu 6 Oct 2025
The Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) is native to Europe, Asia and Africa. Image courtesy of Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).

Biodiversity is our most sophisticated information network and must be protected (commentary)

Razan Al Mubarak 2 Oct 2025
Courtesy of the Jane Goodall Institute

How to carry Jane Goodall’s light forward

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Oct 2025
A trash picker looks for recyclable plastics at a waste dump in Bali. Image by Jonas Gratzer for Mongabay.

Can courts combat plastic pollution? Lessons from Indonesia (commentary)

Syahriza Alkohir Anggoro 30 Sep 2025
Indigenous organizations from the Amazon basin — representing more than 511 peoples — met in Brasilia on June 2 to discuss solutions they are implementing in their territories to address the global climate crisis. Image courtesy of Passu Creativa.

Seven Indigenous paths to protect the Amazon: Voices from the land (commentary)

Oswaldo Muca Castizo, Patricia Suárez, Oriana Cortés Muñoz, Emil Sirén Gualinga 29 Sep 2025
Lions in South Africa. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

Counting kings: How annual lion surveys reveal the health of Africa’s protected areas (commentary)

Jon Ayers 29 Sep 2025
A member of the Sámi Indigenous people tends a reindeer in Sweden.

Europe’s competition over Indigenous Sámi resources: Voices from the land (commentary)

Áslat Holmberg 22 Sep 2025
Sumatran rhino. Image by Rhett Ayers Butler

Navigating conservation’s crisis (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Sep 2025

The mire of Brazil’s BR-319 highway: Deforestation, development, and the banality of evil (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 19 Sep 2025
Artist's conception of a manumea, Samoa's 'little dodo.' Image via Samoa Conservation Society fundraising page.

Funding is needed to save Samoa’s ‘little dodo’ from extinction (commentary)

Gianluca Serra 18 Sep 2025
A male blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur). Image courtesy of Ksuryawanshi via Wikimedia Commons.

Nepal’s Himalayan biodiversity struggles with new herds and highways (commentary)

Naresh Kusi, Geraldine Werhahn 17 Sep 2025
Staff member of the Kinesi nursery planting seedlings in the pots, August 2019 ©WeForest

Putting the right plants in the right place boosts restoration (commentary)

Willem Ferwerda 16 Sep 2025

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