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Death of activist critical of geothermal project raises alarm in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Sep 2025
A Halmahera woman peeling coconuts for copra.

Maluku coconut growers cry crisis as Indonesia land-grabs feed energy transition

Achmad Rizki Muazam 10 Sep 2025
A Save The Elephants researcher studies elephants at Lake Jipe in Kenya. Image courtesy of Wildlife Conservation Network.

African wildlife conservation is local communities’ burden (commentary)

Kendi Borona 9 Sep 2025
A herd of forest elephants.

Fear & uncertainty grip Nigerian community after fatal elephant attack

Samuel Ogunsona 9 Sep 2025
Since 2014, the Siona people have reported the presence of landmines in their territories, planted by illegal armed groups. Image by Sara Arredondo (Baudó Agencia Pública).

Colombia’s Siona Indigenous guard faces landmines, violence around territory

Jose Guarnizo 9 Sep 2025
A view of oil palm groves on the Socapalm plantation from the village of Apouh. Image by Yannick Kenné for Mongabay.

Palm oil giant Socapalm still planting on disputed land in Cameroon as villagers seek redress

Victoria Schneider 9 Sep 2025

‘Independent’ auditors overvalue credits of carbon projects, study finds

Carla Ruas 8 Sep 2025

In Brazil’s Pantanal, too many tourists may be the jaguar’s new predator

Francesco Schneider-Eicke 8 Sep 2025
A structure built by one of the isolated communities in Loreto, Peru. Image courtesy of ORPIO

Isolated tribes under threat as Peru votes down Yavarí Mirim Indigenous Reserve

Maxwell Radwin 8 Sep 2025

Sri Lanka monkey survey sparks skepticism & oddball ideas for deterring crop raiders

Malaka Rodrigo 5 Sep 2025

Guatemala closes oil field, increases security in Maya Biosphere Reserve

Maxwell Radwin 5 Sep 2025

Report sees $20B in revenue for Amazon REDD+ projects despite unmet promises

Carla Ruas 4 Sep 2025

Cape Town faces backlash over proposal to kill baboons

Bobby Bascomb 29 Aug 2025

A ‘sea war’ brews off Gambia as desperate local fishermen attack foreign vessels, and each other

Associated Press 29 Aug 2025

Data debunks spike in Sri Lanka’s elephant killings, points at media hype

Malaka Rodrigo 29 Aug 2025
Jorkporlorsue town, surrounded by rubber trees owned by Salala Rubber Corporation. Image by Ashoka Mukpo/Mongabay.

Liberian communities await justice at Salala rubber plantation after World Bank complaint

Victoria Schneider 29 Aug 2025

Officials struggle with land invasions in Mexico’s Balam Kú Biosphere Reserve

Maxwell Radwin 28 Aug 2025
A common leopard drinking water in a forest in Sri Lanka. Image by Udayan Dasgupta/Mongabay.

Suspected rise in targeted leopard killings worries conservationists in Sri Lanka

Mongabay.com 22 Aug 2025
Magar people stage protest against the Tanahun Hydropower project. Image by Sanjog Laapaa Magar, INWOLAG.

Development banks under fire for backing disputed Nepal hydropower project

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 22 Aug 2025
The waters along the Baliara coast, home to the Bajo people, have been contaminated by mining waste. Image courtesy of Satya Bumi.

Indonesia’s Bajau fishers lament nickel mining’s marine pollution

Mongabay.com 21 Aug 2025

Killings on Kenya’s Lake Naivasha raise questions over coast guard role

Joseph Maina 21 Aug 2025

Brazil’s land registry holds farmers accountable, but enables deforestation

Timothy J. Killeen 21 Aug 2025
The First Gen tanker off the shores of Santa Clara, October, 2024.

Philippine fishers struggle as LNG ‘superhighway’ cuts through biodiversity hotspot

Mongabay.com 20 Aug 2025

Pulp and paper giant APP moves closer to regaining FSC stamp despite pending review

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Aug 2025
A lion in Western Cape, South Africa.

Learning to live with lions: Interview with Claw Conservancy’s Andrew Stein

Abhishyant Kidangoor 15 Aug 2025
Kavantissa, a regal tusker considered Sri Lanka’s largest elephant, stands more than 3 meters (10 feet) in height. He faces the risk of being killed due to his habit of roaming close to human settlements. Image courtesy of Gimantha.

It’s time to update the language of human-wildlife interactions (commentary)

Tracie McKinney 14 Aug 2025
Patrick Kilonzo Mwalua at work. Image from his social media.

Patrick Kilonzo Mwalua, water bearer to Tsavo’s wild, died June 18, 2024, aged 51

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Aug 2025

Conservationists warn of targeted poaching behind Sri Lanka’s leopard killings

Malaka Rodrigo 13 Aug 2025
Wild elephants drinking from a stream near Bardiya National Park in Nepal. Image courtesy of Bardiya National Park.

In western Nepal, farmers switch to growing turmeric; elephants stay away

Deepak Adhikari 13 Aug 2025
Dang Dinh Bach speaking.

Dang Dinh Bach: He fought for clean air. Now he breathes through bars.

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Aug 2025

Borneo killing linked to coal industry stays unsolved as Indonesia VP visits Dayak village

Muhibar Sobary Ardan 12 Aug 2025
A flock of Himalayan griffon vultures photographed on the runway of the Pokhara International Airport. Image courtesy of Hemanta Dhakal.

The man fighting to keep vultures and planes safe from each other in Nepal’s Pokhara

Mongabay.com 11 Aug 2025

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