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As Africa eyes protected areas expansion of 1 million square miles, concerns over enforcement persist

Mike DiGirolamo 4 Feb 2025
Babu Krishna Karki with his camera photographing wildlife.

Military-backed conservation ‘without firing a single shot’: Interview with Nepal’s Babu Krishna Karki

Abhaya Raj Joshi 4 Feb 2025

Indian town trials virtual solar fences to reduce conflict with elephants

Mongabay.com 4 Feb 2025

Mother of 2 jailed in Sumatra as wildfires dragnet continues to catch small farmers

Teguh Suprayitno 4 Feb 2025

Amazon states lead rebellion on environmental enforcement

Fernanda Wenzel 3 Feb 2025

No justice in sight for World Bank project-affected communities in Liberia

Victoria Schneider 3 Feb 2025
An African pygmy goose.

Seeking the ‘humanity–wetland’ balance: Interview with Zimbabwean activist Jimmy Mahachi

Aimee Gabay 2 Feb 2025

As the gold rush surges in Nicaragua, Indigenous communities pay the price

Maxwell Radwin 31 Jan 2025

Collective action, civil disobedience and blockades in the Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 30 Jan 2025

In Honduras, communities race to establish reserve as La Mosquitia forest disappears

Maxwell Radwin 30 Jan 2025

How a Nepali border village learned to live with migratory wild elephants

Deepak Adhikari 30 Jan 2025

On a São Paulo eco-farm, Brazil’s landless movement makes its case for occupation

Peter Speetjens 30 Jan 2025
Aerial view of coal mining in East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo.

Indonesia rushes mining law amendments, raising environmental and governance alarms

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Jan 2025
A pride of lions inside Queen Elizabeth National Park. Photo by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

Uganda’s tree-climbing lions grow scarce amid nationwide decline of the big cat

Gilbert Nakweya 29 Jan 2025

Yanomami sees success two years into Amazon miner evictions, but fears remain

Fernanda Wenzel 29 Jan 2025
An oilfield location in Muanda early in the morning.

DRC orders environmental, operational audits of oil company Perenco

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Jan 2025

Introducing wildlife crime to Nepal’s law enforcement: Interview with Prasanna Yonzon

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Jan 2025
Two rangers in Kasigau Wildlife Sanctuary, Kenya.

What does an NGO do when its funds are tied to human rights abuses? Interview with John Knox

Latoya Abulu 27 Jan 2025
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with federal, state and nonprofit partners to restore endangered Atlantic salmon to the Penobscot River watershed in Maine.

Salmon farms under fire on U.S. East Coast after being shuttered on West Coast

Edward Carver 24 Jan 2025
Rodrigo Agostinho, head of IBAMA

‘We’re getting back on track’: Interview with IBAMA head Rodrigo Agostinho

Karla Mendes 24 Jan 2025
Maasai herder in Morogoro, not far from Ruaha National Park. Image by Shengena Killel/IFRI via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

World Bank cancels $150m tourism project in Tanzania after abuse claims

Ashoka Mukpo 23 Jan 2025

Indigenous communities rise up against prison projects in Ecuador

Kimberley Brown 22 Jan 2025
Domesticated yaks ferry essential supplies on the Sagarmatha trekking trail. Image by Shashwat Pant.

Helicopters slash the trek to Earth’s highest peak, but leave Sherpas grounded

Shashwat Pant 21 Jan 2025

In Uganda, local communities bear the brunt of militarized conservation

Mongabay.com 21 Jan 2025
Cattle grazing in the Amazon.

Probe details the playbook of one of Amazon’s top land grabbers

Fernanda Wenzel 20 Jan 2025
An uncontacted Indigenous community in Acre, Brazil.

Should mining companies consider no-go zones where isolated Indigenous peoples live? (Commentary)

Danielle Martin 16 Jan 2025

Elephants, gorillas and chimps hold out in Cameroon’s largest protected landscape

Leocadia Bongben 16 Jan 2025

African Parks closes deal to manage Ethiopia’s Gambella National Park

Ashoka Mukpo 16 Jan 2025
Mē Hoprê Catêjê, the Krahô Warriors group, have received several threats and criticisms from farmers and other outsiders operating on the boundaries of their territory.

Krahô women lead Indigenous guard to protect territory in Brazil

Aimee Gabay 14 Jan 2025
radiated tortoise

How tortoise conservationist Hery Razafimamonjiraibe manages risks to antipoaching teams

Carolyn Cowan 10 Jan 2025
Oil palm fruits harvested in Kalimantan.

NGOs raise concerns over Borneo pilot of ‘jurisdictional’ certification for palm oil

Rendy Tisna 10 Jan 2025

After a searing Amazon fire season, experts warn of more in 2025

Fernanda Wenzel 8 Jan 2025

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