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U.S. court approves historic settlement for Honduran farmers’ case against the World Bank’s IFC

Jared Olson 10 Oct 2024
A village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus) at Lake Chivero, Harare.

Community-led wetland restoration may hold key to Harare’s water crisis

Aimee Gabay, Tatenda Chitagu 10 Oct 2024
A banner rejecting PSN that was damaged by irresponsible individuals on Rempang Island.

Tensions flare as Indonesian islanders resist China solar development

Yogi Eka Sahputra 10 Oct 2024

Javan fisherwomen lead fight against marine dredging amid fears of damage

Basten Gokkon 10 Oct 2024

‘World’s largest’ carbon credit deal in the Amazon faces bumpy road ahead

Carla Ruas 9 Oct 2024
Paraguay Chaco, cattle in Karanda'y palm tree savanna (Bajo Chaco), Alto Paraguay Province. Image by Peer V. via Wikimedia Commons.

Collagen and meat giants fuel deforestation and rights violations in Paraguay: Report

Iñigo Alexander 9 Oct 2024
African penguins are now an Endangered species and listed as in need of urgent conservation action. Image by Petro Kotze.

Caracal, meet penguin: How humans pushed unlikely predator and prey together

Petro Kotzé 8 Oct 2024
Snow leopard in Nepal

Nepal’s snow leopard conservation shifts focus from research to conflict mitigation

Abhaya Raj Joshi 8 Oct 2024
Nemonte Nenquimo in one of her family's forest gardens near the village of Nemonpare in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

‘Indigenous women in the Amazon must be empowered’: Interview with Nemonte Nenquimo

Astrid Arellano 7 Oct 2024
Clusters of ancient drawings known as geoglyphs have been seen in the state of Acre. Image courtesy of Diego Gurgel/Secom.

New conservation model calls for protecting Amazon for its archaeological riches

Peter Speetjens 4 Oct 2024
A serval photographed in the area by camera trap with the Sasol plant behind it in 2019. Image by Dan Loock.

Follow the prey: How servals adapt to an industrialized landscape

Juliette Portala 3 Oct 2024

Past failures can’t stop Indonesia from clearing forests, Indigenous lands for farms

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Oct 2024

For ranchers in Costa Rica, jaguars and pumas become unexpected allies

Darío Chinchilla 3 Oct 2024
Drought-stricken river in the Capoto-Jarina Indigenous Territory in the Upper Xingu region of Mato Grosso on September 12th, 2024. Photo © Marizilda Cruppe / Greenpeace

Brazil dredges Amazon rivers to ease drought isolation, raising environmental concerns

Amanda Magnani 1 Oct 2024
Ouk Mao showed reporters timber cut from the Phnom Chum Rok Sat community forest by loggers working for Lin Vatey. Image by Nehru Pry / Mongabay

Reporter who revealed deforestation in Cambodia now charged with deforestation

Gerald Flynn, Nehru Pry 27 Sep 2024

Brazil cracks down on illegal gold mining, sparking anger in the Amazon

Shanna Hanbury 27 Sep 2024

‘We need white men on our side to save the Amazon from destruction,’ 92-year-old Indigenous Chief Raoni says

Carla Ruas 26 Sep 2024

Police murder Guarani man as Brazil struggles with Indigenous land demarcation

Maxwell Radwin 26 Sep 2024

As MotoGP heads to Indonesia, Indigenous Sasak brace for another weekend of repression

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Sep 2024

Fears of big, bad wolves behind India attacks are without evidence, experts say

Mongabay.com 26 Sep 2024
Vietnamese environmental activists protesting coal-fired power plants in 2017. Second from left is Hoàng Thị Minh Hồng.

Influential Vietnamese environmentalist released from prison two years early

Mongabay.com 25 Sep 2024
A loggerhead turtle hatchling on Al-Mansouri beach.

Amid haze of war, Lebanese activists helped turtle hatchlings journey to sea

Amélie David 25 Sep 2024
wind farm

SE Asia renewables firms fall short on policies to protect environmental defenders

Carolyn Cowan 25 Sep 2024
Elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis). Image by Lucy Keith-Diagne via iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0).

NGOs raise concerns over oil exploration in Republic of Congo national park

Didier Makal 24 Sep 2024
A leopard in India.

Experts call for urgent leopard conservation efforts in Bangladesh

Rafiqul Islam 23 Sep 2024

Permits granted for Colombia’s Alacrán mine amid pollution, deforestation concerns

Maxwell Radwin 20 Sep 2024
Endorois and Ogiek Peoples of Kenya in a peaceful procession to demand for their land rights in Feb., 2024.

Indigenous peoples won in court — but in practice, they face a different reality

Aimee Gabay 20 Sep 2024

In Sri Lanka, election day is time for firecrackers — to ward off elephants

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 20 Sep 2024

Why the EU must stand firm on its plan to help protect the world’s forests (commentary)

Sam Lawson 19 Sep 2024
A Maasai cattle herder in Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Ahead of COP16, groups warn of rights abuses linked to ‘30×30’ goal

Aimee Gabay 18 Sep 2024

Community forest or corporate fortune? How public land became a mine in Cambodia

Mike DiGirolamo 17 Sep 2024

Report exposes meatpackers’ role in recent chemical deforestation in Brazil

Sarah Brown 17 Sep 2024

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