Conflict News

RSS
3178 stories
Since the beginning of the operation, government environmental agents have been destroying the logistical support of illegal mining, such as an airplane, a helicopter and a tractor, and have seized weapons and boats. Image courtesy of IBAMA by Ricardo Campos.

Environmental agents intensify strike amid record fires in Brazil

Fernanda Wenzel 28 Jun 2024
Significant deforestation was linked to the Lower Russei Chrum dam, which has been operational in Koh Kong province since 2015. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay.

Hydropower dams further undermine REDD+ efforts in Cambodia

Gerald Flynn, Vutha Srey 28 Jun 2024

Fire bans not effective as the Amazon and Pantanal burn, study says

Fernanda Wenzel 27 Jun 2024

Investigation confirms more abuses on Cameroon, Sierra Leone Socfin plantations

Victoria Schneider 27 Jun 2024

Reintroduction project brings golden parakeets back to the skies of Brazil’s Belém

Sarah Brown 26 Jun 2024

Venezuela: Water crisis looms as deforestation spreads in Yacambú National Park

Maxwell Radwin 25 Jun 2024

China-backed mine in Sumatran seismic hotspot rings safety alarms

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Jun 2024

As wind, solar farms expand in Brazil, space for traditional communities shrinks

Fernanda Wenzel 25 Jun 2024
Handils are the boundaries of fields as well as paths for transportation and waters to fish in.

Borneo’s Dayak adapt Indigenous forestry to modern peat management

Titik Kartitiani 25 Jun 2024

Wai Wai people’s push for direct access to Brazil nut market

Avener Prado, Rodrigo Pedroso, Sam Cowie 24 Jun 2024

Indigenous Wai Wai seek markets for Brazil nuts without middlemen

Rodrigo Pedroso, Sam Cowie, Avener Prado 24 Jun 2024
Protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline on Oct. 25, 2016.

Environmental protests under attack: Interview with UN special rapporteur Michel Forst

Peter Speetjens 24 Jun 2024
An abandoned mining truck in Pilbara.

Study: More than half of Australia’s clean energy mines lie on Indigenous land

Aimee Gabay 24 Jun 2024

Bali’s rapid coastal erosion threatens island’s ecosystems & communities: Study

Basten Gokkon 22 Jun 2024
Preparation towards graduating boys into Maasai warriors in Simanjiro District.

Forced evictions suppress Maasai spirituality & sacred spaces in Tanzania

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 22 Jun 2024
A coffee farmer in Colombia.

‘Water grabs’ pose big threat to farmers amid water crises

Aimee Gabay 21 Jun 2024

Revealed: Illegal cattle ranching booms in Arariboia territory during deadly year for Indigenous Guajajara

Karla Mendes 19 Jun 2024

Fraud and corruption drive illegal wildlife trade in the Amazon

Carla Ruas 18 Jun 2024

UNESCO accused of supporting human rights abuses in African parks

Aimee Gabay 17 Jun 2024

Death of Umi sparks concern over electric threat to Sumatran elephants

Teguh Suprayitno 12 Jun 2024

Verra suspends carbon credit projects following police raid in Brazil

Fernanda Wenzel 11 Jun 2024
Joseph Kirimbwa, a coffee farmer in Uganda and a member of a Nespresso program that hires and manages coffee plantations in Africa.

With an eye on EU’s new rules, scientists test ways to capture Africa’s forest loss

Malavika Vyawahare 11 Jun 2024

2 years after Bruno & Dom’s murders, Amazon region still rife with gangs

Jaqueline Sordi 10 Jun 2024

Activists decry latest arrests of East African oil pipeline opponents

Caroline Chebet 7 Jun 2024

Brazil police raid Amazon carbon credit projects exposed by Mongabay

Fernanda Wenzel 7 Jun 2024

#AllEyesonPapua goes viral to highlight threat to Indigenous forests from palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Jun 2024
A tiger in the mangroves.

Media must help reduce conflict between tigers and people in the Sundarbans (commentary)

Mafizul Islam 6 Jun 2024
Ilham Mahmudi

Unrest and arrests in Sumatra as community fights to protect mangroves

Ayat S. Karokaro 5 Jun 2024
Chun Seiha demonstrates the forest loss across Chi Ouk Boeung Prey, where almost all the large, valuable trees have been logged by Santana Agro. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay.

Cambodian companies tied to abuses promoted by UN program, rights group alleges

Gerald Flynn 5 Jun 2024
Farmers burning cleared forest land after harvesting. Photo courtesy of Buu Nguyen.

Can Vietnam’s forests survive the spread of acacia and eucalyptus plantations? (commentary)

Buu Nguyen 4 Jun 2024

Indonesian palm oil firm clashes with villagers it allegedly shortchanged

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Jun 2024
Keo Vannob returns from fishing to his home in Botum Sakor National Park. Screenshot from ‘Illegal fishing and land grabs push Cambodian coastal communities to the brink’ by Andy Ball / Mongabay.

Fishers left with no land, no fish, in fire sale of Cambodian coast

Andy Ball, Gerald Flynn, Vutha Srey 4 Jun 2024

you're currently offline