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Rechargeable battery industry needs better mining regulations, report says

Maxwell Radwin 29 Sep 2023
Members of Synaparcam, an association of communities affected by Socapalm holding a banner reading "YES to the respect of community rights" in French. Image courtesy Thierry Didier Kuicheu

Bolloré blacklisted over alleged rights violations on plantations in Africa and Asia

Victoria Schneider 29 Sep 2023
Snow leopards, because of their shy nature, size, and style of hunting, stand to lose the most as the wolves move in. Image by Tambako The Jaguar via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0).

Return of the wolf to Nepal’s Himalayas may threaten snow leopards

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Sep 2023
Commercial coal shipping in Vietnam.

Vietnamese environmentalist sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax evasion

Mongabay.com 28 Sep 2023

Barely making it: A conversation with ‘Eight Bears’ author Gloria Dickie

Mike DiGirolamo 27 Sep 2023
An uncontacted Indigenous community in Acre, Brazil.

New online map tracks threats to uncontacted Indigenous peoples in Brazil’s Amazon

Sarah Brown 27 Sep 2023
A herd of Asiatic elephants in Assam.

Video: Rice as a peace offering in India’s human-elephant conflict capital

Biswajit Das, Mongabay.com 27 Sep 2023
Tractor and trailer with oil palm seedlings on a Wilmar plantation in Cross River state, Nigeria. Image by Rettet van Regenwald via Flickr (CC BY--NC-ND 2.0)

10 years after land grab, local Nigerian farmers continue fight against palm oil producer

Orji Sunday 22 Sep 2023

How Canada’s growing presence in Latin America is hurting the environment

Maxwell Radwin 22 Sep 2023

Brazil Supreme Court quashes time frame proposal in win for Indigenous rights

Sarah Brown 22 Sep 2023

Fisherwomen fight plan for coastal salt farms on Indonesia’s Madura Island

Moh. Tamimi 22 Sep 2023
Cattle in Pará state.

EU bill and new green policies spur progress on Brazil’s cattle tracking

André Schröder 21 Sep 2023

Investors over islanders as Indonesia uses force to push development project

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Sep 2023
Volunteer teacher Chad Booc. Image by Chad Booc's via Facebook.

Who were the 11 Philippines environmental defenders killed in 2022?

Keith Anthony Fabro 21 Sep 2023

São Paulo Indigenous community pins its territorial hopes on a new village

Sam Cowie 20 Sep 2023
Cattle grazing in the Amazon.

Meatpacking giant and Amazon deforester JBS bid for NYSE listing challenged

Shanna Hanbury 20 Sep 2023
Aldenísio Pereira da Silva, a teacher of Indigenous education in the Tabalascada Indigenous Community.

In Roraima, Indigenous communities forge sustainable solutions amid threats

Amanda Magnani 19 Sep 2023

Panama protests to protect ecosystems and canal against pending mining deal

Daniel Harkins 18 Sep 2023

Latin America most dangerous place for environmental defenders, report says

Maxwell Radwin 14 Sep 2023

Kellogg’s latest to freeze Indonesian supplier over palm oil violations

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Sep 2023
“We sow our plants and when the time of flowering comes, the drought dries them up and they die,” says Mariano from rural Indigenous Guatemala.

Indigenous peoples undersupported on frontline of hotter, drier, fiery world

Jeremy Hance 13 Sep 2023

The struggle to deter mining operations in a little-known biodiversity sanctuary in Brazil

Duda Menegassi for ((o))eco 11 Sep 2023

Agro giant Cargill tied to deforestation in Bolivia’s Chiquitano forest

Maxwell Radwin 11 Sep 2023
A sub-adult Bengal tiger on the river bank.

Sundarbans tiger and prey numbers rise amid Bangladesh conservation efforts

Mohammad Al-Masum Molla 11 Sep 2023
Fetiya Ousman on a patrol.

Balancing elephant conservation and community needs: Q&A with award-winning ranger Fetiya Ousman

Solomon Yimer 8 Sep 2023

Brazil cap-and-trade carbon framework in sight, but agriculture gets a pass

Sarah Brown 6 Sep 2023
Maria Bernadete Pacífico was the leader of Pitanga of Palmares quilombo, located in Bahia state. Image courtesy of CONAQ.

Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights

Jenny Gonzales 5 Sep 2023

In Panama, an Indigenous kingdom fights for its right to the forest

Maxwell Radwin 4 Sep 2023
An elephant in Cambodia.

A forest gave Cambodia’s captive elephants a new life. Now they’re paying it back

John Cannon 31 Aug 2023
A path is cut deep into the core zone of Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary in Cambodia's Mondulkiri province following the government's approval of a new mining license in the protected forest. Photo by Gerald Flynn/Mongabay.

Cambodia approves, then suspends, marble mine in Keo Seima REDD+ project

Gerald Flynn, Meng Kroypunlok 31 Aug 2023
Vulture Nepal

Nests of hope: Nepal’s vulture colonies hold on amid new threats

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Aug 2023
A rancher herds cattle in Mato Grosso, Brazil.

How the Amazon’s ‘greatest devastator’ sold cattle to a Carrefour supplier 

Marina Rossi, Daniel Camargos, Hyury Potter 29 Aug 2023

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