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Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli), a species that lives in Bongolava. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Abandoned by their sponsors, Madagascar’s orphaned parks struggle on

Rowan Moore Gerety 8 Dec 2017
An indri (Indri indri), another critically endangered lemur that lives in Makira Natural Park. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Carbon dreams: Can REDD+ save a Yosemite-size forest in Madagascar?

Rowan Moore Gerety 29 Nov 2017
Men and women spend hours sowing rice seedlings and ploughing the land. Photo by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor for Mongabay.

To feed a growing population, farms chew away at Madagascar’s forests

Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor 17 Nov 2017

Trump family planning policy may increase population, hurt women and environment

Tina Deines 10 Nov 2017
Sanazy, from Beheloke Haut, says “hunger” pushed her to start farming seaweed three years ago: she earns about $20 from the crop during her best months. Photo by Rowan Moore Gerety for Mongabay.

Fish vs. forests? Madagascar’s marine conservation boom

Rowan Moore Gerety 1 Nov 2017
With a greater hedgehog tenrec (Setifer setosus) stretched out on her lap, Voahangy Soarimalala of Association Vahatra demonstrates measurement techniques for small mammals to a group of masters students from the University of Antananarivo in the Andranomena Special Reserve. Photo courtesy of Association Vahatra.

Building conservation’s brain trust in Madagascar

Rowan Moore Gerety 25 Oct 2017

The Philippines commits to science-anchored fishery policies

Mongabay.com 20 Oct 2017
Each dry season, members of the community group VOI Sohisika try to keep brush fires at bay with controlled burns that run along firebreaks on the perimeter of the preserve. Photo courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden.

How small is too small? The uncertain fate of Madagascar’s forest fragments

Rowan Moore Gerety 18 Oct 2017
chameleon, a species that lives in Ranomafana National Park. Photo by

Conservation in a weak state: Madagascar struggles with enforcement

Rowan Moore Gerety 10 Oct 2017

Can community forestry deliver for Madagascar’s forests and people?

Rowan Moore Gerety 2 Oct 2017

How effective is conservation in Madagascar? Series starts next week

Rowan Moore Gerety 28 Sep 2017
Indigenous Awajún women in Shampuyacu, Peru. Conservation International has worked with these women to designate a forest of their own where they can cultivate traditional plants. Photo by Freddy Guillen.

Why gender matters in conservation

Roz Evans 26 May 2017

Drylands greener with forests than previously thought

John Cannon 12 May 2017

Over the bridge: The battle for the future of the Kinabatangan

John Cannon 3 May 2017

Delicate Solomon Island ecosystem in danger of heavy logging

Elliot Dawea & John C. Cannon 1 May 2017

Corruption drives dealings with logging companies in the Solomon Islands

Elliot Dawea, John Cannon 1 May 2017

Cross River superhighway changes course in Nigeria

John Cannon 28 Apr 2017

Women could be a key to great ape conservation in the Congo

Tina Deines 21 Apr 2017
A small village nestled in the Ha Giang province in Vietnam near the border with China. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Enforcement, development and education define efforts to save Vietnam’s rare primates

Michael Tatarski 15 Jan 2017

Sapphire boom propels thousands into Madagascar rainforest

John Cannon 1 Dec 2016

Hunting stymies rainforest regrowth, says a new study

John Cannon 10 Nov 2016
Tumaini Matinda drives his beat up 1995 Land Cruiser during one of his patrols in the forests of the Simanjiro district in northeast Tanzania. Photo by Willy Lowry

One man’s quest to save Tanzania’s forests

Sophie Tremblay, Willy Lowry 7 Nov 2016
A cook fries potato chips using charcoal at the Salama Guest House on the Kenyan side of Namanga. Photo by Nathan Siegel

In a border town, a favorite African fuel has an uncertain future

Nathan Siegel 3 Nov 2016
Tanzanian women carry new beehives into the forest. Photo by Felipe Rodriguez/APW

Can helping women achieve financial freedom help the environment, too?

Roz Evans 24 Aug 2016

Conservation, Divided: in-depth series starts Tuesday

Jeremy Hance 21 Apr 2016

India’s “environmentalism of convenience” threatens forest-dwellers’ rights

Arpitha Kodiveri 14 Apr 2016
High security fence at the Marange diamond fields. Security is tight but poverty in nearby communities drives many to attempt to break in and pan for diamonds illegally. Those caught risk beatings and torture by government and mine security forces. Photo by Andrew Mambondiyani.

Abuse, displacement, pollution: the legacy of Zimbabwe’s Marange diamonds

Andrew Mambondiyani 15 Mar 2016

Conservation and birth control: a controversial mix?

Roz Evans 14 Mar 2016

Aquaculture comes to Lake Victoria, but will it help wild fish?

Isaiah Esipisu 22 Feb 2016

Managing fish stock –and fishermen– along Brazil’s Canaticu River

Jenny Gonzales 2 Feb 2016

Photos: Can helping local people save an embattled Nigerian park?

Lawal Sani Kona 20 Jan 2016

As education grows so does the awareness of conserving biodiversity

Brittany Stewart 14 Jan 2016

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