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A lemur leaf frog in Costa Rica.

New global biodiversity fund to restore nature worldwide by 2030 officially launches

Latoya Abulu 25 Aug 2023
cerrado reserve

To safeguard a rare Brazilian woodpecker, an NGO bought out its habitat

James Hall 3 Aug 2023
One of the major goals of protected areas is to conserve biodiversity. Photo of knobbed hornbill by Rhett A. Butler.

Does the Global Biodiversity Framework give due consideration to market mechanisms? (commentary)

Andre Mader and Kayleigh Crabb 17 May 2023

Ecuador to boost protection of Galápagos in biggest debt-for-nature deal ever

Mongabay.com 11 May 2023
Elizabeth Azzuz and Margo Robbins, leaders of the Cultural Fire Management Council, have been helping Yurok Tribal members burn their land to improve the growth of basket materials and other traditional plants. Photo by Jane Braxton Little for Mongabay

Funders commit $102.5 million to support tribal-led conservation efforts in the U.S.

Laurel Sutherland 27 Apr 2023
Dax Dasilva. Photo credit: Monique Weston

We need to show that planetary wins are possible, says Dax Dasilva

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Apr 2023
Forest in Peru.

Citizen-run conservation booms in South America, despite state neglect

Shanna Hanbury 28 Mar 2023
Sunset over the Amazon. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Mobilizing Amazon societies to reduce forest carbon emissions and unlock the carbon market (commentary)

Dan Nepstad, Monica de los Rios, Ronaldo Seroa da Motta 13 Mar 2023
A humpback whale.

Indigenous funding model is a win-win for ecosystems and local economies in Canada

Spoorthy Raman 10 Mar 2023
Coral reef ecosystem in Fiji. Photo courtesy of Global Fund for Coral Reefs.

Blended finance can supercharge conservation (commentary)

Chuck Cooper 8 Mar 2023
A biodiverse island in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Biodiversity credits: An opportunity to create a new financing framework (commentary)

Mariana Sarmiento, Simon Morgan 20 Feb 2023
Blacktip sharks and remoras.

Study: Paying fishers to ease off sharks and rays is cost-effective conservation

Cassie Freund 6 Feb 2023
A clownfish in the Red Sea. Image by Cinzia Osele Bismarck via Ocean Image Bank.

On climate & biodiversity, where are we, post-COP15? (commentary)

Zoë Quiroz Cullen 4 Jan 2023
Acampamento Terra Livre Indigenous protest in Brazil, April 6, 2022. Image by Mídia NINJA Via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Top 10 notable Indigenous stories of 2022

Latoya Abulu 28 Dec 2022
From center left to right: David Cooper, CBD Deputy Executive Secretary; COP 15 President Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment, China; Xia Yingxian, China; and Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, CBD Executive Secretary. Image by UN biodiversity via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Nations adopt Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Latoya Abulu, Sahana Ghosh 20 Dec 2022

Mongabay’s Conservation Potential series investigates: Where do we need to protect biodiversity?

Liz Kimbrough 19 Dec 2022

Emmanuel Macron’s “Biodiversity Credits”: What are we talking about? (commentary)

Alain Karsenty 16 Dec 2022
A women harvests leaves.

Indigenous peoples and communities drive climate finance reform

John Cannon 6 Dec 2022

Despite pledges, obstacles stifle community climate and conservation funding

John Cannon 23 Nov 2022
Members of an Indigenous community in Guangaje, Ecuador after the blessing of a water spring. Image by Azzedine Rouichi via Unsplash (Public domain).

Small share of land rights pledge went to Indigenous groups: Progress report

John Cannon 7 Nov 2022

Forests & Finance: Sit-ins, seeds over seedlings, and fuel-saving cookstoves

Mongabay.com 5 Oct 2022
Elephants in iSimangaliso Wetland Park

Beyond bored apes: Blockchain polarizes wildlife conservation community

Abhishyant Kidangoor 26 Jul 2022
A farmer in a village in the Kerinci region.

A conservation failure in Sumatra serves a cautionary tale for PES schemes

Cassie Freund 30 Jun 2022

Does citizen ownership of natural resources hold the key to realizing deforestation commitments? (commentary)

Han Overman 6 Jun 2022
Inspectors from Brazil’s federal environmental protection agency, IBAMA, carried out a series of inspections in 2017, exposing weaknesses in Brazil's forest management systems that allowed illegal timber to be sold both domestically and abroad.

Government inaction sees 98% of deforestation alerts go unpunished in Brazil

Sarah Brown 31 May 2022
A giant panda, a species endemic to China, which has benefited from extensive conservation funding and efforts.

Lessons from panda conservation could help Asia’s other, overlooked, bears

Spoorthy Raman 9 May 2022

Sri Lanka’s environmentalists brace for economic meltdown’s toll on nature

Malaka Rodrigo 3 May 2022
A traditional fishermen in an Indigenous territory on the Tapajós River, in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo credit: Marcio Isensee e Sá. Licensed via Adobe Photo Stock

With record $5.3B in pledges, GEF aims for more flexible environmental funding

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Apr 2022

Funding, titling project for Indigenous-led organizations launched

Laurel Sutherland 25 Apr 2022
Luz Marina Valle shows off produce after working with the Fundación Entre Mujeres in Nicaragua.

Funding for women-led conservation remains tiny, but that’s changing fast

Dimitri Selibas 20 Apr 2022
A Bornean orangutan in Indonesia

How many orangutans does $1 billion save? Depends how you spend it, study finds

Jim Tan 1 Apr 2022

NGOs alert U.N. to furtive 2-million-hectare carbon deal in Malaysian Borneo

John Cannon 17 Mar 2022

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