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The women who won’t let go: Female-led resistance to development harms across Asia

Kannikar Petchkaew 30 Oct 2026
Lucy Mulenkei was among those who had worked to get the new body over the line. A Masai leader from Kenya, Mulenkei is co-chair of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity. Image by Mark Hillsdon/Mongabay.

‘A proper seat at the table’: Lucy Mulenkei on Indigenous decision-making at the COP17 biodiversity summit

Mark Hillsdon 28 Oct 2026

Mozambique safari operator wins conservation award at COP17

David Akana 23 Oct 2026

For Australia’s Indigenous Desert Alliance, caring for Country starts with a story

Mike DiGirolamo 20 Oct 2026
An Indian honey bee in Pune, Maharashtra state.

The women keeping Uttarakhand’s native bees alive

Swati Thapa 20 Oct 2026
Wisye Sahambangung, front, and other women from Rhizopora work in a muddy mangrove area in Sarawet on Sept. 2, 2026. Image courtesy of Wisye Sahambangung.

Indonesian women cash in on mangrove restoration: Interview with community leader Wisye Sahambangung

Annisa Dinulislam 17 Oct 2026
Adriana Hora dos Santos harvests oysters from a mangrove forest near Areia Branca, a former traditional village that is now a neighborhood of Aracaju. Photo by André Cherri / V.U.E.L.A.

‘Enclosed river:’ Women shellfish gatherers fight for access to mangroves in Brazil

Carolina de Marchi 16 Oct 2026
A photo taken on July 19, 2026, shows Sorn Srenh, deputy chief of Koh Sdach commune, who has turned grassroots action into a model for marine conservation. Image by Eung Sea for Mongabay.

Community action to protect Cambodia’s seas: Interview with commune leader Sorn Srenh

Eung Sea 12 Oct 2026
The Polish side of the Bialowieża Forest is home to 900 Bison, brought back from the brink of extinction.

Can WarWilding defend Poland’s borders and save Europe’s last ancient forest?

Marta Kasztelan 7 Oct 2026

Sabine Schoppe who built a refuge for Palawan’s forest turtles has died

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Oct 2026

Iwi and community-led effort return kiwi to Wellington for first time in over a century

Mike DiGirolamo 29 Sep 2026

The Home Planet Fund succeeds by giving directly to local communities

Mike DiGirolamo 22 Sep 2026

At 86, Sri Lanka’s ‘father of herpetology’ inspires a new conservation generation

Mongabay.com 18 Sep 2026
Installation of the technical equipment of the Congoflux tower. Image by Fiston Wasanga/CIFOR.

What conservation rumors reveal about climate projects in the Congo Basin (commentary)

Fergus O’Leary Simpson, Kristof Titeca, Papy Bambu, Eric Abanati, Andre Malekani 7 Sep 2026

Women farmers in Sumatra find a gentler way to keep elephants at bay

Mongabay.com 3 Sep 2026

Cambodia defies UN call to free ‘arbitrarily jailed’ environmental activists

Gerald Flynn 27 Aug 2026
The colorful Javan blue flycatcher (Cyornis banyumas)

In Java’s hills, former bird hunters are rebuilding a songbird haven

Triyo Handoko 27 Aug 2026

A Sumatran villager lost ground to the sea. So he planted mangroves

Mongabay.com 27 Aug 2026

Inspiring young herpetologists in Sri Lanka: Interview with Anslem de Silva

Malaka Rodrigo 25 Aug 2026
Members of the Kāi Tahu marine ranger team return from harvesting seaweed. Image by Edward Carver for Mongabay.

New Zealand opens marine reserves with groundbreaking Māori co-management model

Edward Carver 19 Aug 2026
Ernita, farmer and member of women’s group Perbani, grows citrus trees on the perimeter of her oil palm farm, on the buffer zone of Tesso Nilo National Park, to drive away elephants. Image by Suryadi/Mongabay Indonesia.

How women farmers are helping elephants and forests in a Sumatran national park

Suryadi, Yenni Kwok 14 Aug 2026
Harisyah measures the distance between mangrove planting holes. Photo by Suryadi, Mongabay Indonesia.

On fragile Sumatran peatland, a farmer fights to bring back lost mangroves

Suryadi 12 Aug 2026
Adam Falk at Jahoo Gibbon Camp within Keo Seima Sanctuary in Cambodia. Photo courtesy of WCS.

What conservation looks like from the outside: A conversation with Adam Falk after his first year as CEO of WCS

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Aug 2026
A man displays a photo he says shows toxic chemicals spilled due to oil drilling, in Moanda, western Democratic Republic of Congo, 2023.

Fighting new oil blocks in the Congo Basin: Interview with activist Pascal Mirindi

Dan Yessa 17 Jul 2026
A fisher casts a net in the Mahanadi River in Odisha. Image by Sujit kumar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Rivers are not just water bodies: Interview with the Waterman of Odisha

Stephin Thomas 17 Jul 2026

Ancient rock structures help restore biodiversity on the US-Mexico border

Rose Shimberg 17 Jul 2026
Baobab (Adansonia digitata) in Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo.

Like ‘climbing Kilimanjaro’ without help: Interview with a Limpopo conservationist

Bernard Chiguvare 15 Jul 2026
The Katas Raj Temples and the pond, 2014.

No corporation can buy the ‘right to destroy’: Interview with activist Raja Waseem Ahmed

Muhammad Talal 15 Jul 2026
Through the Mazingira Women Initiative, Hamida has spent those years organizing around waste management, smart farming, land rights and women’s leadership.

Waste, women & environmental justice: Interview with Nubian activist Malasen Hamida

Ouma Elvine Tina 14 Jul 2026
Women's support group in Southeast Asia.

In Southeast Asia, peer-support network boosts women’s well-being in conservation

Carolyn Cowan 6 Jul 2026
These sheep, photographed on a highway in Canada, may have been drawn to the road by deicing salt. Image by Ben Goldfarb.

The long and winding road to safe highways: Inside the global movement to reconnect habitat

Ben Goldfarb 10 Jun 2026
Pakusari landfill, Jember, East Java. Image courtesy of Wiskomunalian.

In Indonesia, a schoolboy moves mountains on waste as government targets reform

Gafur Abdullah 30 Apr 2026

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