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Elephants in Namibia. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler.

Investing in African wildlife: An interview with David Bonderman

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Jan 2021
Blue Anole from Colombia. Photo by Thomas Marent

For Latin America’s environmental defenders, Escazú Agreement is a voice and a shield

Genevieve Glatsky 7 Jan 2021

Historical data point to ‘imminent extinction’ of Tapanuli orangutan

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Jan 2021
: Scarab beetles on little white flowers in the canopy. Image by Susan Kirmse (CC BY-ND).

Canopy beetles and flowering trees rely on each other in the Amazon, study

Liz Kimbrough 6 Jan 2021

Indonesia’s plantation program on collision course with wildlife, Indigenous groups

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Jan 2021

For Sumatran elephant conservation, involvement of local people is key (commentary)

Roderick T.J. Buiskool 5 Jan 2021

A hi-tech eye in the sky lays bare Hawaiʻi’s living coral reefs

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 5 Jan 2021

How to transform systems: Q&A with WRI’s Andrew Steer

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Jan 2021

Colombia’s sustainable forestry drive boosts biodiversity and business

Dimitri Selibas 30 Dec 2020
Coral reef in at Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Photo by Beth Watson / Ocean Image Bank.

Top positive environmental stories from 2020

Liz Kimbrough 30 Dec 2020
A humpback whale off the coast of the northeastern U.S. Image by John C. Cannon/Mongabay.

11 notable books on conservation and the environment published in 2020

John Cannon 30 Dec 2020

Indonesia’s five most consequential environmental stories of 2020

Loren Bell 29 Dec 2020
Blackwater oxbow lake, rainforest, and a whitewater river in the Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

How the pandemic impacted rainforests in 2020: a year in review

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Dec 2020

Sustainable financing is pivotal for marine conservation beyond 2030 pledges (commentary)

Simon Cripps 28 Dec 2020

As world sours on coal, top producer Indonesia tries to sweeten it at home

Nithin Coca 28 Dec 2020

Top 15 species discoveries from 2020 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 28 Dec 2020
Woman maintaining fish trap in waist deep water near Mashare, Namibia. Image by Mp3ief via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Alarm as exploratory drilling for oil begins in northern Namibia

Jim Tan 28 Dec 2020

New innovations to clean up the impacts of mining

Mike Gaworecki 23 Dec 2020
Mendouga Rita plants Gnetum in the village of Minwoho. Lekié, Center Region, Cameroon. Photo by Ollivier Girard/CIFOR

Human rights-based conservation is key to protecting biodiversity: Study

Liz Kimbrough 23 Dec 2020

Pollution, water cuts strengthen calls for environmental law reform in Malaysia

Danielle Keeton-Olsen 23 Dec 2020

Being realistic about coal mine rehabilitation in Indonesia: An ecological perspective

David Woodbury, Arbainsyah 23 Dec 2020
The Amazon near Manaus, Brazil. Image by Neil Palmer/CIAT via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Soy moratorium averted New Jersey-size loss of Amazon rainforest: Study

John Cannon 23 Dec 2020

Songbird trade in Indonesia threatens wild Sunda laughingthrush

Basten Gokkon 22 Dec 2020

Ribeirinhos win right to waterside Amazon homeland lost to Belo Monte dam

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 22 Dec 2020
Rainforest tree with magenta flowers

Critical temperature threshold spells shorter lives for tropical trees

Liz Kimbrough 22 Dec 2020
A village near a community forest in River Cess County, Liberia, 2016. Photo by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

Liberia gave villagers control over their forests. Then a mining company showed up

Ashoka Mukpo, James Giahyue 22 Dec 2020

Why do Eurasian badgers live with foxes? Candid Animal Cam spots badgers

Romina Castagnino 22 Dec 2020
A world turned weird. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Top 10 environmental news stories of 2020

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Dec 2020

Historical analysis: The Amazon’s mineral wealth — curse or blessing?

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 21 Dec 2020

Sighting of super rare Chacoan fairy armadillo in Bolivia ‘a dream come true’

Milan Sime Martinic 21 Dec 2020

2020’s top ocean news stories (commentary)

Callie Steffen, Emma Critchley, Douglas McCauley 21 Dec 2020
Pine forest in the Sierra Nevada. Photo by Rhett A. Butler / mongabay

Bold sustainability commitments: An interview with Microsoft’s Lucas Joppa

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Dec 2020

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