Controversial News

RSS
535 stories

John Deere and Brazilian bank team up to equip farmers deforesting the Amazon

Andressa Santa Cruz, Naira Hofmeister and Pedro Papini 14 Feb 2022
Fire line moves through a degraded forest area in an undesignated public forest area in Porto Velho, Rondônia on July 29, 2021. Photo © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

Mongabay’s top Amazon stories from 2021

Liz Kimbrough 29 Dec 2021
Oil barrel Amazon

California is the world’s number one importer of Amazonian oil, report finds

Victoria Schneider 23 Dec 2021

‘Standing with your feet in the water’: COP26 struggles to succeed

Justin Catanoso 12 Nov 2021

COP26: Are climate declarations and emission reduction pledges legally binding?

Justin Catanoso 11 Nov 2021

Top Brazil gold exporter leaves a trail of criminal probes and illegal mines

Guilherme Henrique and Ana Magalhães/Repórter Brasil 10 Nov 2021

COP26: E.U. is committed to forest biomass burning to cut fossil fuel use

Justin Catanoso 10 Nov 2021

COP26: Surging wood pellet industry threatens climate, say experts

Sharon Guynup 9 Nov 2021
Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco). Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

New restoration “Playbook” calls for political, economic, and social change

Liz Kimbrough 8 Nov 2021
New York, NY - January 7, 2020: Former Vice President & Democratic hopeful Joe Biden made foreign policy statement at Current on Pier 59, Lev Radin for Shutterstock

Scientists urge Biden to remove logging, fossil fuels, biomass from budget bills

Liz Kimbrough 8 Nov 2021

COP26 Glasgow Declaration: Salvation or threat to Earth’s forests?

Justin Catanoso 3 Nov 2021

As fossil fuel use surges, will COP26 protect forests to slow climate change?

Justin Catanoso 1 Nov 2021

Forest biomass-burning supply chain is producing major carbon emissions: Studies

Justin Catanoso 15 Oct 2021

‘On the map’: App shines light on 5,000 ‘invisible’ families in Brazil’s Cerrado and beyond

Sarah Sax 10 Sep 2021

New study offers latest proof that Brazilian Amazon is now a net CO2 source

Chris Arsenault 1 Sep 2021

Burning forests to make energy: EU and world wrestle with biomass science

Justin Catanoso 19 Aug 2021

Brazil government faces heat over plan that could underreport forest fires

Juliana Ennes 19 Jul 2021

The science of forest biomass: Conflicting studies map the controversy

Justin Catanoso 12 Jul 2021

As Arctic melt sets early July record, hard times lie ahead for ice: Studies

Gloria Dickie 8 Jul 2021

Nauru’s intention to mine the seabed prompts alarm among conservationists

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 2 Jul 2021

Under assault at home, Indigenous leaders get a violent welcome in Brasília

Fernanda Wenzel 24 Jun 2021

Demand for soy puts pressure on Pantanal, Brazil’s largest wild wetland

Fernanda Wenzel, Naira Hofmeister, Pedro Papini 23 Jun 2021

With Indigenous rights at stake in Brasília, a territory is attacked in Paraty

Ana Ionova 18 Jun 2021

Land dispute turns violent as Sumatran Indigenous groups clash with pulpwood firm

Ayat S. Karokaro 17 Jun 2021

Forest advocates press EU leader to rethink views on biomass and energy

Justin Catanoso 15 Jun 2021

Brazil’s environment minister faces second probe linked to illegal timber

Shanna Hanbury 4 Jun 2021

Brazil court orders illegal miners booted from Yanomami Indigenous Reserve

Shanna Hanbury 21 May 2021
Banner image of the Marauiá mountain range in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory, in the state of Amazonas. Image by Sebastião Salgado

‘Amazônia must live on’: Photographer Sebastião Salgado returns home with his new book

Peter Speetjens 20 May 2021

Brazil’s environment minister investigated for alleged illegal timber sales

Mongabay.com 19 May 2021

After gold miners shoot Yanomani people, Brazil cuts environmental regulation further

Mongabay.com 13 May 2021

Karipuna people sue Brazil government for alleged complicity in land grabs

Shanna Hanbury 6 May 2021

Brazil’s Bolsonaro vowed to work with Indigenous people. Now he’s investigating them

Mongabay.com 4 May 2021

you're currently offline