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The Congo Basin’s 10 most consequential stories from 2021

John Cannon 27 Dec 2021

As its glaciers melt, Nepal is forced into an adaptation not of its choosing

Johan Augustin 27 Dec 2021

Myanmar teak is tainted. Time to jettison it, some yacht-making insiders say

Malavika Vyawahare 27 Dec 2021
Photo credit: Bill Laurance

Tom Lovejoy, prominent conservation biologist, dies at 80

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Dec 2021

Indonesia’s three most consequential forestry stories of 2021

Philip Jacobson 24 Dec 2021

10 notable books on conservation and the environment published in 2021

John Cannon 24 Dec 2021

Australia’s rainforest species gain ground through landscape linkages

Amanda Freeman 24 Dec 2021

‘Unprecedented’ fires in Madagascar national park threaten livelihoods and lemurs

Edward Carver 23 Dec 2021
Oil barrel Amazon

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

Victoria Schneider 23 Dec 2021

As the Amazon burns, its Indigenous inhabitants choke on the haze

Valéria Santana and Juliana Ennes 23 Dec 2021

The Top Positive Environmental News Stories from 2021

Mike DiGirolamo 23 Dec 2021
Mapping activities Indigenous

Guyanese project to bolster Indigenous land rights draws funding — and flak

Carinya Sharples 23 Dec 2021

‘We scientists engage in soft diplomacy’: Q&A with Christine Wilkinson

Caitlin Looby 23 Dec 2021

Reclaiming tradition: Amazonian women ditch mining for biocosmetics

Carolina Pinheiro 23 Dec 2021

How does political instability in the Mekong affect deforestation?

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 23 Dec 2021
Natural forest (left) versus an oil palm plantation (right) in Indonesia. Photo credits: Rhett A. Butler

What has the pandemic done to forest policies? (commentary)

Aida Greenbury 23 Dec 2021

Slashed forest protections ignites land grabbing frenzy in Brazilian Amazon

Ana Ionova 22 Dec 2021

Global ayahuasca trend drives deforestation in Brazil’s Acre state

Matthew Meyer 22 Dec 2021
Small-scale gold mining

Secrecy shrouds new gold mining deal in Guyana’s Marudi mountains

Laurel Sutherland 22 Dec 2021

Global ecosystem restoration progress: How and who’s tracking it?

Mike Gaworecki 22 Dec 2021
Flowering rainforest tree in the Colombian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Could the Blockchain help save the Amazon? (commentary)

Sophia Wood 22 Dec 2021

Wary welcome for Indonesia’s ‘green port’ initiative to clean up shipping

Basten Gokkon 22 Dec 2021

Top 15 species discoveries from 2021 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 21 Dec 2021
Kahuzi-Biega National Park rangers stand in formation at the park in October, 2016. Photo by Thomas Nicolon for Mongabay.

Deadly raids are latest case of abuse against Indigenous Batwa in DRC park, groups say

Laurel Sutherland 21 Dec 2021

Holy loach! Fish missing for decades rediscovered in Turkey’s Batman River

Mongabay.com 21 Dec 2021

Mexican firm profits from reforestation, empowers Indigenous people

Maxwell Radwin 21 Dec 2021

In Guyana, saving an Indigenous language from dying out with its last speakers

Alva Solomon 21 Dec 2021

New flavor of vanilla farming aims to stop deforestation in Madagascar

Rivonala Razafison 21 Dec 2021

Lockdown underscores Uganda’s overreliance on tourism to fund conservation

Nangayi Guyson 21 Dec 2021

Decline of threatened bird highlights planning importance of bison releases

John Cannon 21 Dec 2021

Illegal roads pierce Indigenous reserve, national parks in Colombian Amazon

Santiago Luque Pérez 20 Dec 2021
Winter reindeer

In the Arctic, Indigenous Sámi keep life centered on reindeer herding

Liz Kimbrough 20 Dec 2021

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