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

Han Overman 6 Jun 2022
Piñatex fibers in the drying stage. The pineapple leaf fiber has great tensile strength and flexibility. Image courtesy of Riikka Juva/Ananas Anam.

Sustainable fashion: Biomaterial revolution replacing fur and skins

Jenny Gonzales 8 Apr 2022

Coalition against online wildlife trafficking shares little evidence of success (analysis)

Toby McIntosh 25 Mar 2022

At a plantation in Central Africa, Big Oil tries to go net-zero

Ashoka Mukpo 20 Jan 2022
Cattle in Brazil

European supermarkets say Brazilian beef is off the menu

Ashoka Mukpo 16 Dec 2021
Global Forest Watch tree cover loss 2001-2021 set on Planet imagery from Jun-Sep 2020.

Mongabay reporter sued in what appears to be a pattern of legal intimidation by Peruvian cacao company

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2021

$1.5 billion Congo Basin pledge a good start but not enough, experts say

Jim Tan 3 Dec 2021

Oil executives deny misinformation on climate change, despite evidence

Shanna Hanbury 2 Nov 2021

Banking on deforestation: Top lenders make $1.7b from agribusiness deals

Malavika Vyawahare 28 Oct 2021
Chimpanzee

In Guinea, an illegal $6b gold ‘bonanza’ threatens endangered chimpanzees

Ashoka Mukpo 19 Oct 2021

Tanzanian gold miners ten times more likely to die from road injuries, study finds

Malavika Vyawahare 15 Oct 2021

11 Mongabay investigations in two years. Here’s what we found

Mike DiGirolamo 17 Sep 2021
Logging concession in Indonesia. Photo credit: Yudhi Mahendra / Mighty Earth

Fomenting a “Perfect Storm” to push companies to change: Q&A with Glenn Hurowitz

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Sep 2021

Amazon, meet Amazon: Tech giant rolls out rainforest carbon offset project

Juliana Ennes 7 Sep 2021
Gorilla in Gabon. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

How to find the right NGO partner without shooting yourself in the foot (commentary)

Aida Greenbury 6 Sep 2021

Everything is traceable – unless you don’t want it to be (commentary)

Aida Greenbury 18 Aug 2021
Natural forest and an acacia plantation on the island of Sumatra. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Corporate sustainability shouldn’t be an unknown entity (commentary)

Aida Greenbury 2 Aug 2021

Bank risk policies failing to protect Amazon from oil-related threats: Report

Ashoka Mukpo 14 Jul 2021

Top brands failing to spot rights abuses on Indonesian oil palm plantations

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Jul 2021
Global Forest Watch tree cover loss 2001-2021 set on Planet imagery from Jun-Sep 2020.

Science refutes United Cacao’s claim it didn’t deforest Peruvian Amazon

John Cannon 25 May 2021
Deforestation for cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Norwegian poultry producer bars Brazilian soy due to deforestation risk

Mongabay.com 21 May 2021

98% of Bunge shareholders back proposal to reduce deforestation

Nicolás Bustamante Hernández 12 May 2021

‘Throw them overboard’: Brazil mine disaster victims bullied over compensation

Alice Maciel 6 May 2021

Behind the buzz of ESG investing, a focus on tech giants and no regulation

Fernanda Wenzel 30 Apr 2021
Deforestation for oil palm in Malaysian Borneo.

Despite flaws, commodity eco-labels contribute to sustainability (commentary)

Matthias Diemer 14 Apr 2021
Cattle in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Beef giant JBS vows to go deforestation-free — 14 years from now

Aurora Solá 6 Apr 2021

81 Indigenous leaders, environmental defenders slam BlackRock in open letter

Ashoka Mukpo 24 Mar 2021

‘Like losing half the territory.’ Waorani struggle with loss of elder, and of land to oil (commentary)

Danilo Borja, Juan Bay, Conny Davidsen 23 Mar 2021

Communities struggle against palm oil plantations spreading in Brazilian Amazon

Mongabay.com 18 Mar 2021

European public roundly rejects Brazil trade deal unless Amazon protected

Jenny Gonzales 16 Feb 2021
Peyto Lake, Alberta, Canada. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

How to turn climate ambitions into reality: Q&A with Nigel Topping

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Jan 2021
Malaysian rainforest at sunset. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Companies must account for quality, not just quantity, when it comes to forests (commentary)

Julie Nash, Jamison Ervin 31 Dec 2020

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