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Brazilian police nab Amazon timber thieves who faked forest credits

Jenny Gonzales 27 Oct 2017
A local cools charcoal at a kiln near Katha, Myanmar. This kiln takes seven days to produce 130 bags of charcoal. Myo Htun, who owns the charcoal, will sell each bag for $0.90 to traders in Bhamo, who will then transport it to China. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

Burning down the house: Myanmar’s destructive charcoal trade

Emmanuel Freudenthal 26 Oct 2017

As Grauer’s gorillas cling to survival, new population found

Sharon Guynup 26 Oct 2017

New study: Risky roads cause more than just environmental harm

John Cannon 24 Oct 2017

Another Madagascar environmental activist imprisoned

Edward Carver 20 Oct 2017

Indonesia for Sale

Mongabay, The Gecko Project 19 Oct 2017

Leading US plywood firm linked to alleged destruction, rights violations in Malaysia

John Cannon 19 Oct 2017

The Palm Oil Fiefdom

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 10 Oct 2017
chameleon, a species that lives in Ranomafana National Park. Photo by

Conservation in a weak state: Madagascar struggles with enforcement

Rowan Moore Gerety 10 Oct 2017

Indonesia for Sale: in-depth series on corruption, palm oil and rainforests launches

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 10 Oct 2017

Antigraft agency charges district chief over permits to mine nickel in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 5 Oct 2017

‘Queen of Coal’ named corruption suspect in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Oct 2017

Amazon community on Tapajós River invaded by wildcat miners

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres, Ailen Vega 2 Oct 2017

Brazil: a world champion in political and environmental devastation (commentary)

Giem Guimaraes 29 Sep 2017

Temer walks back plan to open Denmark-sized area of Amazon to mining

Jenny Gonzales 27 Sep 2017

Belo Monte dam installation license suspended, housing inadequacy cited

Zoe Sullivan 19 Sep 2017

Central Africa’s ivory trade shifts underground, according to new report

Mongabay.com 12 Sep 2017

Uncontacted Amazon indigenous groups reportedly attacked by outsiders

Barbara Fraser 11 Sep 2017

Why we can’t lose hope: Dr. David Suzuki speaks out

Glenn Scherer 11 Sep 2017

Indigenous communities resist Chinese mining in Amazonian Ecuador

Max Nathanson 5 Sep 2017

Temer’s Amazon mining decrees derided by protestors, annulled by judge

Zoe Sullivan 30 Aug 2017

Quilombolas’ community land rights under attack by Brazilian ruralists

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 25 Aug 2017

Temer pays back ruralists: opens Brazil, Amazon to mining, say critics

Zoe Sullivan 24 Aug 2017

Brazil’s Indians on the march in last ditch effort to stop land theft

Sue Branford 14 Aug 2017
The Mittermeier sportive lemur (Lepilemur mittermeieri) is found only on the Ampasindava peninsula. Researchers warn that its population could be harmed if TREM moves ahead. Photo by Leslie Wilmet.

Troubled firm aims to mine Madagascar forest for rare earth elements

Edward Carver 8 Aug 2017

Landless Workers Movement protest occupies farms of Brazil’s elite

Jenny Gonzales 28 Jul 2017

Pangolin hunting skyrockets in Central Africa, driven by international trade

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2017

Charcoal and cattle ranching tearing apart the Gran Chaco

John Cannon 19 Jul 2017

Investigation finds ‘thriving’ rhino horn trade in Asia

John Cannon 18 Jul 2017

Soy King Blairo Maggi wields power over Amazon’s fate, say critics

Jenny Gonzales 13 Jul 2017

Temer signs law that could see millions of acres lost in the Amazon

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 13 Jul 2017

African great ape bushmeat crisis intensifies; few solutions in sight

Sharon Guynup 7 Jul 2017

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