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Peter Nagul sit on the rubble that used to be his house.

Violent evictions are latest ordeal for Kenya’s Ogiek seeking land rights

Anthony Langat 20 Dec 2023

‘The police are watching’: In Mekong countries, eco defenders face rising risks

Hướng Thiện 18 Dec 2023

Traditional small farmers burned by Indonesia’s war on wildfires

Philip Jacobson | Aseanty Pahlevi | Hans Nicholas Jong | Yusie Marie | M Rahim Arza 14 Dec 2023
The Xingu River in the Amazonian state of Pará. Image by Cícero Pedrosa Neto / Amazon Watch.

Mining company Belo Sun sues environmental defenders in intimidation tactic, NGOs say

Aimee Gabay 12 Dec 2023
Portrait of Quinto Inuma. Image courtesy of Quinto Inuma.

Safety of Peru’s land defenders in question after killing of Indigenous leader in the Amazon

Geraldine Santos, Gloria Alvitres 7 Dec 2023

Investigation shows ‘shadow companies’ linked to Indonesia palm oil giant First Resources

Mongabay.com 23 Nov 2023

Report shines partial light on worst labor offenders in opaque fishing industry

Edward Carver 21 Nov 2023
Indigenous forest guardians Laércio Guajajara and Paulo Paulino Guajajara.

End of impunity for Indigenous killings in sight for Brazil’s Guajajara

Karla Mendes 20 Nov 2023
A lobster larva. Image by Fathul Rakhman/Mongabay-Indonesia.

Indonesia welcomes new Singapore regulation to help curb lobster smuggling

Basten Gokkon 18 Nov 2023
Olivier Ndoole Bahemuke

‘We won’t give up’: DRC’s Front Line Defenders award winner Olivier Ndoole Bahemuke

Elodie Toto 17 Nov 2023

Crime analysis sheds light on tiger poaching in Malaysia

Sean Mowbray 14 Nov 2023

How the U.S. financial system props up illegal logging and mining

Maxwell Radwin 14 Nov 2023
Oil palm fruit collection in a plantation.

Indonesia’s oil palm smallholders need both state and EU support (commentary)

Andre Barahamin 25 Oct 2023
Confiscated skins of poached leopards in Chitwan, Nepal.

In biodiverse Nepal, wildlife crime fighters are underpowered but undeterred

Abhaya Raj Joshi 16 Oct 2023
Members of Synaparcam, an association of communities affected by Socapalm holding a banner reading "YES to the respect of community rights" in French. Image courtesy Thierry Didier Kuicheu

Bolloré blacklisted over alleged rights violations on plantations in Africa and Asia

Victoria Schneider 29 Sep 2023
Volunteer teacher Chad Booc. Image by Chad Booc's via Facebook.

Who were the 11 Philippines environmental defenders killed in 2022?

Keith Anthony Fabro 21 Sep 2023

In Indonesia, ‘opportunistic’ whale shark fishery shows gap in species protection

Basten Gokkon 13 Sep 2023
Maria Bernadete Pacífico was the leader of Pitanga of Palmares quilombo, located in Bahia state. Image courtesy of CONAQ.

Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights

Jenny Gonzales 5 Sep 2023

Oil and gas exploration threatens Bolivian Chaco water supply

Iván Paredes Tamayo, Nelfi Fernández Reyes 24 Aug 2023

Indonesia, Singapore to work more closely against lobster larvae smugglers

Yogi Eka Sahputra 23 Aug 2023
A local community member who works at an oil palm plantation in Liberia pushing a cart of the harvest.

Investigation confirms most allegations against plantation operator Socfin

Victoria Schneider 11 Aug 2023
Indigenous activists demand justice after five from their communities were shot.

Indigenous activists demand justice after 5 shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’

Karla Mendes 9 Aug 2023
A Theocostele alata flower.

Bangladesh orchid losses signal ecological imbalance, researchers say

Farhana Parvin 25 Jul 2023

Brazil claims record shark fin bust: Nearly 29 tons from 10,000 sharks seized

Karla Mendes 29 Jun 2023
Mining the Seti River.

Climate of fear persists among Nepal’s eco defenders as threats rise

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Jun 2023
IBAMA officers watch a camp on fire.

No new mining operations on Yanomami land after raids and deaths

Sarah Brown 21 Jun 2023
Plantation workers on the SAC plantation in Sierra Leone's Sahn Malen chiefdom. Image by Maja Hitij for Mongabay.

Communities accuse Socfin and Earthworm Foundation of greenwash in West Africa

Victoria Schneider 21 Jun 2023
A worker in an oil palm plantation.

Alleged torturers roam free as Indonesia struggles to bring charges in palm oil slavery case

Mongabay.com 21 Jun 2023

Landmark Nepal court ruling ends impunity for wealthy wildlife collectors

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 May 2023
Lúcio Tembé, chief of the Turé-Mariquita village in Tomé-Açu, northeastern Pará.

Indigenous chief shot in head in Brazil’s ‘palm oil war’ region; crisis group launched

Karla Mendes 16 May 2023
Ceremony in homage to those assassinated during the national strike of June 2022.

Latin America had the most attacks on environmental defenders in 2022, says report

Juan Carlos Granados, Pilar Puentes 5 May 2023

A frontline view of the fight against illegal mining in Yanomami territory

Rubens Valente/Agência Pública 2 May 2023

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