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Past and future tropical dams devastating to fish the world over: Study

Asher Elbein 21 Feb 2020

Making a thriller out of Belo Monte hydro dam: Q&A with filmmaker Sabrina McCormick

Débora Pinto 18 Feb 2020

Family seeks justice as probe into Indonesian activist’s death stalls

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Feb 2020

Database offers new details on the dams that hold mining waste

Mongabay.com 11 Feb 2020

Bolsonaro sends Congress bill to open indigenous lands to mining, fossil fuels

Jan Rocha 7 Feb 2020

Use it, don’t lose it: Q&A with Amazon eco scientist Marcelino Guedes

Débora Pinto 29 Jan 2020
Shaman Angohó Ha-ha-hãe, one of the leaders of Naô Xohã indigenous village, poses for a photo close to the Paraopeba River. The Naô Xohã community is requesting to be temporarily relocated by Vale due to the river pollution. Image by Luiz Guilherme Fernandes for Mongabay

After a mine killed their river, a Brazil tribe fights for a new home

Elisângela Mendonça 24 Jan 2020

Catastrophic Amazon tipping point less than 30 years away: study

Claire Asher 23 Jan 2020

Mass tree planting along India’s Cauvery River has scientists worried

Nanditha Chandraprakash 22 Jan 2020

Amazon’s Munduruku stage daring Christmas raid to recover sacred urns

Rosamaria Loures, Sue Branford 20 Jan 2020

Belo Monte boondoggle: Brazil’s biggest, costliest dam may be unviable

Tiffany Higgins 17 Jan 2020

Killing gods: The last hope for the world’s rarest reptile

Jeremy Hance 7 Jan 2020

Antonio Donato Nobre: “The forest is sick and losing its carbon-sequestration capacity”

Sibélia Zanon 23 Dec 2019

Brazil on the precipice: from environmental leader to despoiler (2010-2020)

Sue Branford, Thais Borges 23 Dec 2019

Fighting to save an endangered ape, Indonesian activists fear for their lives

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Dec 2019

Indonesian dam raises questions about UN hydropower carbon loophole

Justin Catanoso 12 Dec 2019

It’s time for Climate Bonds Initiative to scrap its hydro certification scheme (commentary)

Josh Klemm 10 Dec 2019

Amazon’s giant South American river turtle holding its own, but risks abound

Jenny Gonzales 6 Dec 2019

Analysis: Floating solar power along the dammed-up Mekong River

David E. Brown 3 Dec 2019

‘Everything is dying’: Q&A with Brazilian indigenous leader Alessandra Munduruku

Camila Nobrega 27 Nov 2019

A Philippine tribe that defeated a dam prepares to fight its reincarnation

Leilani Chavez 5 Nov 2019

Controversial dam gets green light to flood a Philippine protected area

Leilani Chavez 30 Oct 2019

Brazilian state complicit in violence against forest defenders, report says

Naira Hofmeister 1 Oct 2019

Gravely injured orangutan rescued near site of controversial hydropower project

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Sep 2019

Giant Norway pension fund weighs Brazil divestment over Amazon deforestation

Zoe Sullivan 3 Sep 2019

Indonesian court cancels dam project in last stronghold of tigers, rhinos

Junaidi Hanafiah 2 Sep 2019

India pushes for its largest ever hydropower project despite concerns

Mayank Aggarwal 29 Jul 2019
Villagers from Farihitsara gather near the proposed dam site. Tozzi Green, the Italian company responsible for the hydroelectric project, marked some of the rocks when it did research at the site. Image by Edward Carver for Mongabay.

In Madagascar, villagers oppose plans for a dam that would inundate their land

Edward Carver 18 Jul 2019

Zambia halts plans to dam the Luangwa River

Mongabay.com 3 Jul 2019

Rivers are the world’s heritage. Time to treat them as such (commentary)

Josh Klemm 1 Jul 2019
Indigenous protesters and self-proclaimed river defenders demonstrate against Brazilian dams. Image courtesy of Amazon Watch.

Amazon infrastructure puts 68% of indigenous lands / protected areas at risk: report

Jenny Gonzales 28 Jun 2019

From flaming to free-flowing: The full lesson of the recovery of the Cuyahoga River (commentary)

Jeff Opperman 21 Jun 2019

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