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The true story of how 96 critically endangered sea turtle hatchlings survived New York City

Mike Gaworecki 11 Dec 2018

Belo Monte dam Xingu River Management Plan violates human rights: finding

Max Nathanson 10 Dec 2018

Extreme floods on the rise in the Amazon: study

Claire Asher 5 Dec 2018
Berta Cáceres. Image by UN Environment - ONU Brasil via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0).

7 convicted of killing Honduran indigenous activist Berta Cáceres

Mongabay.com 5 Dec 2018

Santo Antônio mega-dam on Brazil’s Madeira River disrupts local lives

Sonya Cunningham 3 Dec 2018

Mega-dam costs outweigh benefits, global building spree should end: experts

Claire Asher 29 Nov 2018

New dam set to spoil Sumatran wonderland (commentary)

Gregory McCann, Haray Sampurna Munthe 20 Nov 2018

Bolsonaro pledges government shakeup, deregulation, Amazon development

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 19 Nov 2018

Cerrado farm community fights for life against dam and eucalyptus growers

Anna Sophie Gross 7 Nov 2018

Colombia: Dying of thirst, Wayuu blame mine, dam, drought for water woes

Lucy Sherriff 1 Nov 2018

Amazon and climate science threatened if Bolsonaro elected Brazil’s president (commentary)

17 Latin American scientists 23 Oct 2018

Study warns of dire ecological, social fallout from Sumatran dam

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Oct 2018

Grainrail: ‘2nd revolution in Brazilian agribusiness’ and Amazon threat

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 22 Oct 2018

Jair Bolsonaro: looming threat to the Amazon and global climate?

Jenny Gonzales 18 Oct 2018

Fate of the Amazon is on the ballot in Brazil’s presidential election (commentary)

Aline C. Soterroni, Fernando M. Ramos, Michael Obersteiner, Stephen Polasky 17 Oct 2018

Amazonia and the setbacks of Brazil’s political moment (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 12 Oct 2018

Brazilian elections and the environment: where top candidates stand

Jenny Gonzales 17 Sep 2018
Cattle in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Brazilian legislators break law, attack Amazon, trade freely with world: report

Sue Branford 11 Sep 2018

The superb mimicry skills of an Australian songbird

Mike Gaworecki 21 Aug 2018

Laos dam collapse highlights global hydropower amnesia (commentary)

Gus Greenstein 20 Aug 2018

Lao government says it will suspend new hydro projects after dam collapse kills 31

Mongabay 13 Aug 2018

Heavy rains preceded the Laos dam collapse. Was climate change a factor?

Mongabay.com 7 Aug 2018

Chinese / Western financing of roads, dams led to major Andes Amazon deforestation

Gus Greenstein 1 Aug 2018

India’s dancing deer and their unique floating home are under threat

Sahana Ghosh 31 Jul 2018

Latam Eco Review: Witchcraft and wildlife trafficking in Peru

Mongabay.com 27 Jul 2018

Peru: Marañón dry forests protected as a regional conservation area

Vanessa Romo 20 Jul 2018
Wood that was cut for charcoal production near Katha, northern Myanmar. Villages in this area used to cut teak and other valuable trees for export, but have since started producing charcoal. The charcoal being exported to China can be made from any tree, regardless of size or kind. This amount of trees could produce about 150 bags of charcoal. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

‘Single-minded determination’: China’s global infrastructure spree rings alarm bells

Basten Gokkon 17 Jul 2018

Mangroves and their deforestation may emit more methane than we thought

Morgan Erickson-Davis 13 Jul 2018

Scientists urge Indonesian president to nix dam in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Jul 2018

Brazil’s political storm driving Amazon deforestation higher

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 9 Jul 2018

‘Screen, not just green’ infrastructure projects to help economies and the environment

John Cannon 26 Jun 2018

Scientists find surprising genetic differences between Brazil’s mangroves

Morgan Erickson-Davis 21 Jun 2018

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