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Mist rising from the Amazon rainforest in July 2026. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler / Mongabay

Amazon deforestation alerts fall to lowest level since 2013, Brazilian data show

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Aug 2026
Pokigron and Atjoni villages beside the Suriname River. Image courtesy of Wikimedia.

Suriname moves to evict Mennonites and illegal Amazon settlers

Maxwell Radwin 7 Aug 2026
A weimang tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus pulcherrimus) at the Tenkile Conservation Alliance base in Lumi. Image by John Cannon/Mongabay.

New ‘conservation deed’ aims to protect tree kangaroos, forests, people in Papua New Guinea

John Cannon 4 Aug 2026
Oriental pied hornbill

Carbon markets alone won’t keep Southeast Asia’s forests standing, study says

Carolyn Cowan 4 Aug 2026
Vietnam is now the top producer of robusta beans used in cheap and instant coffee blends, but it carries a huge cost for Vietnamese communities and forests. Image courtesy of Quinn Mattingly/Panos Pictures/Unfold Stories.

Cheap coffee is killing Vietnam’s priceless tropical forests (commentary)

Etelle Higonnet 3 Aug 2026

Nicaragua’s gold boom is now encroaching on protected areas and Indigenous land

Maxwell Radwin 3 Aug 2026

Palm oil expansion reignites decade-old Indigenous land conflict in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong, Niken D. Sitoningrum 31 Jul 2026
Deforestation and the enteric fermentation from the cattle that supply its slaughterhouses comprise 97% of JBS' overall greenhouse emissions, according to the Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2022. Even so, these impacts were ignored by the company's climate targets. Image courtesy of Marcio Isensee e Sá/O Eco.

Before giant meat producer JBS expands to Nigeria, people deserve answers (commentary)

Felix Horne 31 Jul 2026

Costa Rica banana plantation destroyed protected wetland, complaint alleges

Maxwell Radwin 30 Jul 2026

Report: Indonesian authorities weaponize laws to silence environmental and Indigenous defenders

Naina Rao 30 Jul 2026

How can Indigenous knowledge reshape AI development?

Mongabay.com 30 Jul 2026
For years, the Parakanã Indigenous people had their territory exploited by around 3,000 invaders. Image by Bruno Peres/Agência Brasil.

Indigenous Parakanã fear election U-turn may spark new invasions in Brazil

Fernanda Wenzel 29 Jul 2026
A young cacao tree in Grand Gedeh, Liberia. Photo by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

Forests in Liberia are falling to cocoa, in half a year the EU could ban imports

Mike DiGirolamo 28 Jul 2026
A truck carrying soybeans surrounded by smoke from fires in a deforested area on the BR-163 highway in Pará state. Image courtesy of Alberto César Araújo/Amazônia Real.

End of Brazil’s Soy Moratorium risks millions of hectares of Amazon rainforest: Study

Shanna Hanbury 28 Jul 2026
A pair of orphaned orangutans in Sabah.

Major orangutan study finds Sumatran population fell nearly 20% despite slower forest loss

Hans Nicholas Jong, Junaidi Hanafiah 27 Jul 2026

Conservationists got delayed access to court-ordered inspection of Nairobi National Park

Lynet Otieno 24 Jul 2026
avocado plantations

In Michoacán, Mexico, drying soil threatens water supplies and avocados, says study

Caitlin Cooper 23 Jul 2026

Vietnam’s coffee boom fueled by decades of deforestation, report finds

Naina Rao 22 Jul 2026
Banner image: Researcher Nelson Jaén analyzes growth rings from a mahogany tree (Swietenia spp.). Image courtesy of Peter Groenendijk.

Amazon tree rings reveal more intense drought and rainfall in the rainforest

Mongabay.com 21 Jul 2026

As Sri Lanka braces for El Niño, national parks are a concern amidst encroachment

Kamanthi Wickramasinghe 21 Jul 2026
A collage featuring Ashoka Mukpo, a Mongabay reporter, and a cocoa bean

Why are forests vanishing in southeastern Liberia?

Juan Maza, Ashoka Mukpo 18 Jul 2026
Under difficult circumstances when food is scarce, capuchin monkeys alter their behavior.

How Costa Rica’s extreme climate changes the social behaviors of white-faced capuchin

Adam Litchkofski 17 Jul 2026

Can harpy eagles attack humans? Amazon case rekindles scientific debate

Tiago Mota e Silva 17 Jul 2026
Mongabay producer Juan Maza and freelance videographer Jose Gomez in the proposed Kwa National Park in Grand Gedeh, Liberia. Photo by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

‘Chasing Deforestation’ in Liberia: Behind the scenes with Mongabay

Ashoka Mukpo 16 Jul 2026
Amazon rainforest burned in Acre, Brazil, to make way for cattle pastures. Image courtesy of Victor Moriyama/Climate Visuals.

Amazon deforestation falls to 10-year low in first half of 2026

Shanna Hanbury 16 Jul 2026
Aerial view showing cattle confinement in the Brazilian Amazon, one of the ecosystems affected by illegal deforestation. Image courtesy of Fernando Martinho/Goldman Environmental Prize.

Meat giant JBS silently ditches bolder environmental targets in latest review

Shanna Hanbury 16 Jul 2026
A tannery in Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Image © Ricardo Funari/Lineair/Greenpeace.

European Commission excludes leather from landmark deforestation law

Shanna Hanbury 16 Jul 2026
Raja Ampat

Warming world could push Southeast Asia forests toward thermal limits, new study

Carolyn Cowan 15 Jul 2026

Ecuador’s Amazon coffee farmers get ahead of Europe’s deforestation rules

Sibélia Zanon 14 Jul 2026

Small-scale farming, logging eclipse megaprojects as top threats to Tapanuli orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Jul 2026

Southeast Asian mangroves shift from historic decline to net growth

Naina Rao 13 Jul 2026

In Honduras, solar power has done more harm than good, communities say

Maxwell Radwin 9 Jul 2026

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