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Leaders make bold climate pledges, but is it ‘all just smoke and mirrors?’: Critics

Justin Catanoso 23 Apr 2021
Amazon rainforest canopy. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler / mongabay

Governments, companies pledge $1 billion for tropical forests

Aurora Solá, Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Apr 2021

COVID-19 compounds a poaching problem targeting the Amazon’s pirarucu

Matheus Lopes Quirino 23 Apr 2021

As climate summit unfolds, no Biden-Bolsonaro Amazon deal forthcoming

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 22 Apr 2021
The Amazon. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

The political economy of the Pan-Amazon (book excerpt)

Timothy J. Killeen 22 Apr 2021

Indonesia’s bid to control deforestation wildly off-target, experts say

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Apr 2021

Dams drove an Asian dolphin extinct. They could do the same in the Amazon

Sibélia Zanon 21 Apr 2021

With British Columbia’s last old-growth at risk, government falters: Critics

Justin Catanoso 20 Apr 2021

Did you know that a group of warthogs is called a sounder? Candid Animal Cam

Romina Castagnino 20 Apr 2021
Pair of zebra in Rwanda. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Momentum is building for a ‘robust’ biodiversity framework: Q&A with Elizabeth Mrema

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Apr 2021

Cattle-driven clearing continues in Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu protected area

Liz Kimbrough 16 Apr 2021

Brazilian Cerrado savanna: Wildcat miners descend on Indigenous reserve

Ana Ionova 16 Apr 2021

Human impact on South America expanded by 60% since 1985

Mongabay.com 16 Apr 2021

As COP26 looms and tropical deforestation soars, REDD+ debate roars on

Peter Yeung 15 Apr 2021

‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits

Leilani Chavez 15 Apr 2021
Deforestation for oil palm in Malaysian Borneo.

Despite flaws, commodity eco-labels contribute to sustainability (commentary)

Matthias Diemer 14 Apr 2021

Did you know that northern tamanduas may eat up to 9,000 insects per day? Candid Animal Cam

Romina Castagnino 14 Apr 2021

Recognizing the true guardians of the forest: Q&A with David Kaimowitz

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Apr 2021
Deforestation for palm oil production in Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Belgium bans biofuels made from palm oil, soy

Mongabay.com 13 Apr 2021
Deforestation in Indonesian Borneo in 2019. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

JPMorgan Chase expanding deforestation policies under shareholder pressure

Liz Kimbrough 13 Apr 2021

Landmark decision: Brazil Supreme Court sides with Indigenous land rights

Ana Ionova 13 Apr 2021

Farmers move to occupy a critical elephant corridor in Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 13 Apr 2021

New palm oil frontier sparks scramble for land in the Brazilian Amazon

Ana Ionova 12 Apr 2021

Intimidation of Brazil’s enviro scientists, academics, officials on upswing

Mauricio Torres, Sue Branford 8 Apr 2021

Though humanity exceeds key ‘planetary boundaries’ there are many solutions

Mike Gaworecki 8 Apr 2021

As Brazil’s military pulls out of the Amazon, its legacy is in question

Caio de Freitas Paes 8 Apr 2021

Government inaction prompts voluntary REDD+ carbon credit boom in Brazil

Fernanda Wenzel 6 Apr 2021
Cattle in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Beef giant JBS vows to go deforestation-free — 14 years from now

Aurora Solá 6 Apr 2021
Eliza, a Haruku Kewang, is helping protect a local population of gosong birds. Photo credit: EcoNusa/Victor Fidelis

Helping Papuans protect Indonesia’s last frontier: Q&A with Bustar Maitar

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Apr 2021

Java’s mangroves pay a high price for stopping plastic flowing out to sea

Julia John 5 Apr 2021

In Malaysia, the fate of a peat forest hinges on a powerful state official

Fatima Qureshi 5 Apr 2021

Deforestation rises in Colombia’s Chiribiquete National Park as cattle invade

Antonio José Paz Cardona 2 Apr 2021

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