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Exposing organized crime in the Amazon: Q&A with Robert Muggah of the Igarapé Institute

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2021

Drinking coffee in the U.S.? Worry about forests in Vietnam, study says

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2021

Two new species of endangered screech owls identified from Brazil

Liz Kimbrough 1 Apr 2021

Only 6.5% of global forests are adequately protected, study finds

Liz Kimbrough 31 Mar 2021

Study sounds latest warning of rainforest turning into savanna as climate warms

Malavika Vyawahare 31 Mar 2021

In Sumatra, a vulnerable, ‘mythical’ wild goat lives an unknown life

Ian Morse 31 Mar 2021
Deforestation in Kapuas Hulu regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Global forest loss increased in 2020

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Mar 2021

Deforestation surge threatens endangered species in Tanintharyi, Myanmar

Morgan Erickson-Davis 30 Mar 2021

The nine boundaries humanity must respect to keep the planet habitable

Claire Asher 30 Mar 2021

Bolsonaro govt wanted to ‘run the cattle’ through environmental protections. It was a stampede

Suzana Camargo 29 Mar 2021

Brazil prosecutors cite Mongabay probe in new legal battle against palm oil firms

Karla Mendes 26 Mar 2021
Fireflies synchronize their flashing to find a mate. Image by Fred Huang via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

New assessment shines a light on the state of North America’s fireflies

Liz Kimbrough 26 Mar 2021

Can ‘Slow Food’ save Brazil’s fast-vanishing Cerrado savanna?

Sharon Guynup 25 Mar 2021
An Indigenous woman crossing a river. Image by Alicia MucúChoc/FAO.

Nearly half the Amazon’s intact forest on Indigenous-held lands: Report

John Cannon 25 Mar 2021

Palm oil firm Digoel Agri said to clear Papuan forest without Indigenous consent

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Mar 2021

Guarani Indigenous men brutalized in Brazilian ‘expansion of violence’

Jenny Gonzales 24 Mar 2021
Indonesian New Guinea is home to species like this Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita). Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Oil palm growers’ misdeeds allow an opportunity to save West Papua’s forests

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Mar 2021

81 Indigenous leaders, environmental defenders slam BlackRock in open letter

Ashoka Mukpo 24 Mar 2021

In Indonesia, pulp and paper firms stoke demand that may drive deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Mar 2021

Did you know that stump-tailed macaques can go bald?

Romi Castagnino 23 Mar 2021

Secretive group found to have cleared orangutan habitat in Indonesia: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Mar 2021
Banner image of an artisanal palm oil production in Yalifombo village. Image © Oskar Epelde courtesy of Oakland Institute.

Pension and endowment funds linked to conflict-plagued oil palm in DRC

John Cannon 22 Mar 2021
Remote river in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo credit: Microsoft Zoom Earth

For International Day of Forests, an update on rainforest developments

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Mar 2021

BlackRock must commit to Indigenous rights — not just climate change (commentary)

David Hill 19 Mar 2021

Anglo American won’t rule out mining on Indigenous lands in the Amazon

Maurício Angelo 19 Mar 2021
PORTO VELHO, RONDÔNIA, BRAZIL. Aerial view of burned areas in the Amazon rainforest, in the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia state. (Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace)

We have turned the Amazon into a net greenhouse gas emitter: Study

Liz Kimbrough 19 Mar 2021

Threats loom large over Amazon’s Arrau turtles, despite record number of hatchlings

Suzana Camargo 17 Mar 2021

Brazil’s isolated tribes in the crosshairs of miners targeting Indigenous lands

Hyury Potter, Fábio Bispo 17 Mar 2021

Peatland on fire again as burning season starts in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Mar 2021

Freight train project that railroads Indigenous rights still on track

Jennifer Ann Thomas 16 Mar 2021

Brazil must do more to protect its people, forests, and the planet (commentary)

Steve Trent 15 Mar 2021

Thailand’s Indigenous Peoples fight for ‘land of our heart’ (commentary)

Pirawan Wongnithisathaporn, Thomas Worsdell 15 Mar 2021

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