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Indigenous stewardship is critical to success of protected areas (commentary)

Michael Painter | David Wilkie | James Watson 25 Jul 2018

Cracks appear in Malaysia’s building spree, once a model for development

Keith Schneider 17 Jul 2018

Indigenous peoples control one-quarter of world’s land surface, two-thirds of that land is ‘essentially natural’

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2018

‘Saving the rainforest 2.0:’ New report makes recommendations for improving forest protection

Mike Gaworecki 2 Jul 2018

In a land hit by the resource curse, a new gold mine spooks officials

Basten Gokkon 17 Jun 2018

Natural gas project that promised economic boom leaves PNG in ‘worse state’: report

Isabel Esterman 17 May 2018

Higher incomes, not higher carbon dioxide levels, drive forest gains, study finds

Mongabay.com 15 May 2018

Wildlife decimated by the surge in conflicts in the Sahara and the Sahel

Mongabay.com 9 May 2018

‘Rarest’ ape’s path to survival blocked by roads, dams and agriculture

John Cannon 3 May 2018

‘Rarest’ ape’s path to survival blocked by roads, dams and agriculture

John Cannon 3 May 2018

‘We are going to self-destruct’: Development plans threaten Malaysian island

Kate Mayberry 30 Apr 2018

Cooperative agroforestry empowers indigenous women in Honduras

Monica Pelliccia 16 Apr 2018

Agroforestry bolsters biodiversity and villages in Sri Lanka

Chandni Navalkha 29 Mar 2018

Small section of controversial refinery wall in Indian ‘elephant corridor’ demolished

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Mar 2018

Colombia scraps Amazon highway plans due to deforestation concerns

Taran Volckhausen 23 Mar 2018

Chocolate and agroforestry accelerate in El Salvador

Anna-Catherine Brigida 14 Mar 2018

Honduras arrests alleged mastermind of Berta Cáceres’s murder

Mongabay 7 Mar 2018

Ecotourism payments for more wildlife sightings linked to conservation benefits in Laos

Mongabay.com 5 Mar 2018

Scientists aim to give engineers the tools for ecologically sensitive development

John Cannon 26 Feb 2018

Demand for sand leads to global ecological crisis

Alexandra Popescu 8 Feb 2018
A boy uses several mosquito nets to catch fish in the coastal waters near Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo by R.C. Browmick.

Fishing with insecticide-laced mosquito nets is a global phenomenon

Benjamin Graham 6 Feb 2018
A local volunteer plants a mangrove sapling at the Trapeang Sangke inlet. The best time for transplanting is July, the peak of the wet season when the estuary is least salty. With a full team of volunteers, 4,000 saplings get transplanted in the most productive months. Photo by Matt Blomberg for Mongabay.

Mega developments set to transform a tranquil Cambodian bay

Matt Blomberg 31 Jan 2018
A boat load of cut mangroves. High-quality charcoal made from mangroves is exported to Thailand. Photo by Christoph Zockler.

Chainsaws imperil an old-growth mangrove stronghold in southern Myanmar

Benjamin Graham 27 Dec 2017

Culture keeps cattle ranching going in the Brazilian Amazon

John Cannon 23 Nov 2017

Palm oil mounts ‘new offensive’ in Colombia while workers decry labor conditions

Bram Ebus 27 Oct 2017

As Northwest salmon economy teeters on brink, Trump gives it a push

Saul Elbein 23 Oct 2017

Birdwatching poised to take flight in Colombia, study reveals

John Cannon 10 Oct 2017
Not for republication. Image by Rod Harbinson/Rodharbinson.com

Communities struggle to save Sabah’s shrinking mangroves

Rod Harbinson 13 Sep 2017

International investment blamed for violence and oppression in Sarawak

Jenny Denton 15 Aug 2017

Amazonian city drags down fish stocks in 1,000-kilometer shadow

John Cannon 28 Jul 2017

Sand mining, land reclamation meet fierce resistance in Makassar

Rahmat Hardiansya, Wahyu Chandra 10 Jul 2017

Singapore statement on International Day of the Tropics: infrastructure deficit must be met sustainably (commentary)

Mark Ziembicki, Stewart Lockie 28 Jun 2017

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