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A coffee seedling nursery at Yayu, with forest in background.

Coal mining threatens Ethiopia’s ancient coffee forest

Kaleab Girma 14 Jun 2022
A migrant fisherman in Thailand.

Wage-related abuses in fishing industry exacerbated by pandemic response

Annelise Giseburt 12 May 2022
A group of traditional fishermen in small boats catching fish in the waters of Maluku.

Indonesia cancels fisheries infrastructure projects in Maluku region amid lack of funds

Nurdin Tubaka 11 May 2022

Sri Lanka’s environmentalists brace for economic meltdown’s toll on nature

Malaka Rodrigo 3 May 2022

Small farmers take a stand for one of Dakar’s last urban woodlands

Francesco De Augustinis 13 Apr 2022
Coal mining in South Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Indonesia’s gasification plans could be costly for budget and environment

Nithin Coca 30 Mar 2022

Fate of Indonesian rainforest the size of Belgium hangs in the balance (commentary)

Sam Lawson 17 Mar 2022

Banning high-deforestation palm oil has limited impact on saving forests: Study

Loren Bell 3 Mar 2022
Waorani women

Ecuador’s top court rules for stronger land rights for Indigenous communities

Kimberley Brown 9 Feb 2022
Netty Joyce Mukanganise tends her tobacco-curing barn. Image by Tonderayi Mukeredzi for Mongabay.

Zimbabwe’s forests go up in smoke to feed its tobacco habit

Tonderayi Mukeredzi 3 Feb 2022

Have we reached peak palm oil? (commentary)

Mark Gregory 2 Feb 2022
Protestors with signs protesting EACOP, ReconAfrica projects. Image courtesy 350.org

Total’s oil pipeline gets go-ahead from Ugandan MPs despite secret terms

Thomas Lewton 14 Jan 2022

Indonesia’s clean energy transition must start with clean rivers (commentary)

Warief Djajanto Basorie 11 Jan 2022

Philippine groups slam ‘cruel Christmas gift’ as open-pit mining ban is lifted

Bong S. Sarmiento 11 Jan 2022

Urban ecology that saved Argentina’s Rosario held up as a model for others

Christa Avampato 31 Dec 2021

2021’s top ocean news stories (commentary)

Callie Steffen, Douglas McCauley, Emma Critchley, Molly Morse 28 Dec 2021
primary forest in Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, by John C. Cannon/Mongabay

Is colonial history repeating itself with Sabah forest carbon deal? (commentary)

Cynthia Clare Ong Gaik Suan 1 Dec 2021

Conflict and climate change are big barriers for Africa’s Great Green Wall

Malavika Vyawahare 26 Nov 2021

Details emerge around closed-door carbon deal in Malaysian Borneo

John Cannon 24 Nov 2021

Changes to global fisheries subsidies could level the playing field for traditional coastline communities

Gladstone Taylor 18 Oct 2021

Forest finance expected to advance under new TREES standard and LEAF Coalition

Aurora Solá 28 Sep 2021

Biogas from animal manure improves life in Brazil’s semi-arid northeast

Sibélia Zanon 19 Jul 2021

2020’s top ocean news stories (commentary)

Callie Steffen, Emma Critchley and Douglas McCauley 21 Dec 2020

‘Certified’ palm oil linked to worse social, ecological outcomes for Indonesian villagers

Loren Bell 30 Nov 2020
Fires burning in the Amazon on August 17 next to the borders of the Kaxarari Indigenous territory, in Labrea, Amazonas state. Felled forests are intentionally lit in the Amazon to clear land for cattle ranching. Photo by: Christian Braga / Greenpeace

The best news of 2020? Humanity may never hit the 10 billion mark

Jeremy Hance 10 Sep 2020
A mother koala and her joey who survived the forest fires in Mallacoota. Australia, 2020. Photo by Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals

Around the world, a fire crisis flares up, fueled by human actions

Liz Kimbrough 4 Sep 2020

Brazil green recovery plan could boost economy, add jobs, cut emissions: Report

Shanna Hanbury 27 Aug 2020

Helping the poor can protect forests too, Indonesian welfare program shows

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Aug 2020

We need a green life support plan (commentary)

Gabriel Thoumi, John Waugh 28 Jul 2020

Forest communities in Mexico suffer the blow of COVID-19 pandemic

Emiliano Rodríguez Mega 9 Jul 2020

Gold priced at $1,700 per ounce brings new gold rush to Brazilian Amazon

Fábio Nascimento (photos) and Gustavo Faleiros (text) 1 Jul 2020

‘I’ll never be ready for this port,’ locals say of Colombia’s proposed project

Kimberley Brown 8 Jun 2020

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