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A Bornean orangutan in Indonesia

How many orangutans does $1 billion save? Depends how you spend it, study finds

Jim Tan 1 Apr 2022

NGOs alert U.N. to furtive 2-million-hectare carbon deal in Malaysian Borneo

John Cannon 17 Mar 2022

‘No planet B’: Groups call for $60bn increase in annual biodiversity funding

John Cannon 13 Mar 2022

Indigenous-led report warns against ‘simplistic take on conservation’

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 8 Mar 2022
Flowering rainforest tree in the Colombian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Could the Blockchain help save the Amazon? (commentary)

Sophia Wood 22 Dec 2021
Embera woman within the forest

Conservation projects in Mesoamerica make the case for Indigenous climate funding

Dimitri Selibas 16 Dec 2021

Hold the tree planting: Protect ecosystems first for maximum carbon storage, study says

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Dec 2021

Questions over who gets the billions pledged to Indigenous causes at COP26

Latoya Abulu 23 Nov 2021
primary forest in Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, by John C. Cannon/Mongabay

Bornean communities locked into 2-million-hectare carbon deal they don’t know about

John Cannon 9 Nov 2021
Community Conservation. photo credit: Monica Dalmasso for Honeyguide

Convergence, community and justice: Key emerging conservation trends of the pandemic era (commentary)

Fred Nelson 24 Aug 2021

Behind the buzz of ESG investing, a focus on tech giants and no regulation

Fernanda Wenzel 30 Apr 2021

To fund biodiversity conservation, redirect subsidies from these three industries (commentary)

Michelle Chong 17 Dec 2020
Redwood forest in California. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

‘Nature is next’: Q&A with Finance for Biodiversity’s Simon Zadek

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Nov 2020

We need a green life support plan (commentary)

Gabriel Thoumi, John Waugh 28 Jul 2020
Elephant in South Africa. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

As wildlife tourism grounds to a halt, who will pay for the conservation of nature?

Johan Robinson 23 Apr 2020
The Javari river forms the border between Brazil and Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Investing in Amazon Rainforest Conservation: A Foreigner’s Perspective (commentary)

Jonah Wittkamper 21 Apr 2020

Nepal won its first climate grant; now comes the hard work of making it count

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Nov 2019

Biodiversity ‘not just an environmental issue’: Q&A with IPBES ex-chair Robert Watson

Mongabay.com 17 Oct 2019

Gabon could earn up to $150 million for forest conservation

Mongabay.com 27 Sep 2019

Chinese banks risk supporting soy-related deforestation, report finds

John Cannon 30 May 2019

Asian banks give billions to firms linked to deforestation, study finds

James Fair 5 Feb 2019

Private sector leaders seek to ramp up investment in sustainable landscapes with help of public partners

Lisa Palmer 1 Jun 2018

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

Mongabay.com 5 Mar 2018

Cash for conservation: Do payments for ecosystem services work?

Mike Gaworecki 12 Oct 2017

Private capital investments in conservation have taken off since 2013

Mike Gaworecki 18 Jan 2017

Sudden sale may doom carbon-rich rainforest in Borneo

John Cannon 2 Jan 2017

Hectare by hectare, an indigenous man reforested a jungle in Indonesia’s burned-out heartland

Indra Nugraha 26 Oct 2016

Can conservationists overcome their differences to save life on Earth?

Mongabay 7 Jun 2016

Epilogue: Conservation still divided, looking for a way forward

Jeremy Hance 24 May 2016

How big donors and corporations shape conservation goals

Jeremy Hance 3 May 2016

Has big conservation gone astray?

Jeremy Hance 26 Apr 2016

Companies asked to pitch in to Indonesia’s peat restoration drive as early fires flare in Sumatra

Mongabay Haze Beat 8 Apr 2016

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