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Combining negotiation, legal backing and orchids to create ecotourism reserve

Sarah Foster 22 Oct 2019

Reforesting a village in Indonesia, one batch of gourmet beans at a time

Donny Iqbal 17 Oct 2019

Saving an island from the worst oil spill in the Philippines: The case of Guimaras

Arnel Murga 11 Oct 2019

Food is biggest stumbling block on zero-waste nature tour

JoAnna Haugen 10 Oct 2019

‘Vulture restaurants’ provide lifeline for critically endangered species

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Sep 2019

Give it back to the gods: Reviving Māori tradition to protect marine life

Monica Evans 27 Sep 2019

Notes from the road: 5 revelations from traveling the Pan Borneo Highway

John Cannon 25 Sep 2019

Paradise, polluted: Cook Islands tries to clean up its tourism sector

Monica Evans 23 Sep 2019

Transforming African conservation from old social cause into next-gen growth market

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Sep 2019

Aimed at linking communities, Malaysian highway may damage forests

John Cannon 23 Aug 2019

Connecting an island: Traveling the Pan Borneo Highway

John Cannon 19 Aug 2019

Philippine eco-warrior Gina Lopez, who battled mines, dies at 65

Mongabay.com 19 Aug 2019

Travel: A charmed encounter with birds-of-paradise in Papua’s Arfak Mountains

Een Irawan Putra 19 Aug 2019
Jasiri, an eastern black rhino captive bred in Dvur Kralove in the Czech Republic. Photo: Dvur Kralove

Europe-bred rhinos join South African cousins to repopulate Rwanda park

Jim Tan 14 Aug 2019
The passenger boat that sits empty and unused outside of Andres Machoa’s home in Llanchama, a symbol of unfulfilled promises by the oil industry. Photo by Kimberley Brown for Mongabay.

Life on the Amazon oil frontier: From exploration to ecotourism

Kimberley Brown 2 Aug 2019

In Indonesia, a land ‘left behind’ weighs its development alternatives

Ian Morse 9 Jul 2019
A tourist boat in Donsol joins several others in search of whale sharks. Image by Nina Unlay.

What happens to an ecotourism town when the wildlife doesn’t show?

Nina Unlay 28 Jun 2019

Leopards get a $20m boost from Panthera pact with Saudi prince

John Cannon 14 Jun 2019

Homestay programs in Nepal’s rhino hub hold promise and pitfalls for locals

Abhaya Raj Joshi 12 Jun 2019
Students of Bole Gerji Primary and Secondary school in Addis Ababa planting trees that they received from the botanical garden as part of its ‘Model Gardening’ Project. Image courtesy Gullele Botanical Garden.

In Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa, Gullele Botanical Garden captivates city dwellers

Maheder Haileselassie Tadese 3 Jun 2019

On the island of Java, a social forestry scheme creates jobs at home

Nuswantoro 15 May 2019
The youngest Cat Ba langur, which was recorded last week, sits with its mother atop a limestone tower, while a juvenile langur climbs nearby. Photo by Neahga Leonard for the Cat Ba Langur Conservation Project.

On one island, a microcosm of Vietnam’s environmental challenges

Michael Tatarski 22 Apr 2019

A plea to Botswana: Please rethink a “Not Enough Fences” approach (commentary)

Steve Osofsky 14 Mar 2019
Camera trap image showing a jaguar on a road at San Miguelito. Courtesy of Duston Larsen.

Can jaguar tourism save Bolivia’s fast dwindling forests?

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Mar 2019

Giant pines a tourist draw, cash cow for Yogyakarta farmers

Nuswantoro 19 Feb 2019
Student government president Gaymon Edwards leads a meeting of his fellow students. Their current requests from the school administration include sprinklers for the kitchen garden, new locks for the classrooms, and full electricity in the dorms. Image by Carinya Sharples for Mongabay.

Guyana: The school where indigenous youth learn about their land

Carinya Sharples 15 Feb 2019

DRC’s Virunga to welcome visitors again after 8-month closure

Mongabay.com 14 Feb 2019

Good news from Mexico monarch reserve despite looming deforestation, mine threat

Mike Gaworecki 5 Feb 2019
Turtles in the conservation project in Guyana. Photo courtesy Ereika DeAndrade.

A community in Guyana relies on indigenous knowledge in conservation

Akola Thompson 24 Jan 2019

Bans on the bird trade in South America yield mixed results

Mongabay.com 24 Jan 2019

Saving the forests of the Congo Basin: Q&A with author Meindert Brouwer

Mongabay.com 23 Jan 2019

‘Ecosystem guardians’ remain passionate despite dicey conditions

Nora Ward 15 Jan 2019

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