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Fishing in the Sepik River.

Power of traditional beliefs lies at the heart of an anti-mine campaign in PNG

Jim Tan 17 Apr 2023

Ecuador banned gas flaring over a year ago. Why is it still happening?

Maxwell Radwin 12 Apr 2023
Greenfaith representatives attending as a multifaith delegation at Stop Line 3 pipeline protests in Minnesota. Image courtesy of Nana Firman.

A Ramadan reflection on Islam and climate action (commentary)

Memona Hossain 11 Apr 2023
Jashodhar Pramanik.

Jashodhon Pramanik: The farmer guardian of birds in Bangladesh

Maksuda Aziz 30 Mar 2023

‘Hope is action.’ David Suzuki retires into a life of determined activism

Richard Schiffman 28 Mar 2023

When a red snapper is more than just a fish: Q&A fisheries scientist Elle Wibisono

Basten Gokkon 22 Mar 2023

In Sri Lanka and beyond, seagrass key to livelihoods, marine habitats

Malaka Rodrigo 15 Mar 2023
A logging truck through deforested lands.

Make it local: Deforestation link to less Amazon rainfall tips activism shift

Sarah Brown 14 Mar 2023
A Siamese fireback.

Vietnam’s environmental NGOs face uncertain status, shrinking civic space

Hướng Thiện 13 Feb 2023

Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?

Maxwell Radwin 7 Feb 2023

Dammed, now mined: Indigenous Brazilians fight for the Xingu River’s future

Andrew Johnson 12 Jan 2023

Weakening of agrarian reform program increases violence against settlers in Brazilian Amazon

Andrew Johnson 10 Jan 2023

Indonesia’s ‘essential’ mangroves, seagrass and corals remain unprotected

Basten Gokkon 30 Dec 2022

‘We are digital guerrilla fighters’: Q&A with young Indigenous activist Samela Sateré Mawé

Carolina Conti 23 Dec 2022
Lowland forest

Myanmar communities decry disempowerment as forest guardians since 2021 coup

Carolyn Cowan 17 Nov 2022

‘They paid for it with misery’: Q&A with Chile dam critic Jose Marihuan Ancanao

Maxwell Radwin 16 Nov 2022

Dam construction ignites Indigenous youth movement in southern Chile

Maxwell Radwin 16 Nov 2022

Attorney keeps alive legacy of murdered Pará activists, despite death threats

Elizabeth Oliveira 26 Oct 2022

How an Indigenous family under siege became a symbol of resistance in the Amazon

Elizabeth Oliveira 18 Oct 2022

Mangroves and wildlife in Bornean bay at risk from Indonesia’s new capital

Basten Gokkon, Richaldo Hariandja 7 Oct 2022
Nguy Thi Khanh

Vietnam’s Human Rights Council bid under fire after environmentalists jailed

Mongabay.com 14 Sep 2022
Watercolor drawing from Janet Marsh’s Nature Diary

Wildlife lover and artist records 5 decades of change on iconic U.K. river

Rebecca Branford and Sue Branford 7 Sep 2022

‘Brazilians aren’t familiar with the Amazon’: Q&A with Ângela Mendes

Carolina Conti 1 Sep 2022

Crimes against the Amazon reverberate across Brazil, analysis shows

Elizabeth Oliveira 31 Aug 2022

Crime and no punishment: Impunity shrouds killings of Indigenous Amazonian defenders

Vanessa Romo Espinoza and Gloria Alvitres 17 Aug 2022

Overlooked and at risk, seagrass is habitat of choice for many small-scale fishers

Basten Gokkon 10 Aug 2022

Indigenous activists in Borneo claim win as logging firm removes equipment from disputed area

Danielle Keeton-Olsen 2 Aug 2022
Debbie Ngawera-Packer.

‘The sea means everything’: Q&A with deep-sea mining opponent Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Jul 2022

Worries and whispers in Vietnam’s NGO community after activist’s sentencing

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2022

Sri Lankan environmental policy failures helped fuel people power revolution

Malaka Rodrigo 19 Jul 2022
Ibrahim with the underground water source

In Thailand’s deep south, a fight to stop quarrying in a global geopark

Kannikar Petchkaew 6 Jul 2022
Joan Carling, Indigenous rights activist of the Indigenous Peoples' Major Group, speaking at COP26 climate talks Forest in November 2021. Image courtesy of Karwai Tang/ UK Government via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Disappointment and a few wins, Indigenous leaders react to Nairobi biodiversity talks

Laurel Sutherland 1 Jul 2022

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