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Hydropower dam in Kulekhani, one of the larges reservoir-type power stations in Nepal. Image by Abhaya Raj Joshi/ Mongabay.

Nepal’s hydropower developers watch closely as court nears key verdict

Abhaya Raj Joshi 2 Aug 2025
Waorani Indigenous people protest outside the Constitutional Court for their right to consultation before bidding for the exploration and exploitation of oil and gas on their territory in Quito, Ecuador. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador axes environment ministry as officials scramble to revive economy

Maxwell Radwin 1 Aug 2025
A red-lored amazon.

DNA research changes the fate of the most trafficked parrots in Colombia

Ana Cristina Alvarado 1 Aug 2025
Plastic washed up on a beach in Barcelona.

As UN plastic treaty talks face possible deadlock, what are the ways forward?

Tosca Ballerini 31 Jul 2025
A view of Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, a small city on the southwest coast. Image courtesy of ICC.

‘Nothing about us without us’: Inuit leader Sara Olsvig on ocean politics

Edward Carver 31 Jul 2025
A leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea).

Malaysia’s turtle egg buyback scheme saved thousands — but is it sustainable?

Keith Anthony Fabro 31 Jul 2025
Miners work at a legal mining concession in Huaypetue, Madre de Dios, Peru. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Mexico’s rising mercury trade fuels toxic gold mining in Latin America: Report

Maxwell Radwin 30 Jul 2025
Joseph Vargas and Wilma Abanil in their home

As gas giants move in, Philippine fishers fight for their seas and survival

Nick Aspinwall 29 Jul 2025

Sri Lanka Supreme Court orders $1 bn payment in X Press Pearl marine disaster

Malaka Rodrigo 29 Jul 2025

Civil society challenges Indonesian deregulation law over rights and environment

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Jul 2025
Indigenous Lumad women hold slogans during a rally outside a military headquarters in the Philippines in 2018

Across Southeast Asia, Indigenous women challenge extraction and erasure

Hướng Thiện 25 Jul 2025
Sifting coffee beans in Porciuncula, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

‘Insignificant risk’ EUDR proposal threatens fight against deforestation, critics say

Maxwell Radwin 24 Jul 2025
A Dayak Ngaju tribe man tries to extinguish fire on burning peatland in Mantangai, Central Kalimantan.

Indonesian palm oil company sues experts who helped secure $18m pollution ruling

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Jul 2025
The Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador. Image by Rhett Ayers Butler.

Ecuador’s new protected areas law sparks debate over security, development

Maxwell Radwin 23 Jul 2025
A woman sits under a tree surrounded by dry waste in East Java.

Burning, burying and banning: Indonesia’s cities struggle to manage their garbage

Jeff Hutton 23 Jul 2025
Thai authorities seized more than 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of ivory hidden in luggage shipped out from Congo to Laos via Bangkok in 2015.

Large-scale illegal wildlife shops in Laos found scamming Chinese tourists

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2025
A male proboscis monkey with its characteristic long nose. The species is classified as endangered and is already threatened by habitat destruction, wildfires and hunting.

Study finds worrying uptick in proboscis monkey trade in Indonesia

Spoorthy Raman 18 Jul 2025

Indonesia moves to revise sea sand export policy after court ruling

Basten Gokkon, M Ambari 18 Jul 2025
Greenpeace Brazil took part in the Climate March in São Paulo, protesting against Bill 2159/2021 — widely known as the Destruction Bill. The demonstration brought thousands of people to the streets, marching from Avenida Paulista to Favela do Moinho, in response to the bill’s threat of weakening Brazil’s environmental licensing laws. Image © Tuane Fernandes / Greenpeace.

Brazil’s Congress passes ‘devastation bill’ in major environmental setback

Fernanda Wenzel 17 Jul 2025
Sunset at Joshua Tree National Park

In a warming world, can California save its Joshua trees?

Maya L. Kapoor 17 Jul 2025
JBS founder José Batista Sobrinho (center) flanked by his sons, Joesley (taking a selfie) and Wesley (clapping), waves from the podium after ringing the New York Stock Exchange opening bell, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Image by AP Photo/Richard Drew.

Now on Wall Street, JBS eyes growth amid scrutiny on deforestation & graft

Carla Ruas 17 Jul 2025
Area of burned forest in ​​the city of Apuí, Amazonas state. Image by Bruno Kelly/Amazônia Real via Wikimedia Commons. (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Amazon deforestation spikes as Brazil blames criminal fires

Lucas Berti 16 Jul 2025
Butterflies in the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve in Ecuador’s Amazon.

Landmark Indigenous land title in Ecuador protected area still in limbo

Latoya Abulu | John Cannon 16 Jul 2025
Boat in the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve in Ecuador's Amazon. Image by Ranil Wijeyratne via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Landmark Indigenous land title in Ecuadorian Amazon reserve mired in controversy

Latoya Abulu | John Cannon 15 Jul 2025
Community members review a map of Pë’këya.

Indigenous groups debate use of land agreements in Ecuador’s protected areas

Latoya Abulu | John Cannon 15 Jul 2025
“Pëkëya” is the name of the ancestral heartland of the Siekopai people in their native language, Paicoca and is located along the Lagartococha River.

Ecuador’s government promised same land in the Amazon to two Indigenous peoples

Latoya Abulu | John Cannon 14 Jul 2025
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).

Canada’s Pacific Coast hit hard by trawling, with limited transparency: Report

Edward Carver 14 Jul 2025

Attack on Indigenous land defenders in Peru reveals snags in protection system

Yvette Sierra Praeli 14 Jul 2025
The BR-319 highway

Amazon’s ‘tipping point road’ gets new push with ease on licensing rules

Rafael Spuldar 14 Jul 2025

Mennonite farming in Belize threatens essential biological corridor, critics say

Maxwell Radwin 14 Jul 2025

The world’s children suffer brunt of wildfire smoke health impacts

Anna Dulisse 14 Jul 2025

Rising heat and falling yields plague an Amazon island near COP30 host

Anna Peres/O Liberal 14 Jul 2025

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