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Rainforest in Malaysian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

The Pope, a prince and a judge walk into a bar…to argue for nature’s rights (commentary)

Mari Margil 19 May 2021

Behind the scenes video unveils water contamination by ‘sustainable’ Amazon palm oil

Mongabay.com 12 May 2021

Indonesian fishers plead with president on seine nets and other assistance

Falahi Mubarok 11 May 2021
Wood that was cut for charcoal production near Katha, northern Myanmar. Villages in this area used to cut teak and other valuable trees for export, but have since started producing charcoal. The charcoal being exported to China can be made from any tree, regardless of size or kind. This amount of trees could produce about 150 bags of charcoal. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

Trafficking of banned Myanmar teak lands German company with $4m fine

Nicolás Bustamante Hernández 10 May 2021

Death toll rises to 10 after landslide at dam site in orangutan habitat

Ayat S. Karokaro 7 May 2021

Indonesian law enforcers call for financial approach to fight illegal logging

Lusia Arumingtyas 6 May 2021
Road in Indonesian Borneo. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

‘I never give up’: Q&A with Chinese environmental lawyer Jingjing Zhang

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 May 2021

Deforestation-free beef stymied by Brazil’s unequal supply chain

Naira Hofmeister 5 May 2021

“How do we manage fisheries in the midst of climate change?” Q&A with EDF’s Eric Schwaab

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 May 2021

Hits and misses for a legal tool to protect the environment in Philippines

Purple Romero 28 Apr 2021

Mining and logging threaten a wildlife wonderland on a Philippine mountain

Bong S. Sarmiento 27 Apr 2021

Large-scale deforesters emboldened under Brazil’s Bolsonaro, data indicate

Suzana Camargo 26 Apr 2021

With British Columbia’s last old-growth at risk, government falters: Critics

Justin Catanoso 20 Apr 2021

Cambodia puts its arduous titling process for Indigenous land up for review

Danielle Keeton-Olsen 15 Apr 2021

Philippine province builds on lessons learned to grow ecotourism industry

Jun N. Aguirre 14 Apr 2021

As Brazil’s military pulls out of the Amazon, its legacy is in question

Caio de Freitas Paes 8 Apr 2021

In Malaysia, the fate of a peat forest hinges on a powerful state official

Fatima Qureshi 5 Apr 2021

Bolsonaro govt wanted to ‘run the cattle’ through environmental protections. It was a stampede

Suzana Camargo 29 Mar 2021

Brazil prosecutors cite Mongabay probe in new legal battle against palm oil firms

Karla Mendes 26 Mar 2021

Indonesian campaigners triumph against a coal mine in top court

Della Syahni 23 Mar 2021

Myanmar’s environmental record was weak but improving. Then came the coup

Andrew Nachemson 18 Mar 2021

JBS, other Brazil meatpackers linked to devastating Pantanal fires, Greenpeace says

Ashoka Mukpo 17 Mar 2021

Peatland on fire again as burning season starts in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Mar 2021

Freight train project that railroads Indigenous rights still on track

Jennifer Ann Thomas 16 Mar 2021

Thailand’s Indigenous Peoples fight for ‘land of our heart’ (commentary)

Pirawan Wongnithisathaporn, Thomas Worsdell 15 Mar 2021

Déjà vu as palm oil industry brings deforestation, pollution to Amazon

Karla Mendes 12 Mar 2021

Dutch to limit forest biomass subsidies, possibly signaling EU sea change

Justin Catanoso 9 Mar 2021

Ecuador court orders end to gas flaring by oil industry in Amazon

Antonio José Paz Cardona 9 Mar 2021

The Covid-19 question: How do we prevent future pandemics?

Jeremy Hance 9 Mar 2021
The border region between Bears Ears and Navajo Nation. Photo credit: NASA Landsat

Conservation would be more effective with more Indigenous leadership, says Patrick Gonzales-Rogers

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Mar 2021

Persistence of slave labor exposes lawlessness of Amazon gold mines

Maurício Angelo 4 Mar 2021

Facebook enabling Amazon land grabbing, deforestation, finds investigation

Sue Branford, Thais Borges 3 Mar 2021

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