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In Indonesia’s coastal villages, the plastic crisis is both homegrown and invasive

Basten Gokkon 9 Sep 2020
Hots spots in areas with Prodes warnings indicating deforestation between 2017 and 2019. Area next to the borders of the Kaxarari Indigenous territory in Lábrea, Amazonas state. Taken 17 Aug, 2020. CREDIT: © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

Friday night follies: Brazil cuts deforestation funding, then restores it

Jenny Gonzales 1 Sep 2020

Are forests the new coal? Global alarm sounds as biomass burning surges

Justin Catanoso 31 Aug 2020

Indonesian fishers opposed to dredging project hit by ‘criminalization’ bid

Basten Gokkon, Wahyu Chandra 28 Aug 2020

In Cambodia, a sweeping new environment code languishes in legal limbo

Andrew Nachemson 26 Aug 2020

Company investigated for timber trafficking gets stimulus from Peru government

Yvette Sierra Praeli 25 Aug 2020

Sri Lankan conservation law and the framework for ethical science research (Commentary)

Jagath Gunawardana 25 Aug 2020
Rainforest cleared for a coconut plantation Dua Saudara Mountain in North Sulawesi. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesia bill weakening environmental safeguards to pass in October

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Aug 2020
Aerial view of a mine in Australia. Image by Stuart Rankin/Flickr.

With its mining boom past, Australia deals with the job of cleaning up

Manuela Callari 20 Aug 2020

In Argentina, a movement to save the Chaco forest hits the COVID-19 wall

Oscar Bermeo Ocaña 18 Aug 2020

Indigenous best Amazon stewards, but only when property rights assured: Study

Sue Branford 17 Aug 2020

China issues new sustainability rules for its notorious fishing fleet

Elizabeth Fitt 14 Aug 2020

All talk, no walk: ‘Green’ financiers still support Amazon beef industry

Fernanda Wenzel, Naira Hofmeister, Pedro Papini, Juliana Lopes from ((o))eco 13 Aug 2020

Paper maze and lack of transparency cloak investment in companies involved in Amazon deforestation

Fernanda Wenzel, Naira Hofmeister, Pedro Papini, Juliana Lopes from ((o))eco 11 Aug 2020
Angohó Ha-ha-hãe is a shaman and one of the leaders of Naô Xohã indigenous village, which is requesting to be temporarily relocated by Vale due to the river pollution. Image by Luiz Guilherme Fernandes for Mongabay

Mining industry releases first standard to improve safety of waste storage

Ian Morse 6 Aug 2020

Brazil dismantles environmental laws via huge surge in executive acts: Study

Jenny Gonzales 5 Aug 2020

Burning down the house? Enviva’s giant U.S. wood pellet plants gear up

Saul Elbein 29 Jul 2020

Arrests in Indonesian probe into latest case of labor abuses on Chinese fishing boats

Basten Gokkon 28 Jul 2020

Indonesian fishers face livelihood threat from ‘beautiful’ tourism project

Agus Mawan 27 Jul 2020

Canada not walking the talk on its miners’ abuses abroad, campaigners say

Chris Arsenault 24 Jul 2020

Indonesia presses China for witness in deaths of fishing boat crews

Basten Gokkon 21 Jul 2020

A fire and a firing: Double whammy for Madagascar environmental regulator

Malavika Vyawahare 17 Jul 2020

Philippine court rejects OceanaGold’s bid to keep mining on expired permit

Mongabay.com 16 Jul 2020

Indonesia’s new lobster export policy threatens Javan rhino habitat

Basten Gokkon 15 Jul 2020

Risking death and arrest, Madagascar fishers chase dwindling sea cucumbers

Chris Scarffe 15 Jul 2020

In Mexico, groups push for reforms to law promoting sustainable forest use

Thelma Gómez Durán 15 Jul 2020

Pandemic or not, the mission to save the rare Philippine eagle grinds on

Leilani Chavez 8 Jul 2020

Prosecutors target Brazil’s environment minister over dismantling of protections

Suzana Camargo 8 Jul 2020

Investigation hints at cronyism in awarding of Indonesia lobster export permits

Basten Gokkon 7 Jul 2020

Trafficking of thousands of songbirds highlights rampant trade in Indonesia

Ayat S. Karokaro 3 Jul 2020

EU and partner countries must protect gains in legal timber trade during COVID-19 (commentary)

Paolo Omar Cerutti 2 Jul 2020

Court forces Ecuador government to protect Indigenous Waorani during COVID-19

Kimberley Brown 26 Jun 2020

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