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New evidence suggests Ivorian timber merits tougher EUTR due diligence (commentary)

Brad Mulley 24 Mar 2020

New player starts clearing rainforest in world’s biggest oil palm project

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 24 Mar 2020

‘Unbridled exploitation’: Mining amendments a boon for Indonesia’s coal industry

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Mar 2020

Qualified success: What’s next for Peru’s Operation Mercury?

John Cannon 19 Mar 2020

The fight goes on for opponents of a Philippine mine given a new lease on life

Leilani Chavez 9 Mar 2020

Map reveals Canadian mining company’s environmental, social conflicts

John Cannon 2 Mar 2020
Artisanal Indonesian fishermen are expected to benefit from the fisheries bill proposed by the ministry. Image courtesy of Ministry of Marine and Fisheries.

Deregulation bill hurts Indonesia’s fishers, coastal communities, experts say

Basten Gokkon 2 Mar 2020

Bid to get ‘aquatic wild meat’ off the menu and under protection

Edward Carver 28 Feb 2020

On anniversary of nun’s murder Amazon land rights activists at high risk

Sam Cowie 27 Feb 2020

Western monarch butterfly numbers critically low for second straight year

Liz Kimbrough 26 Feb 2020
In 2015, the largest seizure of Peruvian timber was made in the Yacu Kallpa vessel. Photo courtesy of the Environmental Research Agency (EIA).

California lawmakers introduce legislation to fight tropical deforestation

Ashoka Mukpo 24 Feb 2020

Deregulation in Indonesia: Economy first, environment later. Maybe

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Feb 2020

Abraham Khouw, the professor who joined the Save Aru movement

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 18 Feb 2020

Indonesia targets pulpwood, palm oil firms in civil suits over 2019 fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Feb 2020

Investigation reveals loopholes for illegal shark fin exports from Indonesia

Mongabay.com 12 Feb 2020
Gold mining tailing pond near Mandor in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Experts see minefield of risk as Indonesia seeks environmental deregulation

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Feb 2020
Nyonié savannaah, Gabon. Image by Christian Vigna via Wikicommons (CC BY-NC-4.0)

Eco-tourism isn’t enough to develop a country: Q&A with Gabon’s environment minister, Lee White

Matthew Hattingh 10 Feb 2020

Mika Ganobal, the civil servant who risked his job to save his homeland

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 7 Feb 2020

Illegal industrial fishing hampers small-scale African fisheries

John Cannon 3 Feb 2020
A bucket of fish at a market in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia. Image by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay

‘Just like terrorists’: Indonesia boosts vigilance for blast fishers

Basten Gokkon 30 Jan 2020

Borneo locals win a court battle to bar a coal miner from their land

Lusia Arumingtyas 30 Jan 2020

Brazil’s Bolsonaro creates Amazon Council and Environmental Police force

Jan Rocha 24 Jan 2020
Experts fear that international markets will close their doors to Peru due to illegal timber. Photo courtesy of the Environmental Research Agency (EIA).

U.S. lumber company found importing high-risk Peruvian timber

Michael Tatarski 23 Jan 2020

Deadly conditions for Indonesian migrant crews tied to illegal fishing

Basten Gokkon 6 Jan 2020

Concerns about radioactive contamination dog Rio Tinto’s Madagascar mine

Malavika Vyawahare 31 Dec 2019

‘Tainted timber’ from Myanmar widely used in yachts seized in the Netherlands

Malavika Vyawahare 25 Dec 2019

Plans for a new Indonesian capital put Borneo’s abandoned mines in the spotlight

Yovanda 20 Dec 2019

Deforestation for potential rubber plantation raises concerns in Papua New Guinea

John Cannon 19 Dec 2019

As pesticide approvals soar, Brazil’s tapirs, bees, other wildlife suffer

Jenny Gonzales 18 Dec 2019

COP25: Self-serving G20 spites youth, humanity, world at climate talks

Justin Catanoso 17 Dec 2019

COP25: EU officials say biomass burning policy to come under critical review

Justin Catanoso 16 Dec 2019

COP25: Wood pellet CEO claims biomass carbon neutrality, despite science

Justin Catanoso 13 Dec 2019

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