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Javan fisherwomen lead fight against marine dredging amid fears of damage

Basten Gokkon 10 Oct 2024
Deforestation for oil palm plantation in Sarawak.

NGOs push EU to label Sarawak as ‘high risk’ source of timber, palm oil

Danielle Keeton-Olsen 9 Oct 2024
Red river hogs (Potamochoerus porcus) scavenging at a poached elephant's carcass, Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park. Image by otomops, via Wikicommons (CC BY 4.0)

Congo looks to monetize its high-integrity forests

Rosie Pioth 9 Oct 2024
An orca in Skjervøy, Norway.

Norway poised to sail past opposition with deep-sea mining licensing plans

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 Oct 2024
Nemonte Nenquimo in one of her family's forest gardens near the village of Nemonpare in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

‘Indigenous women in the Amazon must be empowered’: Interview with Nemonte Nenquimo

Astrid Arellano 7 Oct 2024

EU considers postponing anti-deforestation law as pressure from agribusiness mounts

Maxwell Radwin 3 Oct 2024

Police murder Guarani man as Brazil struggles with Indigenous land demarcation

Maxwell Radwin 26 Sep 2024
Belen Perugachi, 16, is an Indigenous Kichwa adolescent from Paquiestancia

Do Indigenous peoples really conserve 80% of the world’s biodiversity?

Latoya Abulu | Aimee Gabay | Sonam Lama Hyolmo 26 Sep 2024
Environmental activists protesting coal-fired power plants in 2017. Secong from left is Hoàng Thị Minh Hồng.

Influential Vietnamese environmentalist released from prison two years early

Mongabay.com 25 Sep 2024
Flooding in Thailand

Record-breaking floods in northern Thailand intensify scrutiny of Mekong dam project

Carolyn Cowan 24 Sep 2024

Mexico loses phosphate mining lawsuit in controversial arbitration process

Maxwell Radwin 23 Sep 2024
A jellyfish swims in the sun in the mangroves.

Inaugural Planetary Health Check finds ocean acidification on the brink

Sean Mowbray 23 Sep 2024
An old growth clear-cut in Kwakwaka'wakw territory, northern Vancouver Island. Image copyright: Mya Van Woudenberg, Sierra Club BC.

As logging intensifies forest fires, Wet’suwet’en fight to protect old growth

Erica Gies 23 Sep 2024

Permits granted for Colombia’s Alacrán mine amid pollution, deforestation concerns

Maxwell Radwin 20 Sep 2024
Endorois and Ogiek Peoples of Kenya in a peaceful procession to demand for their land rights in Feb., 2024.

Indigenous peoples won in court — but in practice, they face a different reality

Aimee Gabay 20 Sep 2024

Why the EU must stand firm on its plan to help protect the world’s forests (commentary)

Sam Lawson 19 Sep 2024
A Maasai cattle herder in Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Ahead of COP16, groups warn of rights abuses linked to ‘30×30’ goal

Aimee Gabay 18 Sep 2024

Philippines hydro boom rips Indigenous communities

Michael Beltran 18 Sep 2024

Philippine coal mine roars into production amid waves of complaints

Bong S. Sarmiento 17 Sep 2024
The Los Pelambres mine.

In Chile, a copper mining project tainted by environmental damage sues 32 locals

Michael Lieberherr Pacheco 16 Sep 2024

Honduras taps armed forces to eliminate deforestation by 2029. Will it work?

Maxwell Radwin 13 Sep 2024
An Indigenous group in a boat in the Ucayali River.

Report links killings to environmental crimes in Peru’s Amazon

Aimee Gabay 12 Sep 2024
A coral reef and marine life in the waters off Raja Ampat in Southwest Papua province, Indonesia. Image courtesy of Econusa.

Marine ecosystems still overlooked in Indonesia’s new conservation law, critics say

Basten Gokkon 12 Sep 2024

Why is violence against environmental defenders getting worse? Five things to know

Maxwell Radwin 11 Sep 2024

The future of extractive industries in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 6 Sep 2024
Clown fish in anemone

The ocean ‘belongs to all of us’: Interview with Palau President Whipps

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 5 Sep 2024

More alarms over Indonesia rhino poaching after latest trafficking bust

Donny Iqbal, Nopri Ismi 5 Sep 2024
A Nicobar pigeon, found in Vietnam.

In Vietnam, environmental defense is increasingly a crime

Hướng Thiện 3 Sep 2024

In Nicaragua, activists challenge the value of international ‘green’ financing

Maxwell Radwin 30 Aug 2024
The government has temporarily stopped Pacitan mining operations.

Polluting copper mine in Java suspended as farmers decry lost crops

Asad Asnawi 30 Aug 2024

Indigenous communities sidelined for Suriname’s new carbon credit program, critics say

Maxwell Radwin 26 Aug 2024

China accepts U.N. recommendations to improve environmental conflicts in Latin America

Maxwell Radwin 23 Aug 2024

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