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Alis Ramírez: The defender of the Colombian Amazon now living as a refugee in New Zealand

Alis Ramírez: A defender of the Colombian Amazon now living as a refugee in New Zealand

Laila Abu Shihab Vergara 8 Apr 2024
Katia Silene shows the Brazil nuts.

Divided by mining: Vale’s new rail track fractures an Amazon Indigenous group

Maurício Angelo, Sarah Sax 17 Jul 2023

Congo Basin communities left out by ‘fortress conservation’ fight for a way back in

Mike DiGirolamo 16 May 2023
A cattle herder in a cattle camp

Debunking the colonial myth of the ‘African Eden’: Q&A with author Guillaume Blanc

Malavika Vyawahare 23 Sep 2022

As the Horn of Africa heats up, the risks of insecurity are rising (commentary)

Robert Muggah, Peter Schmidt, Giovanna Kuele 28 Mar 2022

What makes a ‘refugee’? It could be a life-or-death question in the climate crisis

Ashoka Mukpo 28 Oct 2021

Children born in 2020 will see spike in climate disasters, study says

Ashoka Mukpo 30 Sep 2021

Vale told Brazil communities they were in danger. They say Vale wants their land

Isis Medeiros 3 Sep 2021
Photo credit: Felipe Rodriguez

It’s time to scrutinize who’s in the room when conservation decisions are made, says Laly Lichtenfeld

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Aug 2021

Overcoming community-conservation conflict: Q&A with Dominique Bikaba

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Jul 2021
La Danta, as photographed from a helicopter. Photo by Dennis Jarvis/Flickr.

In Guatemala, refugees find new calling as park rangers

Antonio José Paz Cardona, Ashoka Mukpo 16 Oct 2020

For Philippines’ displaced indigenous students, COVID-19 is one of many threats

Leilani Chavez 3 Apr 2020

Indonesian flooding disaster bears the hallmarks of agriculture and mining impacts

Ian Morse 7 Aug 2019

In India’s Sundarbans, communities shrink as their island sinks

Erin Stone, Lisa Hornak 1 Jul 2019

‘Not doing anything is no longer acceptable’: Q&A with Alice Thomas, climate refugee expert

Bhanu Sridharan 15 Aug 2018

On India’s Kerala coast, a man-made solution exacerbates a natural problem

Haritha John 28 Jun 2018

Environmental costs, benefits and possibilities: Q&A with anthropologist Eben Kirksey

John Cannon 28 Feb 2017

Harsh treatment for indigenous Botswanans ousted from Kalahari wildlife reserve

Michael Schwartz 21 Aug 2015

Saving one of Africa’s most stunning parks through biomass briquettes and fuel-efficient stoves

Jeremy Hance 6 Jun 2013

Infamous elephant poacher turns cannibal in the Congo

Pete Jones 3 Apr 2013

U.S. Admiral: climate change, not North Korea, biggest threat in the Pacific

Jeremy Hance 13 Mar 2013

“Don’t be so silly” about climate change: Mohamed Nasheed on The Daily Show

Jeremy Hance 4 Apr 2012

Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya

Christina Chauvenet 12 Mar 2012

Innovative conservation: wild silk, endangered species, and poverty in Madagascar

Jeremy Hance 20 Feb 2012

Når en lillebitte ønation bringer et stort offer, vil resten af verden så følge trop?

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Oct 2010

Ketika Sebuah Pulau Mungil Lakukan Pengorbanan Besar, Akankah Seluruh Dunia Melakukan yang Sama?

Rhett Ayers Butler, Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Sep 2010

As a tiny island nation makes a big sacrifice, will the rest of the world follow suit?

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Sep 2010

Kenyan community displaced by nature reserve seeks justice

Jeremy Hance 22 Sep 2008

Climate change may increase global conflict

Jeremy Hance 25 Aug 2008

Could carbon credits-for-forest conservation (REDD) reduce terrorism and global warming?

Mongabay.com 20 Dec 2007

Ecomigration: global warming will increase environmental refugees

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2007

Islands to face water problems as sea levels rise, populations grow

Mongabay.com 15 Aug 2007

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