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Drawing the wrong lessons from Sri Lanka’s organic farming experience (commentary)

Nethmi S. Perera Bathige, William G. Moseley 12 Aug 2022
Farmers work at a paddy field in Nepal.

Lack of timely rains, fertilizer hits rice farmers in Nepal’s granary

Abhaya Raj Joshi 8 Aug 2022
CNES and Airbus satellite image of Petrolandia, Pernambuco, Brazil

From agribusiness to oil to nuclear power and submarines: welcome to anti-environmental Putin-Bolsonaro alliance (commentary)

Nikolas Kozloff 1 Aug 2022
Farmer Elizabeth Kamphale explains the agroecology methods she uses to farm orange maize in the village of Kamala in Malawi's Dedza district.

A return to agroecology traditions points the way forward for Malawi’s farmers

Charles Mpaka 3 Jun 2022
Residents of the Mura Indigenous village of Murutinga, in Brazil’s Amazonas state, take over a boat belonging to employees of the electricity company, who have come to cut off the community's energy supplies. Image by Ana Ionova for Mongabay.

Push for potash mine in Brazil’s Amazon looms over Indigenous people

Ana Ionova 27 May 2022

For Kenyan farmers, organic fertilizer bokashi brings the land back to life

Isaiah Esipisu 16 Nov 2021
A farmer uses a manure spreader as a natural fertilizer. An excess of manure from livestock produces an excess of ammonia, a harmful nitrogen emission. Image by CityofGeneva via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Nitrogen: The environmental crisis you haven’t heard of yet

Ashoka Mukpo 22 Sep 2021

Industrial diets are imprinting on human bodies, new study finds

Malavika Vyawahare 11 May 2021

Getting hands-on with pollination can boost cocoa yields, study shows

Sarah Derouin 8 Mar 2021

Averting an agricultural and ecological crisis in the Philippines’ salad bowl

Karlston Lapniten 13 Mar 2020

‘It’s getting worse’: National parks in Honduras hit hard by palm oil

Maxwell Radwin 11 Apr 2019

Land rights, forests, food systems central to limiting global warming: report

Justin Catanoso 15 Oct 2018

‘A real surprise’: Study reveals low phosphorus doesn’t hinder rainforest growth

Morgan Erickson-Davis 20 Mar 2018

Philippine palm oil plan ‘equals corruption and land-grabbing,’ critics say

Brad Miller 31 Aug 2017

Massive profiteering uncovered in Indonesian fertilizer distribution

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2016

China and Europe’s outsourcing of soy production impacts the Amazon

Mongabay.com 14 Aug 2014

Too much of a good thing: fertilizer ‘one of the three major drivers of biodiversity loss this century’

Paul Sutherland 14 Jul 2014

Nitrogen pollution in China increased 60% annually between 1980 and 2010

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2013

Growing cardamom impacts forests for decades

Jeremy Hance 17 May 2012

Eco-toilets help save hippos and birds in Kenya

Jeremy Hance 4 Jan 2012

Study calls for REDD+ money to boost yields in West Africa using agrochemicals

Mongabay.com 10 Apr 2011

Growing Atlantic dead zone shrinks habitat for billfish and tuna, may lead to over-harvest

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Dec 2010

Coral reef survival depends on the super small, an interview with Forest Rohwer

Jeremy Hance 30 Aug 2010

Nation’s wealth does not guarantee green practices

Alanna Tritt 11 Aug 2010

New NASA image reveals the oceans’ dead zones

Jeremy Hance 22 Jul 2010

Chinese farming practices are acidifying soils

Jeremy Hance 11 Feb 2010

Unique acacia tree could play vital role in turning around Africa’s food crisis

Jeremy Hance 24 Aug 2009

What is the crop productivity and environmental impact of too much or too little fertilizer?

Jeremy Hance 18 Jun 2009

The long-ignored ocean emergency and what can be done to address it

Jeremy Hance 18 Aug 2008

Marine ‘dead zones’ double every decade

Jeremy Hance 14 Aug 2008

Fertilizer prices increase 235% over past year

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2008

U.S. dead zones may reach record levels this summer

Mongabay.com 15 Jul 2008

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