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Baobabs at sunset in Madagascar.

Fire imperils Madagascar’s baobabs: Q&A with park director Diamondra Andriambololona

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 3 Jul 2023
Aerial view of an area in the Amazon deforested for cattle ranching -- the biggest driver of deforestation in the Amazon -- in Lábrea, Amazonas state on Sep 15, 2021. Photo © Victor Moriyama / Amazônia em Chamas (Amazon in Flames Alliance)

New data show 10% increase in primary tropical forest loss in 2022

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Jun 2023

In Chile, a wildlife rehab center deals with the aftermath of worsening fires

Boris van der Spek 12 Jun 2023

Intense fires threaten water supply and habitats in Mexico’s Pico de Orizaba

Flavia Morales 7 Jun 2023
L’Allee des Baobabs, or the Avenue of Baobabs, a famous spot outside Morondava, the nearest town to Belo-Sur-Mer.

Extreme reforestation: Baobab planters confront fires, loggers, cattle and more

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 6 Jun 2023
Chiang Mai lawsuit

Citizens demand sustainable solution to haze crisis in northern Thailand

Carolyn Cowan 6 Jun 2023
Burned peat forest in Borneo.

Peatlands, Indonesia’s carbon trove, are mostly unprotected, study finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Jun 2023

Strong like an oak tree: Guardians of the Juanacatlán forest in Mexico

Adriana Navarro Ramírez 31 May 2023
A black-backed woodpecker in a Parker 2 Fire area in Modoc County, California.

Woodpeckers for fire recovery? A new online tool tells you how

Abhishyant Kidangoor 29 May 2023

Climate change is no joke for Australians, says award-winning comedian Dan Ilic

Mike DiGirolamo 23 May 2023

Indigenous communities in Argentina’s Chaco fear another heavy fire season in 2023

Yvette Sierra Praeli 23 May 2023
The orange ground-thrush.

Fires threaten Afromontane forests’ ‘whole new world’: Q&A with Martim Melo

Ryan Truscott 22 May 2023

Amazon Rainforest loss could reach new height in just 5 years, study says

Sarah Brown 11 May 2023

Australia bushfires may have caused global climate phenomenon La Niña: Study

Mongabay Haze Beat 11 May 2023
Graine de Vie’s reforestation site in Ambohitantely prior to the October 2022 fire.

Madagascar bush fires prompt exasperated NGO to curtail tree planting

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 1 May 2023
Setting a prescribed fire around vernal pools at Agate Desert Preserve. Image courtesy of Evan Barrientos/TNC.

Counterintuitive conservation: Fire boosts aquatic crustaceans in U.S. savannas

Ashli Blow 21 Apr 2023

Study shows mountain forests being lost at ‘alarming rate,’ especially in Asia

Liz Kimbrough 13 Apr 2023

Indigenous Amazon forests absorb noxious fumes and prevent diseases from wildfires, study suggests

Jenny Gonzales 11 Apr 2023
An illustration of a hispid hare

Rare hispid hares feel the heat from Nepal’s tiger conservation measures

Abhaya Raj Joshi 7 Apr 2023

Expansion of Mennonite farmland in Bolivia encroaches on Indigenous land

Iván Paredes Tamayo 3 Apr 2023

Ancient fires may be helping the Amazon survive droughts – modern ones, not so much

Maurício Brum 27 Mar 2023
Burned peat forest in Borneo.

Deforestation drives fire risk in Borneo amid a warming climate, study finds

Spoorthy Raman 27 Mar 2023

Mennonite colonies linked to deforestation of Indigenous territories and protected areas in Paraguay

Aldo Benítez 24 Mar 2023
Aerial view of burned areas in the Amazon Rainforest.

Amazon deforestation linked to reduced Tibetan snows, Antarctic ice loss: Study

Claire Asher 8 Mar 2023

Climate change lawsuits take aim at French bank BNP Paribas

Maxwell Radwin 3 Mar 2023

Indonesian palm oil billionaire gets 15 years for corruption

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Feb 2023

Bolivia has a soy deforestation problem. It’s worse than previously thought.

Maxwell Radwin 21 Feb 2023

Invisible destruction: 38% of remaining Amazon forest already degraded

Suzana Camargo 13 Feb 2023
A black bear stands onshore looking at four tundra swans on the water.

Peatland restoration in temperate nations could be carbon storage bonanza

Jeremy Hance 9 Feb 2023

Amazonian countries must act together to reverse rainforest loss, experts say

Jenny Gonzales 7 Feb 2023

Bolivian national park hit hard by forest fires in 2022, satellite data show

Iván Paredes Tamayo 2 Feb 2023
Triunfo do Xingu, a sustainable development reserve in the Brazilian state of Pará, has in recent years become the epicenter of the forest destruction gripping the Amazon Rainforest. Cattle ranching is responsible for much of the destruction, but wildcat mining and land grabbing are fast advancing too. Across the reserve, toppled trees, open-pit mines and charred jungle are a common sight. Image by Ana Ionova for Mongabay.

Deforestation ‘out of control’ in reserve in Brazil’s cattle capital

Ana Ionova 11 Jan 2023

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