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Bolsonaro shapes administration: Amazon, indigenous and landless at risk

Sue Branford; Thais Borges; and Mauricio Torres 18 Dec 2018

Bird business: The man who taught his tribe to profit from conservation

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Dec 2018
Baobab trees in Western Madagascar.

Wildlife, ecotourism industry at stake in Madagascar’s election, says scientist

Mongabay.com 18 Dec 2018
Piupiu ferns (families Blechnaceae and Thelypteridaceae) on the forest floor. Image by Monica Evans for Mongabay.

A Māori community leans on tradition to restore its forest

Monica Evans 17 Dec 2018

Shorebirds can no longer count on the Arctic as a safe haven for rearing their young

Mongabay.com 17 Dec 2018

Photos highlight evolving roles of AI, citizen science in species research

David Klinges 17 Dec 2018

COP24: Summit a step forward, but fails to address climate urgency

Justin Catanoso 17 Dec 2018

Purus-Madeira: Amazon parks and extraordinary biodiversity at risk now

Gustavo Faleiros, Images by Marcio Isensee e Sá 17 Dec 2018

Pumas engineer their environment, providing habitat for other species

John Cannon 17 Dec 2018
Indigenous women march in Puyo, Ecuador on March 8, 2018. Photo by Kimberley Brown/Mongabay.

Indigenous peoples denounce ongoing land rights violations in Ecuador

Taran Volckhausen 17 Dec 2018

Deforestation in Brazil’s cerrado falls

Mongabay.com 16 Dec 2018
Brookesia chameleon in the rainforest of Madagascar's Masoala Peninsula. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Challenging the illegal logging regime in Madagascar (insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Dec 2018

Latam Eco Review: Jaguar protection plan signed by 14 Latin countries

Mongabay.com 15 Dec 2018

COP24: Sitting down to take a stand for real climate action

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Dec 2018

Dutch banks’ customers ‘unknowingly’ profit from palm oil companies

Thessa Lageman 15 Dec 2018

Hobby-grade drones can monitor marine animals beneath the surface

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 14 Dec 2018

‘Amazon Besieged’: Q&A with Mongabay contributor Sue Branford about new book

Mike Gaworecki 14 Dec 2018
The Mozambique Channel off the west coast of Madagascar. Image by Rod Waddington via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Madagascar auctioning a large swath of virgin waters for oil exploration

Edward Carver 14 Dec 2018

COP24: Will they stay or will they go? Brazil’s threat to leave Paris

Justin Catanoso 14 Dec 2018

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, December 14, 2018

Mongabay.com 14 Dec 2018

Argentina creates two new marine parks to protect penguins, sea lions

Mongabay.com 14 Dec 2018

Palm oil giant Wilmar promises to take harder line with errant suppliers

Mongabay.com 14 Dec 2018

COP24: Fossil Fuel Inc.’s outsize presence at talks reflects its influence

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Dec 2018

Indonesian court throws out lawsuit against green expert’s testimony

Basten Gokkon 13 Dec 2018

One map to rule them all: Indonesia launches unified land-use chart

Basten Gokkon 13 Dec 2018

Satellite trackers help fight vultures’ extinction in southern Africa

Munyaradzi Makoni 13 Dec 2018

Dam drove ‘collapse’ of rainforest bird populations in Thailand

Mongabay.com 13 Dec 2018

Super-spreaders: How the curious life of a newt could ignite a pandemic

Rachel Fritts 13 Dec 2018

COP24: Nations complicit in ignoring bioenergy climate bomb, experts say

Justin Catanoso 13 Dec 2018

Global agreement on ‘conserved areas’ marks new era of conservation (commentary)

Harry D. Jonas, Holly C. Jonas 13 Dec 2018

From a new bird to a new community reserve: India’s tribe sets example

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Dec 2018

A Zambian sanctuary finds caring for chimps is a lifetime commitment

Humphrey Nkonde 13 Dec 2018

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