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A pair of orphaned orangutans in Sabah.

Indonesia targets 2.3m hectares of protected forests for food & biofuel crop production

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Feb 2025
Forest near Rabia on the island of Waigeo in Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett Ayers Butler.

Indonesian forestry minister proposes 20m hectares of deforestation for crops

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Jan 2025
The olive harvest festival at the luxury Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort in 2023 highlights the growing interest in local foods and agri-tourism opportunities.

Oman’s mountain oases offer ancient farming lessons for a warming future

Ruth Kamnitzer 18 Mar 2024
A vast chunk of protected forest is being carved out of Beng Per Wildlife Sanctuary. Sources claim Santana Agro is responsible. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay.

In Cambodia, an official’s cashew factory churns out timber from a protected forest

Gerald Flynn & Phoung Vantha 20 Feb 2024
Termitomyces schimperi (called othepo in Lomwé) for sale at the Gilé market.

Wild mushroom harvest helps keep trees standing in Mozambique

Ryan Truscott 1 Sep 2023
Deforestation in Borneo.

Up to half of tropical forestland cleared for agriculture isn’t put to use, research shows

Calvin Rock Odhiambo 21 Dec 2022

Forest clearing for crop program in Papua may unleash massive emissions

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Mar 2022

Indonesia’s bid to control deforestation wildly off-target, experts say

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Apr 2021

Geography on the plate: The culinary rediscovery of Colombia’s biodiversity

Aurora Solá 29 Dec 2020

Sri Lanka activists decry downgrade of non-protected ‘other’ forests by government

Malaka Rodrigo 11 Dec 2020

New rule puts Indonesia’s protected forests up for grabs for agribusiness

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Nov 2020

On a Philippine mountain, researchers describe a ‘fire flower’ orchid species

Keith Anthony Fabro 9 Oct 2020
Microsoft Zoom Earth satellite image show a section of burned peatland in the region in Central Kalimantan where the rice project is planned.

Indonesia pushes rice estate project despite environmental red flags

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Aug 2020

Some ranchers and conservationists agree: Grazing and logging can save birds

Jennifer Oldham 28 Apr 2020

’Livestock revolution’ triggered decline in global pasture: Report

John Cannon 19 Jun 2019
The sun rises over Kutupalong, the world's largest settlement built on cleared forest land. Photo by Kaamil Ahmed/Mongabay.

Regreening a barren Rohingya refugee camp on Myanmar’s border

Kaamil Ahmed 11 Jun 2019

Eat less meat, save species and ecosystems, says WWF UK

Mongabay.com 11 Oct 2017

Financing sustainable agriculture possible, if terms fit farmers’ needs

John Cannon 2 Jun 2017

Forests provide a nutritional boon to some communities, research shows

Mongabay.com 2 Mar 2017

To improve food security, look to the forests, new report says

Mike Gaworecki 8 May 2015

Wild food: scientists link forests to human nutrition

Ariel Mark 25 Apr 2014

Five ways to feed billions without trashing the planet

Jeremy Hance 13 Oct 2011

Satellite imagery confirms Dole destroying national park land for bananas

Jeremy Hance 4 Oct 2011

Controversial study finds intensive farming partnered with strict protected areas is best for biodiversity

Jeremy Hance 1 Sep 2011

Tropical agriculture “double-whammy”: high emissions, low yields

Jeremy Hance 2 Nov 2010

Will it be possible to feed nine billion people sustainably?

Jeremy Hance 28 Jan 2010

Fertilizer prices increase 235% over past year

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2008

Biofuels can reduce emissions, but not when grown in place of rainforests

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2008

Palm oil industry moves into the Amazon rainforest

Rhett A. Butler 9 Jul 2008

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