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Is rising CO2 really bad for the world’s drylands? Mongabay podcast probes

Mongabay.com 4 Jun 2025
Nina, the jaguar.

Report links meat giant JBS to massive destruction of jaguar habitat

Constance Malleret 22 May 2025
cattle Brazil

New forest loss data beef up Amazon deforestation case against Casino Group

Carla Ruas 20 May 2025

How extreme droughts could redefine the future of Amazonian fish

Tiago da Mota e Silva 19 May 2025

New study maps the fishmeal factories that supply the world’s fish farms

Edward Carver 15 May 2025
How manatees won over an entire village. Manatee Brazil

How manatees won over an entire village

Julia Lima 14 May 2025
Smoke from a factory.

Ground-level ozone wreaks havoc on warming planet

Mongabay.com 9 May 2025
Market in Treicheville, Abidjan, 2017.

In Côte d’Ivoire a changing climate hits farmers and markets alike

Gael Zozoro 9 May 2025

Dredging and pollution threaten fishing in the Niger River

Mariam Sanogo 8 May 2025
A fall armyworm rests upon a maize leaf it has just destroyed

Solutions needed as climate change & land use fuel global crop pest menace

Sean Mowbray 7 May 2025

Military-backed plantation project in Indonesian Papua triggers rights concerns

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Apr 2025
A Borneo orangutan.

Corporate giants fall short on forest protection commitments, report

Liz Kimbrough 29 Apr 2025
Banner image of a forest in Finland by kallerna via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How did Finland lead the pursuit of a circular economy? Mongabay podcast explores

Mongabay.com 28 Apr 2025
Starbucks Logo on the Wall

Report accuses Starbucks of tax avoidance through ‘ethical’ Swiss subsidiary

Alex Shaw 24 Apr 2025
A Dayak Ngaju tribe man tries to extinguish fire on burning peatland in Mantangai, Central Kalimantan.

In Borneo village, Indigenous Dayaks leave farming amid stricter fire rules

Rendy Tisna 24 Apr 2025
Rinchin Jomaba. Chef, Damu's Kitchen.How a remote diner in India is fueling a culinary and ecological revival

How a remote diner in India is fueling a culinary and ecological revival

Barasha Das 23 Apr 2025
Great white sharks seen around Seal Island in False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa before they disappeared from the area. Image courtesy of Chris Fallows.

Loss of great white sharks triggers domino effect down food chain, study shows


Victoria Schneider 23 Apr 2025

Agroforestry can reduce deforestation, but supportive policies matter, study finds

Carolyn Cowan 21 Apr 2025
Women in Timbul Seloko village, Central Java, help with the permeable dam project.

In an ancient Javanese sultanate, coastal women battle climate fallout

Irfan Maulana 16 Apr 2025
The Bioko Drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus poensis), an endangered primate endemic to Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, is highly valued for its taste, making it the most expensive wild meat on the market. Image by Ian Nichols.

An oil-rich West African island offers decades of insight into the wild meat trade

Spoorthy Raman 2 Apr 2025
The families of fishers gather on Jan. 3 for a communal meal provided by the Talara Fishermen’s Guild.

Peruvian fishers sue for additional compensation after big December oil spill

Miguel Ángel Valero, Sandra Incio 2 Apr 2025
Bernardo Vallejo inspects in Finca Las Brisas. Image © Victor Raison.

Colombia’s coffee farmers try to balance innovation and tradition to adapt to climate change

Victor Raison 1 Apr 2025
Harvested American ginseng.

As US agroforestry grows, federal funding freeze leaves farmers in the lurch

Sarah Derouin 1 Apr 2025
mangrove conservation

Colombia’s women clam collectors protect Pacific mangroves and mollusks

Catherine Ellis 1 Apr 2025
A farmer from Kirehe, eastern Rwanda, using a solar-powered irrigation system. Image by Aimable Twahirwa/Mongabay.

Smallholder agriculture blossoming with the use of renewables in Africa

Aimable Twahirwa 31 Mar 2025
A fisherman repairs his boat on a beach in Soomar Goth, Karachi.

In Pakistan, sea level rise & displacement follow fisherfolk wherever they go

Waqas Alam Angaria 28 Mar 2025
Fishing vessel. Image courtesy of Nicolas Job / Ocean Image Bank.

Panama conducts large illegal fishing bust in protected Pacific waters

Edward Carver 28 Mar 2025

Indigenous communities in Indonesia demand halt to land-grabbing government projects

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Mar 2025
In Tishimale Village, Konso, Belachew and 147 other farmers use flood farming techniques to grow crops three times a year. Without these methods to adapt to the drought and the shortage of rain, it would be impossible to grow sustainably in this dry region. Image by Solomon Yimer.

Photos: Ethiopian farmers blend tradition, innovation to sustain centuries-old agriculture

Solomon Yimer 25 Mar 2025
Chilean flamingos (Phoenicopterus chilensis) in Lake Chinchaycocha in Junín, Peru.

Drowned lands and poisoned waters threaten Peru’s campesinos and their livestock

Aimee Gabay 25 Mar 2025
A painting at the Azam Emba restaurant in Ranchi depicting tribal life. Image by Kundan Pandey for Mongabay India.

India’s Indigenous restaurateurs bring tribal cuisines to the city

Mongabay.com 24 Mar 2025
The Sumatran belida fish is a protected species that is increasingly difficult to find in the wetlands of the Musi River, South Sumatra.

Sumatran culinary heritage at risk as environment changes around Silk Road river

Taufik Wijaya 24 Mar 2025

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