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In Bolivia’s flooded savannas, ranching aims to boost grasslands conservation

Brian Kluepfel 29 Nov 2024
Banner image of the Bougainville forest planted by Carteret Islanders, by Thibault Le Pivain for Mongabay.

PNG climate migrants sail away with native trees to their new home

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2024
Cattle in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Brazil beef industry still struggling with deforestation from indirect suppliers, survey finds

Maxwell Radwin 26 Nov 2024
Food can pick up chemicals from to-go containers and everything else they contact on their way to your table. Credit: Taklamacuwv Lamia on Wikimedia Commons

Thousands of chemicals from food packaging found in humans, a major study reveals

Rita Aksenfeld 25 Nov 2024
Fishers catch fish in a net in their aquaculture enclosure.

Overuse of antibiotics in Bangladesh aquaculture raises health concerns

Masum Billah 21 Nov 2024
Salmon farms in Loch Ainort.

Scottish salmon farms seek growth despite mounting fish deaths and environmental concerns

Francesco De Augustinis 20 Nov 2024
Water pollution due to the frequent movement of minerals-laden vessels and tourism-based houseboats through the sanctuaries contributes to the decline in Tanguar Haor’s fish diversity.

A Ramsar site in Bangladesh fast loses its fish diversity amid government inaction

Sadiqur Rahman 19 Nov 2024

Activists fear supercharged ‘business as usual’ under Indonesia’s new president

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Nov 2024
A farmer extracts cacao beans from the pods in Colombia.

Is the delay of Europe’s deforestation regulation a cause for regret, or an opportunity? (commentary)

Alain Karsenty 5 Nov 2024
Nya Dosem, a specially prepared smoked fish made from snowtrout (Schizothorax genus).

In Bhutan, a smoked fish tradition helps sustain a vanishing ethnic group

Choki Wangmo 4 Nov 2024
An oil palm farmer in Benin extracting palm oil.

Smallholders offer mixed reactions to calls for delay in EU deforestation law

Aimee Gabay 1 Nov 2024

Brazil minister rejects EU deforestation law despite postponement plans

Shanna Hanbury 29 Oct 2024
Antarctic terns (Sterna vittata)

More krill fishing and no new protected areas for Antarctic seas after latest talks

Francesco De Augustinis 28 Oct 2024

225 NGOs call on EU to reject delay to deforestation law

Mongabay.com 22 Oct 2024

Climate change and agrochemicals pose lethal combo for Amazonian fish

Tiago da Mota e Silva 17 Oct 2024
In five years since the 2018-19 fiscal, Khulna, Bagerhat, and Satkhira districts recorded increased production of Aman rice. Image courtesy of BARCIK

Coastal farmers in Bangladesh give up shrimp farming for agriculture to combat salinity

Sadiqur Rahman 8 Oct 2024

Past failures can’t stop Indonesia from clearing forests, Indigenous lands for farms

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Oct 2024

High CO2 levels are greening the world’s drylands, but is that good news?

Mike DiGirolamo, Rachel Donald 1 Oct 2024

Why the Maxakali people are calling on their spirits to recover the Atlantic Forest

Xavier Bartaburu 25 Sep 2024
Shark and ray remains after their fins have been removed at Brondong Harbor, East Java.

Clock ticks on Indonesia shark skinners as predator population plunges

Asad Asnawi 25 Sep 2024
A vegetable grower using agroecological methods in Boung Phao Village, Lao PDR. Photo: Asian Development Bank, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Global ‘Slow Food’ movement embraces agroecology (commentary)

Edward Mukiibi 24 Sep 2024

A future where we might ‘get climate right’: A conversation with Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Mike DiGirolamo 24 Sep 2024

World’s biggest deforestation project gets underway in Papua for sugarcane

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Sep 2024

What will the Brazilian food industry do about plastic packaging?

Ellen Nemitz 19 Sep 2024
Tightly coiled ferns of Matteuccia struthiopteris.

In Nepal, a humble edible fern is at heart of human-tiger conflict

Abhaya Raj Joshi 6 Sep 2024
Thatching grass collected in the miombo woodlands. Thatching grass is used to roof homes, woven into fences and for other purposes, and is one of the numerous non-timber forest products derived from the woodlands. Image courtesy of Edwin Tambara, AWF.

Meet the Miombo, the largest forest you’ve never heard of

Ruth Kamnitzer 3 Sep 2024
A fruit seller with peeled papaya in a market in Bangladesh.

Crop fields make way for profitable orchards in Bangladesh, imperiling food security

Abu Siddique 3 Sep 2024
The government has temporarily stopped Pacitan mining operations.

Polluting copper mine in Java suspended as farmers decry lost crops

Asad Asnawi 30 Aug 2024

Record drought in Yucatán prompts revival of ancient Maya rain ceremony

Mark Viales 29 Aug 2024

Study shows most Amazon beef & soy demand comes from Brazil — not exports

Fernanda Wenzel 28 Aug 2024
Farmers on rice terraces in Bali.

In Bali, water temple priests guide a sustainable rice production system

Elizabeth Sinclair 26 Aug 2024
In community fisheries reserves, fish scouts or guards patrol the rivers to remove illegal nets and enforce local rules. Fish monitors record catches that are taken legally to track the state of their local fish stocks. Photo courtesy of Marcus Westberg.

As southern African freshwater fish & fisheries struggle, collaboration is key (commentary)

Gail Thomson 22 Aug 2024

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