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High-carbon peat among 1,500 hectares cleared for Indonesia’s food estate

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Apr 2023

Mining may contribute to deforestation more than previously thought, report says

Maxwell Radwin 20 Apr 2023

EU parliament passes historic law forcing companies to track deforestation

Maxwell Radwin 20 Apr 2023

World’s newest great ape faces habitat loss, multiple threats: Will it survive?

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Apr 2023

International mercury regulations fail to protect the environment, public health: study

Maxwell Radwin 13 Apr 2023

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

Liz Kimbrough 13 Apr 2023
Venezuela mine

Brazilian gold miners get free rein in Venezuela’s Indigenous lands

Mie Hoejris Dahl 11 Apr 2023

To build its ‘green’ capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest

Basten Gokkon 10 Apr 2023
House on stilts built illegally in the Lowé mangrove in Libreville, Gabon. Proto taken on March 3, 2023 by Elodie Toto

Libreville’s shrinking mangroves leave Gabon’s capital prone to floods

Elodie Toto 6 Apr 2023

Peru national park sees deforestation spike despite carbon credit program: report

Maxwell Radwin 6 Apr 2023

Brazil pulp and paper company Klabin touts ‘green’ image despite mining interests

Maiara Marinho, Naira Hofmeister, from Repórter Brasil 4 Apr 2023

Mexico’s Tren Maya hotel construction clears forest reserve without permits

Maxwell Radwin 29 Mar 2023

Paraguay weighs natural gas drilling in Médanos del Chaco National Park

Maxwell Radwin 23 Mar 2023

Palm oil deforestation hits record high in Sumatra’s ‘orangutan capital’

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Mar 2023

UN denounces new attacks on Indigenous people in Nicaragua’s largest reserve

Maxwell Radwin 21 Mar 2023

Brazilian 3-banded armadillo benefits from community conservation in Bahia

James Hall 13 Mar 2023

Struggles loom as Bolivia prepares new plan to clean up its mercury problem

Maxwell Radwin 9 Mar 2023
An oil palm plantation and natural forest in Jambi, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Conservationists decry palm oil giants’ exit from HCSA forest protection group

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Mar 2023
Children relaxing in the clear water of a shallow river in Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo. Image by Pieter Henket (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Deforestation threatens local populations in Republic of Congo’s Sangha

Lawon Olalekan 6 Mar 2023

Climate change lawsuits take aim at French bank BNP Paribas

Maxwell Radwin 3 Mar 2023

In Sumatra, increased orangutan sightings point to growing threats to the apes

Hans Nicholas Jong, Tonggo Simangunsong 1 Mar 2023

Indonesian palm oil billionaire gets 15 years for corruption

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Feb 2023

Chinese investment continues to hurt Latin American ecosystems, report says

Maxwell Radwin 28 Feb 2023

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

Maxwell Radwin 21 Feb 2023

Companies, big banks are still lagging on deforestation regulations: report

Maxwell Radwin 20 Feb 2023

New reserve in Ecuador secures over 3 million acres of forest

Maxwell Radwin 9 Feb 2023

Mechanization of illegal gold mining threatens Ghana’s forests

Elodie Toto 8 Feb 2023
Mount Namuli.

Forests & finance: Setbacks for a rare bat, and progress for an oil pipeline

Mongabay.com 8 Feb 2023

Changing circumstances turn ‘sustainable communities’ into deforestation drivers: Study

Kimberley Brown 1 Feb 2023
Palm oil estate worker

Indonesia and Malaysia assail new EU ban on ‘dirty commodities’ trade

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 Jan 2023

Canopy bridges connect forests, wildlife, and international researchers

Liz Kimbrough 30 Jan 2023

Indigenous communities threatened as deforestation rises in Nicaraguan reserves

Maxwell Radwin 30 Jan 2023

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