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Mechanized destruction of Brazil’s Amazon is rising, but not inevitable

Dimitri Selibas 7 Jun 2023
Soy field and cerrado / chaco / Amazon transition forest. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

U.S. conservation investment routed to eucalyptus expansion in Brazil’s Cerrado

Shanna Hanbury 6 Jun 2023
The creeks that loggers reportedly use to access the deeper sections of forest on Koh Kong Krao, Cambodia's largest island.

License to Log: Cambodian military facilitates logging on Koh Kong Krao and across the Cardamoms

Gerald Flynn 6 Jun 2023
A boy with a fishing net stands on the crude oil-stained bank of a rift in the creek area in Niger Delta.

Spotlighting oil majors’ ‘ecocide’ of Niger Delta: Q&A with Michael J. Watts

Ashoka Mukpo 2 Jun 2023

Shipibo communities create Indigenous guard to protect Peruvian Amazon from deforestation

Maxwell Radwin 30 May 2023

Indonesia, Malaysia deploy ministers to push back on EU palm oil restrictions

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 May 2023
Huge logs are delivered daily to the Koh Kong provincial prison in Cambodia

Forest behind bars: Logging network operating out of Cambodian prison in the Cardamoms

Gerald Flynn 26 May 2023

Venezuela’s hidden runways bring both life and destruction to Indigenous lands

Mie Hoejris Dahl 24 May 2023

Critics question causes behind major oil spill in Ecuadorian Amazon

Maxwell Radwin 22 May 2023

Chemical spill in Nicaraguan reserve raises questions about industrial mining regulations

Maxwell Radwin 19 May 2023

New research finds slow forest recovery in the Andes — and ways to improve

Mark Hillsdon 16 May 2023
Villagers seeking shelter following the March 2021 airstrikes at an IDP camp within the Salween Peace Park. Image courtesy of KESAN.

Award-winning, Indigenous peace park dragged into fierce conflict in Myanmar

Carolyn Cowan 15 May 2023

Inaugural Indigenous women’s forum spotlights Congo Basin conservation

Elodie Toto 10 May 2023
A worker sorts through harvested oil palm.

New book by Mongabay Indonesia & Kaoem Telapak investigates palm oil industry

Elviza Diana, Hans Nicholas Jong 10 May 2023
Workers fertilizing on an oil palm plantation.

EU deforestation tracking regulation sparks division among groups, producers

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 May 2023

Not all parts of the Amazon will survive future droughts, study says

Maxwell Radwin 5 May 2023

Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri

Basten Gokkon 4 May 2023

Guatemala national park nearing ‘collapse’ amid land grabbing, deforestation

Maxwell Radwin 4 May 2023

Mexico approves mining reforms to protect environment, Indigenous people

Maxwell Radwin 2 May 2023

Still time to save Brazil’s Cerrado, study shows, but it’s running out fast

Maurício Brum 2 May 2023

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

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