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In Bolivia, Indigenous communities struggle to rebuild as wildfires return

Benjamin Swift 8 Oct 2024
Ouk Mao showed reporters timber cut from the Phnom Chum Rok Sat community forest by loggers working for Lin Vatey. Image by Nehru Pry / Mongabay

Reporter who revealed deforestation in Cambodia now charged with deforestation

Gerald Flynn, Nehru Pry 27 Sep 2024

CHAPTER 6. Culture and demographics defines the Pan Amazon’s present

Timothy J. Killeen 25 Sep 2024
Why the EU must stand firm on its plan to help protect the world’s forests

US consumers may be exposed to deforestation-linked palm oil via dairy: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Sep 2024

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Sep 2024

To save endangered trees, researchers in South America recruit an army of fungi

Sofia Moutinho 12 Sep 2024
Having already picked Phnom Chum Rok Sat community forest clean of large, valuable trees, loggers working for Lin Vatey now appear to be clear-cutting what remains of the forest. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay

Mining company tied to Cambodian military officials grabs community forest

Gerald Flynn, Nehru Pry 5 Sep 2024

Wildlife-rich mangroves suffer as Indonesia ramps up construction of new capital

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Sep 2024

In Nicaragua, activists challenge the value of international ‘green’ financing

Maxwell Radwin 30 Aug 2024
An aerial view of illegally logged timber in Chhaeb-Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary that was documented on a patrol in April 2023 by members of the Prey Preah Roka Community Network – a grassroots activism group made up of communities around the wildlife sanctuary. Image by Andy Ball / Mongabay.

World’s top timber companies are dropping the ball on ESG reporting: Analysis

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Aug 2024
With the advance of agriculture in Maranhão, rain cycles have been disrupted and rivers and streams have begun drying. Some of the state’s only remaining rainforest lies within a group of Indigenous lands here, home to the Guarani people. Ana Ionova for Mongabay.

In the Brazilian Amazon, seedlings offer hope for drying rivers

Ana Ionova 30 Aug 2024

3D ‘digital twin’ rainforest maps could help reforestation programs in Costa Rica

Mark Hillsdon 20 Aug 2024
Freshly harvested oil palm fruits.

Indonesia palm oil lobby pushes 1 million hectares of new Sulawesi plantations

Sarjan Lahay 8 Aug 2024

Indonesia, EU reconcile forest data ahead of new rules on deforestation-free trade

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Aug 2024

In a fight to save a rare bird, Indigenous communities in Guyana are winning

Carla Ruas 5 Aug 2024

New datasets identify which crops deforest the Amazon, and where

Maxwell Radwin 2 Aug 2024

The Amazon’s most fertile forests are also most vulnerable to drought: Study

Claire Asher 26 Jul 2024

What’s at stake for the environment in Venezuela’s upcoming election?

Maxwell Radwin 24 Jul 2024

After 2-year wait, Sonoran wilderness protection law gets closer to reality

Daniel Shailer 17 Jul 2024

Sumatra pulp & paper giants violate zero-deforestation pledge, activists allege

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Jul 2024
Jaguar in a river in Mexico. Photo credit: Gerardo Ceballos

Shrimp farms threaten Mexico’s mangroves and the jaguars that inhabit them

Sarah Brown 11 Jul 2024

Sweeping reform package threatens environmental protections in Argentina, critics say

Maxwell Radwin 28 Jun 2024

‘Miracle’ in miniature as rare new plant defies deforestation in Ecuador

Liz Kimbrough 28 Jun 2024
Significant deforestation was linked to the Lower Russei Chrum dam, which has been operational in Koh Kong province since 2015. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay.

Hydropower dams further undermine REDD+ efforts in Cambodia

Gerald Flynn, Vutha Srey 28 Jun 2024
Fires are tearing through the Pantanal, their spread quickened by accumulated biomass. Credit: Gustavo Figueirôa/SOS Pantanal.

Pantanal’s intense blazes stoke fears of another destructive fire season

Constance Malleret 27 Jun 2024
The sprawling Stung Meteuk hydropower dam being developed in the Cardamom Mountains appears to be illegally logging within Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay.

History repeats as logging linked to Cambodian hydropower dam in Cardamoms

Gerald Flynn, Vutha Srey 27 Jun 2024

Sugarcane megaproject poses latest threat to Papua’s forests, communities

Hans Nicholas Jong, Sarjan Lahay 19 Jun 2024
Located in the Amapá state, the second-largest red angelim ever found is 85.4 meters (280 feet) tall and has a circumference of 9.8 meters (32 feet). Image courtesy of João de Matos Filho / Prodemac.

Experts aim to protect one of Brazil’s giant emblematic tree species

Jenny Gonzales 18 Jun 2024

Brazilian Amazon ‘cattle laundering’ taints JBS & Frigol supply chains: Report

Aimee Gabay 13 Jun 2024

Weak banking regulations leave two-thirds of Amazon vulnerable to oil and gas

Maxwell Radwin 11 Jun 2024

#AllEyesonPapua goes viral to highlight threat to Indigenous forests from palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Jun 2024

Amazon deforestation threatens one of Brazil’s key pollinators, study shows

Molly Herring 5 Jun 2024

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