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Ogiek recovering belongings from a house demolished by Kenya Forest Service officers. Image courtesy OPDP.

Kenyan government again evicts Ogiek communities from Mau Forest

Caroline Chebet 8 Nov 2023
16 February, 2023 - Sal Sophea Peanich economic land concession, Stung Treng Province (Cambodia). A timber processing facility and depot within the Sal Sophea Peanich economic land concession (8,645 hectares) that was issued in August 2005 as a rubber plantation. Satellite imagery reveals that clearing of a forested section adjacent to the depot started around October 2021. Image by Andy Ball / Mongabay.

Calls grow to repurpose land squandered in Cambodia’s concession policy

Gerald Flynn 8 Nov 2023

Deforestation continues in Kenya’s largest water capturing forest, satellites show

Liz Kimbrough 7 Nov 2023

Drug trafficking imperils national park and Indigenous reserves in the Peruvian Amazon

Enrique Vera 3 Nov 2023

Report alleges APP continues deforestation 10 years after pledge to stop

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 Oct 2023

Sumatran Indigenous seafarers run aground by overfishing and mangrove loss

Suryadi, Tonggo Simangunsong 23 Oct 2023
An orangutan in Sabah, Borneo

Deforestation surges in hotspot of critically endangered Bornean orangutans

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Oct 2023
Kuikuro men playing flutes.

The Amazon’s archaeology of hope: Q&A with anthropologist Michael Heckenberger

Peter Speetjens 18 Oct 2023
A dismembered tree in Chhaeb-Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary documented in April 2023. Image by Andy Ball / Mongabay.

Communities track a path of destruction through a Cambodian wildlife sanctuary

Gerald Flynn, Andy Ball, Meng Kroypunlok 9 Oct 2023
An aerial view of a new road that leads from Think Biotech’s concession into the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary where illegal logging is taking place. Image by Andy Ball / Mongabay.

Logging route cut into Cambodia’s Prey Lang from Think Biotech’s concession

Gerald Flynn, Andy Ball, Meng Kroypunlok 5 Oct 2023
Ubre Tiblak taps a tree for resin.

Indigenous community fighting a mine in Palawan wins a milestone legal verdict

Keith Anthony Fabro 25 Sep 2023

El Niño hurts carbon storage in South America’s tropical forests, study says

Maxwell Radwin 8 Sep 2023
Rainforest in Gabon. Photo credit: ZB

What would it cost to protect the Congo Rainforest?

Mike DiGirolamo 29 Aug 2023
Long-tailed macaque. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Skepticism as Cambodia expands protected areas by more than a million hectares

Gerald Flynn 29 Aug 2023

Can land titles save Madagascar’s embattled biodiversity and people?

Malavika Vyawahare 14 Aug 2023
The last pocket of forest in Botum Sakor National Park is threatened by new roads, some of which are demarcation boundaries for parcels of forested land that have been awarded to Cambodian senator and tycoon Ly Yong Phat's family. Photo by Gerald Flynn/Mongabay.

Cambodia awards swath of national park forest to tycoon Ly Yong Phat’s son

Gerald Flynn, Meng Kroypunlok 26 Jul 2023
Royal Group's SEZ under construction in Botum Sakor National Park as of May 2023

Cambodian conglomerate sparks conflict in Botum Sakor National Park

Gerald Flynn, Meng Kroypunlok 20 Jul 2023
Trucks loaded with freshly cut logs transported for further processing, Gunung Lumut, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Indonesia claims record-low deforestation, but accounting raises questions

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Jul 2023
A man drives a koy-yun loaded with logs through Choam village in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia. Credit: Andy Ball/Mongabay.

Forests in the furnace: Cambodians risking life and liberty to fuel garment factories

Gerald Flynn, Andy Ball 13 Jul 2023
An aerial view of the 2.25 hectare timber depot at Goldfame Star Enterprises' garment factory in Kandal province, Cambodia. Credit: Andy Ball/Mongabay.

Forests in the furnace: Can fashion brands tackle illegal logging in their Cambodian supply chains?

Gerald Flynn, Andy Ball 12 Jul 2023
A Cambodian man rides a minivan loaded with timber destined for a garment factory.

Forests in the furnace: Cambodia’s garment sector is fueled by illegal logging

Gerald Flynn, Andy Ball 11 Jul 2023

Poverty-fueled deforestation of Nigerian reserve slashes hope for rare chimps

Orji Sunday 10 Jul 2023
An elephant roams through a recently cleared eucalyptus plantation.

Report links paper giant RGE to Indonesia deforestation despite pledges

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Jul 2023

Avocados: The green gold that wipes western Mexico’s forests from the map

Agustín del Castillo 16 Jun 2023

Soy: The agro-industry that devastates the Maya jungle

Mayela Sánchez 15 Jun 2023

Planting deforestation: The forests that Mexico loses to agribusiness

Thelma Gómez Durán 14 Jun 2023

In Indonesia, companies defy government’s decision to revoke their permits

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Jun 2023

Illegal settlements, hunting and logging threaten a state reserve in Mexico

Thelma Gómez Durán 8 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 view over Brazil’s Florestal Reserve Adolpho Ducke.

Protected areas store a year’s worth of CO₂ emissions, study reveals

Sean Mowbray 2 Jun 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

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