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PNG farmers use agroforestry to fight crop diseases and reduce labor

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 19 Dec 2018
1. Adbul Kadeem inspecting drying coffee outside of his house in Manyate Village on the outskirts of Harenna Forest. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

Pressure mounting for the home of wild coffee and Ethiopian wolves

Nathan Siegel 18 Dec 2018

Bolsonaro shapes administration: Amazon, indigenous and landless at risk

Sue Branford; Thais Borges; and Mauricio Torres 18 Dec 2018
Baobab trees in Western Madagascar.

Wildlife, ecotourism industry at stake in Madagascar’s election, says scientist

Mongabay.com 18 Dec 2018
Piupiu ferns (families Blechnaceae and Thelypteridaceae) on the forest floor. Image by Monica Evans for Mongabay.

A Māori community leans on tradition to restore its forest

Monica Evans 17 Dec 2018
Brookesia chameleon in the rainforest of Madagascar's Masoala Peninsula. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Challenging the illegal logging regime in Madagascar (insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Dec 2018

‘Amazon Besieged’: Q&A with Mongabay contributor Sue Branford about new book

Mike Gaworecki 14 Dec 2018

Palm oil giant Wilmar promises to take harder line with errant suppliers

Mongabay.com 14 Dec 2018

Indonesian court throws out lawsuit against green expert’s testimony

Basten Gokkon 13 Dec 2018

One map to rule them all: Indonesia launches unified land-use chart

Basten Gokkon 13 Dec 2018

Ethiopia: Khat farming threatens food security, biodiversity, women, and agroforestry

Tesfa-Alem Tekle 12 Dec 2018
Valentin Suchite patrols the forest searching for signs of deforestation. Image by Anna-Catherine Brigida for Mongabay.

Guatemala: An indigenous community rejects, then accepts, a protected area

Anna-Catherine Brigida 12 Dec 2018

‘We see its value’: Ugandan communities benefiting from agroforestry

Deusdedit Ruhangariyo 11 Dec 2018

‘There are no laws’: Cattle, drugs, corruption destroying Honduras UNESCO site

Taran Volckhausen 6 Dec 2018

Amazon indigenous groups and truckers ally to oppose Brazil’s Grainrail

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 6 Dec 2018

Vast palm oil project in Papua must be investigated by government, watchdogs say

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2018

Agroforestry ‘home gardens’ build community resilience in southern Ethiopia

Tesfa-Alem Tekle 4 Dec 2018

Top U.S. flooring retailer linked to Brazilian firm snagged in timber bust

John Cannon 4 Dec 2018

A carbon bomb in Papua: 7 takeaways from our investigation

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 4 Dec 2018
One of the major goals of protected areas is to conserve biodiversity. Photo of knobbed hornbill by Rhett A. Butler.

Group helps illegal bird traders transition into different lines of business

Nadine Freischlad 3 Dec 2018
Naisimari Lentula, a Yiaku herbalist, with a community forest scout outside her house. Image by Shadrack Kavilu for Mongabay.

For Kenya’s Yiaku, medicinal herbs are their forest’s blessing and curse

Shadrack Kavilu 30 Nov 2018
Extract of an aerial 360° of an informal gold mine in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Click the image to see the full panorama.

Information-based solutions for forest conservation projects

Mongabay.com 29 Nov 2018
Lazarus Lentula, a 27-year-old leader of the Yiaku forest guards, who patrol and monitor Mukogodo for illegal activity. Image by Shadrack Kavilu for Mongabay.

Kenya: Bees help indigenous Yiaku defend and monitor their ancestral forest

Shadrack Kavilu 28 Nov 2018

New research quantifies ecosystem services provided by Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2018

Forestry reforms could fall short without PM’s backing in Ukraine

John Cannon 28 Nov 2018

The secret deal to destroy paradise

Malaysiakini, Mongabay, Tempo, The Gecko Project 28 Nov 2018
A group of Yiaku youth scouts, who have been trained by the Kenya Forest Service to take part in forest patrols and other conservation activities. Image by Shadrack Kavilu for Mongabay.

A forest of their own: The Yiaku as Kenya’s model forest stewards

Shadrack Kavilu 26 Nov 2018
Chocolate is wrapped in a cocoa tree leaf. Photo by Sarita Reed.

Smallholder farmers defy cocoa’s production model in Brazil

Sarita Reed, Vinícius Fontana 26 Nov 2018

Agroforestry supports food security and conservation in Papua New Guinea

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 26 Nov 2018

Stop importing illegal timber, PNG activists tell China at APEC Summit

John Cannon 22 Nov 2018

US could cut emissions more than one-fifth through ‘natural climate solutions’ like reforestation

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2018

Tax havens and Brazilian Amazon deforestation linked: study

Giovanni Ortolani 21 Nov 2018

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