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Temer seeks to privatize Brazil’s deforestation remote sensing program

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 26 May 2017

Not out of the woods: Concerns remain with Nigerian superhighway

John Cannon 26 May 2017

Slight bumps in protected areas could be a boon for biodiversity

John Cannon 26 May 2017

On the road to ‘smart development’

John Cannon 25 May 2017

Communities band together to protect El Salvador’s last mangroves

Martha Pskowski 23 May 2017

Brazil agribusiness company accuses ally Temer in secret bribe taping

Jenny Gonzales 23 May 2017
Maps and charts display information for teams to use as they plan the route of a new road. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Experts explore sustainable infrastructure amid major development needs

Michael Tatarski 23 May 2017

Big animals can survive reduced-impact logging — if done right

Jeremy Hance 22 May 2017

New soy-driven forest destruction exposed in South America

John Cannon 22 May 2017
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus. Photo by Jason Hollinger.

New lichen database takes big picture approach to forest monitoring

Amy McDermott 22 May 2017
In Chocó there are many small shops that refine, sell and buy locally mined gold. Photo by Bram Ebus for Mongabay.

Colombia’s constitutional court grants rights to the Atrato River and orders the government to clean up its waters

Bram Ebus 22 May 2017

Indonesian governor asks president to let timber firms drain peat in his province

Lusia Arumingtyas 20 May 2017

Rebel road expansion brings deforestation to remote Colombian Amazon

Taran Volckhausen 19 May 2017

Guatemalan authorities destroy secret airstrip in Laguna del Tigre National Park

Sebastián Escalón 19 May 2017
A snow leopard in the Sanjiangyuan region of China's Qinghai province, captured by camera trap. Photo courtesy of Shanshui Nature Center.

China’s first national park, an experiment in living with snow leopards

Wang Yan 19 May 2017

Meet the 2017 ‘Green Oscars’ winners

Shreya Dasgupta 19 May 2017

A Whitley Award winner’s 20-year battle to save the world’s largest eagle in Venezuela

Bruno Moraes 18 May 2017

A stubborn dreamer who fought to save Amazon’s Waimiri-Atroari passes

Sue Branford 18 May 2017

A new secret runway found in Laguna del Tigre National Park in Guatemala

Sebastián Escalón 18 May 2017
Banner photo courtesy of EIA

Peru lost more than 1 million hectares of Amazon forest over a period of 15 years

Alexa Eunoé Vélez Zuazo 18 May 2017
Adult harpy eagle image courtesy of Tom Ambrose.

Goddesses of the wind: How researchers saved Venezuela’s harpy eagles

Bruno Moraes 17 May 2017

Bill Laurance on the “infrastructure tsunami” sweeping the planet

Mike Gaworecki 17 May 2017
Alvarado picking a flower called Chiriwayusa in Quichua, which he will use for a medicinal steam bath. Photo by Kimberley Brown for Mongabay.

What would you do if you had “nature’s pharmacy” in your backyard?

Kimberley Brown 17 May 2017
Mt. Kenya Bush Viper, aka Ashe’s Viper (Atheris desaixi). Photo courtesy of CITES.

Kenya cracks down on illegal trade in rare and venomous vipers

Gitonga Njeru 16 May 2017

Burning wood: Can the EU see the forest for the trees?

Rachel Fritts 16 May 2017
Trekkers don headlamps and helmets at one of Hang En's entrances. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Son Doong Cave: Tourism and conservation coexist in one of Vietnam’s largest national parks

Michael Tatarski 16 May 2017
A cable car in the Atlantic. Photo by Max Pixel.

Environment secretary of São Paulo faces controversies over management plans of protected areas

Ignacio Amigo 15 May 2017

Drylands greener with forests than previously thought

John Cannon 12 May 2017

Palm oil firm pledges to stop deforesting after RSPO freezes its operations in Papua

Mongabay.com 11 May 2017

Industry-NGO coalition releases toolkit for making ‘No Deforestation’ commitments a reality on the ground

Mike Gaworecki 10 May 2017
Processed palm oil in Liberia. Photo by Antoshananarivo via Wikimedia Commons.

In Liberia, a battered palm oil industry adjusts to new rules

Ashoka Mukpo 10 May 2017

Howler monkeys booming in Belize sanctuary 25 years after translocation

John Cannon 10 May 2017

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