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Tourists in South Africa's Kruger National Park photograph wildlife. Image by Rhett Butler for Mongabay.

Private investors look to high-end tourism to fund conservation in Mozambique

Marlowe Starling 24 Jun 2021
Brett Jenks visits with Mabi, the clown fish mascot of a community Pride campaign in the Philippines in 2011. Photo credit: Rare

‘Inspiring behavior change so people and nature thrive’: Q&A with Rare’s Brett Jenks

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Jun 2021

Behind the buzz of ESG investing, a focus on tech giants and no regulation

Fernanda Wenzel 30 Apr 2021
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.

Indigenous peoples are being shortchanged as forest guardians: Report

Nicolás Bustamante Hernández 16 Apr 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical importance of community-driven conservation efforts and grassroots organizations in the face of global disruptions. Credit: Felipe Rodriguez.

Transforming conservation in times of crisis and opportunity (Commentary)

Fred Nelson, Alasdair Harris, Leela Hazzah, Lúcia G. Lohmann 25 Jan 2021

The post-COVID opportunity for the environment: An interview with the GEF’s Carlos Manuel Rodriguez

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Oct 2020

How do we save charisma-challenged species? Start with a story

Jeremy Hance 6 Aug 2020

Why are some endangered species ignored?

Jeremy Hance 3 Aug 2020

Wildlife conservation needs a post-COVID recovery plan (commentary)

Razan Al Mubarak 3 Jun 2020

In the Ecuadoran Andes, protectors of the páramos guard their water source

Sandra Weiss 27 May 2020

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund drops major Brazil miner, utility from its portfolio

Ashoka Mukpo 19 May 2020

Market-based solutions cannot solely fund community-level conservation (commentary)

Sinan Serhadli 11 May 2020

COVID-19 will hurt Madagascar’s conservation funding: Q&A with Minister Vahinala Raharinirina

Malavika Vyawahare 24 Apr 2020

The tropics in trouble and some hope

Jeremy Hance 10 Jun 2019
A venomous snake in the DRC. Photo by Hugh Kinsella Cunningham.

Congo’s hidden crisis: Snakebites and envenomation

Hugh Kinsella Cunningham 5 Jun 2019
Fresh oil palm fruit bunches. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

US senators warn fund managers over palm oil

James Fair 11 Feb 2019

For conservationists, crowdfunding sites raise both funds and awareness

Emily Clark 28 Jan 2019

Norwegian government report sharply critical of funding for tropical forest conservation

Mike Gaworecki 31 May 2018

Indonesian oil palm smallholders sue state over subsidy to biofuel producers

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Apr 2018

Vanishing species deserve our few cents (commentary)

Katarzyna Nowak 27 Feb 2018

$23.5 million funding pledge aims to protect critical West African national park

Mongabay.com 1 Feb 2018

Is Nicaragua one of the world’s ‘deadliest countries’ to be an environmental defender? (commentary)

John Perry 28 Jul 2017

Animated animals: can games engage an audience with a conservation message?

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 19 Jul 2017

Protected areas receive 8 billion visits a year, but still underfunded

Jeremy Hance 25 Feb 2015

$7 million could save lemurs from extinction

Jeremy Hance 25 Feb 2015

New calendar celebrates primates and raises money for their survival

Annam Raza 26 Nov 2014

Four donors pledge $80 million for big cats

Jeremy Hance 3 Jun 2014

The quiet zoo revolution

Jeremy Hance 19 May 2014

The real cost of conservation: cheap protection rarely succeeds

Nika Levikov 3 Mar 2014

The lemur end-game: scientists propose ambitious plan to save the world’s most imperiled mammal family

Jeremy Hance 20 Feb 2014

Shoot to conserve: Corey Knowlton’s rhino hunt escalates the debate over trophy hunting and environmentalism

Analysis Jenny Isaacs 20 Feb 2014

On edge of extinction, could drones and technology save the Little Dodo?

Jeremy Hance 10 Feb 2014

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