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Posito Daom, a Pala'wan, pauses on his descent to the lowlands to sell chayote cultivated using the no-till method, a sustainable practice that avoids turning over and disturbing the soil, according to studies.

Indigenous farmers’ hard work protects a Philippine hotspot, but goes overlooked

Keith Anthony Fabro 16 Nov 2023

Remediation overdue: South American countries fail to enforce oil cleanup laws

Yvette Sierra Praeli 16 Nov 2023
Forest in British Columbia. Photo: Rhett A. Butler

Calls for FSC to drop Canada’s Paper Excellence over ties to deforester

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Nov 2023
Cattle pastures and forest in San Miguelito, Bolivia, during 2019. Credit: Rhett A. Butler.

Why has deforestation reached record levels in Bolivia? (commentary)

Jonathan Reynolds 15 Nov 2023
Deforestation in the Colombian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

As Colombia’s coca economy crashes, new opportunities — and threats — arise

Mie Hoejris Dahl 15 Nov 2023
A young boy tries to help a fallen donkey stand during a severe drought that struck the Horn of Africa.

Beyond Climate: Fossil fuels rapidly eroding Earth’s ‘safe operating space’

Sean Mowbray 15 Nov 2023
Aerial view of the NGOWP team's mekoro along the Cuando River.

New study pushes for protection of one of Africa’s ‘least understood treasures’

Ryan Truscott 15 Nov 2023
Prescribed burns conducted by government organizations don’t face the same high cost of fire insurance as private organizations do. Image courtesy of the Virginia Department of Forestry.

As U.S. insurers stop covering prescribed burns, states and communities step up

Ashli Blow 15 Nov 2023
A phytoplankton bloom in the Baltic Sea captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

Is ocean iron fertilization back from the dead as a CO₂ removal tool?

Jeremy Hance 14 Nov 2023

Crime analysis sheds light on tiger poaching in Malaysia

Sean Mowbray 14 Nov 2023
A sperm whale calf swims near the surface in waters off Dominica.

Dominica set to open world’s first reserve centered around sperm whales

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 14 Nov 2023
Rainforest and an oil palm plantation in Sumatra. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Forests hold massive carbon storage potential — if we cut emissions

Liz Kimbrough 14 Nov 2023
Workers clean an oil spill that has polluted a beach on Salamina Island, Greece.

Beyond climate: Oil, gas and coal are destabilizing all 9 planetary boundaries

Sean Mowbray 14 Nov 2023
An anonymous pipeline-affected person in Tanzania, January 2022.

Disturbing graves is latest violation attributed to East African oil pipeline

Justin Catanoso 14 Nov 2023

Can blockchain clean up the gold industry in Brazil and across the globe?

Charlie Espinosa, Charles Lyons 14 Nov 2023

How the U.S. financial system props up illegal logging and mining

Maxwell Radwin 14 Nov 2023

Shell affiliate accused of violating Indigenous rights in carbon credit contracts

Fábio Bispo 14 Nov 2023

What does oil palm require to reach international markets?

Timothy J. Killeen 14 Nov 2023
Red colobus monkey in Uganda. Image by Julie Kearney Wasserman via U.S. National Science Foundation.

Are flame retardants about to burn a hole in biodiversity? (commentary)

Marta Venier, Michael Wasserman 13 Nov 2023
Oil palm plantation workers wait for the truck to take them to work.

Palm oil cultivation in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil

Timothy J. Killeen 13 Nov 2023
A pair of nilgai in Nepal.

Nepal’s Madhesh province lacks in biodiversity research & conservation

Abhaya Raj Joshi 13 Nov 2023
An African elephant calf in kruger National Park, South Africa.

Mongabay discusses the launch of Africa news bureau with director David Akana

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2023

Efforts to Control Stray Dogs and Cats Imperiling Madagascar’s Wildlife

Valisoa Rasolofomboahang 12 Nov 2023

Cerro de Pasco: The massive mine poisoning an entire city in Peru

Dan Collyns, Romi Castagnino 12 Nov 2023

The rare Amazonian fish that scientists seek to better study

Adele Santelli, Gustavo Fonseca 12 Nov 2023
Planet satellite image of the Anavilhanas Archipelago in the Rio Negro in Brazil in October 2023 during a severe drought. Courtesy of Planet.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon falls 22% in 2023

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Nov 2023
Brazilian environment ministry's IBAMA carryinh out an operation to combat the illegal use of pesticides in western Bahia's Cerrado in 2018.

Study links pesticides to child cancer deaths in Brazilian Amazon & Cerrado

Shi En Kim 10 Nov 2023
A volunteer firefighter from the Power of Mama group.

In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew

Mongabay Haze Beat 10 Nov 2023

‘Very good progress’ but nothing firm as deep-sea mining rules are hashed out

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 10 Nov 2023

Amazon deforestation has a regional, not just local impact: study

Maxwell Radwin 10 Nov 2023

On Nepal’s day to honor dogs, wild canines face mounting threats

Abhaya Raj Joshi 10 Nov 2023

‘We just want to be left in peace’: In Brazil’s Amazon, soy ambitions loom over Indigenous land

Ana Ionova 9 Nov 2023

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