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As the rest of world tackles plastics disposal, the U.S. resists

Charles Pekow 17 May 2021

Is planting trees as good for the Earth as everyone says?

Mike Gaworecki 13 May 2021
Wood that was cut for charcoal production near Katha, northern Myanmar. Villages in this area used to cut teak and other valuable trees for export, but have since started producing charcoal. The charcoal being exported to China can be made from any tree, regardless of size or kind. This amount of trees could produce about 150 bags of charcoal. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

Trafficking of banned Myanmar teak lands German company with $4m fine

Nicolás Bustamante Hernández 10 May 2021

Death toll rises to 10 after landslide at dam site in orangutan habitat

Ayat S. Karokaro 7 May 2021

Belgium-sized swath of forest faces the chop from Indonesian palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 May 2021

‘Throw them overboard’: Brazil mine disaster victims bullied over compensation

Alice Maciel 6 May 2021

Indonesian law enforcers call for financial approach to fight illegal logging

Lusia Arumingtyas 6 May 2021
Road in Indonesian Borneo. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

‘I never give up’: Q&A with Chinese environmental lawyer Jingjing Zhang

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 May 2021

Water crisis in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara linked to mining, observers say

Ebed de Rosary 5 May 2021

‘Zero illegal deforestation’ – One more Bolsonaro distortion (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 3 May 2021

“How do we manage fisheries in the midst of climate change?” Q&A with EDF’s Eric Schwaab

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 May 2021

A fatal stabbing sends a Gambian fishing village into turmoil over fishmeal

Louise Hunt 29 Apr 2021

Malaysian firm bidding to clear Papua forest loses land bid, but deforestation persists

Philip Jacobson, Tom Johnson 29 Apr 2021

Companies and officials flout forest-clearing moratorium in Papua, report finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Apr 2021

As climate summit unfolds, no Biden-Bolsonaro Amazon deal forthcoming

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 22 Apr 2021

Illegal coal mine tunnels threaten a Sumatran village

Jaka Hendra Baittri 19 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

Brazilian Cerrado savanna: Wildcat miners descend on Indigenous reserve

Ana Ionova 16 Apr 2021

As COP26 looms and tropical deforestation soars, REDD+ debate roars on

Peter Yeung 15 Apr 2021

Bills before Brazil Congress slammed for rewarding Amazon land grabbers

Fernanda Wenzel 15 Apr 2021

Cambodia puts its arduous titling process for Indigenous land up for review

Danielle Keeton-Olsen 15 Apr 2021

Sea turtles under threat as Indian government weighs development in Andaman Islands

Rosamma Thomas 14 Apr 2021

Recognizing the true guardians of the forest: Q&A with David Kaimowitz

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Apr 2021

Landmark decision: Brazil Supreme Court sides with Indigenous land rights

Ana Ionova 13 Apr 2021

Indonesia’s net-zero emissions goal not ambitious enough, activists say

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Apr 2021

Intimidation of Brazil’s enviro scientists, academics, officials on upswing

Mauricio Torres and Sue Branford 8 Apr 2021

Government inaction prompts voluntary REDD+ carbon credit boom in Brazil

Fernanda Wenzel 6 Apr 2021
Toilet urban art

‘Opening the lid’ on toilet innovation: Q&A with author Chelsea Wald

John Cannon 6 Apr 2021

Frustration over light penalties for coal mine that polluted Indonesian river

Della Syahni 5 Apr 2021

In Malaysia, the fate of a peat forest hinges on a powerful state official

Fatima Qureshi 5 Apr 2021

The nine boundaries humanity must respect to keep the planet habitable

Claire Asher 30 Mar 2021

Can ‘Slow Food’ save Brazil’s fast-vanishing Cerrado savanna?

Sharon Guynup 25 Mar 2021

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