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‘It’s our home’: Pygmies fight for recognition as forest protectors in new film

John Cannon 20 Feb 2018
A fish die off from chemical spill in Vietnam in 2016. Photo via Maisondelinspir.

Vietnamese activist gets 14-year sentence for documenting chemical spill

Mongabay 8 Feb 2018
A Rohingya boy carrying a load of firewood through Kutupalong-Balukhali refugee camp in Bangladesh. Photo by Khaamil Ahmed/Mongabay.

Bangladeshi forests stripped bare as Rohingya refugees battle to survive

Kaamil Ahmed 9 Jan 2018

In rural Indonesia, women spearhead the fight to protect nature

Lusia Arumingtyas 27 Dec 2017

Recognition of Mentawai tribes marks Indonesia’s latest piecemeal concession to indigenous groups

Basten Gokkon 15 Dec 2017
An endangered Sambirano mouse lemur (Microcebus sambiranensis), which is found only in two or three small populations in northwest Madagascar, including one on the Ampasindava peninsula. Photo by Leslie Wilmet.

Another blow to troubled Madagascar rare earth mine

Edward Carver 22 Nov 2017

It is time to recognize the limits of certification in agriculture (commentary)

Andre de Freitas 16 Nov 2017
Franco Rajaonarison, a guide, shows a rosewood stump in Marojejy National Park. Photo by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor for Mongabay.

Madagascar petitions CITES to sell millions in stolen rosewood

Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor 13 Nov 2017
A fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox), a species that lives in Marojejy National Park, which was ground zero for Madagascar’s rosewood logging crisis in 2009. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Logjam: Inside Madagascar’s illegal-rosewood stockpiles

Rowan Moore Gerety 8 Nov 2017

Indonesian NGOs lawyer up against environmental crimes

Ayat S. Karokaro 6 Nov 2017
A white spotted reed frog (Heterixalus alboguttatus) in Ranomafana National Park, about 30 miles west of Vohilava. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Madagascar environmental activist convicted, sentenced — and paroled

Edward Carver 2 Nov 2017

Another Madagascar environmental activist imprisoned

Edward Carver 20 Oct 2017

Leading US plywood firm linked to alleged destruction, rights violations in Malaysia

John Cannon 19 Oct 2017
The Mittermeier sportive lemur (Lepilemur mittermeieri) is found only on the Ampasindava peninsula. Researchers warn that its population could be harmed if TREM moves ahead. Photo by Leslie Wilmet.

Troubled firm aims to mine Madagascar forest for rare earth elements

Edward Carver 8 Aug 2017
A few miners continue to work an old mine called Andasiakondro, where a ruby rush drew some 10,000 people in 2002.

What happens after a mining rush? Photographs from Madagascar

Arnaud De Grave 31 Jul 2017

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

John Perry 28 Jul 2017

Colombia expands indigenous reserves near key deforestation hotspot

Mike Gaworecki 14 Jul 2017

Empowering communities fighting new mines: an interview with filmmaker Jessie Landerman

Caitlin Looby 13 Jul 2017

‘Communities should be involved from the beginning’: Kalimantan villagers demand development plans respect their needs

Indra Nugraha 14 Jun 2017

‘Give us back our land’: paper giants struggle to resolve conflicts with communities in Sumatra

Alice Cuddy 9 Jun 2017

The Philippines, a nation rich in precious metals, encounters powerful opposition to mining

Keith Schneider 8 Jun 2017

‘Crunch time for biodiversity’: Farming, hunting push thousands of species toward extinction

John Cannon 7 Jun 2017

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

Mike Gaworecki 10 May 2017
Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) in Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Anti-trafficking activist held without trial in Madagascar

Fabienne Rafidiharinirina 8 May 2017

Cross River superhighway changes course in Nigeria

John Cannon 28 Apr 2017

Indigenous communities resisting dams in Indonesia claim they face repression, rights abuses

Eko Rusdianto 27 Apr 2017

The land is forever: Rodrigo Tot wins Goldman Prize for land-title quest

Sandra Cuffe 24 Apr 2017

Ex-mine security head cleared of murder, assault against indigenous Guatemalans

Sandra Cuffe 10 Apr 2017

In remote Indonesian villages, indigenous communities fight a hydropower dam

Eko Rusdianto 30 Mar 2017

Clothing giant VF Corporation adopts sustainable forestry policy

Mike Gaworecki 16 Mar 2017

Successful forest protection in DRC hinges on community participation

John Cannon 12 Mar 2017

Industry-backed plantation museum opens in Indonesia

Dyna Rochmyaningsih 9 Mar 2017

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