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Levita holds a layer of dried crude oil from her farmland along the Marañon River. Photo by Brett Monroe Garner.

Health concerns, food insecurity linger months after Peruvian oil spills

Kevin Floerke and Rebecca Wolff 25 Jul 2016
Red passion vine flower in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Heavy toll for green and indigenous activists among Colombian killings

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 15 Jul 2016

New report exposes “network of secret deal-making and corruption” that has kept Cambodia’s ruling family in power for decades

Mike Gaworecki 7 Jul 2016

Three Cambodian activists convicted and heavily fined — but free

Rod Harbinson 6 Jul 2016

PepsiCo products in Indonesia tainted with worker abuses, report finds

Daniel Pye 23 Jun 2016
La Danta pyramid in the Mayan city of Mirador, as seen from a distance. Photo by Ronyrocael/Wikimedia Commons.

Controversial park plans in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 17 Jun 2016

Can conservationists overcome their differences to save life on Earth?

Mongabay 7 Jun 2016

Successes and many challenges in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 2 Jun 2016

Epilogue: Conservation still divided, looking for a way forward

Jeremy Hance 24 May 2016

Conservation’s people problem

Jeremy Hance 17 May 2016

Battling India’s Sand Barons

Sibi Arasu 11 May 2016

Kenya’s forests squeezed as government pressures environment groups

David Njagi 6 May 2016

Indigenous and forest community leaders tour the EU to call for conflict-free palm oil

Mike Gaworecki 4 May 2016

How big donors and corporations shape conservation goals

Jeremy Hance 3 May 2016

Indonesia’s indigenous wage two-pronged battle for legal recognition

Cory Rogers 27 Apr 2016

Spanish enviros threatened by government and economically stressed citizens

Santiago Sáez Moreno 15 Apr 2016

New ways to fight human-rights abuses in the global seafood industry

Ret Talbot 14 Apr 2016

India’s “environmentalism of convenience” threatens forest-dwellers’ rights

Arpitha Kodiveri 14 Apr 2016

Indigenous Brazilians under threat from killings and resource projects: UN Rapporteur

Sandra Cuffe 4 Apr 2016

Amazon journalist endures, despite decades of threats and harassment

Cláudio Rabin 31 Mar 2016

Protests continue amid signs that controversial Borneo dam cancelled

Rod Harbinson 29 Mar 2016

What’s being done to secure justice for SE Asia’s seafood slaves?

Cory Rogers 23 Mar 2016

Killing of Guatemalan activist in the Maya Biosphere Reserve raises alarm

Sandra Cuffe 18 Mar 2016
Not for republication. Image by Rod Harbinson/Rodharbinson.com

Indigenous forest activist released from prison amid Cambodian crackdown

Rod Harbinson 17 Mar 2016

Released: 1,000-page encyclopedia on land conflicts affecting indigenous tribes

Mongabay.com 17 Mar 2016

New life for Indonesia’s long-delayed indigenous rights bill?

Cory Rogers 17 Mar 2016
High security fence at the Marange diamond fields. Security is tight but poverty in nearby communities drives many to attempt to break in and pan for diamonds illegally. Those caught risk beatings and torture by government and mine security forces. Photo by Andrew Mambondiyani.

Abuse, displacement, pollution: the legacy of Zimbabwe’s Marange diamonds

Andrew Mambondiyani 15 Mar 2016

Conservation and birth control: a controversial mix?

Roz Evans 14 Mar 2016

The week in environmental news – March 04, 2016

Brittany Stewart 5 Mar 2016

Indonesia’s war on maritime slavery continues

Cory Rogers 3 Mar 2016

Massive profiteering uncovered in Indonesian fertilizer distribution

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2016

The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund just announced a groundbreaking human rights policy

Mike Gaworecki 4 Feb 2016

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