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Gold mining in the Kayapó Indigenous Territory in 2022. Image credit: NASA

Brazil’s ecosystem of crime in the Amazon (commentary)

Laura Waisbich; Melina Risso; and Ilona Szabo 21 Mar 2022
A long-tailed macaque in Gunung Leuser National Park. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Probe finds palm oil firm illegally clearing forest in Sumatra wildlife haven

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Mar 2022

Luxury wood market driving extinction of rare ipê trees, report warns

Maxwell Radwin 14 Mar 2022
A Ministry of Environment ranger on patrol in the Cardamom Mountains. Image by Andyb3947 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Can ecotourism save Cambodia’s ‘ghost parks’?

Gerald Flynn, Andy Ball 8 Feb 2022

Endangered wildlife face perilous future as vital habitat loses protection in Cambodia

Gerald Flynn, Andy Ball 8 Feb 2022
Trekking through the Cardamom Tented Camp concession in Botum Sakor National Park. Image for Mongabay by Gerald Flynn.

How a ‘dirty gambling company’ may have set the standard for habitat destruction in Cambodia

Gerald Flynn, Andy Ball 8 Feb 2022

Vietnam’s timber legality program not making a dent in risky wood imports

Carolyn Cowan 2 Feb 2022

‘Carbon cowboys’ and illegal logging

Mike DiGirolamo 1 Feb 2022

Despite sanctions, U.S. companies still importing Myanmar teak, report says

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 11 Jan 2022

Dual pressures of hunting, logging threaten wildlife in Myanmar, study shows

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 31 Dec 2021

How can illegal timber trade in the Greater Mekong be stopped?

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 30 Dec 2021
Illegally logged rosewood from Masoala and Marojejy in Antalaha, Madagascar, circa 2005.

Kenya court orders return of $13m in seized rosewood to suspected traffickers

Malavika Vyawahare 28 Dec 2021

Myanmar teak is tainted. Time to jettison it, some yacht-making insiders say

Malavika Vyawahare 27 Dec 2021

How does political instability in the Mekong affect deforestation?

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 23 Dec 2021

Where does the Greater Mekong’s illegal timber go?

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 16 Dec 2021

For Mekong officials fighting timber traffickers, a chance to level up

John Cannon 13 Dec 2021

‘Thousands of trees’ burned and logged in Cambodia: Q&A with filmmaker Sean Gallagher

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 10 Dec 2021

Why has illegal logging increased in the Greater Mekong?

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 9 Dec 2021

Governor rails against ‘bioterrorists,’ ‘carbon cowboys’ destroying PNG’s forests

Rachel Donald 7 Dec 2021

Major clothing brands contribute to deforestation in Cambodia, report finds

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 3 Dec 2021
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Amid a furniture boom, timber certification is just a start, say experts

Carolyn Cowan 2 Dec 2021

Liberia loggers felling trees outside concession as government stands by

James Giahyue 23 Nov 2021

The Greater Mekong region: A hotspot of wildlife and crime

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 17 Nov 2021

In Mexico City’s urban sprawl, an unexpected illegal logging network thrives

Maxwell Radwin 5 Nov 2021

The great Koh Kong land rush: Areas stripped of protection by Cambodian gov’t being bought up

Gerald Flynn 7 Oct 2021
Fallen giant: a member of the survey team inspects the remains of a felled African zebrawood in Ebo Forest  Image courtesy Eric Nana.

Illegal logging threatens rare Cameroonian hardwood with extinction

Ryan Truscott 4 Oct 2021

Monitoring reveals Indonesia’s ‘legal timber’ scheme riddled with violations

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Sep 2021

11 Mongabay investigations in two years. Here’s what we found

Mike DiGirolamo 17 Sep 2021

Environmental activist ‘well-hated’ by Myanmar junta is latest to be arrested

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 9 Sep 2021

Italian firms flout EU rules to trade in illegal Myanmar timber, report says

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 2 Sep 2021

With Myanmar’s press muzzled, experts warn of surge in environmental crimes

Carolyn Cowan 27 Aug 2021

Debt deal with deforester BrasilAgro puts UBS’s green commitment in question

Fernanda Wenzel, Olivier Christe 6 Aug 2021

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