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2. A pink river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) leaps from the Samiria River in northeastern Peru. These dolphins, along with scores of fish and crocodilians, suffered from an intense drought in 2010, but most recovered during extreme floods between 2011 and 2015. Photo courtesy of Richard Bodmer and FundAmazonia.

Extreme seasonal changes in Amazon river levels threaten forest conservation by indigenous people

Jeremy Rehm 4 Dec 2017

‘They want to occupy and take our land’: Land conflicts increase in Brazil

Morgan Erickson-Davis 1 Dec 2017

Forced out or killed: rare chimps go missing from Cameroon mountain forest

Eugene N. Nforngwa 1 Dec 2017

As Indonesia pushes flagship land reform program, farmers remain wary

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Nov 2017

COP23: Leaders vie for protection of ‘incredibly important’ African peatland

Justin Catanoso 17 Nov 2017

Parks and reserves ‘significant’ force for slowing climate change

Mongabay.com 30 Oct 2017

FSC mulls rule change to allow certification for recent deforesters

John Cannon 24 Oct 2017

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

John Cannon 19 Oct 2017

Conservation leaders in Africa call for a crackdown on biopiracy

Sophie Mbugua 13 Oct 2017

$100 million dollar fund launched to secure indigenous land rights

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2017

Amazon dam defeats Brazil’s environment agency (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 20 Sep 2017

Does social forestry always decrease deforestation and poverty? (commentary)

Erik Meijaard 17 Sep 2017

Local approaches to conservation may be the most effective, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 15 Sep 2017

Protest against hydropower plant in Sumatra ends with injuries

Ayat S. Karokaro 14 Sep 2017

Why we can’t lose hope: Dr. David Suzuki speaks out

Glenn Scherer 11 Sep 2017

Three years after the tragedy of Saweto, where is the justice and security? (commentary)

David S. Salisbury 8 Sep 2017

International investment blamed for violence and oppression in Sarawak

Jenny Denton 15 Aug 2017
Mamo Lorenzo with shaman Pachankachay in the Talking Circle (left to right). Valle de Saquenzipa, 2014. Photo courtesy of Cuvan Murillo Escobar

Colombian shamans want to restore traditional power via national network

Maximo Anderson 14 Aug 2017

US retailers halt sales of hardwood flooring linked to illegal logging in PNG

Mike Gaworecki 1 Aug 2017

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

John Perry 28 Jul 2017

Proposed Colombia dam threatens to wipe out endangered plants, disrupt river

Taran Volckhausen 26 Jul 2017

Brazil’s indigenous Munduruku occupy dam site, halt construction

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 19 Jul 2017

Charcoal and cattle ranching tearing apart the Gran Chaco

John Cannon 19 Jul 2017

2016 was even deadlier for environmental and indigenous activists than 2015

Mike Gaworecki 13 Jul 2017

Philippines’ indigenous Higaonon fight for return of ancestral land

Brad Miller 1 Jun 2017
Caboco on a Sunday fishing trip. Photo by Maximo Anderson for Mongabay.

Amid life and death risks, Brazil’s land defenders stand firm

Maximo Anderson 29 May 2017

Big animals can survive reduced-impact logging — if done right

Jeremy Hance 22 May 2017

Crabbing gone commercial: Brazilian mangroves threatened by shift in local traditions

Kayla Walsh 12 May 2017
Not for republication. Image by Rod Harbinson/Rodharbinson.com

Indigenous groups, activists risk arrest to blockade logging in Malaysia

Rod Harbinson 8 May 2017

Land titling for indigenous communities leads to forest protection, peer-reviewed study finds

Mike Gaworecki 10 Apr 2017

Illegal bushmeat trade threatens human health and great apes

Claire Asher 6 Apr 2017

Ebo forest great apes threatened by stalled Cameroon national park

Sean Mowbray 3 Apr 2017

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