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Indigenous victory: Brazil’s Temer decrees 1.2 million Amazon reserve

Sue Branford 18 Sep 2017

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

Morgan Erickson-Davis 15 Sep 2017

Nicaraguan beef raised illegally in biological reserve mostly exported

Duyerling Ríos y Cristopher Mendoza 14 Sep 2017

Protest against hydropower plant in Sumatra ends with injuries

Ayat S. Karokaro 14 Sep 2017

Transformance: Finding common ground in the Amazon (commentary)

Gus Greenstein 12 Sep 2017
The venomous two-striped forest pitviper (Bothriopsis bilineata) waits patiently coiled on a branch a few meters off the ground. A cryptic species and perfect predator, they can sit motionless for hours waiting for their prey. - Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Yasuni Biosphere, Ecuador. ©Ryan P. Killackey/Pollywog Productions

Yasuni indigenous peoples’ fight for survival depicted in new documentary

Genevieve Belmaker 12 Sep 2017

Uncontacted Amazon indigenous groups reportedly attacked by outsiders

Barbara Fraser 11 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

Zero tolerance of deforestation likely only way to save Amazon gateway

Claire Asher 7 Sep 2017

Indigenous communities resist Chinese mining in Amazonian Ecuador

Max Nathanson 5 Sep 2017

Temer’s Amazon mining decrees derided by protestors, annulled by judge

Zoe Sullivan 30 Aug 2017

Extensive illegal cattle ranching destroys core area of Nicaragua’s Indio Maíz Biological Reserve

Duyerling Ríos and Cristopher Mendoza 28 Aug 2017

Temer pays back ruralists: opens Brazil, Amazon to mining, say critics

Zoe Sullivan 24 Aug 2017

Indigenous groups win key land rights victory in Brazil’s Supreme Court

Sue Branford 17 Aug 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

Brazil’s Indians on the march in last ditch effort to stop land theft

Sue Branford 14 Aug 2017

Brazilian firm wants to build new dams in Amazon’s Aripuanã basin

Sue Branford 10 Aug 2017

Why the Suy’uk are fact-checking their Dayak origin myth

Andi Fachrizal 4 Aug 2017

Brazil’s Temer threatens constitutional indigenous land rights

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 1 Aug 2017

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

John Perry 28 Jul 2017
Rainforest in Malaysian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Conserving the World’s Remaining Intact Forests (commentary)

Michael Painter and David Wilkie 25 Jul 2017

Brazil’s indigenous Munduruku occupy dam site, halt construction

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 19 Jul 2017

Behind rising rhino numbers in Nepal, a complex human story

Alex Dudley 19 Jul 2017

Charcoal and cattle ranching tearing apart the Gran Chaco

John Cannon 19 Jul 2017

Colombia expands indigenous reserves near key deforestation hotspot

Mike Gaworecki 14 Jul 2017

2016 was even deadlier for environmental and indigenous activists than 2015

Mike Gaworecki 13 Jul 2017

Soy King Blairo Maggi wields power over Amazon’s fate, say critics

Jenny Gonzales 13 Jul 2017

Temer signs law that could see millions of acres lost in the Amazon

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 13 Jul 2017

Abdon Nababan, former head of Indonesia’s indigenous peoples alliance, to run for North Sumatra governor

Mongabay.com 12 Jul 2017

How the World Heritage Convention could save more wilderness: Q&A with World Heritage expert Cyril Kormos

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Jul 2017

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