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Valentin Suchite patrols the forest searching for signs of deforestation. Image by Anna-Catherine Brigida for Mongabay.

Guatemala: An indigenous community rejects, then accepts, a protected area

Anna-Catherine Brigida 12 Dec 2018

‘We see its value’: Ugandan communities benefiting from agroforestry

Deusdedit Ruhangariyo 11 Dec 2018
An indigenous Colombian takes in deforestation close to the Amacayacu National Park in the Colombian Amazon.

Scientists team up with indigenous, faithful to fight for forests

Andrew J. Wight 11 Dec 2018

Belo Monte dam Xingu River Management Plan violates human rights: finding

Max Nathanson 10 Dec 2018
Members of the Tosepan cooperative’s youth solar panel installation team and the ONergia solar cooperative put the finishing touches on a domestic panel installation while community members chip in. Image by Ethan Bien for Mongabay.

‘Light for everyone’: Indigenous youth mount a solar-powered resistance

Ethan Bien 10 Dec 2018

COP24: Human rights concerns cast a shadow over U.N. climate summit

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Dec 2018

Amazon indigenous groups and truckers ally to oppose Brazil’s Grainrail

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 6 Dec 2018
Berta Cáceres. Image by UN Environment - ONU Brasil via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0).

7 convicted of killing Honduran indigenous activist Berta Cáceres

Mongabay.com 5 Dec 2018

Agroforestry ‘home gardens’ build community resilience in southern Ethiopia

Tesfa-Alem Tekle 4 Dec 2018
Dongria women from Hutesi village farm the slopes of the Niyamgiri hill range. Image by Indrajeet Rajkhowa.

Photos: Indian tribe revives heirloom seeds for health and climate security

Sonali Prasad 30 Nov 2018
Naisimari Lentula, a Yiaku herbalist, with a community forest scout outside her house. Image by Shadrack Kavilu for Mongabay.

For Kenya’s Yiaku, medicinal herbs are their forest’s blessing and curse

Shadrack Kavilu 30 Nov 2018

Mega-dam costs outweigh benefits, global building spree should end: experts

Claire Asher 29 Nov 2018

The Bangladeshi tribe that’s guarding turtles, co-authoring research papers

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Nov 2018
Lazarus Lentula, a 27-year-old leader of the Yiaku forest guards, who patrol and monitor Mukogodo for illegal activity. Image by Shadrack Kavilu for Mongabay.

Kenya: Bees help indigenous Yiaku defend and monitor their ancestral forest

Shadrack Kavilu 28 Nov 2018

The secret deal to destroy paradise

Malaysiakini, Mongabay, Tempo, The Gecko Project 28 Nov 2018
A group of Yiaku youth scouts, who have been trained by the Kenya Forest Service to take part in forest patrols and other conservation activities. Image by Shadrack Kavilu for Mongabay.

A forest of their own: The Yiaku as Kenya’s model forest stewards

Shadrack Kavilu 26 Nov 2018

Stop importing illegal timber, PNG activists tell China at APEC Summit

John Cannon 22 Nov 2018

‘Punished’: Bolivian communities opposed to highway cry foul over neglect

Iván Paredes Tamayo 22 Nov 2018

Tax havens and Brazilian Amazon deforestation linked: study

Giovanni Ortolani 21 Nov 2018
A sign near Buru Energy’s Yulleroo fracking site. Image by Alexander Hayes via Flickr (CC BY 4.0).

Fracking threatens Aboriginal land rights in Western Australia

Grace Dungey, Nick Rodway 21 Nov 2018

Bolsonaro pledges government shakeup, deregulation, Amazon development

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 19 Nov 2018

California’s misguided plan to ‘save’ tropical forests (commentary)

Tom Goldtooth and Michelle Chan 16 Nov 2018

Honduras aims to save vital wildlife corridor from deforestation

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2018

Merger of Brazil’s agriculture and environment ministries in limbo

Jenny Gonzales 12 Nov 2018

End of funding dims hopes for a Sumatran forest targeted by palm oil growers

Elviza Diana, Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Nov 2018

China increasingly involved in Brazil’s ambitious Amazon rail network

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 8 Nov 2018
A map of Biacou (also spelled Beacou) made by residents of the village shows the location of various protected sites. Click here to enlarge. Image courtesy of RFLP/Sergio Pedroco.

Timor-Leste: With sacrifice and ceremony, tribe sets eco rules

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 8 Nov 2018

Roads divide opinions along with forests, study finds

John Cannon 8 Nov 2018

In funding palm oil giants, banks may share in ‘sins of the companies’

Tessa Toumbourou 7 Nov 2018

Call to protect dwindling wilderness ‘before it disappears forever’

John Cannon 1 Nov 2018

Colombia: Dying of thirst, Wayuu blame mine, dam, drought for water woes

Lucy Sherriff 1 Nov 2018
Fishing boats in Timor-Leste. Image by Jennifer King/WorldFish.

Timor-Leste: Q&A with a Maubere fisherman on reviving depleted fisheries

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 31 Oct 2018

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