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California’s Tropical Forest Standard could be the state’s most important climate action (commentary)

Steve Schwartzman, Christina McCain 14 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, Mauricio 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

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

With a feast of grubs, a tribe makes its case for forest stewardship

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Oct 2018
Maubere elders in the village of Suco Fatumea draft tara bandu regulations to protect local forests and water sources. Image by Egrilio Ferreira Vincente.

Timor-Leste: Maubere tribes revive customary law to protect the ocean

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 26 Oct 2018

Violence spikes during Brazil elections, rural minorities fear worse

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 24 Oct 2018

Amazon and climate science threatened if Bolsonaro elected Brazil’s president (commentary)

17 Latin American scientists 23 Oct 2018

Grainrail: ‘2nd revolution in Brazilian agribusiness’ and Amazon threat

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 22 Oct 2018

Environmental delegation blocked from entering Bolivian national park

Miriam Telma Jemio 22 Oct 2018
Dienaba Diedhiou, an oyster collector in her 70s, poses with her grandchildren. Image by Jennifer O’Mahony for Mongabay.

Women’s work in Senegalese conservation includes exorcising demons

Jennifer O’Mahony 19 Oct 2018

Jair Bolsonaro: looming threat to the Amazon and global climate?

Jenny Gonzales 18 Oct 2018

Fate of the Amazon is on the ballot in Brazil’s presidential election (commentary)

Aline C. Soterroni, Fernando M. Ramos, Michael Obersteiner, Stephen Polasky 17 Oct 2018

Land rights, forests, food systems central to limiting global warming: report

Justin Catanoso 15 Oct 2018
Bassirou Sambou, who heads the biodiversity monitoring section of Kawawana, stands in the ancient woodland surrounding his home. Image by Jennifer O’Mahony for Mongabay.

Watching the wildlife return: Q&A with a rural Senegalese river monitor

Jennifer O’Mahony 15 Oct 2018

Amazonia and the setbacks of Brazil’s political moment (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 12 Oct 2018
A fisherman pulls in a barracuda at sunset on the waters of the Casamance River, accompanied by an apprentice. Image by Jennifer O’Mahony for Mongabay.

Senegal: After reviving fish and forests, Jola villages tackle new threats

Jennifer O’Mahony 10 Oct 2018

Kenya: Indigenous Ogiek face eviction from their ancestral forest… again

Nathan Siegel 8 Oct 2018
Planet satellite image of Sipatnanam, Fakfak Regency. Taken in September 2018. Courtesy of Planet.

To conserve West Papua, start with land rights (commentary)

Bernadinus Steni, Daniel Nepstad 5 Oct 2018

8,100-square-mile indigenous reserve recognized in Brazilian Amazon

Jenny Gonzales 5 Oct 2018

‘Guardians of the forest:’ Indigenous peoples come together to assert role in climate stability

Justin Catanoso 2 Oct 2018

Kenya’s Mijikenda people revive sacred homesteads to protect the forest

Sophie Mbugua 1 Oct 2018

‘Predatory agribusiness’ likely to gain more power in Brazil election: report

Ana Magalhães for Repórter Brasil 28 Sep 2018

Traditional groups sowing sustainable crops could save Venezuelan park

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 24 Sep 2018

Amid ongoing evictions, Kenya’s Sengwer make plans to save their ancestral forest

Anthony Langat 24 Sep 2018

Activists say Indonesia dragging its heels on indigenous rights

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Sep 2018

Brazilian elections and the environment: where top candidates stand

Jenny Gonzales 17 Sep 2018
Dinamam tuxá from APIB (Articulation of the Indigenous People of Brazil) at a press conference announcing the funders' commitment. Photo by Reny Preussker.

Forests and indigenous rights land $459M commitment

Mongabay.com 12 Sep 2018

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