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Solomon Islanders imprisoned for trying to stop the logging of their forests

Louise Hunt 17 May 2019

A new election brings little hope for Solomon Islands’ vanishing forests

Louise Hunt 17 May 2019

Illegal logging poised to wipe Cambodian wildlife sanctuary off the map

Chris Humphrey 2 May 2019

Huge rubber plantation in Cameroon halts deforestation following rebuke

Rachel Fritts 1 May 2019

In Indonesia, a paper giant shuffles a litany of land conflicts

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Apr 2019
Saravanan points to a large salt pan, part of Ennore Creek in the city of Chennai. The nearby port’s plan to convert the area into industrial real estate sparked protests among fishing communities in 2016. Image by Mahima Jain.

Protecting India’s fishing villages: Q&A with ‘maptivist’ Saravanan

Mahima Jain 10 Jan 2019

An expanding frontier: Top 10 global palm oil stories of 2018

Morgan Erickson-Davis 28 Dec 2018

Indonesia leans on businesses to do more about plastic waste

Basten Gokkon 12 Nov 2018

As planned excise flops, Indonesia ponders how to give up plastic bags

Basten Gokkon 23 Jul 2018

Ire and ore: Demands grow for clarity around Cambodian gold mine

Rod Harbinson 3 Apr 2018

The ozone layer is still getting thinner, new study finds

Mongabay.com 12 Feb 2018

RAPP to retire some plantation land in Sumatra amid government pressure

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Oct 2017

CETA: environmentally friendly trade treaty or corporate Trojan horse?

Jennifer Huizen 18 Sep 2017

El Salvador becomes first country to ban metals mining

Sandra Cuffe 30 Mar 2017

Nations come together to save Kenya’s disappearing coastal forests

Sophie Mbugua 3 Nov 2016

Controversial dams on 5 Chilean rivers scrapped after years of campaign

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Sep 2016

Logging roads have long-lasting impacts on forests

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Aug 2016

Hard labor in India’s fisheries: an interview with researcher Divya Karnad

Shreya Dasgupta 19 May 2016

Massive wildfire rips through Congo rainforest – is logging to blame?

Morgan Erickson-Davis 23 Mar 2016

DRC announces intent to reopen its rainforests to logging companies

Morgan Erickson-Davis 4 Mar 2016

Colombia’s palm oil boom marred by bloody past and violent present

Greg Norman 5 Jan 2016

Deforestation and death threats: activist and family threatened in Peru

John Cannon 24 Nov 2015

Cameroon convicts activist campaigning against palm oil company

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 Nov 2015

‘Catastrophic failure’: World’s indigenous communities lack rights to 75% of their land

Morgan Erickson-Davis 2 Oct 2015

Pollution from fossil fuels decreased rainfall in Central America

Jeremy Hance 10 Feb 2015

Scandal and intrigue overshadow environment at the Simandou mine in Guinea

Daniel Stiles - Mongabay Special Reporting Assignment Fellow 20 Jan 2015

Flying under the radar in Central Africa, Chinese companies may be wreaking environmental havoc

Analysis Daniel Stiles - Mongabay Special Reporting Assignment Fellow 7 Nov 2014

Scientific association calls on Nicaragua to scrap its Gran Canal

Jeremy Hance 27 Oct 2014

The Gran Canal: will Nicaragua’s big bet create prosperity or environmental ruin?

Jeremy Hance 27 Aug 2014

Extractive industries and apes

Daniel Stiles 13 Jun 2014

Citizen groups walk out of UN Climate Summit to protest lack of ambition

Jeremy Hance 21 Nov 2013

Could camera trap videos galvanize the world to protect Yasuni from oil drilling?

Jeremy Hance 7 Nov 2013

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