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Shrugging off the risks, Laos plans to proceed with the Pak Beng dam

Jenny Denton 8 Feb 2017

Jokowi grants first-ever indigenous land rights to 9 communities

Mongabay.com 4 Jan 2017

The year in tropical rainforests: 2016

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2016

Illegal logging shows little sign of slowing

Morgan Erickson-Davis 30 Dec 2016

Violence against indigenous people high, as land conflicts heat up

Carolina Torres 18 Oct 2016
Residents of Kiad in Panama’s indigenous Ngäbe-Buglé semi-autonomous region retur home after shopping in the nearby town of Tolé. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

Program targets food security concerns among Panama’s indigenous women

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 3 Oct 2016
A rainbow skink in coastal Colombia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Colombia’s peace could pressure the environment

Henry Siqueira Barras 28 Sep 2016

Proposed sale of timber from palm oil concession sparks alarm in Liberia

Jeremy Hance 21 Sep 2016
Young boys labor outside a saw mill in the town of Njoro in Kenya’s Rift Valley. Photo by David Njagi

Youth, women, indigenous group pay the price of logging in Kenya

David Njagi 16 Sep 2016
Goejet Miranda crosses the part of the Tabasará River still flowing near his community of Kiad. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

PHOTOS: Panama begins “test-flooding” dam over indigenous protests

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 15 Sep 2016

After game-changing Dakota Access decision, a look at Sioux strategy

Saul Elbein 14 Sep 2016
Sime Darby plantation in Cape Mount County. Photo courtesy JPN Liberia

Liberia land policy a ‘challenge to national development’

Mark M. Dahn 14 Sep 2016

Towards a fairer future for conservation

Phil Franks 1 Sep 2016

Shifting the debate about conservation justice from rights to responsibilities

Harry Jonas, Dilys Roe 31 Aug 2016

Oil pipeline sparks fierce opposition among American tribes and farmers

Saul Elbein 29 Aug 2016
Ricardo Miranda, one of the protest leaders and member of the M10 movement representing Ngäbe communities affected by the dam. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

PHOTOS: Panama revives stalled dam over strong indigenous opposition

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 25 Aug 2016
Lar National Park in northern Iran, about 100 kilometers from Tehran. Photo by Mahdi Kalhor via Panoramio

Three murders highlight troubles of Iran’s park rangers

Jennifer Huizen 18 Aug 2016
A mural of murdered activists Berta Cáceres in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Photo by disoniador via Pixabay.

In Latin America, environmentalists are an endangered species

Lindsay Fendt 11 Aug 2016

Photos: Indonesia’s far-flung indigenous seek audience in Jakarta

Cory Rogers 9 Aug 2016
Part of the Green Fuel ethanol plant in Chisumbanje, Zimbabwe. Photo by Kenneth Matimaire.

Amid epic drought, villagers bitter over Zimbabwean ethanol plant

Andrew Mambondiyani 28 Jul 2016
Red passion vine flower in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Heavy toll for green and indigenous activists among Colombian killings

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 15 Jul 2016
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

What are South Sumatrans doing to prevent another haze crisis?

Taufik Wijaya 29 Jun 2016

Malaysian land rights activist Bill Kayong murdered in broad daylight

Mike Gaworecki 24 Jun 2016

Policy makers meet to discuss forest conservation and ‘the future of humanity’

Morgan Erickson-Davis 21 Jun 2016
Blue color form of Dendrobates auratus dart frog. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

10 conservation “fads”: how have they worked in Latin America?

Aldo Orellana López, Alan Forsberg 17 Jun 2016
La Danta pyramid in the Mayan city of Mirador, as seen from a distance. Photo by Ronyrocael/Wikimedia Commons.

Controversial park plans in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 17 Jun 2016
Illegal forest clearingfor oil palm in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

How is Indonesian president Jokowi doing on environmental issues?

Philip Jacobson 12 Jun 2016
Marta Álvarez inspects xate palm fronds harvested in the Uaxactún community forest concession. Photo by Sandra Cuffe.

Communities lead the way in rainforest conservation in Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe 9 Jun 2016

Successes and many challenges in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 2 Jun 2016

Indonesia’s forestry ministry follows through on palm oil permit freeze

Mongabay.com 23 May 2016

Indigenous territories occupy 40 percent of protected land and marine areas in Central America

Mike Gaworecki 20 May 2016

World Bank lifts freeze on Cambodia loans amid protests

Daniel Pye 20 May 2016

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