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Colombia registers first drop in deforestation since 2016 FARC peace deal

Taran Volckhausen 15 Jul 2019
Fishers on an artificial reef in Jiquilisco Bay. Image by Max Radwin for Mongabay.

Bringing back the fish: Q&A with a repentant blast fisherman

Maxwell Radwin 15 Jul 2019

Yanomami Amazon reserve invaded by 20,000 miners; Bolsonaro fails to act

Sue Branford 12 Jul 2019

Cargill rejects Cerrado soy moratorium, pledges $30 million search for ideas

Sarah Sax 10 Jul 2019
Luis Gonzalez Benitez lost an arm while blast fishing and now splits his time between using nets and line fishing on the reef. Image by Max Radwin for Mongabay.

Salvadoran fishermen ditch blast fishing for artificial reefs

Maxwell Radwin 10 Jul 2019

Deadly virus detected in wild frog populations in Brazil

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Jul 2019
Google Earth image showing deforestation around Arara in the state of Para, in the Brazilian Amazon.

As Amazon deforestation rises, sensational headlines play into Bolsonaro’s agenda (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Jul 2019

New protected area in Bolivia is nearly as large as Yellowstone in the US

Mongabay.com 5 Jul 2019

Heart of Ecuador’s Yasuni, home to uncontacted tribes, opens for oil drilling

Kimberley Brown 5 Jul 2019

Peru: Madre de Dios land defenders face trouble whether they report crimes or not

Vanessa Romo 5 Jul 2019

Land thieves ramp up deforestation in Brazil’s Jamanxim National Forest

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 4 Jul 2019
Drained, cleared, and burned peat forest in Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Study: Vast swaths of lost tropical forest can still be brought back to life

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Jul 2019
Planet satellite image showing a mosaic of deforestation and rainforest in São Judas Tadeu, Xapuri in the state of Acre, Brazil in August 2018. Courtesy of Planet.

Amazon REDD+ scheme side-steps land rights to reward small forest producers

Claire Asher 3 Jul 2019

For Ecuador’s Sápara, saving the forest means saving their language

Sarah Sax 2 Jul 2019

Amazon rural development and conservation: a path to sustainability?

Jaqueline Sordi 2 Jul 2019

Rivers are the world’s heritage. Time to treat them as such (commentary)

Josh Klemm 1 Jul 2019

La Mosquitia: Dangerous territory for scarlet macaws in Honduras

Jennifer Ávila 1 Jul 2019
Small-scale deforestation in the Colombian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Colombia gasoline fueling cocaine production

Taran Volckhausen 28 Jun 2019
Indigenous protesters and self-proclaimed river defenders demonstrate against Brazilian dams. Image courtesy of Amazon Watch.

Amazon infrastructure puts 68% of indigenous lands / protected areas at risk: report

Jenny Gonzales 28 Jun 2019

Brazil’s Bolsonaro presses anti-indigenous agenda; resistance surges

Sue Branford 27 Jun 2019
Drone view of Chiquitano forest recently deforested on the edge of the Bolivian Amazon for soy production. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Satellite data suggests deforestation on the rise in Brazil

Mongabay.com 25 Jun 2019

Brazil’s Roraima state at mercy of 2019 wildfires as federal funds dry up

Caio de Freitas Paes 25 Jun 2019

Having taken a toll in Chile, salmon industry arrives in Argentina

Michelle Carrere 25 Jun 2019

Venezuela’s isolated indigenous groups under siege from miners, disease and guerrillas

Lorena Meléndez G. 24 Jun 2019

Mongabay investigative series helps confirm global insect decline

Jeremy Hance 24 Jun 2019

New tool helps monitor forest change within commodities supply chains

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 18 Jun 2019

Deforested areas bleed heat to nearby forests, drive local extinctions

Malavika Vyawahare 17 Jun 2019

Peruvian communities demanding crude cleanup brace for more oil activity

Barbara Fraser 14 Jun 2019

Despite a decade of zero-deforestation vows, forest loss continues: Greenpeace

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Jun 2019

How to save insects and ourselves

Jeremy Hance 13 Jun 2019

Brazil guts environmental agencies, clears way for unchecked deforestation

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 10 Jun 2019

The tropics in trouble and some hope

Jeremy Hance 10 Jun 2019

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