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Another Madagascar environmental activist imprisoned

Edward Carver 20 Oct 2017

Indonesia for Sale

Mongabay, The Gecko Project 19 Oct 2017

Leading US plywood firm linked to alleged destruction, rights violations in Malaysia

John Cannon 19 Oct 2017

Munduruku standoff against Amazon dam builders potentially explosive

Sue Branford, Fernanda Moreira, Mauricio Torres 17 Oct 2017

Questioning militarization is essential for successful and socially just conservation (commentary)

Rosaleen Duffy 16 Oct 2017

Conservation leaders in Africa call for a crackdown on biopiracy

Sophie Mbugua 13 Oct 2017

Grasberg mine’s riches still a distant glitter for Papuan communities

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Oct 2017
Manolo Miranda, an indigenous leader recently acquitted of charges in a suit brought by the Barro Blanco dam's construction company, at a protest over the dam in August, 2016. Photo by Camilo Mejia Geraldo for Mongabay.

Indigenous group scores legal victory as dam floods their lands

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 12 Oct 2017

Trump’s global resorts put profit first, environment last, critics say

Giovanni Ortolani 11 Oct 2017

The Palm Oil Fiefdom

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 10 Oct 2017
chameleon, a species that lives in Ranomafana National Park. Photo by

Conservation in a weak state: Madagascar struggles with enforcement

Rowan Moore Gerety 10 Oct 2017

Indonesia for Sale: in-depth series on corruption, palm oil and rainforests launches

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 10 Oct 2017

Attacks on ‘militarized conservation’ are naive (commentary)

Niall McCann 10 Oct 2017

$100 million dollar fund launched to secure indigenous land rights

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2017

Antigraft agency charges district chief over permits to mine nickel in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 5 Oct 2017

‘Queen of Coal’ named corruption suspect in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Oct 2017

Amazon community on Tapajós River invaded by wildcat miners

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres, with additional reporting by Ailen Vega 2 Oct 2017

Brazil: a world champion in political and environmental devastation (commentary)

Giem Guimaraes 29 Sep 2017

Temer walks back plan to open Denmark-sized area of Amazon to mining

Jenny Gonzales 27 Sep 2017

Lawsuits test local governments’ ability to clean up Indonesia’s coal mining sector

Taufik Wijaya 27 Sep 2017

Amazon dam operator defies order to shut down, police action looms

Zoe Sullivan 26 Sep 2017

Two Indonesian soldiers found to be smuggling dozens of porcupines

Vinolia 25 Sep 2017

Liberian park protects Critically Endangered western chimpanzees

John Cannon 22 Sep 2017

When will cattle ranchers be proud to show their farms in the Amazon? (commentary)

Paulo Barreto, Ritaumaria Pereira 21 Sep 2017

Traffickers find new ways to smuggle rhino horn out of Africa

Isabel Esterman 19 Sep 2017

Legendary musician Bruce Cockburn on music, activism, and hope

Mike Gaworecki 19 Sep 2017

Andes dams could threaten food security for millions in Amazon basin

Claire Asher 19 Sep 2017

Belo Monte dam installation license suspended, housing inadequacy cited

Zoe Sullivan 19 Sep 2017

CETA: environmentally friendly trade treaty or corporate Trojan horse?

Jennifer Huizen 18 Sep 2017

Indigenous victory: Brazil’s Temer decrees 1.2 million Amazon reserve

Sue Branford 18 Sep 2017

Oil palm firms advance into Leuser rainforest, defying Aceh governor’s orders

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Sep 2017

Local approaches to conservation may be the most effective, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 15 Sep 2017

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