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‘Stop the stupidity’: Indonesia’s top court orders end to mine in quake zone

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Sep 2024
Having already picked Phnom Chum Rok Sat community forest clean of large, valuable trees, loggers working for Lin Vatey now appear to be clear-cutting what remains of the forest. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay

Mining company tied to Cambodian military officials grabs community forest

Gerald Flynn, Nehru Pry 5 Sep 2024
Isolated Indigenous Mashco Piro men and boys on a beach in the Peruvian Amazon. Image courtesy of Survival International.

Peruvian logger loses FSC label after latest clash with isolated Mashco Piro

Dan Collyns 4 Sep 2024
A Nicobar pigeon, found in Vietnam.

In Vietnam, environmental defense is increasingly a crime

Hướng Thiện 3 Sep 2024

How do ‘rights of nature’ and ‘legal personhood’ laws differ, and what’s their conservation potential?

Mike DiGirolamo, Rachel Donald 3 Sep 2024
A white-browed nuthatch (Sitta victoriae), an endangered bird endemic to Nat Ma Taung National Park in western Myanmar.

Protected areas in SE Asia could do better with more resources, study finds

Spoorthy Raman 3 Sep 2024

Nearly all Brazilian gold imported by EU is likely illegal, report says

Fernanda Wenzel 2 Sep 2024

In Nicaragua, activists challenge the value of international ‘green’ financing

Maxwell Radwin 30 Aug 2024
Tropical rainforests are not adapted to fire, and have no natural fire regime.

Brazil launches ‘war’ on widespread fire outbreaks & criminal arsonists

Fernanda Wenzel 30 Aug 2024
Painted woolly bat

‘Senseless’ U.S. trinket trade threatens distinctive Asian bat, study shows

Carolyn Cowan 30 Aug 2024
An aerial view of illegally logged timber in Chhaeb-Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary that was documented on a patrol in April 2023 by members of the Prey Preah Roka Community Network – a grassroots activism group made up of communities around the wildlife sanctuary. Image by Andy Ball / Mongabay.

World’s top timber companies are dropping the ball on ESG reporting: Analysis

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Aug 2024
A channel-billed toucan in Yasuní National Park.

Could the ‘rights of nature’ save Yasuní and keep its oil in the ground? (commentary)

Mari Margil, Hugo Echeverría 29 Aug 2024

Record drought in Yucatán prompts revival of ancient Maya rain ceremony

Mark Viales 29 Aug 2024

Study shows most Amazon beef & soy demand comes from Brazil — not exports

Fernanda Wenzel 28 Aug 2024
Battsengel Lkhamdoorov stands next to one of the summer quarters built by Oyu Tolgoi.

Rio Tinto-linked mine still not fulfilling promises to Mongolian herders

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 28 Aug 2024
A blue-throated macaw (Ara glaucogularis) in a cage.

CITES suspends Bangladesh as illegal wild bird trade continues

Abu Siddique 27 Aug 2024

South Africa seeks to settle landmark African penguin lawsuit

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Aug 2024

Indigenous communities sidelined for Suriname’s new carbon credit program, critics say

Maxwell Radwin 26 Aug 2024

Federal court requires stronger protections for endangered Rice’s whale

Bobby Bascomb 23 Aug 2024

China accepts U.N. recommendations to improve environmental conflicts in Latin America

Maxwell Radwin 23 Aug 2024
Eurasian brown bear courtesy of Magnus Lundgren/Swedensbigfive.org.

Sweden greenlights hunt of nearly 500 bears, a fifth of total population

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Aug 2024
Screenshot from a propaganda video released by JNIM depicting a training camp in Burkina Faso, 2024.

Trained to stop poaching, Benin park rangers instead face jihadists

Ashoka Mukpo 22 Aug 2024

Argentina weighs new MPA to curb international fishing frenzy in ‘Blue Hole’

Maxwell Radwin 22 Aug 2024

Luxury hunting firm linked to decades of poaching in Tanzania, whistleblowers say

Mongabay.com 22 Aug 2024
Action by Muhammadiyah cadres in Jogja protesting the second largest Islamic religious organization in Indonesia receiving mining permits from the government.

Indonesian Islamic behemoth’s entry into coal mining sparks youth wing revolt

Asad Asnawi 21 Aug 2024

Indonesia expands IPLC land recognition — but the pace is too slow, critics say

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Aug 2024

Maasai block tourist road protesting forced eviction from ancestral land

Bobby Bascomb 20 Aug 2024

One year after oil referendum, what’s next for Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park?

Aimee Gabay 20 Aug 2024
Makonga (in blue), who died in June this year, walking among the rubble of his former home.

In the DRC, a government commission is taking funds owed to people relocated by mines

Didier Makal 20 Aug 2024

Indonesian cabinet reshuffle promotes champions of destructive projects

Mongabay.com 20 Aug 2024
Forest clearance and plantation development in PT Megakarya Jaya Raya (PT MJR) oil palm concession, part of the Hayel Saeed Anam group in Boven Digoel Regency, Papua in March 2018. Photo credit: © Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace

The promise of ecocide law, from boardroom to courtroom (commentary)

Monica Lennon, Judith Schwartz 19 Aug 2024
Traditional healers use the smoke from the coals of a yellow wood tree (Podocarpus latifolius) to cleanse a cattle herd of problematic spirits and stop the animals from fighting.

‘Everything is a being’ for South Africa’s amaMpondo fighting to protect nature

Leonie Joubert 19 Aug 2024

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