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Fighting wildlife trafficking in Peru: Q&A with prosecutor Alberto Caraza

Maxwell Radwin 26 Dec 2022
Wood chips piled in mounds more than 6 meters (20 feet) high cover the lot of the Enviva wood pellet plant in Ahoskie, North Carolina. Enviva says that it uses wood waste to produce pellets. The whistleblower and Mongabay’s on site investigation at a North Carolina clear-cut site and at the Ahoskie plant provided evidence to the contrary. Image by Justin Catanoso for Mongabay.

The Netherlands to stop paying subsidies to ‘untruthful’ biomass firms

Justin Catanoso 23 Dec 2022

Australia rejects forest biomass in first blow to wood pellet industry

Justin Catanoso 21 Dec 2022
Deforestation in Borneo.

Up to half of tropical forestland cleared for agriculture isn’t put to use, research shows

Calvin Rock Odhiambo 21 Dec 2022

As EU finalizes renewable energy plan, forest advocates condemn biomass

Justin Catanoso 7 Dec 2022
A deforestated site in Edenton, North Carolina.

Whistleblower: Enviva claim of ‘being good for the planet… all nonsense’

Justin Catanoso 5 Dec 2022
Mother and baby orangutans.

What can Half or Whole Earth conservation strategies do for orangutans?

John Cannon 28 Nov 2022

Indonesia’s orangutans declining amid ‘lax’ and ‘laissez-faire’ law enforcement

Basten Gokkon 25 Nov 2022

Indigenous community in Peru losing forests to timber, drug, land trafficking

Yvette Sierra Praeli 21 Nov 2022
A community member carries mangrove seedlings to be planted. Image by Orji Sunday for Mongabay.

Oil spills, logging and invasive species threaten Niger Delta mangroves

Orji Sunday 18 Nov 2022
Lowland forest

Myanmar communities decry disempowerment as forest guardians since 2021 coup

Carolyn Cowan 17 Nov 2022
Marina Silva.

Brazil’s new environmental future under Lula: Q&A with Marina Silva

Jaqueline Sordi 14 Nov 2022

With new EU rules ahead, Indonesia adds sustainability to its timber legality system

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Nov 2022

EU ‘moving the goal posts’ with new timber requirement, Indonesia says

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Nov 2022
Rosewood logs. Image courtesy of Environmental Investigation Agency.

Will CITES finally act to protect rosewood this month? (commentary)

Mark Roberts 4 Nov 2022
Jair Bolsonaro.

Bolsonaro loses election but finds big support in Amazon Arc of Deforestation

André Schröder 3 Nov 2022
Old growth forest in Washington State. Image by Udo S via Flickr.

How the Indigenous Shuar regained their ancestral forest

Mike Gaworecki 2 Nov 2022
Rainbow over Jambi, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett Ayers Butler / Mongabay

Drive for restoration and remedy behind some NGOs’ cautious support for FSC changes (commentary)

Grant Rosoman 21 Oct 2022
Conservation Response Unit team in Cot Girek pose while also trying to control Marni the elephant.

Life in the awe-and-terror-inspiring vicinity of the Sumatran elephant

Philip Jacobson 20 Oct 2022

How an Indigenous family under siege became a symbol of resistance in the Amazon

Elizabeth Oliveira 18 Oct 2022
Tewe Dayuma Michela Conta, one of the girls kidnapped from the Tagaeri and Taromenane territory, speak during the trial. Image courtesy of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

First-ever regional court case involving rights of uncontacted peoples awaits verdict

Kimberley Brown 13 Oct 2022

In Brazil, a heavily fined firm is also accused of waging a ‘palm oil war’ on communities

Karla Mendes 11 Oct 2022

Amazonian river communities seek to boost hard-won land rights to fight loggers

Lais Modelli 11 Oct 2022
Logging operation in the Amazon.

Brazil may fail Paris Agreement targets by 137% if Bolsonaro stays in office

Jaqueline Sordi 7 Oct 2022

Conservatives tighten grip on Brazil Congress, hampering environmental agenda

Jaqueline Sordi 5 Oct 2022
This photo of logged old-growth forest outside Olympia National Park, shows what can happen when mature forests aren’t given full protection.

New study identifies mature forests on U.S. federal lands ripe for protection

Justin Catanoso 4 Oct 2022
Kanamari Indigenous people carry out their work

The Amazon will reach tipping point if current trend of deforestation continues

Yvette Sierra Praeli 3 Oct 2022

Brazil 2022: Election, environment and the future of the Amazon

Alejandro Prescott-Cornejo 29 Sep 2022

The Fixers: Top U.S. flooring retailers linked to Brazilian firm probed for corruption

Karla Mendes 29 Sep 2022
Jair Bolsonaro with supporters

In the Amazon, Bolsonaro’s far right may retain power even if Lula wins

Jaqueline Sordi 26 Sep 2022

Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo

Sarjan Lahay 15 Sep 2022
Torrance Coste stands on a stump

British Columbia delays promised protections as old growth keeps falling

Justin Catanoso 14 Sep 2022

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