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War on graft in mining, palm oil hit by new law weakening Indonesian enforcer

Hans Nicholas Jong, Lusia Arumingtyas 25 Sep 2019

Report highlights business, political players behind Philippine environment defender deaths

Imelda Abano, Leilani Chavez 24 Sep 2019

Will a massive marine protected area safeguard Cook Islands’ ocean?

Monica Evans 19 Sep 2019

Pan Borneo Highway development endangers the Heart of Borneo

John Cannon 18 Sep 2019

On an island coveted by miners, villagers prepare to raise a ruckus

Ian Morse 13 Sep 2019

Into the abyss with deep sea biologist Diva Amon

Erik Hoffner 9 Sep 2019

State governors support Bolsonaro’s Amazon mining, agribusiness plans

Jenny Gonzales 9 Sep 2019

New monkey species found in Amazon forest area that’s fast disappearing

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Sep 2019

A Philippine island employs a rare cockatoo in its fight against mines

Mongabay.com 3 Sep 2019

‘Not a pretty picture’: South China’s forests vanish as tree farms move in

Michael Standaert 29 Aug 2019

A remote Indonesian district juggles road building with nature conservation

Basten Gokkon 29 Aug 2019

‘We have cut them all’: Ghana struggles to protect its last old-growth forests

Awudu Salami Sulemana Yoda 28 Aug 2019

For Indonesia’s Kendari Bay, silting is a death sentence

Ian Morse 28 Aug 2019

Indigenous communities, nat’l parks suffer as Malaysia razes its reserves

Kit Humphrey 23 Aug 2019

In Cambodia, a rare acquittal in a climate of danger for green activists

Andrew Nachemson 22 Aug 2019

Philippine eco-warrior Gina Lopez, who battled mines, dies at 65

Mongabay.com 19 Aug 2019
Margay (Leopardus wiedii)

Precision conservation: High tech to the rescue in the Peruvian Amazon

Lisa Palmer 15 Aug 2019

Gov’t takedown of illegal gold mining in Peru shows promise, but at a cost

Justin Catanoso 9 Aug 2019

Forests and forest communities critical to climate change solutions

John Cannon 8 Aug 2019

Indonesian flooding disaster bears the hallmarks of agriculture and mining impacts

Ian Morse 7 Aug 2019

Protecting the strange sea pangolin and other animals: Q&A with deep sea biologist Chong Chen

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Aug 2019

‘The forest is our life’: Hope for change in Guyana’s forests (commentary)

Gaulbert Sutherland 6 Aug 2019

Logging, mining companies lock eyes on a biodiverse island like no other

Gianluca Cerullo 31 Jul 2019

Fuel trafficking sustains illegal mining in Peru’s Madre de Dios

Vanessa Romo 31 Jul 2019

Corrupt police caught in bust of Peruvian Amazon drug gang

Bethan John 19 Jul 2019

Agriculture, mining, hunting push critically endangered gorillas to the brink

Rachel Fritts 16 Jul 2019

Colombia registers first drop in deforestation since 2016 FARC peace deal

Taran Volckhausen 15 Jul 2019

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

Sue Branford 12 Jul 2019

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

Vanessa Romo 5 Jul 2019

Drowning deaths at disused mines in Indonesia renew calls for action

Yovanda 4 Jul 2019

Lost in translation: Green regulations backfire without local context

Mongabay.com 3 Jul 2019
A meeting of the Benetse chapter of Mazoto, a group opposed to Base Resources’s mining project. Image by Edward Carver for Mongabay.

Madagascar mine ignites protests, community division

Edward Carver 2 Jul 2019

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