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How a sheriff in Brazil is using satellites to stop deforestation

Jenny Gonzales 12 Apr 2019

In Indonesia, an earthquake leaves devastation on land and under the sea

Ian Morse 9 Apr 2019
Rio Tinto’s QIT Madagascar Minerals mine in southeastern Madagascar. Image courtesy of Google Earth.

Madagascar: Rio Tinto mine breaches sensitive wetland

Edward Carver 9 Apr 2019

3 massacres in 12 days: Rural violence escalates in Brazilian Amazon

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 8 Apr 2019

Illegal online sales driving mercury pollution crisis in Indonesia

Luh De Suriyani, Nurdin Tubaka 8 Apr 2019

Environmental issues among top priorities of urban Indian voters: Report

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Apr 2019
Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands, where the oil spill occurred. Image courtesy of Google Earth. 

Solomon Islands: Oil stops spilling but environmental toll still being calculated

Catherine Wilson 2 Apr 2019
A Shiwiar man paints his face with paint made from local plants before the assembly starts. Photo by Kimberley A. Brown.

Indigenous groups in Ecuador convene to talk resistance in the Amazon

Kimberley Brown 1 Apr 2019

Bolsonaro on the move: International meetings push agribusiness agenda

Jenny Gonzales 20 Mar 2019

What underwater sounds can tell us about Indian Ocean humpback dolphins

Mike Gaworecki 19 Mar 2019

An island mapped for mines gets a reprieve after violent protests

Kamarudin 19 Mar 2019

Latam Eco Review: Bolivia’s Batman and Peru’s birdy cave drawings

Mongabay.com 16 Mar 2019

New maps show where humans are pushing species closer to extinction

John Cannon 15 Mar 2019

Brazil to open indigenous reserves to mining without indigenous consent

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 14 Mar 2019
Julio Cusurichi. Image courtesy of FENAMAD.

Defending the Amazon’s uncontacted peoples: Q&A with Julio Cusurichi

Dan Collyns 13 Mar 2019

PNG politicians push coal as Pacific islanders rail against climate change

Catherine Wilson 12 Mar 2019

What the Congo Basin can learn from Filipino community forestry laws (commentary)

Tanja Venisnik 21 Feb 2019

Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil

Basten Gokkon 20 Feb 2019

Bolsonaro government takes aim at Vatican over Amazon meeting

Jan Rocha 20 Feb 2019
A view of the Soarano wetland, cleared of forest by illegal gold miners. Image by Daniel Burgas.

Illegal gold mining destroys wetland forest in Madagascar park

Rowan Moore Gerety 19 Feb 2019

In the Solomon Islands, making amends in the name of conservation

John Cannon 19 Feb 2019
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Few eco commitments and suspect funding for Indonesia presidential hopefuls

Basten Gokkon 15 Feb 2019

Amazon at risk: Brazil plans rapid road and rail infrastructure expansion

Sue Branford 12 Feb 2019

Dam déjà vu: 2 Brazil mining waste disasters in 3 years raise alarms

Zoe Sullivan, Caio de Freitas Paes 11 Feb 2019

Latam Eco Review: ‘Andean ostrich’ gets some bling and Patagonia pumas protected

Mongabay.com 8 Feb 2019

Good news from Mexico monarch reserve despite looming deforestation, mine threat

Mike Gaworecki 5 Feb 2019

New appointments, new policies don’t bode well for Brazilian Amazon

Jenny Gonzales 4 Feb 2019

Indonesia’s anti-graft agency arrests Borneo politician over mining permits

Indra Nugraha 4 Feb 2019

Arson attack in Indonesia leaves activist shaken

Fathul Rakhman, Indra Nugraha 1 Feb 2019

Will President Bolsonaro withdraw Brazil from the Paris Agreement? (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 31 Jan 2019
The mudslide near Brumadinho via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Dam holding mining waste collapses in Brazil

Mongabay.com 28 Jan 2019

Bolsonaro government reveals plan to develop the ‘Unproductive Amazon’

Jan Rocha 28 Jan 2019

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