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Two new clown tree frogs discovered in the Amazon

Mike Gaworecki 27 Mar 2017
Residents celebrate in town square after the results of the vote were announced in Cajamarca, Colombia on March 26, 2017. Photo by Bram Ebus for Mongabay.

Villagers vote to ban ‘La Colosa’ gold mining project in Colombia

Bram Ebus 27 Mar 2017

Sand mining ban lifted on beach in Suriname, causing public backlash

Rachel Fritts 27 Mar 2017

Military base-building destroys coral reefs in the South China Sea

Greg Asner 26 Mar 2017

New cave catfish threatened by deforestation, mining, pollution

Morgan Erickson-Davis 23 Mar 2017

Downstream from a coal mine, villages in Indonesian Borneo suffer from water pollution

Mongabay.com, Yustinus S. Hardjanto 23 Mar 2017
Santurban moorlands in Colombia. Photo by Grupo Areas Protegidas CORPONOR via Wikimedia Commons

World Bank exits controversial Angostura goldmine project in Colombian moorland

Bram Ebus 23 Mar 2017

Plans to mine coal in South African protected area trigger conservation battle

Kim Harrisberg 22 Mar 2017

Shuar people ask for their president’s freedom amid mining dispute

Daniela Aguilar 14 Mar 2017
Participants at a press conference in Quito last Thursday included Shuar community members Tuntiak Katan, far right, and Elvia Dagua, second from right. Photo by Kimberley Brown for Mongabay

Indigenous leaders denounce Ecuadorian government over mining conflicts

Kimberley Brown 13 Mar 2017

Successful forest protection in DRC hinges on community participation

John Cannon 12 Mar 2017

New bill aims to cut protection of 1M hectares of Brazilian rainforest

Benji Jones 10 Mar 2017

Living above a century-old coal fire, Jharia residents pay the price for India’s mining ambitions

Moushumi Basu 9 Mar 2017

In Ecuador, progress stalls on mining dispute between government and indigenous Shuar people

Daniela Aguilar 8 Mar 2017

Where the forest grants went

Harriet Williams 6 Mar 2017

Will changes to Indonesia’s mining law hurt or help the environment?

Rachel Diaz-Bastin 1 Mar 2017

Field Notes: Finding Jacobo; an Andean cat captivates conservationists

Elizabeth Devitt 28 Feb 2017

Environmental costs, benefits and possibilities: Q&A with anthropologist Eben Kirksey

John Cannon 28 Feb 2017

7 new frogs discovered in India, some smaller than a thumbnail

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Feb 2017

Judge halts excavation plans for largest-ever Brazilian goldmine

Zoe Sullivan 22 Feb 2017

Proposed Trump policy threatens Critically Endangered Grauer’s gorilla

Sharon Guynup 21 Feb 2017

Grief, anger and fear in the aftermath of a deadly coal-mining disaster in Jharkhand State, India

Moushumi Basu 16 Feb 2017

Camera traps proving to be powerful tool for studying endangered species in remote locations

Mike Gaworecki 15 Feb 2017

Investors learning to pay heed to community land rights

John Cannon 13 Feb 2017

Forced evictions along Jakarta waterway a liability for Ahok as governor’s race nears finish line

Edith Koesoemawiria 13 Feb 2017

Giant catfish clocks longest ever freshwater migration

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Feb 2017

Scientists launch expedition to find missing monkeys

Christina Selby 2 Feb 2017

The Philippines declares more than 100,000 acres as critical habitat

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Feb 2017

Honduran politicians, US aid implicated in killings of environmentalists

Sandra Cuffe 1 Feb 2017

‘Revolutionary’ new biodiversity maps reveal big gaps in conservation

John Cannon 27 Jan 2017

Court dismisses Ecuadorian government bid to shut down environmental NGO

Daniela Aguilar 26 Jan 2017

Conflict erupts between Chinese mining company, government and indigenous communities in Ecuador

Daniela Aguilar 26 Jan 2017

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