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Newscast #7: Undiscovered Sumatran rhinos in the wild in Malaysia? Maybe, maybe not.

Mike Gaworecki 13 Dec 2016

Expedition finds serious damage to Southeast Sulawesi’s marine ecosystem

Dyna Rochmyaningsih 8 Dec 2016

The media megaphone: does it help curb bad infrastructure projects?

Daniel Pye, Alice Cuddy 7 Dec 2016

Sapphire boom propels thousands into Madagascar rainforest

John Cannon 1 Dec 2016

Newscast #6: Carl Safina on marine conservation and Trump

Mike Gaworecki 29 Nov 2016

Peru rainforest lost to illegal gold mining eclipses 10 Manhattans

Benji Jones 24 Nov 2016

Deep sea mining plans for Papua New Guinea raise alarm

David Hutt 18 Nov 2016

Mongabay Newscast episode 5: UN Climate talks and the impending Trump presidency, conserving salamanders in Mexico, and more

Mike Gaworecki 15 Nov 2016

Gold mining invades new areas of Peruvian Amazon

Benji Jones 11 Nov 2016

No more mining disasters

Payal Sampat 4 Nov 2016

Rio Doce: The murder of an already dead river (commentary)

Dr. Fabiano de Melo 4 Nov 2016

One-Year Anniversary of Brazil dam disaster brings prosecutions

Jenny Gonzales 2 Nov 2016

Thirst for coltan, gold threatens Venezuelan forests, indigenous lands

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 31 Oct 2016

Brazzaville-issued mining permits dip into Congo’s flagship park

John Cannon 31 Oct 2016

Gold Rush in Bolivia sparks conflict between miners and the community

Eduardo Franco Berton/RAI 28 Oct 2016
Auyna Tepui in Parque Nacional Canaima, part of the Guiana Shield. Photo by Christoph Kühnhanss via Wikimedia Commons.

The Guiana Shield, the ‘greenhouse of the world’

Akola Thompson 19 Oct 2016

World Bank money is helping to finance Asia’s coal boom: report

Isabel Esterman 19 Oct 2016

Gold mining deforestation in Peruvian reserve surpasses 450 hectares

Benji Jones 13 Oct 2016

New tool lets anyone find out if deep sea mining is happening in their ocean backyard

Mike Gaworecki 13 Oct 2016

Struggle against mining on Bangka Island continues despite wins in court

M Ambari 11 Oct 2016
Gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Signs of regrowth offer hope for Peruvian rainforest cleared for gold

Benji Jones 5 Oct 2016

Laws alone don’t stop companies from abandoning deadly mine pits in Indonesia

Yitno Suprapto 5 Oct 2016

Deforestation jumps into Peru reserve, 1,600 hectares of rainforest lost

Morgan Erickson-Davis 28 Sep 2016

‘We are revolutionaries’: Villagers fight to protect Myanmar’s forests

Katie Arnold 23 Sep 2016

Peru’s Goldman Prize winner Máxima Acuña denounces attack

Milton López Tarabochia 21 Sep 2016

Revealed: Australian miner used arbitration threat to upend Indonesian environmental law

Philip Jacobson 15 Sep 2016
Progression of deforestation in Bahuaja-Sonene National Park. Image courtesy of MAAP. Data from Planet, Digital Globe (Nextview)

Illegal deforestation hits three regions of Peru

Milton López Tarabochia 15 Sep 2016

Indigenous peoples demand protection of sacred sites at World Conservation Congress

Aura Tegría 7 Sep 2016

Illegal gold mining eats up more protected Peruvian rainforest

Morgan Erickson-Davis 12 Aug 2016
A mural of murdered activists Berta Cáceres in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Photo by disoniador via Pixabay.

In Latin America, environmentalists are an endangered species

Lindsay Fendt 11 Aug 2016

Sites targeted for deep-sea mining teeming with new species

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Aug 2016

Hundreds of unexpected species found in Mexican UNESCO site slated for gold mine

Martha Pskowski 5 Aug 2016

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