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Ecuador: Waorani people map their rainforest to save it

Daniela Aguilar 6 Jun 2018
● Guided by the indigenous people of Ecuador’s Sucumbíos province, which has been hit by oil exploitation, Waorani people from Pastaza province joined a “Toxic Tour” to learn how contamination has affected other communities in the Amazon.

Ecuador: Tribe sees how oil industry affects forest on ‘Toxic Tour’

Daniela Aguilar 1 Jun 2018

Documenting the African elephant’s ‘last stand’: Q&A with filmmakers Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson

John Cannon 21 May 2018

Indonesia to punish state firm over litany of failures behind Borneo oil spill

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Apr 2018

Deadly oil spill in eastern Borneo spreads to the open sea

Basten Gokkon 5 Apr 2018

Indonesia investigates deadly oil spill in eastern Borneo

Basten Gokkon 3 Apr 2018

Small section of controversial refinery wall in Indian ‘elephant corridor’ demolished

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Mar 2018

Analysis: U.S. call to drill off all coasts, economic and ecological folly?

Saul Elbein 14 Mar 2018

Ecuador votes to reduce oil exploitation in Yasuní National Park

Daniela Aguilar 12 Feb 2018

David Suzuki on why indigenous knowledge is critical for human survival

Mike Gaworecki 23 Jan 2018

Mesoamerican Reef gets improving bill of health

Mongabay.com 22 Jan 2018

Pope set to visit site of deforestation, indigenous struggle in Peru

Mongabay.com 19 Jan 2018

A tale of two policies: climate change, Trump, and the U.S. military

Sean Mowbray 17 Jan 2018

Company to probe for minerals close to Mekong River dolphin habitat

Mongabay.com 17 Jan 2018

Belize imposes offshore oil moratorium to protect reefs

Mongabay.com 15 Jan 2018
A rebel's weapon and holster. The ELN mostly uses M16, AK47s and Ghalils, Noanamá, Chocó. Photo by Maximo Anderson/Mongabay.

Colombian pipeline bombed hours after end to ceasefire

Maximo Anderson 11 Jan 2018

Trump Admin officially proposes opening vast areas of U.S. coastal waters to oil and gas drilling

Mike Gaworecki 5 Jan 2018

Brazil / UK push offshore oil pact, a potential climate change disaster

Jenny Gonzales 13 Dec 2017

Margaret Atwood on her conservation-themed graphic novel, dystopian futures, and how not to despair

Mike Gaworecki 28 Nov 2017
A turtle at Shell Beach in Region 1 of Guyana. Photo courtesy of Guyana Marine Conservation Society.

Guyana seeks offshore oil wealth in a green economy

Carinya Sharples 21 Nov 2017

Pyrrhic victory for Keystone XL as Nebraska nixes preferred pipeline route

Saul Elbein 21 Nov 2017

Alliance of the Bear: Native groups stymie Trump, tar sands pipelines

Saul Elbein 16 Nov 2017

Move to open U.S. Atlantic coast to oil drilling meets increased opposition

Mike Gaworecki 13 Sep 2017

Technologies that boost conservation efforts right now and in the future

Mike Gaworecki 6 Sep 2017

Brazil rejects oil company’s ‘Amazon Reef’ drilling bid

Mongabay.com 29 Aug 2017

Indonesia sues Thai energy giant PTT for $2B over 2009 oil spill

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 11 Jul 2017

Federal prosecutor in Brazil calls for suspension of licensing to drill near Amazon Reef

Mike Gaworecki 22 May 2017

Plans to drill for oil near newly discovered Amazon Reef alarm scientists

Mike Gaworecki 26 Apr 2017

BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused $17.2 billion in environmental damage to the Gulf of Mexico

Mike Gaworecki 20 Apr 2017

Two new clown tree frogs discovered in the Amazon

Mike Gaworecki 27 Mar 2017

Where the forest grants went

Harriet Williams 6 Mar 2017

The Republic of Congo: on the cusp of forest conservation

John Cannon 27 Feb 2017

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