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Meet the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners

Liz Kimbrough 15 Jun 2021
Zacambu River in Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

US, UK join Norway and Germany in effort to protect Peru’s rainforests

Mongabay.com 4 Jun 2021

In Peru, officials play a losing game of whack-a-mole with illegal miners

Enrique Vera 3 Jun 2021

How many members can a giant river otter family have? Candid Animal Cam

Romina Castagnino 2 Jun 2021

Declining fish biodiversity in Peruvian Amazon affecting human nutrition

Liz Kimbrough 28 May 2021
Global Forest Watch tree cover loss 2001-2021 set on Planet imagery from Jun-Sep 2020.

Science refutes United Cacao’s claim it didn’t deforest Peruvian Amazon

John Cannon 25 May 2021

Researchers take up the cause of the mysterious and maligned Chaco eagle

Rodolfo Chisleanschi 27 Apr 2021
Sierra del Divisor. Photo credit: the Field Museum

We need more rewilding and connections to nature, says Enrique Ortiz

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Apr 2021
The Amazon. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

The political economy of the Pan-Amazon (book excerpt)

Timothy J. Killeen 22 Apr 2021

Researchers rush to understand kelp forests as harvesting increases

Michelle Carrere 22 Apr 2021

The birds of Zoom (commentary)

Enrique Ortiz 22 Apr 2021

Peru to establish rainforest reserve for isolated Indigenous peoples

Yvette Sierra Praeli 16 Apr 2021

Exposing organized crime in the Amazon: Q&A with Robert Muggah of the Igarapé Institute

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2021

BlackRock must commit to Indigenous rights — not just climate change (commentary)

David Hill 19 Mar 2021
A fire in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler.

The Amazon lost an area of primary forest larger than Israel in 2020, new analysis finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 28 Jan 2021
Gold mining is a major threat to the forests and biodiversity of the Peruvian Amazon, including protected areas. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Environmental assassinations bad for business, new research shows

Genevieve Belmaker 20 Jan 2021
Photo by the members of the community of Santa Martha.

Indigenous Cacataibo of Peru threatened by land grabbing and drug trade

Enrique Vera 15 Jan 2021

Seeking a sanctuary for Peru’s sea life: Q&A with Yuri Hooker

Michelle Carrere 12 Jan 2021

Illegal deforestation rises in South America’s Indigenous territories, parks

Vanessa Romo 29 Dec 2020
Blackwater oxbow lake, rainforest, and a whitewater river in the Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

How the pandemic impacted rainforests in 2020: a year in review

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Dec 2020
Sea turtle in the Pacific.

Nature drone photos: 2020 highlights (Insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Dec 2020

New innovations to clean up the impacts of mining

Mike Gaworecki 23 Dec 2020
Deforestation on the United Cacao plantation in 2013. Photo by Leoncio Ramirez via Panoramio.

Peruvian court absolves cacao company of illegal Amazon deforestation after “lobbying effort”

Mongabay.com 18 Dec 2020

In an oil spill’s aftermath in Peru, new voices lead an Indigenous fight for justice

Francesca García Delgado, Vanessa Romo 18 Dec 2020

An oil palm front advances on an Indigenous community in Peru

Francesca García Delgado 16 Dec 2020

Indigenous leader who fought for communities and conservation mourned in Peru

Anna-Catherine Brigida 25 Nov 2020

‘CSI Amazon’: Epic study looks at what’s killing the rainforest’s trees

Liz Kimbrough 18 Nov 2020

The Amazon’s short-eared dog was thought to be a scavenger. Now there’s video

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 17 Nov 2020

What is a tayra? Candid Animal Cam is in the Americas

Romina Castagnino 17 Nov 2020

Peru prosecutors probe Amazon deforestation linked to Mennonite communities

Yvette Sierra Praeli 6 Nov 2020

Peruvian Indigenous groups thwart oil drilling in their territory — for now

John Cannon 30 Oct 2020
Peregrines falcon in Peru. Photo by Miguel Moran.

‘Godfather of Peruvian falcons’ uncovers peregrine’s epic journey from the Arctic

Liz Kimbrough 27 Oct 2020

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