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As the Amazon burns, its Indigenous inhabitants choke on the haze

Valéria Santana and Juliana Ennes 23 Dec 2021
Small-scale gold mining

Secrecy shrouds new gold mining deal in Guyana’s Marudi mountains

Laurel Sutherland 22 Dec 2021

Top 15 species discoveries from 2021 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 21 Dec 2021

Congo Peatlands

Mongabay.com 21 Dec 2021

As climate-driven drought slams farms in U.S. West, water solutions loom

Saul Elbein 17 Dec 2021
The dumbo octopus is a species only found in the deep sea. Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration.

Deep-sea mining regulator’s latest meeting on rules only muddies the water

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 17 Dec 2021

Indigenous leader sues over Borneo natural capital deal

John Cannon 17 Dec 2021

Indonesians protesting against mines run growing risk of ‘criminalization’

Agus Mawan, Nuswantoro 17 Dec 2021

The past, present and future of the Congo peatlands: 10 takeaways from our series

John Cannon 16 Dec 2021

Brazil’s Suzano boasts its pulpwood plantations are green; critics disagree

Sue Branford 15 Dec 2021

Madagascar gemstone rush puts a wetland and its community under pressure

Rivonala Razafison 14 Dec 2021

First Nations unite to fight industrial exploitation of Australia’s Martuwarra

Nick Rodway 14 Dec 2021

Carbon and communities: The future of the Congo Basin peatlands

John Cannon 14 Dec 2021

In Colombia, threatened women of the Wayuú community continue to fight rampant mining

Carol Sánchez 13 Dec 2021
Global Forest Watch tree cover loss 2001-2021 set on Planet imagery from Jun-Sep 2020.

Mongabay reporter sued in what appears to be a pattern of legal intimidation by Peruvian cacao company

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2021

Holding agriculture and logging at bay in the Congo peatlands

John Cannon 9 Dec 2021

Hold the tree planting: Protect ecosystems first for maximum carbon storage, study says

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Dec 2021

Layers of carbon: The Congo Basin peatlands and oil

John Cannon 7 Dec 2021

Off West Africa’s coast, a sea of oil spills goes unreported

Ashoka Mukpo 6 Dec 2021
Measuring coral off the coast of East Africa. Photo credit: Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Save Our Seas Foundation

We must reverse the pressures on coral reefs before it’s too late (commentary)

David Obura, Melita Samoilys 6 Dec 2021

Criminal indictment obscures the reality of extractives contamination (commentary)

Suzana Sawyer, Lindsay Ofrias 6 Dec 2021

Niger Delta communities in ‘great danger’ as month-old oil spill continues

Mongabay 6 Dec 2021

$1.5 billion Congo Basin pledge a good start but not enough, experts say

Jim Tan 3 Dec 2021

Major clothing brands contribute to deforestation in Cambodia, report finds

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 3 Dec 2021

The ‘idea’: Uncovering the peatlands of the Congo Basin

John Cannon 2 Dec 2021
primary forest in Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, by John C. Cannon/Mongabay

Is colonial history repeating itself with Sabah forest carbon deal? (commentary)

Cynthia Clare Ong Gaik Suan 1 Dec 2021
Mother Nature Cambodia

Newly released Cambodian activists honored among Front Line Defenders awardees

Carolyn Cowan 29 Nov 2021

‘Our land, our life’: Okinawans hold out against new U.S. base in coastal zone

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 25 Nov 2021

If marine noise pollution is bad, deep-sea mining could add to the cacophony

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 24 Nov 2021
Representative animation of the soil formation process

Fighting climate change is a dirty job, but soils can do it | Problem Solved

Mike DiGirolamo 24 Nov 2021

Details emerge around closed-door carbon deal in Malaysian Borneo

John Cannon 24 Nov 2021

Primary-colored poison: Lead paint still a major threat to Indonesian kids

Ayat S. Karokaro 17 Nov 2021

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