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Improving rural credit in Brazil: More production, better environment (commentary)

Juliano Assunção, Priscila Souza 6 Sep 2018

Indonesia, a top plastic polluter, mobilizes 20,000 citizens to clean up the mess

Mongabay Indonesia 4 Sep 2018

Latam Eco Review: Industrial fishing in the Galapagos, fracking Colombian cloud forests, whale sharks in Peru

Mongabay.com 2 Sep 2018

The forested path to climate stability (commentary)

Belinda Morris, Frances Seymour 30 Aug 2018

Fires and haze return to Indonesia as peat protection bid falls short

Aseanty Pahlevi, Hans Nicholas Jong, Zamzami 29 Aug 2018

Taking it slow can help reduce impacts of Arctic shipping on whales (commentary)

Matt Pine 28 Aug 2018

Graft and government policy align to keep Indonesia burning coal

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Aug 2018

Study finds widespread degradation, deforestation in African woodlands

John Cannon 27 Aug 2018

Another mass fish kill hits Indonesia’s largest lake

Ayat S. Karokaro 24 Aug 2018

Scientists call on California governor to OK carbon credits from forest conservation

Mongabay.com 21 Aug 2018

Gold mining suspected as cause of Cambodian mass poisonings

Rod Harbinson 17 Aug 2018

Forest fires threaten Asian Games as hotspots flare up in Sumatra

Hans Nicholas Jong, Taufik Wijaya 10 Aug 2018

A river restored breathes new life into Kuala Lumpur

Keith Schneider 8 Aug 2018

On an island in the sun, coal power is king over abundant solar

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Aug 2018

Indonesia demands cleanup after coal spill pollutes beach

Junaidi Hanafiah 6 Aug 2018

Tropical forest canopies get hotter than expected, putting wildlife at risk

Morgan Erickson-Davis 3 Aug 2018

Nitrogen pollution is choking forests’ carbon-protecting fungi

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Aug 2018

Study links US demand for Chinese furniture to deforestation in Africa

John Cannon 3 Aug 2018

Colombia bans the use of mercury in mining

Antonio José Paz Cardona 1 Aug 2018

The Great Barrier Reef is losing its ability to bounce back from disturbances

Mongabay.com 31 Jul 2018

Latam Eco Review: Witchcraft and wildlife trafficking in Peru

Mongabay.com 27 Jul 2018

Global marine wilderness has dwindled to 13 percent, new map reveals

John Cannon 26 Jul 2018

As planned excise flops, Indonesia ponders how to give up plastic bags

Basten Gokkon 23 Jul 2018

Grasslands may trump forests at carbon storage in a warming world

Morgan Erickson-Davis 18 Jul 2018

Red flags abound as a warming Arctic opens up to shipping

Basten Gokkon 18 Jul 2018
Wood that was cut for charcoal production near Katha, northern Myanmar. Villages in this area used to cut teak and other valuable trees for export, but have since started producing charcoal. The charcoal being exported to China can be made from any tree, regardless of size or kind. This amount of trees could produce about 150 bags of charcoal. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

‘Single-minded determination’: China’s global infrastructure spree rings alarm bells

Basten Gokkon 17 Jul 2018

Mangroves and their deforestation may emit more methane than we thought

Morgan Erickson-Davis 13 Jul 2018

Solution to ocean’s plastic waste problem ‘starts with product design’

John Cannon 12 Jul 2018

In Sumatra, villagers blame a coal mine for cracks in their houses, and their community

Yitno Suprapto 4 Jul 2018

Delhi residents protest against axing of the city’s green cover

Mayank Aggarwal 4 Jul 2018

Smartphone app helps indigenous communities fight deforestation

Mongabay.com 2 Jul 2018

Plant response to rising CO2 levels may alter rainfall patterns across tropics

Claire Asher 28 Jun 2018

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