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Fires burning in the Amazon on August 17 next to the borders of the Kaxarari Indigenous territory, in Labrea, Amazonas state. Felled forests are intentionally lit in the Amazon to clear land for cattle ranching. Photo by: Christian Braga / Greenpeace

The best news of 2020? Humanity may never hit the 10 billion mark

Jeremy Hance 10 Sep 2020
NASA Landsat image of agriculture in the Nevada desert.

Population and consumption: challenges we can win (commentary)

Enrique Ortiz 20 Jul 2020

An armada of turtles, caught on drone cam, flocks to the Great Barrier Reef

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 12 Jun 2020

Our growing footprint, wildlife extinctions, and the importance of contraception (commentary)

Sarah Baillie 28 Jan 2020

For Indonesia’s Kendari Bay, silting is a death sentence

Ian Morse 28 Aug 2019

Snow leopard population overestimated in Nepal? DNA study suggests it may be

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Aug 2019
A black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra), a resident of Cerro Amay photographed in Belize. Image by Rhett A. Butler.

Guatemala: Proposed new park on indigenous land treads fine ethical line

Max Radwin 4 Mar 2019

Congo Basin rainforest may be gone by 2100, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 7 Nov 2018

Tropical deforestation now emits more CO2 than the EU

Rachel Fritts 18 Oct 2018

The tropics are in trouble, warn scientists

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Aug 2018

Warmer sea surface temperatures imperil the survival of juvenile albatross: Study

Mongabay.com 21 Jun 2018

Range countries to lead new estimate of global snow leopard population as downgraded threat status remains controversial

Mike Gaworecki 26 Mar 2018

‘Adaptation Bangladesh: Sea Level Rise’ film shows how farmers are fighting climate change

Mongabay.com 22 Feb 2018

Scientists discover 18 new spider-hunting spiders from Madagascar

Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 Feb 2018

IUCN, UN, global NGOs, likely to see major budget cuts under Trump

Sean Mowbray 8 Jan 2018
Men and women spend hours sowing rice seedlings and ploughing the land. Photo by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor for Mongabay.

To feed a growing population, farms chew away at Madagascar’s forests

Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor 17 Nov 2017

Trump family planning policy may increase population, hurt women and environment

Tina Deines 10 Nov 2017

Pursuing a decent life for all on a sustainable planet (commentary)

Michael Painter and David Wilkie 18 Sep 2017

Why we can’t lose hope: Dr. David Suzuki speaks out

Glenn Scherer 11 Sep 2017

On poaching in South Africa, education “has saved more wildlife than any guard with a gun”

Justin Catanoso 13 Jul 2017

Singapore statement on International Day of the Tropics: infrastructure deficit must be met sustainably (commentary)

Mark Ziembicki, Stewart Lockie 28 Jun 2017

Scrapping Nigerian superhighway buffer isn’t enough, say conservation groups

John Cannon 22 Feb 2017

Fish for all? The fish-free fishmeal challenge

Elizabeth Devitt 10 Jan 2017

Human impact on environment may be slowing down: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Aug 2016

Understanding the ghost of the mountain

Julia John 10 Aug 2016

A dangerous, illegal necessity: charcoal reform comes to Virunga

Sophie Mbugua 2 Aug 2016

Conservation and birth control: a controversial mix?

Roz Evans 14 Mar 2016

Live slow, decline fast: ‘speed of life’ may explain tuna population declines

Mike Gaworecki 24 Jul 2015

Study confirms what scientists have been saying for decades: the sixth mass extinction is real and caused by us

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Jun 2015

Human impacts are ‘decoupling’ coral reef ecosystems

Jeremy Hance 9 Mar 2015

Without draconian measures, global population boom is ‘locked in’

Chris Cesare 1 Dec 2014

‘Too many people’: Philippine island being deforested despite extensive protections

Shaira Panela 31 Oct 2014

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