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Farmer-to-farmer agroecology: Q&A with Chukki Nanjundaswamy of Amrita Bhoomi Learning Centre

Anna Lappé 3 Aug 2022
A woman in Satkhira washes dishes in a pond.

For women on Bangladesh’s coast, rising seas pose a reproductive health dilemma

Jesmin Papri 8 Jul 2022
A member of the Bhimeshwori Sustainable Farming Group at her agroforestry farm in Kavre, Nepal. Image by Abhaya Raj Josh / Mongabay.

Return to agroforestry empowers women in Nepal

Abhaya Raj Joshi 8 Jul 2022

Does citizen ownership of natural resources hold the key to realizing deforestation commitments? (commentary)

Han Overman 6 Jun 2022
Fishing in Sierra Leone

In Sierra Leone, local fishers and foreign trawlers battle for their catch

Ashoka Mukpo 24 May 2022

Malawi steps up action against illegal charcoal trade (analysis)

Nicholas J. Parkinson 12 May 2022
Fishermen on Lake Victoria.

Boom and bust on Lake Victoria: Q&A with author Mark Weston

John Cannon 10 May 2022
Professional hunter (left) with a hunting guest (right) in Namibia. Image by Mikael Tham via Wikidmedia Commons.

Reframing trophy hunting’s socio-economic benefits in Namibia (commentary)

Frowin Becker 28 Apr 2022
Harvesting oranges near Sicily, Italy.

Cradle of transformation: The Mediterranean and climate change

John Cannon 28 Apr 2022
A jade mining site in Myanmar's Kachin state.

Analysis: Myanmar’s gemstone riches bring poverty and environmental destruction

John Sai Luu 25 Apr 2022

Donors must rethink Africa’s flagging Green Revolution, new evaluation shows (commentary)

Timothy A. Wise 22 Mar 2022

NGOs alert U.N. to furtive 2-million-hectare carbon deal in Malaysian Borneo

John Cannon 17 Mar 2022
Elephants in Namibia. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler.

UK trophy hunting import ban not supported by rural Africans (commentary)

Dr Malan Lindeque, Gail Thomson, Hilma Angula, Kenneth /Uiseb, Rosalia Iileka 11 Feb 2022

Malaysian officials dampen prospects for giant, secret carbon deal in Sabah

John Cannon 10 Feb 2022

Endangered chimps ‘on the brink’ as Nigerian reserve is razed for agriculture, timber

Orji Sunday 31 Dec 2021

‘Unprecedented’ fires in Madagascar national park threaten livelihoods and lemurs

Edward Carver 23 Dec 2021

Indigenous leader sues over Borneo natural capital deal

John Cannon 17 Dec 2021
primary forest in Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, by John C. Cannon/Mongabay

Bornean communities locked into 2-million-hectare carbon deal they don’t know about

John Cannon 9 Nov 2021
A chainsaw cuts through timber near Afi River Forest Reserve. Image by Orji Sunday.

Deforestation soars in Nigeria’s gorilla habitat: ‘We are running out of time’

Orji Sunday 29 Oct 2021

Plantation giant Socfin accused of dodging taxes in Africa

Ashoka Mukpo 21 Oct 2021

Conservation after coronavirus: We need to diversify and innovate (commentary)

Jonathan Ayers, Frederic Launay 2 Sep 2021

Study shows how sustainable livelihood programs for Indonesian fishers can succeed

Cassie Freund 26 Aug 2021

China joins the foreign fleets quietly exploiting Madagascar’s waters

Edward Carver 16 Aug 2021

A world of hurt: 2021 climate disasters raise alarm over food security

Sue Branford and Glenn Scherer 4 Aug 2021

Study puts 2050 deadline on tipping point for Mekong Delta salinity

Zoe Osborne 22 Jul 2021

Turning Kenya’s problematic invasive plants into useful bioenergy

Anthony Langat 21 Jul 2021

Cleaning up Cambodia’s kitchens could curb deforestation, climate change

Marissa Carruthers 22 Jun 2021

Deforestation spikes in Virunga National Park, DRC

Morgan Erickson-Davis 18 Jun 2021

Rush to turn ‘black diamonds’ into cash eats up Uganda’s forests, fruits

Alex Tumuhimbise 17 Jun 2021
Proboscis monkeys in Malaysian Borneo. Image by John C. Cannon/Mongabay.

Scientists call for solving climate and biodiversity crises together

John Cannon 14 Jun 2021

A tale of two seas: Closed season is a mixed bag for Philippine sardines industry 

Bong S. Sarmiento 18 Feb 2021

Teachers create lasting change for people and primates via clean cookstoves (commentary)

Corinne Kendall 10 Feb 2021

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