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Xiomara Cabraca, a Bribri farmer and member of ACOMUITA, checks the ripeness of cocoa pods. Palms, timber-yielding trees, and fruit trees are cropped with the cocoa in this agroforestry system in Shiroles, Talamanca, Costa Rica. Image by Monica Pelliccia for Mongabay.

For Costa Rica’s Indigenous Bribri women, agroforestry is an act of resistance and resilience

Monica Pelliccia 29 Sep 2021

Shea trees are falling fast across Africa, victims of new pressures (commentary)

Larry Becker 22 Sep 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, 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
African elephants in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. Photo credit: Gregoire Dubois

An engaged society is key for the future of African conservation, says WWF Africa’s Alice Ruhweza

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 May 2021
A black rhino in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Image by Sonse, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Saving our ‘Beloved Beasts’: Q&A with environmental journalist Michelle Nijhuis

John Cannon 22 Apr 2021
Pair of zebra in Rwanda. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Momentum is building for a ‘robust’ biodiversity framework: Q&A with Elizabeth Mrema

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Apr 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
Cesar, a Matses shaman. Photo courtesy of Acaté.

Investment in Indigenous peoples’ knowledge can drive their economic growth (commentary)

Tatiana Botelho 26 Jan 2021

With just 10 years left to save Sumatran elephants, what can be done now?

Mongabay.com 22 Jan 2021

Pet trade relies on ‘disposable’ wild chameleons from Madagascar

Chris Scarffe 20 Jan 2021

Nature-based solutions needed to enhance climate resilience in Southeast Asia (commentary)

John Leo Algo 19 Jan 2021
A village near a community forest in River Cess County, Liberia, 2016. Photo by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

Liberia gave villagers control over their forests. Then a mining company showed up

Ashoka Mukpo, James Giahyue 22 Dec 2020

Brazilians impacted by mining assert: ‘Genocide legalized by the state’

Thais Borges, Sue Branford 10 Dec 2020
Juvenile sakondry on a branch. Their dusty coating is washed off before they’re cooked. Image by Brian Fisher.

Bug bites: Edible insect production ramps up quickly in Madagascar

Emilie Filou 19 Nov 2020

Sumatra’s deforestation demystified

Mongabay.com 18 Nov 2020

Conservation must be primary goal of great ape tourism, despite COVID-driven recessions (commentary)

Trang Chu Minh 12 Nov 2020
La Danta, as photographed from a helicopter. Photo by Dennis Jarvis/Flickr.

In Guatemala, refugees find new calling as park rangers

Antonio José Paz Cardona, Ashoka Mukpo 16 Oct 2020

Gorongosa National Park is being reforested via coffee and agroforestry

Erik Hoffner 15 Oct 2020

In Sumatra, forest edge communities must be at the center of conservation efforts (commentary)

Roderick T.J. Buiskool 30 Sep 2020

Madagascar reopens national parks shuttered by COVID-19

Rivonala Razafison 17 Sep 2020

Protecting African wildlife: A defense of conservation territories (commentary)

Leif Brottem 27 Aug 2020

New road cutting into Manu Biosphere Reserve in Peruvian Amazon sparks debate, fears and a film

Mongabay.com 20 Aug 2020

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