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In central Brazil, mining company ignores Quilombola concerns over gold project

Sandra Silva/The Mining Observatory 29 Mar 2023

Logged and loaded: Cambodian prison official suspected in massive legalized logging operation

Gerald Flynn 8 Mar 2023
Children relaxing in the clear water of a shallow river in Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo. Image by Pieter Henket (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Deforestation threatens local populations in Republic of Congo’s Sangha

Lawon Olalekan 6 Mar 2023

Bolivian national park hit hard by forest fires in 2022, satellite data show

Iván Paredes Tamayo 2 Feb 2023

In Brazil’s Amazon, land grabbers scramble to claim disputed Indigenous reserve

Ana Ionova 29 Dec 2022

Gold mining invades remote protected area in Ecuador

Antonio José Paz Cardona 21 Dec 2022
Okapis (Okapia johnstoni) are related to giraffes. Image in the public domain.

Element Africa: Mines take their toll on nature and communities

Mongabay.com 20 Oct 2022

Beef is still coming from protected areas in the Amazon, study shows

Liz Kimbrough 18 Oct 2022
A mona monkey (Cercopithecus mona), one of the many species that inhabit Stubbs Creek Forest Reserve. Image by AlexisENVN via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

New oil refinery ‘a huge disaster’ for Nigerian forest reserve

Orji Sunday 20 Sep 2022
Global forest carbon map

New tech aims to track carbon in every tree, boost carbon market integrity

Carolyn Cowan 19 Sep 2022
Torrance Coste stands on a stump

British Columbia delays promised protections as old growth keeps falling

Justin Catanoso 14 Sep 2022
Study co-author Corneille Ewango.

In Congo, a carbon sink like no other risks being carved up for oil

John Cannon 28 Jul 2022
The heavily charismatic and endangered red panda (Ailurus fulgens) is one of the many species found in the forests of Namdapha National Park. Image in the public domain.

Authorities and Yobin communities clash as deforestation spikes in Indian national park

Spoorthy Raman 15 Jul 2022

Opaque infrastructure project ‘a death sentence’ for Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary

Gerald Flynn｜Andy Ball｜Vutha Srey 1 Jun 2022
A river running through an old-growth lowland rainforest in Brunei.

Fossil evidence confirms persistence of prehistoric forests in Brunei

John Cannon 31 May 2022
Clearing of forest with trucks and cement laid for the foundations of a building at the feasibility study area of KP Cement’s mine. Image by Andy Ball for Mongabay.

Large-scale logging in Cambodia’s Prey Lang linked to politically-connected mining operation

Gerald Flynn｜Andy Ball｜Vutha Srey 26 May 2022
Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, is just one region where fires are burned throughout Russia in 2020. Image by Greenpeace International.

2021 tropical forest loss figures put zero-deforestation goal by 2030 out of reach

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Apr 2022
Old-growth redwood trees in Redwood National Park, California. Image courtesy of Erik Cooper via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

President Biden signs order aimed at protecting old-growth forests across U.S.

Liz Kimbrough 22 Apr 2022

Deforestation on the rise as poverty soars in Nigeria

Morgan Erickson-Davis 24 Mar 2022

Researchers turn to drones for that big-picture view of the forest canopy

Caitlin Looby 21 Mar 2022
A Ministry of Environment ranger on patrol in the Cardamom Mountains. Image by Andyb3947 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Can ecotourism save Cambodia’s ‘ghost parks’?

Gerald Flynn & Andy Ball 8 Feb 2022

Endangered wildlife face perilous future as vital habitat loses protection in Cambodia

Gerald Flynn & Andy Ball 8 Feb 2022
Trekking through the Cardamom Tented Camp concession in Botum Sakor National Park. Image for Mongabay by Gerald Flynn.

How a ‘dirty gambling company’ may have set the standard for habitat destruction in Cambodia

Gerald Flynn & Andy Ball 8 Feb 2022
Deforestation for oil palm in Malaysian Borneo.

Even degraded forests are more ecologically valuable than none, study shows

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 7 Feb 2022

Despite sanctions, U.S. companies still importing Myanmar teak, report says

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 11 Jan 2022

In Madagascar, beekeepers persist in the face of fires and forest loss

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 5 Jan 2022

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

Orji Sunday 31 Dec 2021

Agricultural frontier advances in Nicaraguan biosphere reserve

Leonardo Guevara 30 Dec 2021

How can illegal timber trade in the Greater Mekong be stopped?

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 30 Dec 2021

How does political instability in the Mekong affect deforestation?

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 23 Dec 2021

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

John Cannon 16 Dec 2021
Smoke rising from smoldering peatland in PT Raja Garuda Mas Sejati. Photo courtesy of Greenpeace Media Library.

Indonesian peat restoration has more benefits than it costs, study finds

Basten Gokkon 15 Dec 2021

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