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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

Saving old-growth forests: Q&A with Amazon Watch’s Leila Salazar-López

Maxwell Radwin 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
Redwood forest in Muir Woods, Marin County, California. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

California redwood forest returned to Indigenous guardianship, conservation

Laurel Sutherland 28 Jan 2022

The 411 on forests and reforestation for 2022

Mike Gaworecki 26 Jan 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

Congo Peatlands

Mongabay.com 21 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

Carbon and communities: The future of the Congo Basin peatlands

John Cannon 14 Dec 2021
These women, who are part of the Mam indigenous community, are harvesting pine nuts in a forest in Cajolá, Quetzaltenango, to be sold later at a local market. Our work supports reforestation efforts and helps local families sustain themselves economically. Photo credit: Sergio Izquierdo

Conservation and food production must work in tandem, new study says

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 13 Dec 2021

Holding agriculture and logging at bay in the Congo peatlands

John Cannon 9 Dec 2021

Layers of carbon: The Congo Basin peatlands and oil

John Cannon 7 Dec 2021

The ‘idea’: Uncovering the peatlands of the Congo Basin

John Cannon 2 Dec 2021

Young forests can help heal tropical aquatic ecosystems: Study

Aimee Gabay 19 Nov 2021
Elephant

You can move an elephant to the jungle, but it won’t stay there, study says

Carolyn Cowan 12 Nov 2021
Deforestation in Borneo. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler / mongabay

What countries are leaders in reducing deforestation? Which are not?

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 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

NGOs say FSC label offers little protection for forests, Indigenous people

Malavika Vyawahare 26 Oct 2021

Green groups call for scrapping of $300m loan offer for Borneo road project

Basten Gokkon 20 Oct 2021
Malayan tiger

Fate of Malaysian forests stripped of protection points to conservation stakes

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 13 Oct 2021

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