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Guatemala faces a human rights court over violent evictions of Indigenous communities

Maxwell Radwin 6 Nov 2026
A village in the Tumucumaque Indigenous Park. Image courtesy of Kamikia Kisedje, Nia Tero/Iepé Archive.

This entire Indigenous territory didn’t get to vote in Brazil’s elections

Shanna Hanbury 5 Nov 2026
An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) in Antarctica jumping out of the water.

High expectations but no agreement on Antarctic marine protection, krill fishing

Francesco De Augustinis 3 Nov 2026

Brazil election sparks threats to reinvade Indigenous Amazon territory

Aimee Gabay 3 Nov 2026

Two public servants in Brazil removed after threatening to poison Indigenous people

Karla Mendes 2 Nov 2026
A member of the Sámi Indigenous people tends a reindeer in Sweden.

Indigenous peoples and local communities solidify decision-making powers at COP17

Latoya Abulu 2 Nov 2026
A rancher with his cattle herd in Mato Grosso state.

Ranchers in Brazil ordered to leave home of Indigenous people living in voluntary isolation

Aimee Gabay 2 Nov 2026
In March, IBAMA dismantled an illegal mining operation in the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Territory in Roraima. This image from Operation Xapiri shows rocks resulting from bedrock blasting. After being crushed, the ore is processed using cyanide to separate the gold from other minerals.

Cyanide ponds from illegal mining threaten Amazon Indigenous territory

Elizabeth Oliveira 2 Nov 2026
Deforested area in Serra do Pingano, Angola. Image by Raffael Ernst – Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung via Green Heart of Africa.

Angola designates Serra do Pingano as a protected area amid rapid forest loss

David Tjyakala 30 Oct 2026
Botswana’s previous governments said relocating the San would improve living conditions and ease the delivery of public services. Justice Minister Nelson Ramaotwana says those policies “have failed thus far.” Image courtesy Michael Taylor/Anthropos Africa.

A historic land restitution process offers new hope for Botswana’s Indigenous San

David Akana 30 Oct 2026

In Suriname’s Amazon, the Wayana community struggling to keep gold miners at bay

Maxwell Radwin 29 Oct 2026
At the beach, Pemba Island. Image courtesy of Adrian Ponsard/WCS.

Pemba’s new marine protected areas show the power of collaboration to meet 30×30 goal

Sasha Nunneley 29 Oct 2026
A koala.

‘Historic win’: Australian state approves national koala park despite controversial funding

Paul Harvey 29 Oct 2026
A watercolor by the Indigenous Wayana, Aimawale Opoya.

Suriname’s rich archaeological history may hold keys to conservation

Peter Speetjens 28 Oct 2026
Stoke Park in Guildford.

A town-wide ‘living laboratory’ shows how green spaces can combat climate extremes

Claudia Geib 28 Oct 2026

US public lands tracker highlights the collective impact of Trump policies

Bobby Bascomb 28 Oct 2026

New report maps widespread criminal presence across six Amazonian countries

Aimee Gabay 27 Oct 2026

Baby orangutans in India expose illegal wildlife trade as experts question a billionaire’s zoo

Associated Press 27 Oct 2026

Botswana honors 97-year-old who fought eviction of Indigenous people in Kalahari

David Akana 27 Oct 2026
Robson Mura, of the Mura Indigenous community, watches the sunrise at the Moyray village in Autazes, Amazonas state, February 2025.

Canadian-backed potash mine in Brazil has dried up sacred Amazon springs, say residents

Aimee Gabay 26 Oct 2026
An elephant in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Image by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

At Yerevan’s COP17 biodiversity summit, a steep climb ahead for ‘30 by 30’ target

Ashoka Mukpo 26 Oct 2026
Grey-necked rockfowl (Picathartes oreas) in Cameroon. Image © Niall Perrins via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331794149 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Rare bird finding strengthens case to protect Congo rainforest across borders

Ryan Truscott 26 Oct 2026

A millennium of evidence reveals colonial roots of Australia’s wildfire vulnerability

Naina Rao 26 Oct 2026

Sri Lanka mourns iconic tusker amid renewed calls to address human-elephant conflict

Malaka Rodrigo 24 Oct 2026

Critics call for halt to road construction in Mexico’s Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve

Maxwell Radwin 23 Oct 2026
The Arazaire community is split in two, bisected by the Inambari River. On the river's left bank, where residents once had agricultural plots, forest, and ceremonial lagoons, the landscape is now dominated by mercury-laden ponds and deforestation.

Amazon communities lose water as mining and deforestation reshape rivers

Vanessa Romo 23 Oct 2026

Nearly all the world’s coral reefs are at risk of collapse within 50 years, IUCN warns

David Brown 23 Oct 2026

COP17: Open letter urges governments to keep extractives out of protected areas

David Akana 23 Oct 2026

Death of iconic elephant in Sri Lanka pushes authorities to fast-track protection efforts

Kamanthi Wickramasinghe 23 Oct 2026
Women from the Missão Tiriyó village in the Tumucumaque Park Indigenous Territory. Image courtesy of the Iepé Institute archive.

Two Indigenous Brazilians denied their language interpreter at election voting booth

Shanna Hanbury 23 Oct 2026
A squirrel monkey in the Amazon.

Extractive industries threaten global goal to protect 30% of nature by 2030, report finds

Aimee Gabay 21 Oct 2026
Banner image: The Javari River where it forms the border between Peru and Brazil. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

IUCN’s Madhu Rao on the world’s protected areas: Progress, pressures and the race to 2030

David Akana 21 Oct 2026

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