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Karen people call for a peace park instead of big hydropower in their homeland

Demelza Stokes 14 Dec 2016

Newscast #7: Undiscovered Sumatran rhinos in the wild in Malaysia? Maybe, maybe not.

Mike Gaworecki 13 Dec 2016

Community rights: A key to conservation in Central America

Sandra Cuffe 9 Dec 2016
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Green groups raise red flags over Jokowi’s widely acclaimed haze law

Mongabay Haze Beat 9 Dec 2016

FSC puts timber processor on probation after ‘scathing’ investigation

Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 Dec 2016

Expedition finds serious damage to Southeast Sulawesi’s marine ecosystem

Dyna Rochmyaningsih 8 Dec 2016

Mexico to get its largest ever protected area

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Dec 2016

Sapphire boom propels thousands into Madagascar rainforest

John Cannon 1 Dec 2016

Which tropical forest conservation strategies are proving most effective?

Mike Gaworecki 30 Nov 2016
Bags of coffee at the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange's warehouse in Awassa. Photo courtesy of DFID - UK Department for International Development

Development of Ethiopia’s Yayu biosphere a lifeline for organic coffee

Elias Gebreselassie 27 Nov 2016

Peru rainforest lost to illegal gold mining eclipses 10 Manhattans

Benji Jones 24 Nov 2016

Palm oil culprits apprehended in the Leuser Ecosystem. Who sent them?

Junaidi Hanafiah 23 Nov 2016

Peru’s Manu National Park declared world’s top biodiversity hotspot

Milton López Tarabochia 21 Nov 2016

Yosemite’s yellow-legged frogs bounce back from near extinction

Ula Chrobak 21 Nov 2016
Kahuzi-Biega National Park rangers stand in formation at the park in October, 2016. Photo by Thomas Nicolon for Mongabay.

Protecting gorillas at all costs: park rangers of the Congo

Thomas Nicolon 20 Nov 2016

A data trove to support a hoped-for shark sanctuary in Indonesia

Marge Segre 18 Nov 2016

Rhinos to get new homes in India

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Nov 2016

Hunting stymies rainforest regrowth, says a new study

John Cannon 10 Nov 2016

Wildlife traps threaten lives of Peruvian conservationists

Milton López Tarabochia 3 Nov 2016

Illegal fishing threatens Easter Island’s natural resources

Pablo Hernández Mares 2 Nov 2016

Nigerian superhighway project draws international attention over threats to local communities and wildlife

Mike Gaworecki 2 Nov 2016

Brazzaville-issued mining permits dip into Congo’s flagship park

John Cannon 31 Oct 2016

World’s largest marine protected area created in Antarctica

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Oct 2016

North Sumatra’s governor wants to build a road through Mt. Leuser National Park

Ayat S. Karokaro 31 Oct 2016

Logged but not out: Altered landscapes important for conservation

John Cannon 26 Oct 2016

Rhino killed in India’s Kaziranga Park, highlighting the ever-present threat of poachers

Isabel Esterman 24 Oct 2016

Belize suspends oil exploration near World Heritage Site after public outcry

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Oct 2016

Park ranger murdered while trying to protect rare gorillas

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Oct 2016

Violence against indigenous people high, as land conflicts heat up

Carolina Torres 18 Oct 2016

Mongabay Newscast episode 3: Crucial conservation votes at CITES CoP17 and the future of socio-ecological research

Mike Gaworecki 18 Oct 2016

Gold mining deforestation in Peruvian reserve surpasses 450 hectares

Benji Jones 13 Oct 2016

New tool lets anyone find out if deep sea mining is happening in their ocean backyard

Mike Gaworecki 13 Oct 2016

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