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Small islands in Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett Ayers Butler. 

Listings of Indonesian islands renew fears of privatization for coastal communities

Basten Gokkon 8 Jul 2025
Top tools to protect rainforests | Against All Odds

From apps to Indigenous guardians: Ways we can save rainforests

Mongabay.com 8 Jul 2025
A woman chants slogans during a march towards the Palace of Justice during the celebrations of "La Pachamama," or Mother Earth Day in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. The group´s protest that coincides with “La Pachamama Day” is also directed against a provincial constitutional reform they claim is an attempt against their ancestral rights to lands that the state aims to use for lithium mining. (AP Photo/R

In Latin America, energy transition stirs a rise in human rights lawsuits

Aimee Gabay 4 Jul 2025

African Parks earns over $7 million from carbon credit sales in Benin and CAR

Ashoka Mukpo 3 Jul 2025

Study urges legal protection for Sulawesi’s endangered bear cuscus amid habitat loss

Basten Gokkon 3 Jul 2025
brown spider monkey Colombia

Forest corridors protect Colombia’s critically endangered brown spider monkey

Sean Mowbray 2 Jul 2025
Churna Island as seen from the mainland.

With coral-rich Churna Island now an MPA, Pakistan takes baby steps on ocean protection

Ayaz Khan 1 Jul 2025
Banner image of a whale shark in Tubbataha Reefs by © Steve De Neef.

Countries seek urgent CITES protection of more than 70 sharks and rays

Kristine Sabillo 1 Jul 2025

Ancient eco-friendly pilgrimage brings modern threats to Sri Lanka wildnerness

Malaka Rodrigo 1 Jul 2025
Rashid Mohamed Rashid

What happens to artisanal fishers when a deep-sea fishing port comes to town?

Anthony Langat 27 Jun 2025

Nicaragua government tied to illegal land invasions in wildlife refuge, documents suggest

Maxwell Radwin 26 Jun 2025
An elephant in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Image by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

Balancing wildlife and human needs at Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth park

Mongabay.com 26 Jun 2025

As iconic wild leopard ages in Sri Lanka, debate about human intervention ensues

Malaka Rodrigo 26 Jun 2025
Every humphead wrasse has unique facial markings with distinctive black lines around the eyes and squiggly patterns on the face.

Vanishing giants: The Indian Ocean’s biggest fish need saving (commentary)

Melita Samoilys 25 Jun 2025
Person kneeling in gold mine extraction site

Organized crime & gold trade are increasingly connected, report shows

Fernanda Wenzel 25 Jun 2025
Ndijingala, an eastern lowland gorilla, at the GRACE sanctuary before being reintroduced to the wild.

Signs of hope for rescued gorillas rewilded in DRC, but security concerns linger

Elodie Toto 25 Jun 2025
Marigolds at a trekking route in Annapurna Conservation Area.

With key court verdicts delayed, Nepal pushes infrastructure in protected areas

Abhaya Raj Joshi 25 Jun 2025

In Cameroon, forest mapping app helps Baka protect biodiversity and way of life

David Akana, Yannick Kenné 25 Jun 2025

Panama boosts protections in the Darién Gap, but deforestation threats still loom

Maxwell Radwin 24 Jun 2025

Protecting the Darién Gap: Interview with Panama national parks director Luis Carles Rudy

Maxwell Radwin 24 Jun 2025

Indigenous divers on Chile’s island restore seabed to protect seafood sources

Ana Cristina Alvarado 24 Jun 2025

An overlooked biocultural landscape in Sri Lanka receives overdue protection

Malaka Rodrigo 24 Jun 2025
Hoh rainforest. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Trump administration plans to rescind rule blocking logging on national forest lands

Associated Press 24 Jun 2025
Illegal gold mining inside the Munduruku and Sai Cinza Indigenous Lands

Nine takeaways on Brazil’s crackdown on illegal mining in Munduruku lands

Aimee Gabay 23 Jun 2025

As a fishing port rises in Kenya, locals see threats to sea life, livelihoods

Anthony Langat 23 Jun 2025
bird Colombia

In Colombia, bird-watching brings tourism and a love for conservation

Charlie Cordero 23 Jun 2025

In the Brazilian Amazon, sustainability policies clash with development goals

Timothy J. Killeen 20 Jun 2025
El Rincon frog

On a Patagonian plateau, a microendemic frog makes a hopeful comeback

Mark Hillsdon 20 Jun 2025
A relaxed leopard family in Kumana. Sightings like this have boosted the popularity of Kumana National Park in eastern Sri Lanka among wildlife tourists seeking leopard encounters. Image courtesy of Shanaka Kalubowila.

Sri Lanka’s Kumana National Park emerges as a leopard hotspot

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2025
Coral reef in Vietnam.

Major coral loss in Vietnam’s first marine protected area: Study

Keith Anthony Fabro 20 Jun 2025
Industrial trawlers and small-scale fishers compete for space near the port of Dakar in Senegal.

UN Ocean Conference makes progress on protecting marine waters

Edward Carver 19 Jun 2025
Split shot in the waters of San Benedicto, Mexico. Credit: Enric Sala/National Geographic Pristine Seas

The ocean is in crisis. A new effort is betting on coastal communities to save it.

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Jun 2025

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