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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

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
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

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

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

Anthony Langat 23 Jun 2025
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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
A female elephant with her calf on agricultural land in northeastern Bangladesh.

Bangladesh plans new ‘protected area’ for elephants in its conflict-prone northeast

Abu Siddique 18 Jun 2025
A forest elephant, not from Senegal.

First elephant sighting in 6 years sparks hope for species’ return to a Senegal park

Spoorthy Raman 17 Jun 2025

Wildfires push tropical forest loss in Latin America to record highs

Mie Hoejris Dahl 17 Jun 2025

Mounting risks due to climate change threaten Sri Lanka’s endemic species

Malaka Rodrigo 16 Jun 2025
The Nyamugasani River flows through the flood plains in the foothills of Rwenzori Mountains National Park, one of the sites supported by the CAPA initiative.

To survive climate change, scientists say protected areas need ‘climate-smart’ planning

Marina Martinez 13 Jun 2025
Sediment is clearly visible close to nickel mining operations on Kawe Island, Raja Ampat, discolouring the water in one of Indonesia’s most biodiverse marine areas. The concession covers an area of 5,922 hectares and is located within the mega-biodiversity region of Raja Ampat, West Papua. Image courtesy of Greenpeace.

No respite for Indonesia’s Raja Ampat as nickel companies sue to revive mines

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Jun 2025
Banner image of the waters around Maupiti Island in French Polynesia by Sophie Hurel via Wikimedia Commons (CCBY3.0).

French Polynesia creates world’s largest marine protected area

Kristine Sabillo 12 Jun 2025
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Jaguar recovery unites Brazil and Argentina in conservation effort

Sarah Brown 11 Jun 2025
A southern white rhino explores its surrounding after translocation from South Africa to Rwanda's Akagera National Park. Image © Gael Vande Weghe.

Seventy southern white rhinos arrive at their new home in Rwanda from South Africa

Graeme Green 10 Jun 2025

Indonesia halts most nickel mining in Raja Ampat, but allows one controversial permit

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Jun 2025
Banner image of a gelada by Charles J. Sharp via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Gelada monkey vocalizations offer insight into human evolution: Study

Kristine Sabillo 9 Jun 2025

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