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Analysis: U.S. call to drill off all coasts, economic and ecological folly?

Saul Elbein 14 Mar 2018
A boy uses several mosquito nets to catch fish in the coastal waters near Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo by R.C. Browmick.

Fishing with insecticide-laced mosquito nets is a global phenomenon

Benjamin Graham 6 Feb 2018

Trumping Colombia’s peace: U.S. drug war threatens fragile accord, forests

Sean Mowbray 5 Feb 2018

IUCN, UN, global NGOs, likely to see major budget cuts under Trump

Sean Mowbray 8 Jan 2018

So long, UNESCO! What does U.S. withdrawal mean for the environment?

Giovanni Ortolani 26 Dec 2017

Mine tailings dam failures major cause of environmental disasters: report

Zoe Sullivan 19 Dec 2017
Men and women spend hours sowing rice seedlings and ploughing the land. Photo by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor for Mongabay.

To feed a growing population, farms chew away at Madagascar’s forests

Dan Ashby, Lucy Taylor 17 Nov 2017

Indonesia coal power push neglects rural households, chokes urban ones

Basten Gokkon 14 Nov 2017

Trump family planning policy may increase population, hurt women and environment

Tina Deines 10 Nov 2017

How unhealthy is the haze from Indonesia’s annual peat fires?

Loren Bell 3 Nov 2017

Impacts of gas drilling on wildlife in Peru and a Goldman Prize winner on mercury contamination

Mike Gaworecki 1 Nov 2017

Deforestation in Cambodia linked to ill health in children

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Sep 2017

Trees provide ecosystem services worth $500 million to the world’s megacities

Mike Gaworecki 7 Sep 2017

Paying for healthcare with trees: win-win for orangutans and communities

Claire Salisbury 28 Mar 2017
A chainsaw cuts through a tree. Photo by Mark Franckart/Pixabay

Chain saw injuries in Myanmar tied to illegal logging

Poppy McPherson 12 Feb 2017

Nutella manufacturer: Palm oil in product is ‘safe’, despite cancer concerns

John Cannon 15 Jan 2017

Thousands hold ‘Global Protest Day’ to support world’s largest mangrove forest

Morgan Erickson-Davis 11 Jan 2017

Deficient water systems, poor sanitation driving Zika in Brazil

Zoe Sullivan 29 Jul 2016

Rio Olympic organizers fail to meet all environmental goals

Jenny Gonzales 28 Jul 2016

US oil and gas production ‘dramatically’ increasing harmful ozone-causing ethane

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Jun 2016

Rio Doce grassroots response arises out of Fundão mining disaster

Zoe Sullivan 8 Jun 2016

Climate change a significant, growing threat to health, says US report

Claire Salisbury 5 Apr 2016

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