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What went wrong with conservation at Kahuzi-Biega National Park and how to transform it (commentary)

Deborah S. Rogers 27 Jan 2022

The 411 on forests and reforestation for 2022

Mike Gaworecki 26 Jan 2022

Young environmentalists ‘plant the future’ in Colombia’s Amazon

Dimitri Selibas 24 Jan 2022
Rainforest in Sumatra. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay

As Indonesia retakes land from developers, conservation is an afterthought

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Jan 2022

Despite sanctions, U.S. companies still importing Myanmar teak, report says

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 11 Jan 2022

In the Brazilian Amazon, solar energy brings light — and new opportunities

Ana Ionova 4 Jan 2022

Community control of forests hasn’t slowed deforestation, Indonesia study finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Jan 2022

Rainforests in 2022: A look at the year ahead

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2022

Groups welcome decline in deforestation in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Jan 2022
Philippine eagle

In round 2 of Philippine geothermal project, tribes dig in for a greater say

Bong S. Sarmiento 31 Dec 2021

How can illegal timber trade in the Greater Mekong be stopped?

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 30 Dec 2021
Fire line moves through a degraded forest area in an undesignated public forest area in Porto Velho, Rondônia on July 29, 2021. Photo © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

Mongabay’s top Amazon stories from 2021

Liz Kimbrough 29 Dec 2021

The Congo Basin’s 10 most consequential stories from 2021

John Cannon 27 Dec 2021

Australia’s rainforest species gain ground through landscape linkages

Amanda Freeman 24 Dec 2021
Oil barrel Amazon

California is the world’s number one importer of Amazonian oil, report finds

Victoria Schneider 23 Dec 2021

How does political instability in the Mekong affect deforestation?

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 23 Dec 2021

Global ayahuasca trend drives deforestation in Brazil’s Acre state

Matthew Meyer 22 Dec 2021

Congo Peatlands

Mongabay.com 21 Dec 2021

Indigenous leader sues over Borneo natural capital deal

John Cannon 17 Dec 2021

The past, present and future of the Congo peatlands: 10 takeaways from our series

John Cannon 16 Dec 2021

Oil highway bears down on uncontacted Indigenous groups in Ecuador’s Yasuní

Kimberley Brown 15 Dec 2021

Brazil’s Suzano boasts its pulpwood plantations are green; critics disagree

Sue Branford 15 Dec 2021

Carbon and communities: The future of the Congo Basin peatlands

John Cannon 14 Dec 2021

Camera trap study shows conservation efforts ‘are working’ on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula: Video

Liz Kimbrough 13 Dec 2021

For Mekong officials fighting timber traffickers, a chance to level up

John Cannon 13 Dec 2021
These women, who are part of the Mam indigenous community, are harvesting pine nuts in a forest in Cajolá, Quetzaltenango, to be sold later at a local market. Our work supports reforestation efforts and helps local families sustain themselves economically. Photo credit: Sergio Izquierdo

Conservation and food production must work in tandem, new study says

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 13 Dec 2021

Betty Rubio, the tech-savvy Kichwa leader defending threatened territory

Cristina Fernández Aguilar 10 Dec 2021

Holding agriculture and logging at bay in the Congo peatlands

John Cannon 9 Dec 2021

Governor rails against ‘bioterrorists,’ ‘carbon cowboys’ destroying PNG’s forests

Rachel Donald 7 Dec 2021

Layers of carbon: The Congo Basin peatlands and oil

John Cannon 7 Dec 2021

Indigenous groups unveil plan to protect 80% of the Amazon in Peru and Ecuador

Latoya Abulu, Laurel Sutherland 3 Dec 2021

$1.5 billion Congo Basin pledge a good start but not enough, experts say

Jim Tan 3 Dec 2021

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