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Mother and baby orangutans.

In Sabah, natural capital agreement surfaces again, despite critics

John Cannon 3 Aug 2023
Gorillas in Cameroon.

Cameroon government again opens way for logging in Ebo Forest

Leocadia Bongben 1 Aug 2023
Evans, a ranger for the REDD+ project Wildlife Works in Kenya's Kasigau Corridor.

Forest campaign group renews charge that carbon credit verification schemes are flawed

Victoria Schneider 28 Jul 2023

XPRIZE Rainforest finalists named for top conservation technology award

Mike DiGirolamo 25 Jul 2023
Ibama seizes a shipment of illegally extracted Ipê

Study confirms surge in deforestation in Indigenous lands under Bolsonaro

Jenny Gonzales 21 Jul 2023
A woman carries firewood out of the Mkingu Forest Nature Reserve.

From cardamom to carbon: Bold new Tanzanian project is regrowing a rainforest

Ryan Truscott 18 Jul 2023
John Lyakurwa poses at Bondwa Peak while doing research in the Uluguru mountains, another massif within the Eastern Arc Mountains.

The value of mountains: Q&A with Tanzanian herpetologist John Lyakurwa

Ryan Truscott 18 Jul 2023

Drug trafficking fuels other deforestation drivers in the Amazon: report

Maxwell Radwin 14 Jul 2023
A man drives a koy-yun loaded with logs through Choam village in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia. Credit: Andy Ball/Mongabay.

Forests in the furnace: Cambodians risking life and liberty to fuel garment factories

Gerald Flynn, Andy Ball 13 Jul 2023
An aerial view of the 2.25 hectare timber depot at Goldfame Star Enterprises' garment factory in Kandal province, Cambodia. Credit: Andy Ball/Mongabay.

Forests in the furnace: Can fashion brands tackle illegal logging in their Cambodian supply chains?

Gerald Flynn, Andy Ball 12 Jul 2023
Logging operation in the Amazon.

Timber harvests to meet global wood demand will bring soaring emissions: Study

Justin Catanoso 10 Jul 2023
An Asian honey bee on a yellow flower.

Scientists hope to tech the heck out of eDNA sampling with drones, robots

Abhishyant Kidangoor 7 Jul 2023

What’s in store for Colombia’s forests? New modeling tries to predict.

Maxwell Radwin 28 Jun 2023

The Amazon saw record deforestation last year. Here’s why.

Maxwell Radwin 27 Jun 2023
A Miyawaki forest in Hyderabad.

Miyawaki forests are a global sensation, but not everyone’s sold on them

Annelise Giseburt 21 Jun 2023
Spot, the robotic dog, is equipped with cameras and audio recorders.

Meet the tech projects competing for a $10m prize to save rainforests

Abhishyant Kidangoor 15 Jun 2023

Venezuela’s environmental crisis is getting worse. Here are seven things to know.

Maxwell Radwin 13 Jun 2023

Militarized conservation: Insecurity for some, security for others? (commentary)

Fergus O’Leary Simpson, Lorenzo Pellegrini 6 Jun 2023
An African elephant.

Global study of 71,000 animal species finds 48% are declining

Sharon Guynup 5 Jun 2023
Kevin Marriott with a drone.

Competing for rainforest conservation: Q&A with XPRIZE’s Kevin Marriott

Abhishyant Kidangoor 2 Jun 2023
Leader Vanda Ortega, of the indigenous Witoto people

Indigenous land rights key to curbing deforestation and restoring lands: Study

Roxanne Hoorn 1 Jun 2023

Shipibo communities create Indigenous guard to protect Peruvian Amazon from deforestation

Maxwell Radwin 30 May 2023
David Antonioli at COP15 in 2009.

Head of Verra, top carbon credit certifier, to leave in June

John Cannon 25 May 2023
Cows.

A Twitter bot tracks meat production in the Brazilian Amazon

Abhishyant Kidangoor 19 May 2023
A yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), known locally as tracajá, a species that is of cultural importance for the Juruna.

Second chance for Lula as controversial Amazon dam goes up for renewal

Dimitri Selibas 18 May 2023
Brightly-coloured seals and white stenciled writing on the ends of logs at Gabon's Nkok SEZ. Image courtesy GSEZ.

Corruption threatens timber traceability in Nkok, Gabon

Elodie Toto 10 May 2023

Inaugural Indigenous women’s forum spotlights Congo Basin conservation

Elodie Toto 10 May 2023
The Bungule Women's Group, where women engage in entrepreneurial activities like producing arts and crafts.

Indigenous groups voice support for REDD+, despite flaws

John Cannon 9 May 2023
CI-Brazil and partners mixing the muvuca seeds.

World’s ‘largest’ tropical reforestation project slowed by Covid, Bolsonaro, fires

Jeremy Hance 4 May 2023
Dominick DellaSala, chief scientist with Oregon-based NGO Wild Heritage walks on a trail.

The U.S. has cataloged its forests. Now comes the hard part: Protecting them

Justin Catanoso 27 Apr 2023

High-carbon peat among 1,500 hectares cleared for Indonesia’s food estate

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Apr 2023
Lilia Java at Lake Tarapoto.

Indigenous women in Colombia protect rich Amazonian wetland from overfishing

Astrid Arellano 20 Apr 2023

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