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Pope makes impassioned plea to save the Amazon — will the world listen?

Justin Catanoso 17 Feb 2020

Bolsonaro sends Congress bill to open indigenous lands to mining, fossil fuels

Jan Rocha 7 Feb 2020

Amazon’s Munduruku stage daring Christmas raid to recover sacred urns

Rosamaria Loures; and Sue Branford* 20 Jan 2020

COP25: Laura Vargas inspires with power of faith in defense of forests

Justin Catanoso 10 Dec 2019

‘Everything is dying’: Q&A with Brazilian indigenous leader Alessandra Munduruku

Camila Nobrega 27 Nov 2019

Vatican calls landmark meeting to conserve Amazon, protect indigenous peoples

Justin Catanoso 4 Oct 2019

Interfaith leaders step up to protect the world’s ‘sacred’ rainforests

Justin Catanoso 17 Sep 2019

Bolsonaro government takes aim at Vatican over Amazon meeting

Jan Rocha 20 Feb 2019
Marcelino Aguilar and Rumualdo López pray during a Maya fire ceremony celebrating the spiritual connection with the forest and other natural elements and asking the Creator for protection and wisdom. Image by Jorge Rodríguez for Mongabay.

Ancient spirituality guides a Maya town’s conservation efforts

Jorge Rodríguez 6 Feb 2019

Limi Valley: A threatened Shangri-La for wildlife (commentary)

Yadav Ghimirey 24 Sep 2018

Religious leaders mobilize to protect indigenous people and forests

Liz Kimbrough 2 May 2018

How Tibetan Buddhism and conservation efforts helped Eurasian otters thrive in a city of 200,000 people (commentary)

Yifan (Flora) He 7 Mar 2018

Pope’s message to Amazonia inspires hope, but will it bring action?

Justin Catanoso 22 Jan 2018

Pope set to visit site of deforestation, indigenous struggle in Peru

Mongabay.com 19 Jan 2018

Munduruku standoff against Amazon dam builders potentially explosive

Sue Branford with Fernanda Moreira and Maurício Torres 17 Oct 2017

Trump’s global resorts put profit first, environment last, critics say

Giovanni Ortolani 11 Oct 2017

People of all faiths face climate change with hope, action, urgency

Justin Catanoso 13 Jun 2017

E.O. Wilson on Half-Earth, Donald Trump, and hope

Jeremy Hance 17 Jan 2017

An unconventional trinity: conservation, religion, and evolution

Fred Bercovitch 22 Dec 2015

Photos: ‘Shocking’ scale of illegal trade in Indian star tortoise uncovered

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Nov 2015

Bali’s mountain dwellers govern with ancient palm leaf treatises

Luh De Suriyani 29 Oct 2015

Pope apologizes for church’s crimes against indigenous people

Mongabay.com 10 Jul 2015

Pope calls for action on climate change, biodiversity loss

Mongabay.com 19 Jun 2015

Reeling in religious messages: how faith impacts fisheries in Fiji

Amy West 25 Nov 2014

How Islam could help save Aceh’s forests

Loren Bell 5 Sep 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation: Reconnecting faith and forests

Dr Liz Kimbrough 24 Jul 2014

Pope Francis: ‘this is our sin: we exploit the earth’

Jeremy Hance 8 Jul 2014

Pope Francis: ‘if we destroy Creation, Creation will destroy us!’

Jeremy Hance 28 May 2014

Islamic clerics issue ‘fatwa’ against poaching, declare the illegal wildlife trade ‘haram’

Diana Parker 10 Mar 2014

Rare animal species and Buddhist monks in danger of losing their home to cement quarry

Tanya Dimitrova 22 Jul 2013

Tibetan monks partner with conservationists to protect the snow leopard

Jeremy Hance 10 Jun 2013

Harnessing religious teachings about stewardship to protect the planet – an interview with Sikh activist Bandana Kaur

Rina Shaikh-lesko 28 Mar 2013

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