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Loss of Madagascar’s biodiversity is a loss for Earth, Pope says

Malavika Vyawahare 9 Sep 2019

Interest in protecting environment up since Pope’s 2015 encyclical

John Cannon 21 May 2019

Bolsonaro government takes aim at Vatican over Amazon meeting

Jan Rocha 20 Feb 2019
Toribio Cabrera, a potato farmer in Concepción Chiquirichapa, Guatemala. Like most of his coleagues, Cabrera attributes the success of the local potato harvest to the use of leaf litter from the forest as a fertilizer. Image by Jorge Rodríguez for Mongabay.

The secret to a town’s perfect potatoes? Its well-preserved forest.

Jorge Rodríguez 11 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
An indigenous Colombian takes in deforestation close to the Amacayacu National Park in the Colombian Amazon.

Scientists team up with indigenous, faithful to fight for forests

Andrew J. Wight 11 Dec 2018

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

Yadav Ghimirey 24 Sep 2018
Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus). Photo courtesy Anton Khalilieh.

Bird watchers of the West Bank navigate a fraught political climate

Miriam Berger 29 Aug 2018

Ecology monks in Thailand seek to end environmental suffering

Kiley Price 13 Aug 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

Faith in the forest helps Indonesia’s Dayaks keep plantations, loggers at bay

Hans Nicholas Jong, Indra Nugraha 8 Feb 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

Indonesian mosques to take up the mantle of fighting climate change

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2017

Munduruku standoff against Amazon dam builders potentially explosive

Sue Branford, Fernanda Moreira, Mauricio 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

Emmylou Harris links climate change to refugee crisis, lends her voice

Justin Catanoso 7 Jun 2016

Controversial tiger temple in Thailand gets zoo license

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Apr 2016

Naomi Oreskes on climate change: “We’ve blown it… but pessimism is not acceptable”

Justin Catanoso 24 Feb 2016

Top Vatican official: climate change action is a “moral imperative”

Justin Catanoso 1 Feb 2016

The Paris climate talks ended in elation — now the real work begins, say Faith leaders

Justin Catanoso 25 Jan 2016

An unconventional trinity: conservation, religion, and evolution

Fred Bercovitch 22 Dec 2015

COP21 agreement prominently addresses protection of earth’s forests

Justin Catanoso 12 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

Catholic bishops ask for binding, transformative COP21 climate treaty

Justin Catanoso 27 Oct 2015

Papal encyclical draws harsh critique from Peru’s private sector

Justin Catanoso 24 Sep 2015

Pope’s encyclical draws support from Peru’s #1 environmental official

Justin Catanoso 23 Sep 2015

Pope and Peru’s top mining CEO agree and at odds on environment

Justin Catanoso 22 Sep 2015

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