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Communities fend off attacks as officials study Brazil’s anti-Indigenous land rights bill

Maxwell Radwin 13 Aug 2024

Sylvia Earle on the greatest threat to our oceans

Romi Castagnino 9 Aug 2024

Amazon Fraud 101: How timber credits mask illegal logging in Brazil

Fernanda Wenzel 8 Aug 2024
An elephant standing in knee-high grass somewhere in Murchison Falls NP, Uganda, wearing a half-dozen black birds on its back and head. Image by Travel Aficionado via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Advocacy group links Uganda oil infrastructure to human-elephant conflict

Musinguzi Blanshe 30 Jul 2024

Activists ask for help combatting violence against Nicaragua’s Indigenous communities

Maxwell Radwin 29 Jul 2024

Brazil’s wildcat mining is deeply rooted in its politics and thirst for minerals

Timothy J. Killeen 26 Jul 2024
Madre de Dios in the Peruvian Amazon observed the extent of river damage due to gold mining.

Gold mining in the Amazon has doubled in area since 2018, AI tool shows

Fernanda Wenzel 26 Jul 2024

Garifuna land rights abuses persist in Honduras, despite court ruling

Aimee Gabay 17 Jul 2024

Allegations widen against Indonesian palm oil giant Astra Agro Lestari

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Jul 2024
Since the beginning of the operation, government environmental agents have been destroying the logistical support of illegal mining, such as an airplane, a helicopter and a tractor, and have seized weapons and boats. Image courtesy of IBAMA by Ricardo Campos.

Environmental agents intensify strike amid record fires in Brazil

Fernanda Wenzel 28 Jun 2024

Venezuela: Water crisis looms as deforestation spreads in Yacambú National Park

Maxwell Radwin 25 Jun 2024

China-backed mine in Sumatran seismic hotspot rings safety alarms

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Jun 2024
A coffee farmer in Colombia.

‘Water grabs’ pose big threat to farmers amid water crises

Aimee Gabay 21 Jun 2024

Revealed: Illegal cattle ranching booms in Arariboia territory during deadly year for Indigenous Guajajara

Karla Mendes 19 Jun 2024

2 years after Bruno & Dom’s murders, Amazon region still rife with gangs

Jaqueline Sordi 10 Jun 2024

Activists decry latest arrests of East African oil pipeline opponents

Caroline Chebet 7 Jun 2024

Brazil police raid Amazon carbon credit projects exposed by Mongabay

Fernanda Wenzel 7 Jun 2024

#AllEyesonPapua goes viral to highlight threat to Indigenous forests from palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Jun 2024
Chun Seiha demonstrates the forest loss across Chi Ouk Boeung Prey, where almost all the large, valuable trees have been logged by Santana Agro. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay.

Cambodian companies tied to abuses promoted by UN program, rights group alleges

Gerald Flynn 5 Jun 2024
Farmers burning cleared forest land after harvesting. Photo courtesy of Buu Nguyen.

Can Vietnam’s forests survive the spread of acacia and eucalyptus plantations? (commentary)

Buu Nguyen 4 Jun 2024

Indonesian palm oil firm clashes with villagers it allegedly shortchanged

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Jun 2024
Keo Vannob returns from fishing to his home in Botum Sakor National Park. Screenshot from ‘Illegal fishing and land grabs push Cambodian coastal communities to the brink’ by Andy Ball / Mongabay.

Fishers left with no land, no fish, in fire sale of Cambodian coast

Andy Ball, Gerald Flynn, Vutha Srey 4 Jun 2024

Narco activity takes heavy toll on Colombia’s protected forests, satellite data show

Morgan Erickson-Davis 31 May 2024
Trawlers docked outside the port city of Sihanoukville, Cambodia. Screenshot from ‘Illegal fishing and land grabs push Cambodian coastal communities to the brink’ by Andy Ball / Mongabay.

Illegal fishing and land grabs push Cambodian coastal communities to the brink

Andy Ball, Gerald Flynn, Vutha Srey 30 May 2024
Trawlers docked outside Sihanoukville. Screenshot from ‘Illegal fishing and land grabs push Cambodian coastal communities to the brink’ by Andy Ball / Mongabay.

Small-scale fishers lose out to trawlers in race to catch Cambodia’s last fish

Andy Ball, Gerald Flynn, Vutha Srey 30 May 2024
Extensive cattle ranch Estância Bahia, in Água Boa, Mato Grosso state.

New bill to expand farmlands in the Amazon may derail Brazil’s green efforts

Fernanda Wenzel 29 May 2024

Organized crime puts unprecedented pressure on Guatemala’s largest rainforest

Maxwell Radwin 20 May 2024

Amplifying Indigenous voices at the global level: Interview with Dario Mejía Montalvo

Dimitri Selibas 20 May 2024
Fishermen in Dakar, Senegal.

To renew or not to renew? African nations reconsider EU fishing deals

Edward Carver 17 May 2024

Bird populations are mysteriously declining at an Amazon park in Ecuador & beyond

Bernardo Araujo 16 May 2024
A worker at a rubber plantation at PT Alam Lestari Nusantara. Image by Rubber tapping workers at PL ALN.

Desperation sets in for Indigenous Sumatrans who lost their forests to plantations

Teguh Suprayitno 9 May 2024

Indigenous leader’s killer is convicted in Brazil, but tensions over land remain

Sarah Brown 7 May 2024

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