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Results of Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration in Talensi District of Ghana. Image courtesy of World Vision.

Let it grow: Q&A with reforestation and land restoration visionary Tony Rinaudo

Erik Hoffner 17 Aug 2022
Aziil Anwar.

Aziil Anwar, Indonesian coral-based mangrove grower, dies at 64

Agus Mawan 16 Aug 2022
Fishermen haul their catch from the boat.

In Sumatra, rising seas and sinking land spell hard times for fishers

Tonggo Simangunsong 16 Aug 2022
An Asian elephant in a forest in Bangladesh

Bangladesh struggles to protect the last of its last wild elephants

Rafiqul Islam 9 Aug 2022
Rehabilitation of coral reefs in commemoration of Coral Triangle Day 2022 in Oesina Beach.

‘Spiderwebs’ to the rescue for Indonesia’s coral reefs

Agustinus Wijayanto, Warief Djajanto Basorie 7 Aug 2022
Sadikin

A utopia of clean air and wet peat amid Sumatra’s forest fire ‘hell’

Suryadi 1 Aug 2022

In restoring polluted rivers, Indonesia looks at restocking endemic fish

Basten Gokkon, L. Darmawan 12 Jul 2022

Natural regeneration and women-led initiatives help drive Atlantic Forest Pact

Sibélia Zanon 11 Jul 2022
Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)

Scientists strive to restore world’s embattled kelp forests

Elizabeth Devitt 6 Jul 2022
A herd of elephants in a paddy field in Assam, India.

Mongabay’s What-To-Watch list for July 2022

Mongabay.com 5 Jul 2022
The nursery at the heart of Minawao nurtures the green shoots of a recovery.

Cameroon’s Nigerian refugees who degraded their camp are now vanguards of reforestation

Amindeh Blaise Atabong 28 Jun 2022
Employee from the MESCOT reforestation initiative showing a sapling in Sabah, Malaysia

Mongabay’s new-look Reforestation.app makes finding the right tree-planting project easier

Mongabay.com 28 Jun 2022
Members of Las Chelemeras consult with Keila Vazquez (in hat) before continuing their work.

Dig, dump, repeat, then watch the forest grow: Q&A with mangrove restorer Keila Vazquez

Caitlin Cooper 23 Jun 2022
A conservationist working on a seagrass restoration project.

Sea restoration projects quilt a ‘mosaic of habitats’ with striking results

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 15 Jun 2022
Rosewood flowering

Overexploited and underprotected: Study urges action on Asia’s rosewoods

Carolyn Cowan 13 Jun 2022
Botanist Keith Steunenberg stands next to a thicket.

Can wonder plant spekboom really bring smiles back to sad South African towns?

Anna Majavu 7 Jun 2022
Tree nursery

Common goals ensure forest restoration success in northern Thailand

Carolyn Cowan 6 Jun 2022

How Brazil is working to save the rare lion tamarins of the Atlantic Forest

Daniele Bragança and Duda Menegassi 1 Jun 2022
Dr Marco Hatch at one of his study sites. Image courtesy of Dr Marco Hatch.

Indigenous oyster fisheries were ‘fundamentally different’: Q&A with researcher Marco Hatch

Spoorthy Raman 1 Jun 2022
A gray wolf in Yellowstone National Park.

Yellowstone’s wolves defied extinction, but face new threats beyond park’s borders

Grace Hansen 31 May 2022
Spiky yellow woodlouse. Image courtesy of www.sainthelenaisland.info

Can we save the spiky yellow woodlouse, one of the most endangered isopods? (commentary)

Nick D’Onofrio 27 May 2022
Flower of the large-leafed orange mangrove (Bruguiera gymnorrhiza)

Poor planning, persistent farming undermine mangrove restoration in Tanzania

Amindeh Blaise Atabong 25 May 2022
Young people at Macatumbalen are trained by their parents to co-manage the community nursery where the tree seedlings are grown and regularly watered.

Devastated by a typhoon, community foresters in the Philippines find little support

Keith Anthony S. Fabro 23 May 2022
A hooded vulture

Scientists uncover widespread declines of raptors in Kenya

Caroline Chebet 17 May 2022
Irma and Heloisa collect Murici fruits ( Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Rich) at the Ripá tribe on Pimentel Barbosa indigenous territory in Mato Grosso, Brazil

Indigenous village harvests seeds to slow deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado

Daniel Grossman and Dado Galdieri 16 May 2022
Ranchers who received customized training made more sustainable changes to their properties, including pasture restoration, that led to both economic and environmental benefits, researchers say.

Training on pasture recovery is a win-win for Brazil’s cattle ranchers and forests

Sarah Brown 12 May 2022
Members of the Pokdarwis Tramena and Pokmaswas Gili Mantra project in Gili Trawangan carry out essential maintenance and monitoring activities monthly.

Community-led coral restoration project is rare hit amid slew of misses in Indonesia

Aimee Gabay 4 May 2022

Partnering with farmers is key to land restoration success (commentary)

Ermias Betemariam, Marcela Quintero 3 May 2022
Bears Ears is known for its stunning cliff dwellings that serve as a backdrop for thousands of sacred, cultural and archaeological sites. Tribes also still use the area to hunt and gather food.

With protections restored, tribal council charts new path for Bears Ears

Caitlin Looby 2 May 2022
Hornbills — the so-called “farmers of the forest” in Africa and Asia — move more than 700 plant species up to 11 km (7 mi) in a day.

As animal seed dispersers go the way of the dodo, forest plants are at risk

Sharon Guynup 28 Apr 2022
Emergent rainforest tree in Malaysia

Asia’s troubled trees need better conservation to reach restoration goals: Study

Carolyn Cowan 26 Apr 2022
Burundian soldiers in a nursery.

In Burundi, one-time combatants who razed forests now raise seedlings

Dieudonné Ndanezerewe 21 Apr 2022

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