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Transformance: Finding common ground in the Amazon (commentary)

Gus Greenstein 12 Sep 2017

Uncontacted Amazon indigenous groups reportedly attacked by outsiders

Barbara Fraser 11 Sep 2017

Saving the Serranía de San Lucas, a vital link in the ‘jaguar corridor’

Sean Mowbray 1 Sep 2017

Temer’s Amazon mining decrees derided by protestors, annulled by judge

Zoe Sullivan 30 Aug 2017

Few answers for Indonesians who wonder what chemicals are dumped in their water

Tara MacIsaac 29 Aug 2017

Deforestation from gold mining in Peru continues, despite gov’t crackdowns

John Cannon 22 Aug 2017

Brazilian firm wants to build new dams in Amazon’s Aripuanã basin

Sue Branford 10 Aug 2017

Monkey rediscovered in Brazil after 80 years

Christina Selby 9 Aug 2017

HydroCalculator: new, free, online tool helps citizens assess dams

Claire Salisbury 7 Aug 2017
A few miners continue to work an old mine called Andasiakondro, where a ruby rush drew some 10,000 people in 2002.

What happens after a mining rush? Photographs from Madagascar

Arnaud De Grave 31 Jul 2017

Amazonian city drags down fish stocks in 1,000-kilometer shadow

John Cannon 28 Jul 2017

Global megadam activism and the sounds of nature in Taiwan

Mike Gaworecki 25 Jul 2017

Orangutans find home in degraded forests

John Cannon 24 Jul 2017

Brazil’s indigenous Munduruku occupy dam site, halt construction

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 19 Jul 2017

Soy King Blairo Maggi wields power over Amazon’s fate, say critics

Jenny Gonzales 13 Jul 2017

DJ remixes the sounds of birds, lemurs, and more to inspire conservation

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jul 2017

Trump’s policies could put Cambodia’s environment on chopping block

Logan Connor 11 Jul 2017

Amazon infrastructure EIAs under-assess biodiversity; scientists offer solutions

Claire Salisbury 6 Jul 2017

Study: Brazilian mega-dams caused far more flooding than EIA predicted

Claire Salisbury 5 Jul 2017

Unexamined synergies: dam building and mining go together in the Amazon

Zoe Sullivan 22 Jun 2017

International action a must to stop irreversible harm of Amazon dams, say experts

Claire Salisbury 19 Jun 2017

Brazil on verge of legitimizing Amazon land theft on a grand scale, warn NGOs

Mauricio Torres, Isabel Harari, Sue Branford 15 Jun 2017

‘The ones we named are all dead now’: dolphins and fishers struggle to survive in Myanmar

Kayla Walsh 13 Jun 2017

Brazil assaults indigenous rights, environment, social movements

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 1 Jun 2017
Caboco on a Sunday fishing trip. Photo by Maximo Anderson for Mongabay.

Amid life and death risks, Brazil’s land defenders stand firm

Maximo Anderson 29 May 2017

Meet the activists risking life and limb to protect rivers (commentary)

David Hoffman, Sarah Bardeen 24 May 2017

Communities band together to protect El Salvador’s last mangroves

Martha Pskowski 23 May 2017

Federal prosecutor in Brazil calls for suspension of licensing to drill near Amazon Reef

Mike Gaworecki 22 May 2017

A stubborn dreamer who fought to save Amazon’s Waimiri-Atroari passes

Sue Branford 18 May 2017

“We don’t believe in words anymore”: Indians stand against Temer govt.

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 3 May 2017

Over the bridge: The battle for the future of the Kinabatangan

John Cannon 3 May 2017

Amazon’s fate hangs on outcome of war between opposing worldviews

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 27 Apr 2017

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