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The Kapawi River, soon to be the first “solar river” in the Amazon, is a lifeline for more than 1,000 Indigenous peoples and is home to endangered pink river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis). Image by Andrés Cornejo.

An Indigenous-led solar canoe initiative expands across the Amazon

Aimee Gabay 1 Sep 2025
A camera trap image of a southern red muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak) in Temburong.

Brunei built Southeast Asia’s longest bridge. What does this mean for wildlife?

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 29 Aug 2025
Prayer flags in Mustang.

Escalation in tourism, climate change leaves Nepal’s Mustang in fragile state

Abhaya Raj Joshi 22 Aug 2025
The paving of the BR-319 highway would open the Amazon to further deforestation, affecting Brazil's rain cycle and endangering Indigenous communities. Image courtesy of the National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT).

Brazil’s new licensing accord is a gateway to forest destruction via the BR-319 highway (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 20 Aug 2025
View of Chiribiquete National Park.

Deforestation & illegal roads advancing fast in Colombia’s largest natural area

Iván Paredes Tamayo 19 Aug 2025

What’s at stake for the environment in Bolivia’s upcoming elections?

Maxwell Radwin 15 Aug 2025
A part of Putumayo rainforest showing areas of deforestation.

Illegal roads expand in Colombia’s deforestation hotspots

Mie Hoejris Dahl 25 Jul 2025
Hoh rainforest. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Trump administration plans to rescind rule blocking logging on national forest lands

Associated Press 24 Jun 2025

Strategic planning for development in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 6 Jun 2025

Study finds fast traffic noise is infuriating Galápagos warblers

Spoorthy Raman 20 May 2025
A Yucatán black howler monkey

Protection is only the beginning: Creating connection through Belize’s Maya Forest Corridor

Ruth Kamnitzer 19 May 2025
Banner image of a striped albatross butterfly (Appias libythea) on a red leea plant (Leea rubra), courtesy of NTU Singapore.

Singapore study says roadside flowers can improve urban butterfly biodiversity

Kristine Sabillo 12 May 2025

Mexican government looks to correct Tren Maya environmental damages

Maxwell Radwin 22 Apr 2025
Fishing cat. Image by Kelinahandbasket via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Fishing cats in India struggle to survive outside protected areas

Mongabay.com 4 Apr 2025
A grizzled tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus inustus)

PNG’s Torricelli Mountains teem with life — and the risk of extinction

John Cannon 31 Mar 2025
China's megaproject Chancay Port on Peru's Pacific coast, inaugurated by President Xi Jinping, is a key hub for the Belt and Road Initiative and future trade with South America, including Brazil's Amazon exports. Image courtesy of Peru’s Presidential Office (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Brazil plans new Amazon routes linking the Pacific & China’s New Silk Road

Fabio Zuker 31 Mar 2025

Secondary roads cause more deforestation than primary roads in tropical forests

Bobby Bascomb 25 Mar 2025
The first Indigenous man from the Mamoriá Grande area to contact non-Indigenous society received medical assistance at a Funai base in early February. Image courtesy of Funai and Sesai (Indigenous Health Secretariat).

Pressure bears down around uncontacted tribes at the edge of Brazil’s arc of deforestation

Fernanda Wenzel 21 Mar 2025
Before any dam is built, roads are needed, opening up the old-growth forest of the Cardamom Mountains. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay.

With biological and cultural diversity at literal crossroads in the tropics, a new approach is needed (commentary)

Karen Masters 13 Mar 2025
The first section of the road, which is now complete, runs from Peru’s Bellavista district to a town called Santo Tomás. Image by Vico Mendez / SPDA.

More Indigenous peoples request consultation as controversial road paves through Peru’s Amazon

Aimee Gabay 13 Mar 2025
A wild Asian elephant in Nepal's plains. Image courtesy of Ashok Ram

As elephant conflict shifts, Nepal’s border village offers clues for coexistence

Deepak Adhikari 18 Feb 2025

Agriculture, illegal ranching and roads threaten the jaguar in Mesoamerica

Astrid Arellano 3 Feb 2025
A stocky man in a white cap and grey and white dashiki holds up a thick manila envelope of documents of his demolished property, red marker announcing its contents. Image courtesy Kemi Adelagun.

Nigeria’s new coastal highway runs over communities & biodiversity hotspots

Ini Ekott 30 Jan 2025

Vested interests and social tribes in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 16 Jan 2025

Southeast Asia in review: 2024

Carolyn Cowan, Gerald Flynn 30 Dec 2024

Nepal PM sums up 2024 shift away from conservation: ‘Fewer tigers, less forest’

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Dec 2024
Traffic on Nepal's highway

Still no sweet spot in 2024 for Nepal in balancing conservation & development

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Dec 2024
Satellite imagery captured September 2024 by Planet Labs shows a fire burning along the boundary between Xingu Indigenous Park and Capoto/Jarina Indigenous Territory. The territories are surrounded by denuded industrial farm fields.

Fires rip through Indigenous territories in Brazilian Amazon

Ruth Kamnitzer 29 Nov 2024
Lula promised to pave a stretch of BR-319 that remains undriveable for most of the year. Without a reliable road link, the city of Manaus remains highly dependent on river transport. Image courtesy of Marcio Isensee e Sá/InfoAmazonia.

Brazil plans new reserves to curb deforestation near contested Amazon roads

Fernanda Wenzel 28 Nov 2024

Logging persists in Cameroon’s wildlife-rich Ebo Forest despite warnings

Amindeh Blaise Atabong 25 Nov 2024

Satellite data detect appearance of new roads in primary forests in Borneo

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Nov 2024
Banner image of logging truck near Think Biotech’s concession in 2020. Image by Ma Chettra.

Illegally logged wood from Cambodia likely ending up in U.S. homes

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2024

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