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Probe begins into alleged deforestation by Olam, ‘world’s largest farmer’

James Fair 7 Aug 2020

2019 was the deadliest year ever for environmental activists, watchdog group says

Ashoka Mukpo 29 Jul 2020

Where there’s cattle ranching and soybean farming, there’s fire, study finds

Marcelo Coppola 20 Jul 2020

Brazilian meatpacker expands with World Bank funding but fails to reduce impacts in the Amazon

Naira Hofmeister 9 Jul 2020

‘Saving sun bears’: Q&A with book author Sarah Pye

John Cannon 29 Jun 2020

The Consultant: Why did a palm oil conglomerate pay $22m to an unnamed ‘expert’ in Papua?

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 25 Jun 2020

COVID-19 and rainforest fires set up potential public health crisis

John Cannon 18 Jun 2020

Overlap of fire, COVID-19 peaks: A ‘catastrophe’ for Brazil’s Amazon

John Cannon 9 Jun 2020

Indonesia to receive $56m payment from Norway for reducing deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 May 2020
A calf attempts to sneak its trunk into a mineral pit that mom is drinking from. Protest calls are often heard from calves during these behavioral contexts, as mom sometimes pushes them away and they in turn express their displeasure with a little yell. Photo © Ana Verahrami, Elephant Listening Project.

Listening to elephants to protect Central Africa’s tropical forests

Mike Gaworecki 27 May 2020

Brazilian taxpayers subsidizing Amazon-clearing cattle ranches, study shows

Naira Hofmeister 26 May 2020

Ecuador’s Kichwa implement innovative approach to rainforest conservation

Matthew Wilburn King 20 May 2020

Amazon fires may be worse in 2020 as deforestation and land grabbing spikes

Caio de Freitas Paes 18 May 2020

Gender-based violence shakes communities in the wake of forest loss

John Cannon 14 May 2020
Yanomami community in northern Brazil saying ‘Go away, mining companies’. Image by Victor Moriyama/ISA.

The mining map: Who’s eyeing the gold on Brazil’s indigenous lands?

Agência Pública, Anna Beatriz Anjos, Bruno Fonseca, Ciro Barros, José Cícero da Silva, Rafael Oliveira, Thiago Domenici 7 May 2020
Matsés woman with traditional facial tattoos, piercings, and face paint. Photo: Alicia Fox

Painstaking mapping initiative helps indigenous Peruvians defend their land

Yvette Sierra Praeli 5 May 2020

Companies use COVID-19 to weaken standards, secure subsidies: Report

Mongabay.com 23 Apr 2020

Decades-old mine in Bougainville exacts devastating human toll: Report

John Cannon 17 Apr 2020

Study projects 30% more forest cover if wood biomass is managed right; critics call it a disaster

Lauren Crothers 15 Apr 2020

Gold mining threatens indigenous forests in the Brazilian Amazon

John Cannon 8 Apr 2020

Goldman Prize-winning Cambodian activist arrested, released in Cambodia

Lauren Crothers 24 Mar 2020

Oil exploration at odds with peatland protection in the Congo Basin

John Cannon 23 Mar 2020

Wealth fund divests from Peruvian firm after indigenous group complaint

Lauren Crothers 20 Mar 2020
Wood that was cut for charcoal production near Katha, northern Myanmar. Villages in this area used to cut teak and other valuable trees for export, but have since started producing charcoal. The charcoal being exported to China can be made from any tree, regardless of size or kind. This amount of trees could produce about 150 bags of charcoal. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

China’s revised forest law could boost efforts to fight illegal logging

Ashoka Mukpo 19 Mar 2020

Qualified success: What’s next for Peru’s Operation Mercury?

John Cannon 19 Mar 2020

Companies leave communities to grapple with mining’s persistent legacy

John Cannon 28 Feb 2020

Brazilian meat giant JBS expands its reach in China

Mongabay.com 20 Feb 2020
Deforestation in the Colombian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Early deforestation numbers for 2019 reveal trends in the Amazon

John Cannon 12 Feb 2020

Upset about Amazon fires last year? Focus on deforestation this year (commentary)

Matt Finer 4 Feb 2020

Success of Microsoft’s ‘moonshot’ climate pledge hinges on forest conservation

Justin Catanoso 3 Feb 2020

Despite foreign aid, Colombia struggles to rein in Amazon deforestation

Taran Volckhausen 29 Jan 2020
Waura man in Brazil. Photo by Sue Wren.

Indigenous, protected lands in Amazon emit far less carbon than areas outside

John Cannon 28 Jan 2020

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