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Australia’s logging ‘madness’ fuels more fires, hastens ecosystem collapse

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 13 May 2020

Scientists warn U.S. Congress against declaring biomass burning carbon neutral

Justin Catanoso 13 May 2020

Large indigenous territories are necessary for culture and biodiversity in Brazil, study says

Liz Kimbrough 13 May 2020

‘They never intended to conserve it’: Outcry as loggers gut Cambodian reserve

Andrew Nachemson 13 May 2020
A sawmill near the Think Biotech concession.

Cambodian firm accused of creating a ‘monopoly in the timber business’

Danielle Keeton-Olsen 13 May 2020

In Colombia’s La Guajira, the native Wayuu are forgotten in the dust

Nicoló Filippo Rosso 13 May 2020

Dangerous levels of heat and humidity rising in frequency, study says

Ashoka Mukpo 13 May 2020

With new law, Indonesia gives miners more power and fewer obligations

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 May 2020

Will fish boom amid pandemic-driven fishing bust?

Shreya Dasgupta 13 May 2020

Bats: Resistant to viruses, but not to humans

Thelma Gómez Durán 13 May 2020

Philippines bids farewell to satellite that launched enviro policy into the space age

Rosy Mina 12 May 2020

Seed by seed, a women’s collective helps reforest Brazil’s Xingu River Basin

JoAnna Haugen 12 May 2020

Indonesia moves to end smallholder guarantee meant to empower palm oil farmers

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 May 2020
Uncontacted indigenous group in the Amazon photographed by authorities with the Brazilian Indian affairs agency FUNAI. Photo by Gleison Miranda-FUNAI.

Amazon indigenous leader: Our survival is at stake. You can help (commentary)

Beto Marubo 12 May 2020
Yohanes Terang in his beloved forest. © Titayanto Pieter

Indonesian environmental poet and Dayak leader Yohanes Terang, 1956-2020

Erik Meijaard 11 May 2020

Market-based solutions cannot solely fund community-level conservation (commentary)

Sinan Serhadli 11 May 2020

Bolsonaro revives a plan to carve a road through one of Brazil’s last untouched areas

Fernanda Wenzel/oeco 11 May 2020
Artibeus phaeotis. Photo by Adrian Forsyth

In defense of bats in a COVID world (commentary)

Enrique Ortiz 11 May 2020

Yehimi Fajardo: A voice for the birds of Putumayo

Nicolás Bustamante Hernández 11 May 2020

Climate tipping point ecosystem collapses may come faster than thought: Studies

Shanna Hanbury 11 May 2020

Canadian company positions for mining ban lift in Argentine province

John Cannon 11 May 2020

New bill could legalize ‘land banking’ by Indonesian plantation firms

Loren Bell 10 May 2020

Pandemic lockdown gives Philippine province time to rethink planned split-up

Keith Anthony Fabro 10 May 2020
Deforestation for soy in the Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Amazon deforestation increases for 13th straight month in Brazil

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 May 2020

Sri Lanka’s marbled rock frog may not be on brink of extinction, modeling suggests

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 9 May 2020

Insects decline on land, fare better in water, study finds

Liz Kimbrough 8 May 2020

Brazil opens 38,000 square miles of indigenous lands to outsiders

Mauricio Torres, Sue Branford 8 May 2020

How Indonesia’s omnibus bill may impact fisheries compliance and enforcement (commentary)

Stephanie Juwana 8 May 2020

World lost forest ‘the size of Libya’ since 1990, FAO says

Lauren Crothers 8 May 2020

‘It was like a church’: Ecuador’s Kichwa community mourns death of sacred tree

Johnny Magdaleno 8 May 2020
Sungai Utik river in West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Activists challenge Indonesia deregulation bill that threatens environment

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 May 2020

Indonesia lifts export ban on baby lobsters aimed to protect wild population

Basten Gokkon 8 May 2020

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