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For Philippine farmers reeling from disasters, lockdown is another pain point

Mavic Conde 7 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

Authorities seize record 26 tons of illegal shark fins in Hong Kong

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 May 2020
Oil palm fruit in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Dayak women of Indonesia resist gender inequality exacerbated by palm oil production

Lauren Bowman 7 May 2020

Journo arrested for reporting on palm oil tycoon’s alleged land grab

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 May 2020

Fracking effort closes in on impoverished Colombian communities

Mauricio Ochoa, Semana Sostenible 7 May 2020

Forest clearing proceeds for dam in Sumatra despite locals’ land claims

Barita News Lumbanbatu 7 May 2020

DNA detective work reveals where in the ocean shark fins came from

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 May 2020

Massive erosion likely due to hydropower dam causes oil spill on Ecuador’s Coca River

Antonio José Paz Cardona 6 May 2020

Indigenous solutions to climate crisis could lie in archaeology, experts say

Ian Morse 6 May 2020

Plans to prevent future pandemics must consider gender issues, too (commentary)

Tyler Nuckols 6 May 2020

Researchers miss out on sperm whale superpod in Sri Lanka amid pandemic

Malaka Rodrigo 6 May 2020

Aiming for conservation and development in a corner of Mexico’s Mayan jungle

Thelma Gómez Durán 6 May 2020
Mark Plotkin and Yaloefuh in Suriname in 1982. Courtesy of Mark Plotkin.

Everything you need to know about the Amazon rainforest: an interview with Mark Plotkin

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 May 2020

Brazil sacks officials who curbed deforestation on Amazon indigenous lands

Jenny Gonzales 5 May 2020
Brookesia chameleon in the rainforest of Madagascar's Masoala Peninsula. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

As visitors vanish, Madagascar’s protected areas suffer a ‘devastating’ blow

Malavika Vyawahare 5 May 2020

Soy made the Cerrado a breadbasket; climate change may end that

Sarah Sax, Maurício Angelo 5 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

Wildlife tourism workers in limbo as Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 shutdown continues

Malaka Rodrigo 5 May 2020

Feed your neighbor, solve big problems (commentary)

Darrel Webber 5 May 2020

As COVID-19 batters fishery, Indonesia’s sharks get a respite

Basten Gokkon 4 May 2020

Takeover of Nigerian reserve highlights uphill battle to save forests

Orji Sunday 4 May 2020
Pangolin rescued from the wildlife trade in Vietnam. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Jane Goodall: COVID-19 is a product of our unhealthy relationship with animals and the environment (commentary)

Jane Goodall 4 May 2020

In ocean biodiversity hotspots, microplastics come with the currents

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 4 May 2020

Nicaragua failing to protect indigenous groups from land grabs: Report

Ashoka Mukpo 4 May 2020

As bioethanol demand rises, biodiversity will fall in Cerrado, study says

Naira Hofmeister 4 May 2020

Photos: Up close with the saltwater crocs of Sri Lanka’s Nilwala River

Rajiv Welikala 4 May 2020
Baobab trees at sunset in Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

From writing to VR, finding ways to connect to nature during isolation

Carinya Sharples 4 May 2020

Our 20 top conservation and environmental science stories in April 2020

Mongabay.com 3 May 2020

Flooding devastates Ecuador’s indigenous communities in the Amazon

Aimee Gabay 1 May 2020

‘Hummingbird’ spy creature films millions of monarchs taking flight

Liz Kimbrough 1 May 2020

No more business as usual: Halt dangerous development projects that put our health at risk (commentary)

Gaurav Madan 1 May 2020

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