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Indigenous lands hold 36% or more of remaining intact forest landscapes

John Cannon 16 Jan 2020

Colombia’s ‘Heart of the World’: Mining, megaprojects overrun indigenous land

Taran Volckhausen 15 Jan 2020
CANDEIRAS DO JAMARI, RONDÔNIA, BRAZIL: Aerial view of a large burned area in the city of Candeiras do Jamari in the state of Rondônia. (Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace)

For final months of 2019, Amazon deforestation hits highest level in at least 13 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Jan 2020

2019 was second-hottest year on record, 2010s hottest decade

Mongabay.com 15 Jan 2020

As 2019 ends, reptile-rich Sri Lanka delivers three more new gecko species

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 15 Jan 2020

As we act on climate, we mustn’t neglect nature (commentary)

Charlie Gardner, Matthew Struebig, Zoe Davies 14 Jan 2020

Five murdered in 2020 Brazilian Amazon land conflicts, adding to 2019 surge

Sam Cowie 14 Jan 2020

Cost-effective conservation: Study identifies key ‘umbrella’ species

John Cannon 14 Jan 2020

To deter Chinese sea claims, Indonesia puts its fishers on the front line

Basten Gokkon 14 Jan 2020

Indonesia’s push to become a tourism paradise sidelines land rights

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Jan 2020

One six-week expedition discovered ten new songbird species and subspecies in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 13 Jan 2020

Conservationists in peril: Scientists, campaigners risk their lives for their work

James Fair 13 Jan 2020

Update to biodiversity treaty proposes protecting at least 30% of Earth

Mongabay.com 13 Jan 2020
Jacqueline Evans. Image courtesy of Goldman Environmental Prize.

Goldman Prize winner launches new environmental foundation in the Cook Islands

Mongabay.com 13 Jan 2020

Communities in Brazilian Cerrado besieged by global demand for soy

Sarah Sax and Maurício Angelo 13 Jan 2020

Ten actions for Brazilian scientists to engage in environmental politics (commentary)

Ananda R. Pereira Martins, Lucas Pereira Martins, Leila Figueiredo 10 Jan 2020

Indonesian officials wield sharia law in defense of Sumatran rhinos

Junaidi Hanafiah, Rahmadi Rahmad 10 Jan 2020

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, Jan. 10, 2020

Mongabay.com 10 Jan 2020
Oil palm plantation in West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Activists seek purge after Indonesia court rules forest plantations illegal

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Jan 2020

Philippine fern efficiently absorbs arsenic, copper from toxic mining soil

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2020

Rare plant species are especially vulnerable to climate change, and rarity is more common than previously understood

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2020

Polly share a cracker: Study finds grey parrots are good Samaritans

Malavika Vyawahare 9 Jan 2020
Deforestation in Novo Progresso in the state of Para

Forest loss moves swiftly once 50% deforestation ‘tipping point’ reached

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2020
Coastline of the Big Island, Hawaii. Photo by Rhett A. Butler / mongabay.

Pangolins top the charts while climate stories lag: Insights on our 2019 reporting (insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Jan 2020

Tool use in puffins may point to ‘underestimated’ intelligence in seabirds

Mongabay.com 8 Jan 2020
Proboscis monkeys in Borneo have lost habitat to oil palm plantations and shrimp farms. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Palm oil processors top plantations in destroying proboscis monkey habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Jan 2020
Detail of the Igarapé Água Branca stream, the last clean waterway in the city of Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, in the Amazon region. Image by César Nogueira.

The fight is on to save the last clean waterway in Brazil’s Manaus

Sam Cowie 8 Jan 2020

Killing gods: The last hope for the world’s rarest reptile

Jeremy Hance 7 Jan 2020

Indigenous artists from the Amazon use art for environmental advocacy

Débora Menezes 7 Jan 2020

Jakarta floods spark renewed calls for stronger environmental protection

Basten Gokkon 7 Jan 2020

Science-backed policy boosts critically endangered Nassau grouper

Mongabay.com 6 Jan 2020

2019: The year Sri Lanka’s stunning new species came to light (Commentary)

Amila Prasanna Sumanapala 6 Jan 2020

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