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Brazil sets record for highly hazardous pesticide consumption: Report

Jenny Gonzales 12 Mar 2020

Brazil drastically reduces controls over suspicious Amazon timber exports

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 11 Mar 2020

PepsiCo renews sustainable palm oil policy to close supplier loophole

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Mar 2020
Deforestation in West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Record-high global tree cover loss driven by agriculture

Liz Kimbrough 10 Mar 2020

Versace, Amazon, Samsonite among companies listed as deforestation ‘laggards’

Liz Kimbrough 5 Mar 2020
Chickens. Image by Capri23auto via Pixabay.

Investors drop demands after Tyson Foods commits to no deforestation

Liz Kimbrough 20 Feb 2020

Private firms will pay soy farmers not to deforest Brazil’s Cerrado

Sarah Sax 11 Feb 2020

Brazil’s Bolsonaro creates Amazon Council and Environmental Police force

Jan Rocha 24 Jan 2020
Experts fear that international markets will close their doors to Peru due to illegal timber. Photo courtesy of the Environmental Research Agency (EIA).

U.S. lumber company found importing high-risk Peruvian timber

Michael Tatarski 23 Jan 2020

‘Tainted timber’ from Myanmar widely used in yachts seized in the Netherlands

Malavika Vyawahare 25 Dec 2019

EU/Chinese soy consumption linked to species impacts in Brazilian Cerrado: study

Sarah Sax 24 Dec 2019

Malaysia to let RSPO publish oil palm concession maps

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Dec 2019

UK supermarkets criticized over pesticide use, lack of transparency

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2019

Makers of Oreos, KitKats among brands linked to Indonesia forest fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Nov 2019

In the rice-rich Mekong region, will husk briquettes take hold?

Lauren Crothers 28 Aug 2019

Companies sourcing beef, leather from China exposed to Brazil deforestation risk, researchers say

Mongabay.com 27 Aug 2019
Timber packaged for delivery. Photo courtesy ZSL.

Forestry companies warned over environmental policies

James Fair 5 Aug 2019
Deforestation for soy production in the Bolivian Amazon and Chaco. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

New initiative aims to jump-start stalled drive toward zero deforestation

Sarah Sax 19 Jul 2019
Small-scale deforestation in the Colombian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Colombia gasoline fueling cocaine production

Taran Volckhausen 28 Jun 2019

Norway sees sharp drop in palm oil biofuel consumption after ban on government purchasing

Lauren Crothers 17 Jun 2019
Ca phe sua da on sale for 65 cents from a cart on the side of the road near Ho Chi Minh City's downtown. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Innovative methods could transform Vietnam’s robusta farms into carbon sinks

Michael Tatarski 13 Jun 2019

Chinese banks risk supporting soy-related deforestation, report finds

John Cannon 30 May 2019

Slave labor found at second Starbucks-certified Brazilian coffee farm

Daniel Camargos contributor for Repórter Brasil 3 May 2019
Tropical rainforest in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

EU consumption drives ‘import’ of tropical deforestation

Carinya Sharples 11 Apr 2019

Experts warn: As G-20 tariffs drop, carbon emissions skyrocket

Ashoka Mukpo 10 Apr 2019
A butterfly in the forests of Vietnam. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Questions remain as Vietnam reaches major REDD+ milestone

Michael Tatarski 1 Apr 2019

Cargill pledges to stop forest to farmland conversions, but no results yet for the Cerrado

Sarah Sax 29 Mar 2019
The landscape of Garamba National Park in DRC. Photo by Thomas Nicolon for Mongabay.

EU customers warned over possible illegal timber from the Congo

Ashoka Mukpo 27 Mar 2019
The primary reason for large plantations of Eucalyptus is for cooking. Here a woman makes a traditional non-alcoholic beer served at Islamic celebrations. Photo by Christopher Lett/Mongabay.

In Ethiopia, women and faith drive effort to restore biodiversity

Christopher Lett 20 Mar 2019
Drone view of Chiquitano forest recently deforested on the edge of the Bolivian Amazon for soy production. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Investors warn soy giants of backlash over deforestation in South America

James Fair 18 Mar 2019
Jaguar in Madre de Dios, Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Madre de Dios: Seven Brazil nut concessions investigated for illegal timber extraction

Yvette Sierra Praeli 20 Feb 2019

US senators warn fund managers over palm oil

James Fair 11 Feb 2019

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