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Dam project pushes threatened orangutans from forest to farms

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Oct 2018

Frogs coping with fatal fungus in Panamanian forest, study finds

Mongabay.com 5 Oct 2018
Cattle at one of the 70,000 suppliers used by JBS, one of Brazil's largest beef producers. Photo courtesy of JBS

Pasture expansion driving deforestation in Brazilian protected area

Mike Gaworecki 4 Oct 2018

Scientists urge greater protection of Brazil’s secondary forests

Morgan Erickson-Davis 4 Oct 2018

‘Guardians of the forest:’ Indigenous peoples come together to assert role in climate stability

Justin Catanoso 2 Oct 2018

Kenya’s Mijikenda people revive sacred homesteads to protect the forest

Sophie Mbugua 1 Oct 2018
Planet satellite image showing a mosaic of deforestation and rainforest in São Judas Tadeu, Xapuri in the state of Acre, Brazil in August 2018. Courtesy of Planet.

Ahead of election, deforestation continues to climb in the Brazilian Amazon

Mongabay.com 30 Sep 2018

Massive loss of mammal species in Atlantic Forest since the 1500s

John Cannon 28 Sep 2018

Deforestation-linked palm oil still finding its way into top consumer brands: report

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Sep 2018
Chalcopyrite from the Huanzala Mine in Peru. Photo by James St. John via Flickr.

Chilling images of illegal mining operations in Peru

Yvette Sierra Praeli 24 Sep 2018

Using space tech to improve palm oil transparency in Colombia

Andrew J. Wight 21 Sep 2018
A forestry department ground inspection team checks the timber to be exported and monitors con-tainer loading at the site before sealing the container. Photo by Ann Wang for Mongabay.

Activists blast Myanmar timber deal: ‘There is no transparency at all’

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2018
A non-native smallmouth bass eats a native sucker. Credit: UDWR

Global wildlife trafficking still a ‘lucrative criminal activity,’ expert says

Genevieve Belmaker 20 Sep 2018

Indonesian president signs 3-year freeze on new oil palm licenses

Mongabay.com 20 Sep 2018

Indonesia’s Teater Potlot takes on the plight of the Sumatran tiger

Taufik Wijaya 19 Sep 2018

Study games out oil palm development scenarios in Borneo

Loren Bell 17 Sep 2018

How a national reserve stopped the extinction of the Peruvian vicuña

Vanessa Romo 17 Sep 2018

What’s causing deforestation? New study reveals global drivers

Rachel Fritts 14 Sep 2018
Newmont Mining Corporation's open pit copper-gold mine in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Indonesian mine watchdog sues government for concession maps

Indra Nugraha 13 Sep 2018
Fresh oil palm fruit bunches. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Palm oil giant’s claim it can’t control Liberian subsidiary a ‘red herring,’ NGO says

Daniel Pye 12 Sep 2018

Conservation groups herald protection of tiger habitat in Malaysia

Mongabay.com 11 Sep 2018

Climate mitigation has an ally in need of recognition and land rights: indigenous peoples in tropical countries

Justin Catanoso 10 Sep 2018
Cow in Colombia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay

Land hoarding: what Colombia’s new administration has inherited

Natalie Arenas 10 Sep 2018

Plantations can produce more palm oil if they keep riverbanks forested

Rachel Fritts 10 Sep 2018
Indonesian rainforest in Bukit Tigapuluh, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Aligning forces for tropical forests as a climate change solution (commentary)

Daniel Nepstad 8 Sep 2018

Criminal mafias take over Colombian forests

Maria Fernanda Lizcano 7 Sep 2018

How land is stolen in Colombia

Maria Fernanda Lizcano 6 Sep 2018
Seedlings in Brazil. Photo courtesy Guilherme Rodrigues.

Study sheds light on how seeds survive in tropical soils

Ignacio Amigo 5 Sep 2018

The ‘Godfather of Biodiversity’ on why it’s time to manage Earth as a system

Mike Gaworecki 5 Sep 2018

Fires tear through East Java park, threatening leopard habitat

Eko Widianto 5 Sep 2018

Indonesian government appeals ruling on tighter peat fire regulations

Basten Gokkon 30 Aug 2018

The forested path to climate stability (commentary)

Belinda Morris, Frances Seymour 30 Aug 2018

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