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Indigenous Bajo suffer child deaths & toxic sludge amid green energy push

Indigenous rights advocates petition to overturn Indonesian conservation law

Tropical forest loss hit new heights in 2024; fire a major driver in Latin America

In New Guinea, megadiverse lowland forests are most at risk of deforestation

Indigenous conservationists lead the fight to save Mentawai’s endangered primates

Sumatran tiger protection needs more patrols, tougher penalties, study finds

Borneo project hopes to prove that forests and oil palms can coexist

Report shows policy gaps in safeguarding the carbon rights of forest communities

Indonesia’s deforestation claims under scrutiny over ‘cherry-picked’ data

‘Colombia’s Amazon peoples provide solutions’: Interview with José Homero Mutumbajoy

PHOTO ESSAY Wind-blown sand scouring life off a Southern African landscape

Reflections on 20 years of Mongabay News (commentary)

Paying to prevent deforestation is positive & not ‘nothing’ (commentary)

In Borneo village, Indigenous Dayaks leave farming amid stricter fire rules

New research finds substantial peat deposits in Colombia’s conflicted Amazon

Indonesia strengthens forest monitoring with new tool to meet EU deforestation law

Agroforestry can reduce deforestation, but supportive policies matter, study finds

Armed groups, cattle ranchers drove 35% rise in Colombia’s deforestation in 2024

Diverse forests and forest rewilding offer resilience against climate change

Back to the skies: the unlikely comeback of one of Brazil’s rarest parrots

‘Heart of Borneo’ dams raze Indigenous forests for Indonesia green energy drive

Mongabay investigation spurs Brazil crackdown on illegal cattle in Amazon’s Arariboia territory

The colonial ghosts of Uganda’s ‘Queen Elizabeth’ park

Indigenous aguaje tree climbers bring down profits in Peru’s Amazon — sustainably

How is conservation preparing for a much hotter world? Experts share

As Acapulco’s mangroves disappear, Mexico takes strides to protect its coastal forests

Funding freeze threatens global reforestation and restoration efforts

Brazil is speeding-up forest fire prevention to avoid dangerous tipping points in the Amazon (commentary)

Farmers turn to living ‘yam sticks’ to grow their crop and spare the forest

Despite improvements, governance in the Pan Amazon falls short

An oil-rich West African island offers decades of insight into the wild meat trade

UK delays to environment law have led to massive deforestation, report says

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