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Pirates of the Pacific terrorize artisanal fishers on the Peruvian coast

Leandro Amaya 25 Mar 2025

Ecuador must improve conditions for uncontacted Indigenous communities, human rights court rules

Maxwell Radwin 20 Mar 2025

No justice in sight for World Bank project-affected communities in Liberia

Victoria Schneider 3 Feb 2025
Oil palm fruits harvested in Kalimantan.

NGOs raise concerns over Borneo pilot of ‘jurisdictional’ certification for palm oil

Rendy Tisna 10 Jan 2025

‘Trump is a disease’, says Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa

Daniel Camargos, from Repórter Brasil 2 Dec 2024

‘Five years and no justice’ as trial over Indigenous forest guardian’s killing faces delays

Karla Mendes 13 Nov 2024
Carlos’ fellow guardians carry his coffin

The underreported killing of Colombia’s Indigenous land guardian, ‘The Wolf’ (Photos)

Tony Kirby | Anna Abraham | Cesar Quiroz 7 Nov 2024

In Colombia, guerrilla groups decide the fate of the Amazon

Maxwell Radwin 31 Oct 2024

Police murder Guarani man as Brazil struggles with Indigenous land demarcation

Maxwell Radwin 26 Sep 2024
Endorois and Ogiek Peoples of Kenya in a peaceful procession to demand for their land rights in Feb., 2024.

Indigenous peoples won in court — but in practice, they face a different reality

Aimee Gabay 20 Sep 2024
An Indigenous group in a boat in the Ucayali River.

Report links killings to environmental crimes in Peru’s Amazon

Aimee Gabay 12 Sep 2024

Why is violence against environmental defenders getting worse? Five things to know

Maxwell Radwin 11 Sep 2024
Isolated Indigenous Mashco Piro men and boys on a beach in the Peruvian Amazon. Image courtesy of Survival International.

Peruvian logger loses FSC label after latest clash with isolated Mashco Piro

Dan Collyns 4 Sep 2024
A Nicobar pigeon, found in Vietnam.

In Vietnam, environmental defense is increasingly a crime

Hướng Thiện 3 Sep 2024

Mexican fishing industry rep killed after denouncing illegal fishing

Maxwell Radwin 5 Aug 2024
Protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline on Oct. 25, 2016.

Environmental protests under attack: Interview with UN special rapporteur Michel Forst

Peter Speetjens 24 Jun 2024
Preparation towards graduating boys into Maasai warriors in Simanjiro District.

Forced evictions suppress Maasai spirituality & sacred spaces in Tanzania

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 22 Jun 2024
Commercial cattle ranching is banned on Indigenous territories in Brazil, but a yearlong Mongabay investigation reveals that large plots in the Arariboia Indigenous Territory have been used for ranching amid a record-high number of killings of the region’s Indigenous Guajajara inhabitants.

Revealed: Illegal cattle ranching booms in Arariboia territory during deadly year for Indigenous Guajajara

Karla Mendes 19 Jun 2024

UNESCO accused of supporting human rights abuses in African parks

Aimee Gabay 17 Jun 2024

Narco activity takes heavy toll on Colombia’s protected forests, satellite data show

Morgan Erickson-Davis 31 May 2024
Indigenous leader Paulo Paulino Guajajara shows a bullet shell in 2019.

Mongabay video screening at Chile’s Supreme Court expected to help landmark verdict in Brazil

Karla Mendes 31 May 2024
Indigenous farmer in Cambodia

Rights groups call for greater public input in ASEAN environmental rights framework

Carolyn Cowan 8 May 2024

Apologies aren’t enough, Indigenous people say of Brazil dictatorship’s crimes

Fernanda Wenzel 30 Apr 2024
A stone quarry in Bangladesh's Sylhet District.

Forest officer’s killing highlights Bangladesh authorities’ waning power

Rafiqul Islam 24 Apr 2024
Alis Ramírez: The defender of the Colombian Amazon now living as a refugee in New Zealand

Alis Ramírez: A defender of the Colombian Amazon now living as a refugee in New Zealand

Laila Abu Shihab Vergara 8 Apr 2024
A thin elderly man, the open neck of hard-worn brown t-shirt exposing bones in his chest, looks at the camera, the trunk of a palm tree, dried fronds, and simple houses with rusting corrugated iron roofs in the background. Image by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

World Bank’s IFC under fire over alleged abuses at Liberian plantation it funded

Victoria Schneider 4 Apr 2024

Locals slam Zimbabwe for turning a blind eye to Chinese miner’s violations

Tatenda Chitagu 1 Apr 2024

Maydany Salcedo: the environmental defender who catches the ire of armed groups

Maria Fernanda Lizcano 1 Apr 2024
Véronique Sekuka, a Baka woman who was evicted from what is now Odzala-Kokoua National Park.

African Parks vows to investigate allegations of abuse at Congolese park

Ashoka Mukpo 7 Feb 2024

From murder to mining, threats abound in Colombian Amazon Indigenous reserves

Dora Montero 5 Feb 2024
A framed photo of Ari Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau

Grassroots efforts and an Emmy-winning film help Indigenous fight in Brazil

Sarah Brown 29 Jan 2024
Pandang on the road, going to the river.

Jokowi’s land reform agenda stalls as conflicts nearly double, report shows

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Jan 2024

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