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A Philippine tribe that defeated a dam prepares to fight its reincarnation

Leilani Chavez 5 Nov 2019

Controversial dam gets green light to flood a Philippine protected area

Leilani Chavez 30 Oct 2019

Reforesting a village in Indonesia, one batch of gourmet beans at a time

Donny Iqbal 17 Oct 2019

Climate adaptation begins with how we manage water (commentary)

Claudia Sadoff 12 Sep 2019

For Indonesia’s Kendari Bay, silting is a death sentence

Ian Morse 28 Aug 2019

As climate chaos escalates in Indian Country, feds abandon tribes

Saul Elbein 1 Jul 2019

Deforestation diminishes access to clean water, study finds

John Cannon 15 Apr 2019

Environmental issues among top priorities of urban Indian voters: Report

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Apr 2019

Days of darkness: Venezuelan national emergency is also environmental crisis

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 25 Mar 2019

Tiny subterranean Texas salamanders could be extinct in 100 years

Morgan Erickson-Davis 8 Mar 2019

Colombia: Dying of thirst, Wayuu blame mine, dam, drought for water woes

Lucy Sherriff 1 Nov 2018
Duong Le feeds shrimp on his intensive shrimp farm in Long An Province, Vietnam. Image by Zoe Osborne for Mongabay.

New climate change report highlights grave dangers for Vietnam

Michael Tatarski 30 Oct 2018

Stay or go? Understanding a partial seasonal elephant migration

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 24 Oct 2018

Pay more attention to forests to avert global water crisis, researchers urge

Mongabay.com 16 Jul 2018

A wish list for an environmentally friendly NAFTA

Jennifer Huizen 11 Apr 2018
Palestinian bedouin in Gaza Valley dig for worms in the polluted shallow waters on Gaza’s coast to use for fishing. Photo by Kaamil Ahmed/Mongabay.

Gaza City residents’ water problems continue to compound

Kaamil Ahmed 12 Mar 2018
A Sierra Madre Sparrow inside Mexico City’s Water Forest. Photo courtesy Ulises Martínez, Grupo de Monitoreo Biológico de Milpa Alta.

Mexico City dwellers shoulder future of their urban ‘Water Forest’

Christine MacDonald 6 Mar 2018

So long, UNESCO! What does U.S. withdrawal mean for the environment?

Giovanni Ortolani 26 Dec 2017

Trump’s global resorts put profit first, environment last, critics say

Giovanni Ortolani 11 Oct 2017

Trump budget threatens Zimbabwe climate change resilience programs

Andrew Mambondiyani 31 Jul 2017

Extinction in the wild looms for two California fish (commentary)

Leon Kolankiewicz 8 Jun 2017

An indigenous group reforests its corner of coastal New Guinea

Agapitus Batbual 7 Mar 2017
Eucalyptus tree. Photo by Bidgee/Wikimedia Commons

Pressure over water in Brazil puts pulp industry in the spotlight

Ignacio Amigo 2 Mar 2017

The cousins from Indonesia who revived an ancient spring

Ebed de Rosary 1 Feb 2017

NASA scientists find connection between fires and droughts in sub-Saharan Africa

Mike Gaworecki 19 Jan 2017

Battling India’s Sand Barons

Sibi Arasu 11 May 2016

Two-thirds of the world’s population doesn’t have reliable access to fresh water

Mike Gaworecki 15 Feb 2016

Raja Ampat fires destroy livelihoods; Sumatrans suffer from drought amid haze

Mongabay Haze Beat 28 Oct 2015

Lima to restore pre-Incan aqueducts to alleviate its water crisis

Ariel Mark 16 Apr 2015

Kaiduan dam in Borneo meets fierce opposition

Mike Gaworecki 6 Apr 2015

U.S. Central Plains and Southwest will likely face apocalyptic drought

Jeremy Hance 12 Feb 2015

Apocalypse now? Climate change already damaging agriculture, acidifying seas, and worsening extreme weather

Jeremy Hance 31 Mar 2014

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