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New study provides a blueprint for engaging indigenous peoples in REDD+ forest monitoring

Mike Gaworecki 28 Mar 2017

Panama’s Barro Blanco dam to begin operation, indigenous pleas refused

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 24 Mar 2017

Tropical birds may not fare so well in a warming world

Mike Gaworecki 3 Jan 2017

Barro Blanco dam in limbo after Ngäbe-Bugle Congress rejects agreement

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 14 Oct 2016

Rabbs’ fringe-limbed tree frog now presumed to be extinct

Mike Gaworecki 7 Oct 2016
Residents of Kiad in Panama’s indigenous Ngäbe-Buglé semi-autonomous region retur home after shopping in the nearby town of Tolé. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

Program targets food security concerns among Panama’s indigenous women

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 3 Oct 2016
Goejet Miranda crosses the part of the Tabasará River still flowing near his community of Kiad. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

PHOTOS: Panama begins “test-flooding” dam over indigenous protests

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 15 Sep 2016
Ricardo Miranda, one of the protest leaders and member of the M10 movement representing Ngäbe communities affected by the dam. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

PHOTOS: Panama revives stalled dam over strong indigenous opposition

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 25 Aug 2016

Video: Baby frogs escape from snake in seconds

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Jun 2016

A plane survey of Central America’s last remaining forests

Ruxandra Guidi 10 Mar 2016

A bird’s-eye view of forest restoration

Caleb O'Brien 26 Oct 2015

Scientists raise population estimate for world’s most endangered sloth

Jeremy Hance 1 Jul 2015

Borneo’s rainforest may get high-tech 3D scan to boost conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 May 2015

Meet Biomuseo: the world’s first biodiversity museum

Alexander Montoro 12 Mar 2015

Rainforest loss increased in the 2000s, concludes new analysis

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2015

Ocelots live in super densities on Barro Colorado Island

Jeremy Hance 18 Dec 2014

New poison dart frog needs immediate conservation plan

Brittany Stewart 15 Dec 2014

Leaf bacteria are important to tree health, may help forests adapt to climate change

Anna Ikarashi 13 Nov 2014

Indigenous uprising earned tribe territories, but greatest challenges lie ahead

Roberto (bear) Guerra - Special Reporting Initiative Fellow 6 Nov 2014

Between the Forest and the Sea: The Yarsuisuit Collective – Part II

Roberto (bear) Guerra - Special Reporting Initiative Fellow 31 Oct 2014

Between the forest and the sea: life and climate change in Guna Yala – Part I

Roberto (bear) Guerra - Special Reporting Initiative Fellow 27 Oct 2014

Balu Wala, or the Kuna ‘good life’: how one indigenous tribe is passing on its traditions (photos)

Ruxandra Guidi 3 Oct 2014

REDD+ versus indigenous people? Why a tribe in Panama rejected pay for their carbon-rich forests

Ruxandra Guidi - Mongabay.org Special Reporting Initiative Fellow 4 Sep 2014

Attack of the killer vines: lianas taking over forests in Panama

Jose Hong 14 Jul 2014

Connecting forests, saving species: conservation group plans extensive wildlife corridor in Panama

Elizabeth Devitt 16 May 2014

NASA detects surge in deforestation in Malaysia, Bolivia during first quarter of 2014

Mongabay.com 21 Apr 2014

3 environmental reporting prize winners to explore drivers of deforestation, community forestry, and sustainable seafood in China

Mongabay.org 19 Mar 2014

Featured video: indigenous tribe faces loggers, ranchers, and murder in bid to save their forests

Jeremy Hance 19 Mar 2014

The fungus among us: scientists discover a big player in the global carbon cycle

Elizabeth Devitt 12 Mar 2014

The next best thing: how well do secondary forests preserve biodiversity?

Bobbie Edwards 23 Jan 2014

For agoutis, the night is fraught with peril

Jordanna Dulaney 15 Jan 2014

Rainforest news review for 2013

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Dec 2013

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