
Endangered environmentalists
Green groups under threat from governments and corporate actors: As climate change, pollution, and habitat destruction worsen across the globe, environmental groups are responding by ratcheting up the pressure on governments and corporations to act. Many governments have responded by increasing restrictions on environmental NGOs, including revoking charity status, increasing sentences for protestors, and passing legislation restricting NGO activity.


Video: Five Tembé Indigenous activists shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’

Indigenous activists demand justice after 5 shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’

Climate of fear persists among Nepal’s eco defenders as threats rise

Indigenous chief shot in head in Brazil’s ‘palm oil war’ region; crisis group launched

‘You don’t kill people to protect forests’: New Thai parks chief raises alarm
Global forest reporting network

A new 100-page report raises alarm over Chevron’s impact on planet

Science refutes United Cacao’s claim it didn’t deforest Peruvian Amazon

‘We are invisible’: Brazilian Cerrado quilombos fight for land and lives

Chimps in Sierra Leone adapt to human-impacted habitats, but threats remain

Cocaine blamed for rising deforestation in Peru’s Bahuaja-Sonene National Park

Devastating Laos dam collapse leads to deforestation of protected forests
Indonesian coal

Experts see red over Indonesia’s planned green investment label for coal plants

Indonesian voters want a clean energy plan, but candidates haven’t delivered

Report: Forest-razing biomass plant in Indonesia got millions in green funds

U.S. firm quits Indonesian gasification project in major blow to coal ambitions

As Indonesia’s new capital takes shape, risks to wider Borneo come into focus

Indonesia to build coal plants despite $20b deal on clean energy transition
Southeast asian infrastructure
Focusing on the social and environmental impacts of roads, dams, mines, and other infrastructure projects in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea.

Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri

Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules

To build its ‘green’ capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest

Robust river governance key to restoring Mekong River vitality in face of dams

As hydropower dams quell the Mekong’s life force, what are the costs?

As Indonesia’s new capital takes shape, risks to wider Borneo come into focus
Amazon infrastructure

Mouth of the Amazon oil exploration clashes with Lula’s climate promises

Electricity day and night: Solar power is changing isolated Amazon communities

Road network spreads ‘arteries of destruction’ across 41% of Brazilian Amazon

‘Lost’ Amazonian cities hint at how to build urban landscapes without harming nature

Making room in the Atlantic Forest for the largest primate in the Americas

New transport infrastructure is opening the Amazon to global commerce
Asian rhinos

A rhino-less reserve in Nepal is set to get its first two rhino habitants

Amid government inaction, Indonesia’s rhinos head toward extinction (analysis)

‘I’m not distressed, I’m just pissed off’: Q&A with Sumatran rhino expert John Payne

Flawed count puts ‘glorified’ Javan rhinos on path to extinction, report says

Stem cells may make ‘impossible possible’ for near-extinct Sumatran rhino

New estimate of less than 50 Sumatran rhinos shows perilous population drop
Indonesian fisheries

Fisherwomen fight plan for coastal salt farms on Indonesia’s Madura Island

In Indonesia, ‘opportunistic’ whale shark fishery shows gap in species protection

Small-scale fishers in Indonesian isles flag use of banned net by outsiders

Indonesia, Singapore to work more closely against lobster larvae smugglers

Indonesian fishers not biting at new policy perceived as undermining them

Indonesian illegal shark and ray exports remain rampant amid poor monitoring
Global environmental impacts of u s policy

President Biden signs order aimed at protecting old-growth forests across U.S.

FOREST Act bill would hold global suppliers accountable for illegal deforestation

As the rest of world tackles plastics disposal, the U.S. resists

As climate chaos escalates in Indian Country, feds abandon tribes

COP24: Trumpers tout clean coal; protesters call it ‘climate suicide’

COP24: US, Russia, Saudis downplay IPCC report in display of disunity
Conservation in madagascar
Madagascar has been a global conservation priority for decades, receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in conservation funds from international donors, but rising deforestation, commercial exploitation of wildlife, and degradation of critical habitats suggest that conservation investments may not be reaching their full potential. This series investigates the effectiveness of past conservation spending in Madagascar, examining the factors that contribute to or hinder success, with the aim of informing future investments.

Newly described gecko from Madagascar a master of disguise

Fire imperils Madagascar’s baobabs: Q&A with park director Diamondra Andriambololona

Extreme reforestation: Baobab planters confront fires, loggers, cattle and more

Eight new-to-science geckos described from biodiversity haven Madagascar

Rio Tinto-owned mine is polluting Malagasy water with uranium and lead, NGOs say

Even as the government bets big on carbon, REDD+ flounders in Madagascar
Conservation effectiveness

Group certification helps Malaysia’s Sabah aim for palm oil sustainability

A Philippines NGO project aimed to protect villages from typhoons: What went wrong?

From debt to diversity: A journey of rewilding, carbon capture and hope

Progress is slow on Africa’s Great Green Wall, but some bright spots bloom

Forest campaign group renews charge that carbon credit verification schemes are flawed

‘Mud, muck and death’: Cambodia’s plan to obstruct trawlers and revive local fishing
Global agroforestry
An ancient agricultural system, agroforestry combines trees with shrubs, crops, and livestock in a system that produces food, supports biodiversity, builds soil horizons and water tables, and sequesters carbon from the atmosphere – this series explores how and where it is being practiced by Indigenous communities, traditional agriculturists, and new farmers.

Can agroforestry chocolate help save the world’s most endangered rainforest?

Study: Tall trees and shade boost bat diversity on Africa’s cocoa farms

Breadfruit: A starchy, delicious climate and biodiversity solution

Forests & Finance: Agroforestry in Cameroon and reforestation in South Africa

For Dutch farming crisis, agroforestry offers solutions: Q&A with Lennart Fuchs & Marc Buiter

Trees with edible leaves can boost human nutrition: New book, free download
Global forests

A forest gave Cambodia’s captive elephants a new life. Now they’re paying it back

Cambodia approves, then suspends, marble mine in Keo Seima REDD+ project

Mongabay Explains: How high-tech tools are used for successful reforestation

Study: Tall trees and shade boost bat diversity on Africa’s cocoa farms

Progress is slow on Africa’s Great Green Wall, but some bright spots bloom

‘What we need to protect and why’: 20-year Amazon research hints at fate of tropics
Almost famous animals

Taking up the cause of red pandas: Q&A with actor and activist Dayahang Rai

Translocation hurdles prompt new efforts to save rare swamp deer in Nepal

Small wildcats pose big challenges, but coexistence is very much possible

Drones improve counts of rare Cao-vit gibbon, identify conservation priorities

Meet the kipunji: A rare primate success story in Tanzania
