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Narco airstrips beset Indigenous communities in Peruvian Amazon

Mongabay Latam 9 Dec 2024

A Madagascar forest long protected by its remoteness is now threatened by it

Edward Carver 21 Dec 2020

A drone image reveals trees cut from the Cardamom Mountains being processed in a yard. Photo courtesy of Marcus Hardtke.

Alleged gov’t-linked land grabs threaten Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains

Chris Humphrey 1 Dec 2020

Fueled by impunity, invasions surge in Brazil’s Indigenous lands

Ana Ionova 25 Nov 2020

Firewood is being used on a large scale in Kafountine at the fish smoking factories. ©Jason Florio/United Purpose.

Chinese demand and domestic instability are wiping out Senegal’s last forests

Louise Hunt 5 Nov 2020

Solomon Islands environmental defender faces life sentence for arson charge

Louise Hunt 18 Sep 2020

Chainsawing wood. Image by Mike Smith via Wikimedia Commons (CC 2.0).

Threatened species caught in crossfire of ongoing land conflict in Myanmar

Aimee Gabay 10 Sep 2020

A rotating blade used for small-scale wood-processing. Photo by Chris Humphrey for Mongabay.

Under cover of COVID-19, loggers plunder Cambodian wildlife sanctuary

Chris Humphrey 31 Aug 2020

Brazilian Amazon protected areas ‘in flames’ as land-grabbers invade

Ana Ionova 7 Aug 2020

Fires in the Pantanal: ‘We are facing a scenario now that is catastrophic’

Ana Ionova 6 Aug 2020

Understaffed and under threat: Paraguay’s park rangers pay the ultimate price

Aldo Benítez 5 Aug 2020

No choice: Why communities in Paraguay are cutting down forests to survive

Aldo Benítez 31 Jul 2020

Marijuana farms expand in Paraguay reserve despite gov’t crackdowns

Aldo Benítez 27 Jul 2020

Protected areas in Paraguay hit hard by illegal marijuana farming

Aldo Benítez 22 Jul 2020

‘On the edge’: Endangered forest cleared for marijuana in Paraguay

Aldo Benítez 9 Jul 2020

‘Betting on impunity’: Brazilian Amazon under attack despite logging crackdown

Ana Ionova 23 Jun 2020

Indonesia struggles to restore peatlands as fires strangle national parks

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Jun 2020

Marijuana cultivation whittling away Madagascar’s largest connected forest

Edward Carver 29 May 2020

Illegal logging ‘mafia’ stripping hornbill habitat in Northeast India

Sibi Arasu & Chintan Sheth 22 May 2020

Gender-based violence shakes communities in the wake of forest loss

John Cannon 14 May 2020

‘They never intended to conserve it’: Outcry as loggers gut Cambodian reserve

Andrew Nachemson 13 May 2020

Takeover of Nigerian reserve highlights uphill battle to save forests

Orji Sunday 4 May 2020

A tale of two Nigerian reserves underscores importance of community

Orji Sunday 9 Apr 2020

National parks pay the price as land conflicts intensify in Colombia

Taran Volckhausen 24 Mar 2020

Fallout: Threatened species in Australia continue to struggle after fires

Nick Rodway 28 Feb 2020

‘Out of control’: Unprecedented fires ravage Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands

Ana Ionova 27 Feb 2020

Bolivia and Paraguay unite to protect critically endangered guanacos

Yvette Sierra Praeli 26 Feb 2020

Massacre in Nicaragua: Four indigenous community members killed for their land

Taran Volckhausen 14 Feb 2020

A national park takes shape in Argentina as the forest disappears

Rodolfo Chisleanschi 17 Jan 2020

Colombia’s ‘Heart of the World’: Mining, megaprojects overrun indigenous land

Taran Volckhausen 15 Jan 2020

Illegal tin mining leaves trail of ruin in protected Brazilian rainforest

Ana Ionova 30 Dec 2019

Illegal gold rush causing ‘irreversible damage’ to rivers in the Brazilian Amazon

Ana Ionova 20 Dec 2019

Deforestation for potential rubber plantation raises concerns in Papua New Guinea

John Cannon 19 Dec 2019

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Why are the British flooding parts of their coast? Once farmland protected by flood defenses, Steart Marshes in southwest England now thrives as a restored salt marsh. As the defences weakened, the land became increasingly vulnerable to flooding. Instead of rebuilding defenses, conservationists, the government and local communities made a bold choice to let the sea reclaim the landscape. Just over 10 years ago the sea wall was breached, allowing the sea to take over the land, transforming the area into a vital wetland habitat. Salt marshes, which have declined by 85% in the U.K. since the 19th century, play a crucial role in coastal ecosystems. They provide shelter for wetland wildlife, act as natural flood defenses by absorbing storm surges, stabilize coastlines against erosion, and store carbon to help combat climate change. Managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Steart Marshes now provides a model for future restoration projects, proving that working with nature can protect communities while rebuilding lost habitats.

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