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A mine in Likasi on November 26, 2025. Image by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP).

In the race for DRC’s critical minerals, community forests stand on the frontline

Didier Makal, Latoya Abulu 16 Jan 2026

Judge halts excavation plans for largest-ever Brazilian goldmine

Zoe Sullivan 22 Feb 2017

Proposed Trump policy threatens Critically Endangered Grauer’s gorilla

Sharon Guynup 21 Feb 2017

Protected areas found to be ‘significant’ sources of carbon emissions

Benji Jones 17 Feb 2017

Getting there: The rush to turn the Amazon into a soy transport corridor

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 15 Feb 2017

Latin America palm oil production doubled since 2001 without massive uptick in deforestation

Mike Gaworecki 14 Feb 2017

Investors learning to pay heed to community land rights

John Cannon 13 Feb 2017
A necklace made from mpingo and another local hardwood. Mpingo’s dark, lustrous properties has made it one of the most valuable timbers in the world. Photo by Sophie Tremblay for Mongabay

In one Tanzanian village, survival is intimately linked to forest conservation

Sophie Tremblay, Willy Lowry 12 Feb 2017
A chainsaw cuts through a tree. Photo by Mark Franckart/Pixabay

Chain saw injuries in Myanmar tied to illegal logging

Poppy McPherson 12 Feb 2017
Kalapalo tribal men, an indigenous group that lives in the Xingu Resex in 2008. Photo by Eduardo Giacomazzi/Wikimedia Commons

Brazil’s ‘river people’ join forces with indigenous communities, offer alternative to deforestation

Maximo Anderson 10 Feb 2017

Greenpeace slams paper giant over loophole in fire-prevention policy

Alice Cuddy 10 Feb 2017
A tea kettle boils atop a TK90 stove provided by FFI Vietnam. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay

Efficient stoves and elephant grass aid primate conservation in northern Vietnam

Michael Tatarski 9 Feb 2017

Soy invasion poses imminent threat to Amazon, say agricultural experts

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 8 Feb 2017

Indonesian government moves further from community forestry target

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 8 Feb 2017

Will there really be enough sustainable palm oil for the whole market?

Tara MacIsaac 7 Feb 2017

Birds wanted: Recovering forests need avian assist 

Mongabay.com 2 Feb 2017

Brazil alters indigenous land demarcation process, sparking conflict

Jenny Gonzales 2 Feb 2017

Forest protection funds flow to DRC despite ‘illegal’ logging permits

Mongabay.com 1 Feb 2017

Battle for the Amazon: As Sinop grew, the Amazon rainforest faded away

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 1 Feb 2017
Deforestation for pulp and paper production in Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Norway starts $400-million fund to halt deforestation, help farmers

Mongabay 31 Jan 2017

Deforestation rises with incomes in developing economies

John Cannon 30 Jan 2017
Rainforest timber on a barge in Gabon. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay

Logging in certified concessions drove intact forest landscape loss in Congo Basin

Mike Gaworecki 30 Jan 2017
A bag of charcoal for sale in Namanga border point. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay

Despite delays, Kenya and Tanzania continue to push against illegal logging

Nathan Siegel 29 Jan 2017

‘Revolutionary’ new biodiversity maps reveal big gaps in conservation

John Cannon 27 Jan 2017

Court dismisses Ecuadorian government bid to shut down environmental NGO

Daniela Aguilar 26 Jan 2017

Conflict erupts between Chinese mining company, government and indigenous communities in Ecuador

Daniela Aguilar 26 Jan 2017
Carved rosewood furniture. Photo by Jane Tan Kok/Pixabay

Vietnamese luxury wooden furniture makers feel pain of regulations and deforestation

Michael Tatarski 26 Jan 2017

Guyana focuses deforestation prevention efforts on conservation and management

Gaulbert Sutherland 24 Jan 2017
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Green groups want paper giant to stop using drained peat in Indonesia

Mongabay Haze Beat 23 Jan 2017

Scientists ‘impressed and delighted’ by animals found in remnant forests

Benji Jones 20 Jan 2017

Indigenous traditional knowledge revival helps conserve great apes

Giovanni Ortolani 20 Jan 2017

Is Brazil green washing hydropower? The case of the Teles Pires dam

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 18 Jan 2017

‘Out of control’ wildfires damage protected areas in northern Peru

Benji Jones 17 Jan 2017

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