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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
A small village nestled in the Ha Giang province in Vietnam near the border with China. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Enforcement, development and education define efforts to save Vietnam’s rare primates

Michael Tatarski 15 Jan 2017

‘Day of Terror’: Munduruku village attacked by Brazil’s Federal Police

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 11 Jan 2017
An image from Alex Bescoby's documentary, "Burma's Lost Royals." Image courtesy of Alex Bescoby

Myanmar’s ‘green princess’ is a humble activist on a mission

Jennifer Rigby 11 Jan 2017
La Chorrera is an administrative district located in the department of the Amazon, part of the Predio Putumayo reservation. Photo courtesy of WWF Colombia

Amazon Indigenous REDD+: an innovative approach to conserve Colombian forests?

Eliana Garzón 6 Jan 2017

The end of a People: Amazon dam destroys sacred Munduruku “Heaven”

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 5 Jan 2017

Smuggled to death: how loopholes and lax enforcement have sealed the fate of Siamese rosewood

Demelza Stokes 5 Jan 2017

What to expect for rainforests in 2017

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2017

Jokowi grants first-ever indigenous land rights to 9 communities

Mongabay.com 4 Jan 2017

Battle for the Amazon: Tapajós Basin threatened by massive development

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 3 Jan 2017
A woodcarver makes a carving of a rhinoceros on the outskirts of Lunga Lunga, a town on the border between Kenya and Tanzania. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay

As forests in East Africa disappear, so does an industry of artisans

Nathan Siegel 3 Jan 2017
Renowned chef Alex Atala’s golden Amazonian ant over coconut meringue. Courtesy Netflix Chef’s Table and Chef Table Season 2. Photo by Zhana Leeson

Food from Brazil’s Amazon finds its way to metropolitan tables

Carolina Torres 2 Jan 2017

The year in tropical rainforests: 2016

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2016

Illegal logging shows little sign of slowing

Morgan Erickson-Davis 30 Dec 2016

Temer government set to overthrow Brazil’s environmental agenda

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 21 Dec 2016
Timber stack at the Iwokrama mill site. Photo by Carinya Sharples for Mongabay

FSC certification gives boost to rainforest community

Carinya Sharples 19 Dec 2016
The front page of Daily Eleven in Yangon, Myanmar the day after the murder of one of its reporters. Photo by Ann Wang for Mongabay

Attacks on journalists in Myanmar highlight complications, dangers for the media

Mongabay.com 15 Dec 2016

Resource wars: Brazilian gold miners go up against indigenous people

Zoe Sullivan 15 Dec 2016
Logging concession in Kwakwani, Guyana. Photo by Akola Thompson for Mongabay

UK greenheart restriction could put pressure on Guyana’s logging economy

Akola Thompson 15 Dec 2016

Brazilian state invites private companies to run Atlantic Forest parks

Carolina Torres 15 Dec 2016

‘Where do you draw the line?’: Q&A with director of documentary about Amazonian community fighting oil extraction

Mike Gaworecki 14 Dec 2016

Wildlife for sale: affected species and trade routes in Peru

Milton López Tarabochia 12 Dec 2016
A Son Tra banyan tree in Vietnam. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Vietnam’s forests on the upswing after years of recovery

Michael Tatarski, Shanti Johnson 11 Dec 2016

Interpol says corruption in global forestry sector worth $29 billion every year

Mike Gaworecki 9 Dec 2016
An Amazon rainforest tree in Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Peru pledges tougher stance against illegal timber

Joseph Charpentier 5 Dec 2016
Typical landscape in Vietnam that's suitable for growing Coffea canephora. Photo by Michael Tatarski

Vietnam faces dilemma on forests as climate change threatens coffee crops

Michael Tatarski 1 Dec 2016

Brazil: deforestation in the Amazon increased 29% over last year

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Nov 2016

New drone analysis highlights conservation challenges in Myanmar

Ann Wang 30 Nov 2016
The forest of Liberia. Photo by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

Corrupt logging practices in Liberia could mar new era in community forestry

Ashoka Mukpo 29 Nov 2016

Indonesian court shuts down legal challenge to Aceh land-use plan

Mongabay.com 29 Nov 2016
Ezekiel Philipo, a member of the Hadzabe tribe, works as a village game scout for Carbon Tanzania. The Hadzabe are considered one of the last hunter-gatherer tribes in the world and are the only remaining hunter-gatherer tribe in Tanzania. They use homemade bows and poison arrows to hunt animals like antelope, gazelles, baboons and quail. Photo by Willy Lowry for Mongabay.

Ancient hunter-gatherer tribe protects traditional forest with help from carbon trading

Sophie Tremblay, Willy Lowry 28 Nov 2016
Bags of coffee at the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange's warehouse in Awassa. Photo courtesy of DFID - UK Department for International Development

Development of Ethiopia’s Yayu biosphere a lifeline for organic coffee

Elias Gebreselassie 27 Nov 2016

Timber trading platform aims to increase transparency, legality

John Cannon 24 Nov 2016

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