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Outcry over deforestation as Suriname’s agriculture plans come to light

Maxwell Radwin 17 Jan 2024

Report shows loss of natural land cover in Ecuador — and where it can still be saved

Kimberley Brown 17 Jan 2024

Palm oil giants push out smallholders in Guatemala; deforestation risks remain

Shanna Hanbury 8 Jan 2024
Indonesia is a top producer of coconut oil.

Indonesian districts trial a shift from commodity monocrops to sustainable produce

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Dec 2023

Major soy producers announce improved deforestation commitments—with caveats

Maxwell Radwin 15 Dec 2023

Suriname preparing to clear Amazon for agriculture, documents suggest

Maxwell Radwin 14 Dec 2023

Cargill widens its deforestation-free goals, but critics say it’s not enough

Maxwell Radwin 29 Nov 2023
Bow Lake in Banff, Canada. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Vizzuality data set aims to give companies full view of supply chain impacts

Maxwell Radwin 21 Nov 2023
16 February, 2023 - Sal Sophea Peanich economic land concession, Stung Treng Province (Cambodia). A timber processing facility and depot within the Sal Sophea Peanich economic land concession (8,645 hectares) that was issued in August 2005 as a rubber plantation. Satellite imagery reveals that clearing of a forested section adjacent to the depot started around October 2021. Image by Andy Ball / Mongabay.

Calls grow to repurpose land squandered in Cambodia’s concession policy

Gerald Flynn 8 Nov 2023

Environmental groups speak out against arrival of Mennonite farmers to Suriname

Maxwell Radwin 30 Oct 2023
Protesting farmers on their way to the Hague in 2019.

The Dutch farmers’ protests of 2022: A Mongabay Series

Ashoka Mukpo 14 Sep 2023
The last pocket of forest in Botum Sakor National Park is threatened by new roads, some of which are demarcation boundaries for parcels of forested land that have been awarded to Cambodian senator and tycoon Ly Yong Phat's family. Photo by Gerald Flynn/Mongabay.

Cambodia awards swath of national park forest to tycoon Ly Yong Phat’s son

Gerald Flynn, Meng Kroypunlok 26 Jul 2023
Royal Group's SEZ under construction in Botum Sakor National Park as of May 2023

Cambodian conglomerate sparks conflict in Botum Sakor National Park

Gerald Flynn, Meng Kroypunlok 20 Jul 2023

Expanding agriculture could worsen flooding in South American plains, study says

Maxwell Radwin 18 Jul 2023

Peace: A new tool for reducing deforestation in the Colombian Amazon

Sarah Sax 18 Jul 2023
A man drives a koy-yun loaded with logs through Choam village in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia. Credit: Andy Ball/Mongabay.

Forests in the furnace: Cambodians risking life and liberty to fuel garment factories

Gerald Flynn, Andy Ball 13 Jul 2023

What can the U.K. do to fight its dependence on soy?

Maxwell Radwin 29 Jun 2023

Borders between Mercosur countries have become a hub for trafficking agrochemicals

Aldem Bourscheit, Aldo Benítez 30 May 2023

Amazon Rainforest loss could reach new height in just 5 years, study says

Sarah Brown 11 May 2023

In Brazil, scientists fight an uphill battle to restore the disappearing Cerrado savanna

Sarah Sax 3 Apr 2023

Bolivia has a soy deforestation problem. It’s worse than previously thought.

Maxwell Radwin 21 Feb 2023
Heng Saphen and her daughter, Chan Lay Phiek

No justice for Indigenous community taking on a Cambodian rubber baron

Gerald Flynn, Vutha Srey 7 Dec 2022
Cattle ranching is the primary cause of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon today, with much of the meat exported. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Beef is still coming from protected areas in the Amazon, study shows

Liz Kimbrough 18 Oct 2022

Industrial soy drives deforestation spike in Brazil, satellite images show

Maxwell Radwin 22 Jul 2022

Net-zero commitments must include more anti-deforestation policies, UN tells private sector

Maxwell Radwin 5 Jul 2022

World Bank approves $200 million IFC loan for industrial agriculture in Brazil’s Cerrado

Maxwell Radwin 1 Jul 2022

As its topsoil washes away, the Corn Belt is losing yields — and carbon

Liz Kimbrough 31 Dec 2021
Global Forest Watch tree cover loss 2001-2021 set on Planet imagery from Jun-Sep 2020.

Mongabay reporter sued in what appears to be a pattern of legal intimidation by Peruvian cacao company

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2021

The complete guide to restoring your soil: Q&A with soil expert Dale Strickler

Liz Kimbrough 29 Nov 2021

Plantation giant Socfin accused of dodging taxes in Africa

Ashoka Mukpo 21 Oct 2021

Guatemala tightens cattle ranching rules, but can they stop deforestation?

Maxwell Radwin 15 Oct 2021

Soil and its promise as a climate solution: A primer

Mareli Sanchez-Julia 10 Aug 2021

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