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The Javari river forms the border between Brazil and Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

How a ‘green gold rush’ in the Amazon led to dubious carbon deals on Indigenous lands

Gloria Pallares 11 Nov 2025

In Honduras, local communities miss out on benefits of large-scale renewables

Mie Hoejris Dahl 6 Nov 2025

Suriname’s plan to capitalize on carbon: Q&A with President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons

Maxwell Radwin 4 Nov 2025

Deforestation and disease spread as Nicaragua ignores illegal cattle ranching

Maxwell Radwin 20 Oct 2025

Peru considers stripping protections for Indigenous people and their territories

Maxwell Radwin 13 Oct 2025
Waorani leader Nemonte Nenquimo with elders and community leaders.

Protecting Indigenous Amazon lands may also protect public health, study says

Constance Malleret 19 Sep 2025
A structure built by one of the isolated communities in Loreto, Peru. Image courtesy of ORPIO

Isolated tribes under threat as Peru votes down Yavarí Mirim Indigenous Reserve

Maxwell Radwin 8 Sep 2025

Guatemala closes oil field, increases security in Maya Biosphere Reserve

Maxwell Radwin 5 Sep 2025

Officials struggle with land invasions in Mexico’s Balam Kú Biosphere Reserve

Maxwell Radwin 28 Aug 2025

Mounting corporate pressure on Honduras threatens community rights

Aimee Gabay 24 Jul 2025
The Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador. Image by Rhett Ayers Butler.

Ecuador’s new protected areas law sparks debate over security, development

Maxwell Radwin 23 Jul 2025
A woman chants slogans during a march towards the Palace of Justice during the celebrations of "La Pachamama," or Mother Earth Day in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. The group´s protest that coincides with “La Pachamama Day” is also directed against a provincial constitutional reform they claim is an attempt against their ancestral rights to lands that the state aims to use for lithium mining. (AP Photo/R

In Latin America, energy transition stirs a rise in human rights lawsuits

Aimee Gabay 4 Jul 2025

Nicaragua government tied to illegal land invasions in wildlife refuge, documents suggest

Maxwell Radwin 26 Jun 2025

Panama boosts protections in the Darién Gap, but deforestation threats still loom

Maxwell Radwin 24 Jun 2025

In the Brazilian Amazon, sustainability policies clash with development goals

Timothy J. Killeen 20 Jun 2025
cattle Brazil

New forest loss data beef up Amazon deforestation case against Casino Group

Carla Ruas 20 May 2025

German supermarket palm oil linked to Indigenous rights abuses in Guatemala

Maxwell Radwin 19 May 2025
eucalyptus forest

Eucalyptus for Brazil’s steelmaking dries out communities in Minas Gerais

Daniel Camargos, Emmanuelle Picaud, Simone Fant 29 Apr 2025

Mexican government looks to correct Tren Maya environmental damages

Maxwell Radwin 22 Apr 2025
A flamingo in Salar de Uyuni, southwestern Bolivia.

Bolivian communities push back against foreign-backed lithium projects

Carla Ruas 17 Apr 2025
Susana Muhamad interacts with an Indigenous representative.

Colombia’s green transition should be inclusive: Interview with Susana Muhamad, former environment minister

Mie Hoejris Dahl 8 Apr 2025

Colombia creates landmark territory to protect uncontacted Indigenous groups

Maxwell Radwin 27 Mar 2025

Uncontacted Ayoreo could face health risks as Gran Chaco shrinks, experts warn

Maxwell Radwin 21 Mar 2025

Ecuador must improve conditions for uncontacted Indigenous communities, human rights court rules

Maxwell Radwin 20 Mar 2025
tree timber Brazil

Forest management ambitions in Brazilian Amazon aim to make up for lost time

Jenny Gonzales 12 Mar 2025
Across the Southern Cardamom REDD+ project in southwest Cambodia, communities have alleged abuse at the hands of the project developer. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay.

Indigenous community calls out Cambodian REDD+ project as tensions simmer in the Cardamoms

Gerald Flynn 10 Mar 2025
wind turbines

Brazil communities accuse companies of ‘green grabbing’ for wind energy

Jonathan Moens, Thomas Bauer 7 Mar 2025

Land distribution in the Pan Amazon is tainted by corruption

Timothy J. Killeen 28 Feb 2025

Land rights bill in Suriname sparks outrage in Indigenous communities

Maxwell Radwin 28 Feb 2025

Colombia’s cattle traceability bill awaits approval as deforestation spikes

Maxwell Radwin 25 Feb 2025

Baja California tourism poses mounting challenges for conservation, critics say

Maxwell Radwin 24 Feb 2025

As the gold rush surges in Nicaragua, Indigenous communities pay the price

Maxwell Radwin 31 Jan 2025

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