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An orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Indonesian company defies order, plants acacia in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Jan 2025

Southeast Asia in review: 2024

Carolyn Cowan, Gerald Flynn 30 Dec 2024

The fuel that moves people: the Ecuadorian case

Timothy J. Killeen 20 Dec 2024
The Dayak Pitap community lives dependent on nature.

Indonesia’s Indigenous communities sidelined from conservation

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Dec 2024

Grassroots efforts sprout up to protect Central America’s Trifinio watershed

Maxwell Radwin 16 Dec 2024
Chhoeung Chheng attending the Siem Reap Water Festival in November 2024. Image courtesy of Facebook.

Environmental journalist in Cambodia shot and killed by suspected logger

Gerald Flynn, Phoung Vantha 11 Dec 2024

‘Bear’s-eye camera’ reveals elusive Andean bear cannibalism and treetop mating

Liz Kimbrough 6 Dec 2024

Nations should redirect 1% of military spending towards reforestation, Mexico proposes

Maxwell Radwin 27 Nov 2024
Fresh forest clearance inside Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary signals the beginning of an infrastructure project that will bisect the forest. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay.

New transmission lines cut a Cambodian rainforest sanctuary in half

Gerald Flynn, Phoung Vantha 27 Nov 2024

A deadly fly is spreading through Central America. Experts blame illegal cattle ranching

Maxwell Radwin 12 Nov 2024

In Colombia, guerrilla groups decide the fate of the Amazon

Maxwell Radwin 31 Oct 2024

‘Glimmers of promise’ for 30×30 goal as UN report calls for boosted efforts

Liz Kimbrough 29 Oct 2024

Mining and logging threaten Bolivia’s newest protected area

Iván Paredes Tamayo 24 Oct 2024

In Costa Rica, sustainable tourism is no longer enough for conservation

Michele Bertelli 21 Oct 2024
A worker handling plywood sheets at Nature Flooring's factory in the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay.

Cambodian logging syndicate tied to major U.S. wood flooring supply chains

Gerald Flynn 21 Oct 2024
In June 2024, stacks of timber were seen piled outside Angkor Plywood's facility in Kandal province. Much of it is believed to be sourced from Cambodia's protected areas. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay.

Angkor Plywood, the ‘timber cartel’ shipping Cambodian forests internationally

Gerald Flynn 14 Oct 2024

Hotel built without permits on disputed land riles neighboring Paracas reserve in Peru

Mongabay Latam 11 Oct 2024

In Bolivia, Indigenous communities struggle to rebuild as wildfires return

Benjamin Swift 8 Oct 2024

Past failures can’t stop Indonesia from clearing forests, Indigenous lands for farms

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Oct 2024
Ouk Mao showed reporters timber cut from the Phnom Chum Rok Sat community forest by loggers working for Lin Vatey. Image by Nehru Pry / Mongabay

Reporter who revealed deforestation in Cambodia now charged with deforestation

Gerald Flynn, Nehru Pry 27 Sep 2024

‘Extinct’ Guam kingfisher takes flight again after nearly 40 years

Liz Kimbrough 25 Sep 2024
A ranger with the Uganda Wildlife Authority on patrol in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in November 2023. Image by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

US govt watchdog: Human rights still at risk in overseas conservation aid

Ashoka Mukpo 17 Sep 2024

Honduras taps armed forces to eliminate deforestation by 2029. Will it work?

Maxwell Radwin 13 Sep 2024

To save endangered trees, researchers in South America recruit an army of fungi

Sofia Moutinho 12 Sep 2024

In Venezuela, natural regeneration helps restore a threatened cloud forest

María Fernanda Rodríguez 10 Sep 2024
Having already picked Phnom Chum Rok Sat community forest clean of large, valuable trees, loggers working for Lin Vatey now appear to be clear-cutting what remains of the forest. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay

Mining company tied to Cambodian military officials grabs community forest

Gerald Flynn, Nehru Pry 5 Sep 2024

Wildlife-rich mangroves suffer as Indonesia ramps up construction of new capital

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Sep 2024

Record drought in Yucatán prompts revival of ancient Maya rain ceremony

Mark Viales 29 Aug 2024

The challenge of the next oil and gas investments further in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 28 Aug 2024

The indelible traces of oil and gas in the Peruvian, Ecuadorian and Colombian Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 22 Aug 2024
Screenshot from a propaganda video released by JNIM depicting a training camp in Burkina Faso, 2024.

Trained to stop poaching, Benin park rangers instead face jihadists

Ashoka Mukpo 22 Aug 2024

Argentina weighs new MPA to curb international fishing frenzy in ‘Blue Hole’

Maxwell Radwin 22 Aug 2024

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