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Long-tailed macaque. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Skepticism as Cambodia expands protected areas by more than a million hectares

Gerald Flynn 29 Aug 2023

Mexico announces 13 new protected areas, with more to come

Maxwell Radwin 18 Aug 2023
Mangroves in Raja Ampat. Photo credit: Rhett A Butler

Study shows how to maximize mangroves as climate and community solution

Sílvia Lisboa and Maurício Brum 8 Aug 2023
cerrado reserve

To safeguard a rare Brazilian woodpecker, an NGO bought out its habitat

James Hall 3 Aug 2023

Study: Protecting marine life is a big benefit to local communities, too

Maxwell Radwin 3 Aug 2023

World’s top sovereign fund latest to cut ties with dam in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 Jul 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

Drug trafficking fuels other deforestation drivers in the Amazon: report

Maxwell Radwin 14 Jul 2023
An aerial view of the 2.25 hectare timber depot at Goldfame Star Enterprises' garment factory in Kandal province, Cambodia. Credit: Andy Ball/Mongabay.

Forests in the furnace: Can fashion brands tackle illegal logging in their Cambodian supply chains?

Gerald Flynn & Andy Ball 12 Jul 2023

What’s in store for Colombia’s forests? New modeling tries to predict.

Maxwell Radwin 28 Jun 2023

The Amazon saw record deforestation last year. Here’s why.

Maxwell Radwin 27 Jun 2023
A Bornean orangutan in Indonesia

Why did the orangutan cross the toll road to Indonesia’s new capital city?

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Jun 2023
A hummingbird drinking nectar from a flower.

To meet U.N. climate, biodiversity goals, 79% of plant cover must be saved, study

Liz Kimbrough 23 Jun 2023

For Central America, climate bill could top hundreds of billions annually

Dimitri Selibas 21 Jun 2023

Palm oil company in Ecuador operates illegally on ancestral land, community says

Maxwell Radwin 19 Jun 2023

Landfill in Colombia continues to pollute protected wetlands despite court-ordered clean-up

Maxwell Radwin 12 Jun 2023
Park rangers

Warfare for wildlife: Q&A with Rosaleen Duffy

Ashoka Mukpo 6 Jun 2023
Burned peat forest in Borneo.

Peatlands, Indonesia’s carbon trove, are mostly unprotected, study finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Jun 2023

New index identifies marine reserves that are protected in theory only

Juliette Portala 31 May 2023
Huge logs are delivered daily to the Koh Kong provincial prison in Cambodia

Forest behind bars: Logging network operating out of Cambodian prison in the Cardamoms

Gerald Flynn 26 May 2023

Forest conservation efforts in Peru are failing across the board, study says

Kimberley Brown 25 May 2023

Critics question causes behind major oil spill in Ecuadorian Amazon

Maxwell Radwin 22 May 2023

Chemical spill in Nicaraguan reserve raises questions about industrial mining regulations

Maxwell Radwin 19 May 2023

New research finds slow forest recovery in the Andes — and ways to improve

Mark Hillsdon 16 May 2023

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

Sarah Brown 11 May 2023

Inaugural Indigenous women’s forum spotlights Congo Basin conservation

Elodie Toto 10 May 2023

A Guatemalan town fights to bar gold mining and save its waters

Jorge Rodríguez 9 May 2023

New study reveals fine detail on location and scale of mining sites worldwide

Ashoka Mukpo 8 May 2023

Guatemala national park nearing ‘collapse’ amid land grabbing, deforestation

Maxwell Radwin 4 May 2023

Mexico approves mining reforms to protect environment, Indigenous people

Maxwell Radwin 2 May 2023

Still time to save Brazil’s Cerrado, study shows, but it’s running out fast

Maurício Brum 2 May 2023

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