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Saving the Amazon has come at the cost of Cerrado deforestation: study

Claire Asher 15 Nov 2018

For the two Congos, lessons in a peatland partnership with Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Nov 2018

A lucky child: Mongabay’s origin story (insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2018

California’s Tropical Forest Standard could be the state’s most important climate action (commentary)

Steve Schwartzman and Christina McCain 14 Nov 2018

‘Not all hope is lost’ as outlook for mountain gorillas brightens

John Cannon 14 Nov 2018

Oreo maker linked to destruction of orangutan habitat in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Nov 2018

Republic of Congo names new national park, home to gorillas, elephants

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Nov 2018

Agroforestry saves soil and boosts livelihoods in Tajikistan

Daniyar Serikov 13 Nov 2018

Vietnam-EU legal timber agreement signed, but much work remains

Michael Tatarski 13 Nov 2018

China restores ban on rhino and tiger parts, for now

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2018

Honduras aims to save vital wildlife corridor from deforestation

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2018

Merger of Brazil’s agriculture and environment ministries in limbo

Jenny Gonzales 12 Nov 2018

The last trees of the Amazon

Nelly Luna Amancio (OjoPúblico) 12 Nov 2018

Satellite technology unites Kenyans against bush fires

David Njagi 9 Nov 2018

Haiti may lose all primary forest by 2035, mass extinction underway

Carinya Sharples & Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 Nov 2018
A spectacled bear in the rehabilitation and reintroduction program at Chaparrí. Photo by Matthew Weaver.

Peru cracks down after environmental defenders’ murders

Matthew Weaver, Rajmonda Rexhi 9 Nov 2018

In West Papua’s Arfak Mountains, local leaders plot ecotourism boom

Christopel Paino 9 Nov 2018

China increasingly involved in Brazil’s ambitious Amazon rail network

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 8 Nov 2018
A map of Biacou (also spelled Beacou) made by residents of the village shows the location of various protected sites. Click here to enlarge. Image courtesy of RFLP/Sergio Pedroco.

Timor-Leste: With sacrifice and ceremony, tribe sets eco rules

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 8 Nov 2018

Roads divide opinions along with forests, study finds

John Cannon 8 Nov 2018

For Javan rhinos, the last holdout may also be a deadly disease hotspot

Katy Waters 8 Nov 2018

Congo Basin rainforest may be gone by 2100, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 7 Nov 2018

Cerrado farm community fights for life against dam and eucalyptus growers

Anna Sophie Gross 7 Nov 2018

In funding palm oil giants, banks may share in ‘sins of the companies’

Tessa Toumbourou 7 Nov 2018

Protection flip-flop leaves rare Indonesian shrikethrush in harm’s way

Petrus Riski, Rahmadi Rahmad, Themmy Doaly 7 Nov 2018

Deforestation-linked Brazilian beef still flowing into international markets: report

Claire Asher 6 Nov 2018

AI simplifies statewide study of leopards in south India

Vasudevan Sridharan 5 Nov 2018

Bear-human conflict risks pinpointed amid resurgent bear population

Mongabay.com 5 Nov 2018

Latam Eco Review: Killing jaguars for arthritis creams and wine

Mongabay.com 2 Nov 2018

Call to protect dwindling wilderness ‘before it disappears forever’

John Cannon 1 Nov 2018
Satellite image from Google Earth: Tanguro, Brazil -12.262600, -52.733553

Deforestation continues upward trend in the Brazilian Amazon

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2018
Clergymen at Tsegur Michael Church near Debretabor, Ethiopia. Photo by Maheder Haileselassie Tadese for Mongabay.

Land restoration makes progress in Ethiopia

Maheder Haileselassie Tadese 31 Oct 2018

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