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Navigating the complex world of reforestation efforts
South Africa considers site near African penguin colony for third nuclear power plant
Indonesia’s 1st Javan rhino translocation ends in death, in conservation setback
‘Internet of Animals,’ a unified wildlife tracker, set to resume after hiatus
Seafloor survey in Cambodia finds simple anti-trawling blocks help seagrass recover
From Kalimantan’s haze to Jakarta’s grit: A journalist’s journey
Noisy traffic is making Galápagos’ yellow warblers angry
South Sudanese community fights to save land from relentless flooding worsened by climate change
A deal signals a new chapter for Chagossians, and one of the world’s largest marine no-fishing zones
Collapses of Amazon riverbanks threaten communities and shipping routes
Green labeler PEFC under fire for certifying Indonesian firm clearing orangutan habitat
New technologies offer hope in fight to save the world’s imperiled rosewoods
Artisanal fishers in Liberia question benefits of new tracking devices from government
Cyclone Ditwah takes heavy toll on Sri Lanka’s biodiversity-rich Central Highlands
Malaysian companies dominate PNG forest-clearance permits: report
The vanishing pharmacy: How climate change is reshaping traditional medicine
Sumatra’s ‘natural’ disaster wasn’t natural: How deforestation turned a rare cyclone catastrophic
Birds, bugs and butterflies netted in global seizures by Interpol
Illegal fishing, other maritime threats cost Western Indian Ocean $1b a year: Report
Banned for years, dangerous pesticides persist in Nigerian farming
Nepal Indigenous leaders refile writ petition against hydropower project
Study finds more ‘laggards’ than ‘leaders’ among high seas fisheries managers
Top-down projects, exotic trees, weak tenure: Congo Basin restoration misses the mark
Sumatran flood disaster may have wiped out a key Tapanuli orangutan population, scientists fear
The Amazon’s lakes are heating up at ‘alarming’ rate, research finds
Elephant seals can recognize the voices of their rivals
African environment programs still try to fill funding gap since USAID freeze
Global manta and devil ray deaths far exceed earlier estimates: Study
Africa’s wildlife has lost a third of its ‘ecological power,’ study says
As fish catches fall and seas rise, Douala’s residents join efforts to restore mangroves
South Greenlanders speak out on rare earths interests
‘My mother would not be happy with the state of the planet’: Interview with Wanjira Mathai
Study warns of major funding gap for 30×30 biodiversity goal
Climate change is straining Alaska’s Arctic. A new mining road may push the region past the brink
Small cat conservationists hail Uganda’s new Echuya Forest National Park
Nepal’s cities must plan for resilience and inclusion for the future & nature (commentary)
Mexico is inflating its climate spending by billions of dollars. Here’s how.
Despite a growing planetary crisis, leaders find hope in community efforts
Corridors, not culls, offer solution to Southern Africa’s growing elephant population
Choosing coexistence over conflict: How some California ranchers are adapting to wolves
Chris Grinter has spent much of his life surrounded by insects
Wildlife and communities bear the cost as Simandou rail corridor advances across Guinea
Unregulated tourism risks disrupting Timor-Leste’s whale migration
Deep-sea mining interests raise alarms among Mariana Trench communities
Real-time deforestation alerts get an AI boost to identify the causes
Boom in burning waste for fuel could put human health and environment at risk
UN honors five climate ‘Champions of the Earth’
With a target on their bellies, can California’s sturgeon survive?
UK, Dutch agencies pull funding from Total’s controversial Mozambique LNG project
New mapping reveals hidden mining boom in Laos that threatens the Mekong
Hope, solidarity & disappointment: A familiar mix for Indigenous delegates at COP30
What would this scientist tell Trump? Interview with Robert Watson, former chair of the IPCC
The last of the Vaquita Porpoise (cartoon)
Environmental activists remain jailed in Cambodia on Human Rights Defenders Day
‘Myopic’ fisheries managers toy with a new ‘tragedy of the commons’ (commentary)
New report warns of mounting planetary crises — and pathways to hope
Can we create new inland seas to lower sea level rise? Interview with researcher Amir AghaKouchak
Governments must prioritize nature protection, former US senator Russ Feingold says
Iain Douglas-Hamilton, elephant protector, has died at 83
Stricter rules adopted to protect sloths from pet trade and selfie tourism
Balancing evidence and empathy in an age of doubt
Death toll rises in Sumatra flood catastrophe as gov’t moves to protect Batang Toru forest
A new ‘fairy lantern’ species is found at a Malaysian picnic site
New underwater acoustic camera identifies individual fish sounds, helping track threatened species
‘It’s not safe to live here.’ Colombia is deadliest country for environmental defenders
Reforestation and wild pig decline spark surge in miniature deer in Singapore
Global leaders seek action on environment, despite divide
Mongabay expands its newsroom with launch of dedicated Wildlife Desk
New financial tools boost traditional bioeconomy projects in the Amazon
In Chocó, river defenders say race for energy transition threatens lifelines
Across Latin America populist regimes challenge nature conservation goals
South Africa withdraws abalone listing even as illegal trade threatens species
Africa’s stakes in global UN environment talks in Nairobi
Norway pauses deep-sea mining for four years
Botswana’s elephant hunting quota threatens to wipe out mature bulls: Report
Warmer climate triggers pest infestations in Bangladesh, India tea estates
East African court dismisses controversial oil pipeline case in setback to communities
Cristina Gallardo, 39, a devoted guardian of Spain’s wild places, is lost to a fall
Lemurs are at risk. So are the people protecting them.
Assessments argue carbon offsets are failing communities and climate goals (commentary)
Brazil fast-tracks paving controversial highway in Amazon with new licensing rule
Another threat to reefs: Microplastic chemicals may harm coral reproduction
From COP30 to Sri Lanka, indigenous voices shape climate & food sovereignty
For fossil fuel-dependent islands, ocean thermal energy offers a lifeline
How dropping ads set us free to focus on impact
To save jaguars from extinction, scientists in Brazil are trying IVF and cloning
A rare bright spot for whales: Decades of conservation pay off for endangered population in Canada
Wildfire burns climate-vulnerable Joshua trees in US national park
Decades-old palm trees in Rio de Janeiro flower for the first — and only — time
Philippine mangroves survived a typhoon, but now confront a human-made challenge
Scientists push for greater climate role for Latin America’s overlooked ecosystems
What was — and the uncertainty of what will be: Youth voices from COP30
The Indigenous women changing the course of their communities
An Empire of Nature: African Parks and Rwanda’s Nyungwe Forest
Turning adventure into data
In wake of Cyclone Ditwah, Sri Lanka faces continuing disaster risks
Filipinos wade through floodwaters due to sinking land, rising sea & corruption
Brazilian Amazon’s most violent city tied to illegal gold mining on Indigenous land
International Cheetah Day: Survival still at stake for the world’s fastest cat
More than 1,400 dead across Asia after ‘rare’ cyclone & typhoon converge
Can two Amazons survive? Invisible e-waste is poisoning the world
Respecting uncontacted peoples can protect biodiversity and our humanity (commentary)
‘Silent epidemic of chemical pollution’ demands radical regulatory redo, say scientists
Scientists chart a new source, and length, for Africa’s famous Zambezi River
African forest hornbills gain new protections from unsustainable trade
Peregrine falcons retain trade protections, despite downlisting bid by Canada and US
Countries overwhelmingly support bid to bar Galápagos iguanas from international trade
Jean Beasley, who turned her young daughter’s dying wish into a mission to save sea turtles, has died
Countries back strong new trade limits for sharks and rays at CITES summit
Rescue teams racing after last week’s flooding in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand
Forest loss, fires and invasions soar in Nicaraguan wildlife refuge, watchdog warns
Saving critical winter habitat for monarch butterflies may depend on buy-in from their human neighbors
Unequal access to nature: Few outdoor spaces in Europe and the U.S. accommodate sensory, mental disabilities
Extinctions ‘already happening’ in Wales as report lists 3,000 at-risk species
Loma Santa marks first Indigenous protected area in the Bolivian Amazon
Predators in peril: Protected areas cover just a fraction of global carnivore ranges
A ‘Life After Cars’ can provide huge human health and environmental benefits
Brazil votes to allow most projects & farms to skip environmental licensing
Artificial incubation gives Colombia’s threatened Andean condor a new lifeline
Peru’s Río Abiseo park yields new marsupial, hinting at more undiscovered species
In Ecuador’s Yasuní, cameras reveal the wild neighbors visitors rarely see
New ventures set out to tackle the plastic choking Bangladesh’s ECAs
International Jaguar Day: A year of wins for the big cat
Critical minerals dropped from final text at COP30
Indigenous Dayak sound alarm as palm oil firm razes orangutan habitat in Borneo
Lost at sea, found in Latin America: the journeys of discarded plastic bottles
Healthy oceans are a human right (commentary)
SE Asia forest carbon projects sidelining social, biodiversity benefits, study finds
Octopuses use their arms to sense and respond to microbiomes on the seafloor
Indigenous knowledge and science join forces to save the choro mussel in Chile
In Kenya, Maasai private landowners come together to protect wildlife corridors
In Guyana and Suriname, offshore oil and environmental interests clash
The valuable peatlands of Peru’s Pastaza River Fan: one of the world’s largest carbon reservoirs
Small grants can empower the next generation of conservationists
Amazon’s stingless bee propolis shows potent healing power, studies show
Endangered knowledge and endangered plants: Threats to Indigenous medicinal traditions in Borneo
The long life of a Galápagos tortoise
Changing weather patterns threaten time-tested houses in Nepal village
First state-authorized killings mark escalation in California’s management of wolves
Solar-lights protect sea turtles from fishing nets, Mexico trials show
One small Indigenous territory emerges as illegal mining hotspot in Brazil’s Amazon
New riverside lake in Nepal wins hearts, but faces government opposition
As agroforestry declines in Indonesia’s Flores, a traditional ecological lexicon fades with it
A fragile Sri Lankan island fights back against the threat of mineral extraction
Lemurs are being eaten as an urban delicacy in Madagascar
Indigenous guardians protecting the Amazon Trapeze continue to face challenges
Afro-descendant territories slash deforestation, lock in carbon, study shows
Indian megacities are sinking putting thousands of buildings at risk: Study
Behind Sri Lanka’s ‘fish rain’ lies a web of migrations now blocked by rising dams
How religious beliefs may help protect Mentawai’s forests
New agreement aims to streamline Amazon Rainforest protection efforts
EU backs another one-year delay for EUDR antideforestation law
What was achieved for Indigenous peoples at COP30?
What’s at stake for the environment in Honduras’ presidential election?
Central America’s forests are crucial for migrating birds: Study
45 more shark species up for CITES protections; tight vote expected
DRC hit by record deforestation in 2024, satellite data show
Negotiating Africa’s Energy Future
Fossil fuel failure eclipses Africa’s wins at COP30
How do we stop the next pandemic?
Deep-diving manta rays use the ocean’s midnight zone to build mental maps, study suggests
Bird diversity drops in human-dominated habitats, Nepal study suggests
Brazil nut hauling effort gets easier with zip lines and ‘Amazon Waze’
How community custody empowered Ecuador’s crab catchers and revived its mangroves
Saving forests won’t be enough if fossil fuels beneath them are still extracted, experts warn
As Sri Lanka continues new elephant drive, scientists warn against creating new conflicts
Island-confined reptiles face high extinction risk, but low research interest
The roughed-up roughy fish (cartoon)
COP30: What did it deliver for the ocean?
Rights to millions of hectares of Indigenous & local communities’ lands restored by ‘barefoot lawyers’
Drought amplifies human-wildlife conflict, study finds
Global tiger trafficking crisis worsens with nine big cats seized monthly
Are wolves scared of us?
Botanists decode secret life of rare plants to ensure reintroduction success
Big finance still funds deforestation, 10 years after Paris pact
Brazil aims for alternative route to fossil fuel road map after COP30 failure
It’s ‘whack-a-mole’: Alarming rise in pet trade fuels wildlife trafficking into California
Already disappearing, Southeast Asia’s striped rabbits now caught in global pet trade
In the Andes, elections ride on political frustrations and social movements
Chronic diseases prevalent across animals, but understudied: Study
In Indonesia’s courts, truth can be a lonely witness
Norway’s multibillion-dollar bet on forests: An interview with Minister Eriksen
Conservation can emphasize human well-being to navigate its current funding crisis (commentary)
Brazil’s forest fund faces a slow takeoff at COP30 despite initial support
Why are Amazonian trees getting ‘fatter’?
Weather disasters are surging in the Amazon. Reporting isn’t.
Abrolhos: A South Atlantic marine treasure in need of protection
Toxic runoff from politically linked gold mine poisons Cambodian rivers, communities
TotalEnergies faces criminal complaint in France over alleged massacre in Mozambique
Protecting pangolins IRL, not just on paper: Interview with conservationist Kumar Paudel
Mongabay Latam wins the Global Shining Light Award for investigative journalism
A killing with precedent: Kaiowá man’s murder fits a pattern in Brazil
Bearing witness to Indonesia’s environmental challenges: Sapariah Saturi
‘Forever chemical’ contamination could undermine sea otters’ fragile recovery in Canada
Lesotho communities allege greenwashing by project transferring water to South Africa
In Thailand, a cheap bottle crate hack gives tree saplings a fighting chance
Experts say wealthy nations owe Africa double its climate adaptation needs
Brazil’s governance style leads to controversial impacts
It’s time to end the carbon offset era, COP30 scientists & communities say (commentary)
IDB financed meat & poultry company that polluted Indigenous Ecuador lands: Report