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An underground gold war in Colombia is ‘a ticking ecological time bomb’ 31 Dec 2024 15:00:43 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/an-underground-gold-war-in-colombia-is-a-ticking-ecological-time-bomb/ | ||
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High-flying concessions: Clandestine airstrips, coca crops invade Ucayali’s forests 16 Dec 2024 09:52:42 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/high-flying-concessions-clandestine-airstrips-coca-crops-invade-ucayalis-forests/ | ||
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Narco airstrips beset Indigenous communities in Peruvian Amazon 09 Dec 2024 12:18:49 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/narco-airstrips-beset-indigenous-communities-in-peruvian-amazon/ | ||
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Amazon Airstrips 04 Dec 2024 19:25:55 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/specials/2024/12/amazon-airstrips/ | ||
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15 illegal narco-trafficking airstrips found near Peru Indigenous communities 04 Dec 2024 09:54:21 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/15-illegal-narco-trafficking-airstrips-found-near-peru-indigenous-communities/ | ||
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The illegal runways exposing the Kakataibo people to drug violence in Peru 29 Nov 2024 12:30:32 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/the-illegal-runways-exposing-the-kakataibo-people-to-drug-violence-in-peru/ | ||
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Women in Putumayo turn to fish farming and away from the coca industry 28 Nov 2024 21:00:55 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/women-in-putumayo-turn-to-fish-farming-and-away-from-the-coca-industry/ | ||
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Indigenous leaders killed as narco airstrips cut into their Amazon territories 25 Nov 2024 14:26:20 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/custom-story/2024/11/indigenous-leaders-killed-as-narco-airstrips-cut-into-their-amazon-territories/ | ||
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The underreported killing of Colombia’s Indigenous land guardian, ‘The Wolf’ (Photos) 07 Nov 2024 16:27:48 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/the-underreported-killing-of-colombias-indigenous-land-guardian-the-wolf-photos/ | ||
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Conservationists mobilize to save Sierra Leone national park and its chimpanzees 04 Nov 2024 17:44:28 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/as-deforestation-advances-conservationists-mobilize-to-save-sierra-leone-national-park-and-its-chimpanzees/ | ||
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Report links killings to environmental crimes in Peru’s Amazon 12 Sep 2024 14:08:51 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/report-links-killings-to-environmental-crimes-in-perus-amazon/ | ||
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Colombia’s coca substitution program failing to help farmers or slow deforestation 09 Aug 2024 15:45:09 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/colombias-coca-substitution-program-failing-to-help-farmers-or-slow-deforestation/ | ||
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Narco activity takes heavy toll on Colombia’s protected forests, satellite data show 31 May 2024 18:52:16 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/narco-activity-takes-heavy-toll-on-colombias-protected-forests-satellite-data-show/ | ||
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Ecuador’s Los Lobos narcotrafficking gang muscles in on illegal gold mining 28 May 2024 14:00:48 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/ecuadors-los-lobos-narcotrafficking-gang-muscles-in-on-illegal-gold-mining/ | ||
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In Amazon’s tri-border Javari region, teens fall prey to drug gangs’ lure 24 May 2024 16:54:38 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/in-amazons-tri-border-javari-region-teens-fall-prey-to-drug-gangs-lure/ | ||
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Photos confirm narcotraffickers operating in Peru’s Kakataibo Indigenous Reserve 17 May 2024 11:27:11 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/photos-confirm-narcotraffickers-operating-in-perus-kakataibo-indigenous-reserve/ | ||
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Etelvina Ramos: From coca farmer to opponent of the illegal crop 26 Apr 2024 10:22:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/etelvina-ramos-from-coca-farmer-to-opponent-of-the-illegal-crop/ | ||
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How environmental crimes are covered up in the Amazon? 22 Apr 2024 21:18:04 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/video/2024/04/exposing-how-environmental-crimes-are-covered-up-in-the-amazon/ | ||
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Bolivia’s El Curichi Las Garzas protected area taken over by land-grabbers 06 Mar 2024 16:09:36 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/bolivias-el-curichi-las-garzas-protected-area-taken-over-by-land-grabbers/ | ||
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Authorities struggle to protect Bolivian national park from drug-fueled deforestation 01 Mar 2024 02:20:15 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/authorities-struggle-to-protect-bolivian-national-park-from-drug-fueled-deforestation/ | ||
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Safety of Peru’s land defenders in question after killing of Indigenous leader in the Amazon 07 Dec 2023 16:19:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/safety-of-perus-land-defenders-in-question-after-killing-of-indigenous-leader-in-the-amazon/ | ||
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As Colombia’s coca economy crashes, new opportunities — and threats — arise 15 Nov 2023 21:12:34 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/as-colombias-coca-economy-crashes-new-opportunities-and-threats-arise/ | ||
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Drug trafficking imperils national park and Indigenous reserves in the Peruvian Amazon 03 Nov 2023 17:50:33 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/drug-trafficking-imperils-national-park-and-indigenous-reserves-in-the-peruvian-amazon/ | ||
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Drug trafficking fuels other deforestation drivers in the Amazon: report 14 Jul 2023 17:33:29 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/drug-trafficking-fuels-other-deforestation-drivers-in-the-amazon-report/ | ||
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Guatemala national park nearing ‘collapse’ amid land grabbing, deforestation 04 May 2023 08:00:28 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/guatemala-national-park-nearing-collapse-amid-land-grabbing-deforestation/ | ||
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Colombia, Ecuador announce alert system to protect Indigenous Awá from armed groups 10 Mar 2023 17:34:26 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/colombia-ecuador-announce-alert-system-to-protect-indigenous-awa-from-armed-groups/ | ||
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‘Panic’ sets in as armed groups occupy, deforest Colombian national park 12 Dec 2022 23:20:53 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/panic-sets-in-as-armed-groups-occupy-deforest-colombian-national-park/ | ||
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Indigenous communities in Peru ‘living in fear’ due to deforestation, drug trafficking 02 Dec 2022 22:10:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/indigenous-communities-in-peru-living-in-fear-due-to-deforestation-drug-trafficking/ | ||
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Indigenous community in Peru losing forests to timber, drug, land trafficking 21 Nov 2022 21:57:21 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/indigenous-community-in-peru-losing-forests-to-timber-drug-land-trafficking/ | ||
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As gangs battle over Peru’s drug trafficking routes, communities and forest are at risk 08 Nov 2022 20:19:43 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/as-gangs-battle-over-perus-drug-trafficking-routes-communities-and-forest-are-at-risk/ | ||
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Legal and illegal cannabis: A cause for growing environmental concern 02 Jun 2022 13:31:51 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/06/legal-and-illegal-cannabis-a-cause-for-growing-environmental-concern/ | ||
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All coked up: The global environmental impacts of cocaine 04 Apr 2022 20:01:35 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/all-coked-up-the-global-environmental-impacts-of-cocaine/ | ||
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Opium production down as communities in Mexico’s Golden Triangle turn to forestry 29 Mar 2022 15:34:54 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/opium-production-down-as-communities-in-mexicos-golden-triangle-turn-to-forestry/ | ||
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Drug trafficking threatens Indigenous Shipibo communities in Peru 03 Sep 2021 23:16:34 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/drug-trafficking-threatens-indigenous-shipibo-communities-in-peru/ | ||
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Drug trafficking and illegal logging threaten Indigenous communities in Peru 26 Aug 2021 23:37:46 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/08/drug-trafficking-and-illegal-logging-threaten-indigenous-communities-in-peru/ | ||
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Illegal mining in Colombia’s Amazon threatens Indigenous communities 24 Aug 2021 22:17:59 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/08/illegal-mining-in-colombias-amazon-threatens-indigenous-communities/ | ||
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Indigenous Amazonian communities bear the burden of Ecuador’s balsa boom 17 Aug 2021 23:25:16 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/08/indigenous-amazonian-communities-bear-the-burden-of-ecuadors-balsa-boom/ | ||
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Drugs, fire, settlers poised to wipe out one of Paraguay’s most biodiverse forests 27 May 2021 23:40:41 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/05/drugs-fire-settlers-poised-to-wipe-out-one-of-paraguays-most-biodiverse-forests/ | ||
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In the Honduran Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, an illegal road for cattle and drugs 13 May 2021 15:23:28 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/05/in-the-honduran-rio-platano-biosphere-reserve-an-illegal-road-for-cattle-and-drugs/ | ||
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Drugs and agriculture cause deforestation to skyrocket at Honduran UNESCO site 30 Apr 2021 23:09:59 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/04/drugs-and-agriculture-cause-deforestation-to-skyrocket-at-honduran-unesco-site/ | ||
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Indigenous Cacataibo of Peru threatened by land grabbing and drug trade 15 Jan 2021 23:41:39 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/01/indigenous-cacataibo-of-peru-threatened-by-land-grabbing-and-drug-trade/ | ||
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Colombian and Ecuadorian Indigenous communities live in fear as drug traffickers invade 08 Jan 2021 20:15:07 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/01/colombian-and-ecuadorian-indigenous-communities-live-in-fear-as-drug-traffickers-invade/ | ||
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Cocaine production driving deforestation into Colombian national park 07 Jan 2021 16:33:19 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/01/cocaine-production-driving-deforestation-into-colombian-national-park/ | ||
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Illegal deforestation rises in South America’s Indigenous territories, parks 29 Dec 2020 11:02:57 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2020/12/illegal-deforestation-rises-in-south-americas-indigenous-territories-parks/ | ||
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A Madagascar forest long protected by its remoteness is now threatened by it 21 Dec 2020 20:55:22 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2020/12/a-madagascar-forest-long-protected-by-its-remoteness-is-now-threatened-by-it/ | ||
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Understaffed and under threat: Paraguay’s park rangers pay the ultimate price 05 Aug 2020 14:53:26 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2020/08/understaffed-and-under-threat-paraguays-park-rangers-pay-the-ultimate-price/ | ||
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No choice: Why communities in Paraguay are cutting down forests to survive 31 Jul 2020 15:43:16 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/no-choice-why-communities-in-paraguay-are-cutting-down-forest-to-survive/ | ||
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Double blow to Colombian Amazon and Indigenous groups from armed militants, COVID-19 31 Jul 2020 12:22:15 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/double-blow-to-colombian-amazon-and-indigenous-groups-from-armed-militants-covid-19/ | ||
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Marijuana farms expand in Paraguay reserve despite gov’t crackdowns 27 Jul 2020 18:34:27 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/marijuana-farms-expand-in-paraguay-reserve-despite-govt-crackdowns/ | ||
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Protected areas in Paraguay hit hard by illegal marijuana farming 22 Jul 2020 18:56:53 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/protected-areas-in-paraguay-hit-hard-by-illegal-marijuana-farming/ | ||
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‘On the edge’: Endangered forest cleared for marijuana in Paraguay 09 Jul 2020 20:13:57 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/on-the-edge-endangered-forest-cleared-for-marijuana-in-paraguay/ | ||
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Drug trafficking could be putting ‘fragile fisheries’ at risk, study says 02 Jul 2020 17:01:44 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/drug-trafficking-could-be-putting-fragile-fisheries-at-risk-study-says/ | ||
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Marijuana cultivation whittling away Madagascar’s largest connected forest 29 May 2020 18:48:21 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2020/05/marijuana-cultivation-whittling-away-madagascars-largest-connected-forest/ | ||
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Coca farms close in on protected areas, isolated tribes in Peruvian Amazon 09 Dec 2019 11:18:13 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2019/12/coca-farms-close-in-on-protected-areas-isolated-tribes-in-peruvian-amazon/ | ||
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Rainforest destruction accelerates in Honduras UNESCO site 13 Aug 2019 17:01:08 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2019/08/rainforest-destruction-accelerates-in-honduras-unesco-site/ | ||
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Corrupt police caught in bust of Peruvian Amazon drug gang 19 Jul 2019 10:49:38 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/corrupt-police-caught-in-bust-of-peruvian-amazon-drug-gang/ | ||
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Colombia gasoline fueling cocaine production 28 Jun 2019 16:34:40 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/colombia-gasoline-fueling-cocaine-production/ | ||
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Fire, cattle, cocaine: Deforestation spikes in Guatemalan national park 21 Jun 2019 14:59:58 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/invaders-cattle-cocaine-deforestation-spikes-in-guatemalan-national-park/ | ||
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Land grabbing, cattle ranching ravage Colombian Amazon after FARC demobilization 30 May 2019 21:25:05 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2019/05/land-grabbing-cattle-ranching-ravage-colombian-amazon-after-farc-demobilization/ | ||
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Latam Eco Review: Some whales may benefit from Japan’s whaling commission exit 26 Jan 2019 07:50:54 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/latam-eco-review-some-whales-may-benefit-from-japans-whaling-commission-exit/ | ||
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