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Nepal’s flood disaster puts its hydropower-first strategy, exports to the test 02 Sep 2026 16:12:52 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/nepals-flood-disaster-puts-its-hydropower-first-strategy-exports-to-the-test/ | ||
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Logging operations uncovered at Cambodian senator’s dam in the Cardamoms 02 Sep 2026 01:30:15 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/logging-operations-uncovered-at-cambodian-senators-dam-in-the-cardamoms/ | ||
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Drones helped find people after Nepal floods but the search inside hydropower tunnels is a challenge 01 Sep 2026 15:59:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/drones-helped-find-people-after-nepal-floods-but-the-search-inside-hydropower-tunnels-is-a-challenge/ | ||
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In Ecuador’s Intag Valley, communities build their own micro-hydropower plant 01 Sep 2026 12:55:27 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/in-ecuadors-intag-valley-communities-build-their-own-micro-hydropower-plant/ | ||
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Brazil relaxes Belo Monte water rule amid El Niño-fueled Amazon drought risk 26 Aug 2026 23:30:04 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/08/brazil-relaxes-belo-monte-water-rule-amid-el-nino-fueled-amazon-drought-risk/ | ||
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Patricio Segura, journalist who defended Patagonia’s rivers, died of hantavirus, aged 54 23 Aug 2026 15:58:36 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/08/patricio-segura-journalist-who-defended-patagonias-rivers-has-died-of-hantavirus-at-54/ | ||
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Climate shocks hit hydropower in Southern Africa, reviving interest in coal 31 Jul 2026 14:19:41 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/climate-shocks-hit-hydropower-in-southern-africa-reviving-interest-in-coal/ | ||
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Major orangutan study finds Sumatran population fell nearly 20% despite slower forest loss 27 Jul 2026 08:30:44 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/major-orangutan-study-finds-sumatran-population-fell-nearly-20-despite-slower-forest-loss/ | ||
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South America’s farms depend, in part, on a healthy Amazon 22 Jun 2026 08:30:41 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/south-americas-farms-depend-in-part-on-a-healthy-amazon/ | ||
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A blueprint for effective activism 10 years after defeating a dam in Borneo (analysis) 10 Jun 2026 18:59:56 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/a-blueprint-for-effective-activism-10-years-after-defeating-a-dam-in-borneo-analysis/ | ||
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Dangerous arsenic levels detected in Thailand’s Mekong mainstream for first time 08 May 2026 02:47:35 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/dangerous-arsenic-levels-detected-in-thailands-mekong-mainstream-for-first-time/ | ||
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Emmanuel de Merode, director of Virunga National Park: “If conservation creates hardships, it won’t work” 20 Apr 2026 13:34:52 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/emmanuel-de-merode-director-of-virunga-national-park-if-conservation-creates-hardships-it-wont-work/ | ||
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Indigenous governance key to protecting Amazon Basin connectivity, experts say 07 Apr 2026 09:36:25 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/indigenous-governance-key-to-protecting-amazon-basin-connectivity-experts-say/ | ||
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Brazil is both the world’s environmental treasure and its most exposed victim (commentary) 16 Mar 2026 12:22:13 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/brazil-is-both-the-worlds-environmental-treasure-and-its-most-exposed-victim-commentary/ | ||
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Disastrous floods in Colombia reignite debate over hydroelectric dam 13 Mar 2026 17:12:42 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/disastrous-floods-in-colombia-reignite-debate-over-hydroelectric-dam/ | ||
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The promise and perils of the 1995 Mekong River Agreement (commentary) 10 Mar 2026 09:52:13 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/the-promise-and-perils-of-the-1995-mekong-river-agreement-commentary/ | ||
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Falling Amazon river flows trigger reality check at Belo Monte power plant 04 Mar 2026 12:16:21 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/falling-amazon-river-flows-trigger-reality-check-at-belo-monte-power-plant/ | ||
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The Amazon’s most valuable export isn’t timber — it’s rain 19 Feb 2026 00:40:28 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/the-amazon-generates-20-billion-of-dollars-worth-of-rainfall-each-year-study-finds/ | ||
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Amazon villages build autonomous energy systems after mega-dam failed pledges 18 Feb 2026 19:22:15 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/amazon-villages-build-autonomous-energy-systems-after-mega-dam-failed-pledges/ | ||
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Fishers denounce plummeting fish stocks following Amazon hydroelectric dam 12 Feb 2026 19:11:35 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/02/fishers-denounce-plummeting-fish-stocks-following-amazon-hydroelectric-dam/ | ||
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Ethiopia’s Renaissance mega-dam fuels energy hopes and regional anxiety 06 Feb 2026 06:30:32 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/ethiopias-renaissance-mega-dam-fuels-energy-hopes-and-regional-anxiety/ | ||
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Indonesia revokes forest and mine permits over role in deadly Sumatra landslides 22 Jan 2026 01:38:30 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/indonesia-revokes-forest-and-mine-permits-over-role-in-deadly-sumatra-landslides/ | ||
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Indonesia sues 6 companies over alleged links to deadly floods & landslides 19 Jan 2026 06:21:50 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/indonesia-sues-6-companies-over-alleged-links-to-deadly-floods-landslides/ | ||
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After Cyclone Senyar, Indonesia probes whether development amplified scale of disaster 06 Jan 2026 10:53:00 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/after-cyclone-senyar-indonesia-probes-whether-development-amplified-scale-of-disaster/ | ||
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‘The bargain of the century’: An economist’s vision for expanding clean energy access in Africa 26 Dec 2025 08:10:47 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/the-bargain-of-the-century-an-economists-vision-for-expanding-clean-energy-access-in-africa/ | ||
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The first amphibian to halt a hydroelectric dam now takes on the climate crisis 22 Dec 2025 10:19:10 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/the-first-amphibian-to-halt-a-hydroelectric-dam-now-takes-on-the-climate-crisis/ | ||
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Nepal Indigenous leaders refile writ petition against hydropower project 12 Dec 2025 19:55:48 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/nepal-indigenous-leaders-refile-writ-petition-against-hydropower-project/ | ||
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Lesotho communities allege greenwashing by project transferring water to South Africa 21 Nov 2025 17:31:19 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/lesotho-communities-allege-greenwashing-by-project-transferring-water-to-south-africa/ | ||
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‘The perfect ingredients’: WRI Africa deputy director shares vision for the continent’s energy transition 19 Nov 2025 16:32:14 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/the-perfect-ingredients-wri-africa-deputy-director-shares-vision-for-the-continents-energy-transition/ | ||
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What does the just energy transition mean for Africa? 10 Nov 2025 14:07:33 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/what-does-the-just-energy-transition-mean-for-africa/ | ||
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Cameroon inaugurates controversial dam despite local dissent 10 Oct 2025 14:31:24 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/cameroon-inaugurates-controversial-dam-despite-local-dissent/ | ||
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Protected areas hit hard as Mekong countries’ forest cover shrank in 2024 06 Oct 2025 03:33:48 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/protected-areas-hit-hard-as-mekong-countries-forest-cover-shrank-in-2024/ | ||
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Turning a stream into a river: Inside India’s Yettinaholé diversion project 02 Oct 2025 16:49:29 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/turning-a-stream-into-a-river-inside-indias-yettinahole-diversion-project/ | ||
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Leaders pitch homegrown solutions at Africa Climate Summit — and $100b to back them 09 Sep 2025 16:26:10 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/leaders-pitch-homegrown-solutions-at-africa-climate-summit-and-100b-to-back-them/ | ||
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Development banks under fire for backing disputed Nepal hydropower project 22 Aug 2025 00:14:13 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/development-banks-under-fire-for-backing-disputed-nepal-hydropower-project/ | ||
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Asia’s longest free-flowing river faces threats of dams and diversions 06 Aug 2025 13:49:24 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/08/asias-longest-free-flowing-river-faces-threats-of-dams-and-diversions/ | ||
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Nepal’s hydropower developers watch closely as court nears key verdict 02 Aug 2025 06:46:46 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/nepals-hydropower-developers-watch-closely-as-court-nears-key-verdict/ | ||
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Centralized governance in the Guianas and economic legacy 01 Aug 2025 22:21:53 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/centralized-governance-in-the-guianas-and-economic-legacy/ | ||
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Sweden needs a rights of nature legal framework (commentary) 26 Jun 2025 21:08:09 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/sweden-needs-a-rights-of-nature-legal-framework-commentary/ | ||
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Specter of dams and diversion looms over Southeast Asia’s Salween River 19 Jun 2025 03:48:29 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/specter-of-dams-and-diversion-looms-over-southeast-asias-salween-river/ | ||
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World Bank to finance controversial DRC hydropower project, concerns remain 11 Jun 2025 11:17:46 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/06/world-bank-to-finance-controversial-drc-hydropower-project-concerns-remain/ | ||
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In Nepal, northernmost sighting of Eurasian otter raises hope, concerns 07 Jun 2025 00:42:43 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/in-nepal-northernmost-sighting-of-eurasian-otter-raises-hope-concerns/ | ||
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Revived hydropower project to bring forced displacement, Peru communities warn 06 Jun 2025 21:41:57 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/revived-hydropower-project-to-bring-forced-displacement-peru-communities-warn/ | ||
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Study shows Vietnam’s ethnic communities’ grapple with hydropower plant impacts 05 Jun 2025 08:17:05 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/study-shows-vietnams-ethnic-communities-grapple-with-hydropower-plant-impacts/ | ||
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Chile draws road map for peace in Mapuche land conflict, but concerns remain 21 May 2025 16:38:14 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/chile-draws-road-map-for-peace-in-mapuche-land-conflict-but-concerns-remain/ | ||
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Vital Mekong fish corridors tracked for first time, but funding cuts threaten future research 18 Apr 2025 20:30:28 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/vital-mekong-fish-corridors-tracked-for-first-time-but-funding-cuts-threaten-future-research/ | ||
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‘Heart of Borneo’ dams raze Indigenous forests for Indonesia green energy drive 14 Apr 2025 02:58:52 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/heart-of-borneo-dams-raze-indigenous-forests-for-indonesia-green-energy-drive/ | ||
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Drowned lands and poisoned waters threaten Peru’s campesinos and their livestock 25 Mar 2025 15:19:56 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/drowned-lands-and-poisoned-waters-threaten-perus-campesinos-and-their-livestock/ | ||
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New dams call into question Cambodia’s commitment to REDD+ projects 19 Mar 2025 06:53:04 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/new-dams-call-into-question-cambodias-commitment-to-redd-projects/ | ||
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Tragedy haunts community on shore of Sumatra’s largest solar farm 12 Mar 2025 04:26:47 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/tragedy-haunts-community-on-shore-of-sumatras-largest-solar-farm/ | ||
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In remote Philippine villages, micro-hydro alternatives power Indigenous homes 27 Feb 2025 23:05:02 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/in-remote-philippine-villages-micro-hydro-alternatives-power-indigenous-homes/ | ||
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Indigenous people cut down trees as solar energy remains inaccessible and costly in DRC 18 Feb 2025 15:07:19 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/locals-in-drc-cut-down-trees-while-solar-energy-remains-inaccessible-and-costly/ | ||
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African nations commit to electricity for 300 million people by 2030 30 Jan 2025 09:30:43 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/01/african-nations-commit-to-electricity-for-300-million-people-by-2030/ | ||
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Investors wary of Indonesia’s big climate promises amid record of flip-flopping 27 Jan 2025 04:09:25 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/investors-wary-of-indonesias-big-climate-promises-amid-record-of-flip-flopping/ | ||
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Southeast Asia in review: 2024 30 Dec 2024 04:33:48 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/southeast-asia-in-review-2024/ | ||
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Still no sweet spot in 2024 for Nepal in balancing conservation & development 27 Dec 2024 04:04:27 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/still-no-sweet-spot-in-2024-for-nepal-in-balancing-conservation-development/ | ||
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Thai citizens protest plans for Mekong dam amid transboundary concerns 10 Dec 2024 01:34:37 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/thai-citizens-protest-plans-for-mekong-dam-amid-transboundary-concerns/ | ||
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Dam displaces farmers as drought parches Indonesia’s Flores Island 19 Nov 2024 06:09:58 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/troubled-water-displaces-indigenous-society-as-drought-parches-eastern-indonesia/ | ||
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Brazil dredges Amazon rivers to ease drought isolation, raising environmental concerns 01 Oct 2024 19:24:29 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/brazil-dredges-amazon-rivers-to-ease-drought-isolation-raising-environmental-concerns/ | ||
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Cambodian environment minister bans logging at tycoon’s Cardamoms hydropower project 30 Sep 2024 04:29:13 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/cambodian-environment-minister-bans-logging-at-tycoons-cardamoms-hydropower-project/ | ||
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