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Climate change drives uneven shifts in tree diversity across Amazon and Andes
27 Feb 2026 09:57:31 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/climate-change-drives-uneven-shifts-in-tree-diversity-across-amazon-and-andes/
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Indigenous communities oppose Papua forest rezoning for palm oil
25 Feb 2026 08:09:07 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/indigenous-communities-oppose-papua-forest-rezoning-for-palm-oil/
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Malaria outbreak among Indigenous Pirahã linked to forest loss, satellite data find
17 Feb 2026 18:16:12 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/malaria-outbreak-among-indigenous-piraha-linked-to-forest-loss-satellite-data-find/
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Thousands of peat fires flare across Indonesia despite rainy season
13 Feb 2026 06:40:47 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/thousands-of-peat-fires-flare-across-indonesia-despite-rainy-season/
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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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Indigenous protests force Brazil to suspend Tapajós River dredging plan
10 Feb 2026 15:38:06 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/02/indigenous-protests-force-brazil-to-suspend-tapajos-river-dredging-plan/
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Amazon deforestation may rise 30% as major traders exit historic soy pact
02 Feb 2026 20:09:01 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/amazon-deforestation-may-rise-30-as-major-traders-exit-historic-soy-pact/
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Indonesia fast-tracks final permit for Papua rice megaproject without Indigenous consent
29 Jan 2026 08:43:54 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/indonesia-fast-tracks-final-permit-for-papua-rice-megaproject-without-indigenous-consent/
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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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How US intervention could deepen Venezuela’s environmental crisis
20 Jan 2026 17:32:36 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/how-us-intervention-could-deepen-venezuelas-environmental-crisis/
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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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Indonesia says 4 million hectares of plantation, mining lands reclaimed in crackdown
14 Jan 2026 11:43:35 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/indonesia-says-4-million-hectares-of-plantation-mining-lands-reclaimed-in-crackdown/
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After years of progress, Indonesia risks ‘tragedy’ of a deforestation spike
14 Jan 2026 04:27:48 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/after-years-of-progress-indonesia-risks-tragedy-of-a-deforestation-spike/
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Soy giants drop Amazon no-deforestation pledge as subsidies come under threat
09 Jan 2026 10:19:29 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/soy-giants-drop-amazon-no-deforestation-pledge-as-subsidies-come-under-threat/
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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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Poaching down but threats remain for forest elephants, recent population assessment finds
05 Jan 2026 15:06:14 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/poaching-down-but-threats-remain-for-forest-elephants-recent-population-assessment-finds/
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Carving up the Cardamoms
05 Jan 2026 13:02:32 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/specials/2026/01/carving-up-the-cardamoms/
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Southeast Asia’s 2025 marked by fatal floods, fossil fuel expansion and renewed mining boom
29 Dec 2025 21:58:15 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/southeast-asias-2025-marked-by-fatal-floods-fossil-fuel-expansion-and-renewed-mining-boom/
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The year in rainforests 2025: Deforestation fell; the risks did not
26 Dec 2025 20:11:46 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/the-year-in-rainforests-2025-deforestation-fell-the-risks-did-not/
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The Amazon in 2026: A challenging year ahead, now off the center stage
22 Dec 2025 14:27:23 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/the-amazon-in-2026-a-challenging-year-ahead-now-off-the-center-stage/
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Researchers find concerning gaps in global maps used for EUDR compliance
19 Dec 2025 14:57:38 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/researchers-find-concerning-gaps-in-global-maps-used-for-eudr-compliance/
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‘Neither appropriate nor fair’: Ecuador ordered to pay oil giant Chevron $220m
18 Dec 2025 09:38:06 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/neither-appropriate-nor-fair-ecuador-ordered-to-pay-oil-giant-chevron-220m/
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New study points to private land as key to Atlantic Forest recovery
16 Dec 2025 18:08:41 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/new-study-points-to-private-land-as-key-to-atlantic-forest-recovery/
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Green labeler PEFC under fire for certifying Indonesian firm clearing orangutan habitat
15 Dec 2025 17:04:03 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/green-labeler-pefc-under-fire-for-certifying-indonesian-firm-clearing-orangutan-habitat/
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In Guyana and Suriname, offshore oil and environmental interests clash
01 Dec 2025 11:00:47 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/in-guyana-and-suriname-offshore-oil-and-environmental-interests-clash/
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One small Indigenous territory emerges as illegal mining hotspot in Brazil’s Amazon
28 Nov 2025 20:31:33 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/11/sarare-illegal-mining-hotspot-in-brazils-amazon/
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Saving forests won’t be enough if fossil fuels beneath them are still extracted, experts warn
26 Nov 2025 11:25:27 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/saving-forests-wont-be-enough-if-fossil-fuels-beneath-them-are-still-extracted-experts-warn/
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Brazil aims for alternative route to fossil fuel road map after COP30 failure
25 Nov 2025 13:51:24 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/brazil-aims-for-alternative-route-to-fossil-fuel-road-map-after-cop30-failure/
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Brazil’s forest fund faces a slow takeoff at COP30 despite initial support
24 Nov 2025 13:46:46 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/brazils-forest-fund-faces-a-slow-takeoff-at-cop30-despite-initial-support/
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A forest worth more standing: Virgilio Viana on what it will take to protect the Amazon
21 Nov 2025 06:11:19 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/a-forest-worth-more-standing-virgilio-viana-on-what-it-will-take-to-protect-the-amazon/
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The land deal threatening a vital piece of Bolivia’s Chiquitano dry forest
20 Nov 2025 15:08:03 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/the-land-deal-threatening-a-vital-piece-of-bolivias-chiquitano-dry-forest/
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Amazon Indigenous groups fight soy waterway as Brazil fast-tracks dredging
19 Nov 2025 19:33:27 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/amazon-indigenous-groups-fight-soy-waterway-as-brazil-fast-tracks-dredging/
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Top ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin’s COP30 reflections on Amazon conservation (analysis)
17 Nov 2025 21:45:26 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/top-ethnobotanist-mark-plotkins-cop30-reflections-on-amazon-conservation-analysis/
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Strategic ignorance, climate change and Amazonia (commentary)
13 Nov 2025 20:51:35 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/strategic-ignorance-climate-change-and-amazonia-commentary/
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Brazil hosts COP30 with high ambitions — and scaling environmental ambiguities
10 Nov 2025 19:23:28 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/brazil-hosts-cop30-with-high-ambitions-and-scaling-environmental-ambiguities/
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New pledge, old problems as Indonesia’s latest Indigenous forest promise draws skepticism
07 Nov 2025 11:46:57 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/new-pledge-old-problems-as-indonesias-latest-indigenous-forest-promise-draws-skepticism/
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UNESCO biosphere listing raises hope, questions for Malaysia’s Kinabatangan floodplain
06 Nov 2025 21:57:32 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/unesco-biosphere-listing-raises-hope-questions-for-malaysias-kinabatangan-floodplain/
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Suriname’s plan to capitalize on carbon: Q&A with President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons
04 Nov 2025 15:22:15 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/surinames-plan-to-capitalize-on-carbon-qa-with-president-jennifer-geerlings-simons/
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Indonesia pledges energy transition — but the country’s new NDC says otherwise
04 Nov 2025 13:45:58 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/indonesia-pledges-energy-transition-but-the-countrys-new-ndc-says-otherwise/
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What might lie ahead for tropical forests (analysis)
02 Nov 2025 18:49:47 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/the-forests-future-tense-what-might-lie-ahead-for-the-tropics-commentary/
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Gold mining impacts persist after DRC shuts down company operations: Video
28 Oct 2025 17:25:44 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/gold-mining-impacts-persist-after-drc-shuts-down-company-operations-video/
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Dom Phillips & Bruno Pereira ‘would be killed again,’ Indigenous leader says
24 Oct 2025 17:29:36 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/dom-phillips-bruno-pereira-would-be-killed-again-indigenous-leader-says/
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Indigenous guardians successfully keep extractives out of Ecuador’s Amazon forests
22 Oct 2025 22:31:40 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/indigenous-guardians-successfully-keep-extractives-out-of-ecuadors-amazon-forests/
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Deforestation and disease spread as Nicaragua ignores illegal cattle ranching
20 Oct 2025 07:00:26 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/deforestation-and-disease-spread-as-nicaragua-ignores-illegal-cattle-ranching/
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Heat surges put preserved Amazon areas at high risk, study says
20 Oct 2025 07:00:23 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/heat-surges-put-preserved-amazon-areas-at-high-risk-study-says/
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Peru considers stripping protections for Indigenous people and their territories
13 Oct 2025 22:00:56 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/peru-considers-stripping-protections-for-indigenous-people-and-their-territories/
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A cacao rush drives ‘alarming’ deforestation in Liberia
10 Oct 2025 07:37:37 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/a-cacao-rush-drives-alarming-deforestation-in-liberia/
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Amazon Rainforest hits record carbon emissions from 2024 forest fires
08 Oct 2025 15:29:31 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/amazon-rainforest-hits-record-carbon-emissions-from-2024-forest-fires/
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RSPO sparks NGO outrage for dismissing complaint over alleged ‘shadow companies’
07 Oct 2025 07:31:10 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/rspo-sparks-ngo-outrage-for-dismissing-complaint-over-alleged-shadow-companies/
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In the Guyana Shield, the fight against deforestation is not ambitious enough
03 Oct 2025 16:00:09 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-the-guyana-shield-the-fight-against-deforestation-is-not-ambitious-enough/
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Indonesia aims to redraw UNESCO site boundaries to allow geothermal projects
30 Sep 2025 09:53:37 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/indonesia-aims-to-redraw-unesco-site-boundaries-to-allow-geothermal-projects/
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First review of Amazon plastic pollution finds widespread contamination
29 Sep 2025 16:09:32 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/09/first-review-of-amazon-plastic-pollution-finds-widespread-contamination/
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The fate of flying rivers could decide Amazon ‘tipping point,’ report says
26 Sep 2025 16:12:07 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/the-fate-of-flying-rivers-could-decide-amazon-tipping-point-report-says/
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Brazil’s first private Amazon road paves new trade route to China
25 Sep 2025 18:57:52 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/brazils-first-private-amazon-road-paves-new-trade-route-to-china/
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In the Andean Amazon, countries struggle to fight deforestation
22 Sep 2025 08:49:39 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/in-the-andean-amazon-countries-struggle-to-fight-deforestation/
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Protecting Indigenous Amazon lands may also protect public health, study says
19 Sep 2025 16:13:05 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/protecting-indigenous-amazon-lands-may-also-protect-public-health-study-says/
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Animals that spread seeds are critical for climate solutions
19 Sep 2025 14:30:33 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/animals-that-spread-seeds-are-critical-for-climate-solutions/
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The formula that reduced deforestation in Brazil in the 21st century
19 Sep 2025 09:26:59 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/the-formula-that-reduced-deforestation-in-brazil-in-the-21st-century/
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Norway fund drops Eramet over Indonesia mine threatening forests, Indigenous tribe
17 Sep 2025 01:40:39 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/norway-fund-drops-eramet-over-indonesia-mine-threatening-forests-indigenous-tribe/
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An ancient Indigenous civilization endures beneath an Amazon urban soy hub
16 Sep 2025 07:00:43 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/an-ancient-indigenous-civilization-endures-beneath-an-amazon-urban-soy-hub/
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