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New environmental licensing will build a power plant in the Cerrado and demolish a school
13 Jun 2025 18:21:35 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/new-environmental-licensing-will-build-a-power-plant-in-the-cerrado-and-demolish-a-school/
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It’s time to pay the true value of tropical forest conservation (commentary)
12 Jun 2025 22:31:22 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/its-time-to-pay-the-true-value-of-tropical-forest-conservation-commentary/
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Indonesia halts most nickel mining in Raja Ampat, but allows one controversial permit
10 Jun 2025 11:17:19 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/indonesia-halts-most-nickel-mining-in-raja-ampat-but-allows-one-controversial-permit/
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Pushback grows against nickel mining in Indonesian marine paradise of Raja Ampat
09 Jun 2025 16:57:23 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/pushback-grows-against-nickel-mining-in-indonesian-marine-paradise-of-raja-ampat/
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EU appetite for EVs drives new wave of deforestation in tropical forests
09 Jun 2025 14:24:36 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/eu-appetite-for-evs-drives-new-wave-of-deforestation-in-tropical-forests/
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Why Brazil should abandon its plans for oil and gas in Amazonia (commentary)
05 Jun 2025 21:59:08 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/why-brazil-should-abandon-its-plans-for-oil-and-gas-in-amazonia-commentary/
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The Tropical Forest Forever Facility needs more local and Indigenous focus (commentary)
03 Jun 2025 13:33:45 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/the-tropical-forest-forever-facility-needs-more-local-and-indigenous-focus-commentary/
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EU anti-deforestation law could overlook big violators, NGO warns
23 May 2025 07:11:44 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/05/eu-anti-deforestation-law-could-overlook-big-violators-ngo-warns/
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On Amazon destruction, will Brazil President Lula’s ‘disinformation space’ be penetrated? (commentary)
22 May 2025 14:02:20 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/on-amazon-destruction-will-brazil-president-lulas-disinformation-space-be-penetrated-commentary/
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Deforestation in REDD-protected Congo rainforests is ‘beyond words’
20 May 2025 19:33:54 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2025/05/deforestation-in-redd-protected-congo-rainforests-is-beyond-words/
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New forest loss data beef up Amazon deforestation case against Casino Group
20 May 2025 08:51:18 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/new-forest-loss-data-beef-up-amazon-deforestation-case-against-casino-group/
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Brazil antideforestation operation blacklists more than 500 farms in the Amazon
15 May 2025 11:56:36 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/05/brazil-antideforestation-operation-blacklists-more-than-500-farms-in-the-amazon/
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Singapore study says roadside flowers can improve urban butterfly biodiversity
12 May 2025 15:24:18 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/05/singapore-study-says-roadside-flowers-can-improve-urban-butterfly-biodiversity/
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Illegal wood from Colombia’s rainforests enters US and EU supply chains
06 May 2025 16:02:20 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/illegal-wood-from-colombias-rainforests-enters-us-and-eu-supply-chains/
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The latest issues in Peru’s Amazon: Interview with Indigenous leader Julio Cusurichi
01 May 2025 21:33:26 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/the-latest-issues-in-perus-amazon-interview-with-indigenous-leader-julio-cusurichi/
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Poaching intensifies in M23-occupied areas of Virunga National Park
30 Apr 2025 20:19:19 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/poaching-intensifies-in-m23-occupied-areas-of-virunga-national-park/
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Orangutan habitat under siege as palm oil company clears forest in Borneo
29 Apr 2025 02:45:26 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/orangutan-habitat-under-siege-as-palm-oil-company-clears-forest-in-borneo/
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An interview with orangutan conservationist and advocate Gary Shapiro
25 Apr 2025 02:00:56 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/an-interview-with-orangutan-conservationist-and-advocate-gary-shapiro/
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Indonesia raises concerns over EU deforestation law’s impact on smallholders
17 Apr 2025 14:01:57 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/indonesia-raises-concerns-over-eu-deforestation-laws-impact-on-smallholders/
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Honduras pays the climate cost as its forests disappear and storms rise
09 Apr 2025 14:09:00 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/honduras-pays-the-climate-cost-as-its-forests-disappear-and-storms-rise/
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How tires leave a long trail of destruction
08 Apr 2025 15:35:49 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/how-tires-leave-a-long-trail-of-destruction/
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New dam approval in Cambodia raises concerns about REDD+ projects
27 Mar 2025 14:28:43 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/03/new-dam-approval-in-cambodia-raises-concerns-about-redd-projects/
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Pressure bears down around uncontacted tribes at the edge of Brazil’s arc of deforestation
21 Mar 2025 19:41:54 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/isolated-tribes-at-one-of-the-last-frontiers-of-brazils-amazon-as-deforestation-pressure-grows/
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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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What have we learned from 15 years of REDD+ policy research? (analysis)
07 Mar 2025 00:17:55 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/what-have-we-learned-from-15-years-of-redd-policy-research-analysis/
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Forest biomass growth to soar through 2030, impacting tropical forests
06 Mar 2025 19:57:51 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/forest-biomass-growth-to-soar-through-2030-impacting-tropical-forests/
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Declining biodiversity and emerging diseases are entwined, more study needed
12 Feb 2025 16:38:54 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/declining-biodiversity-and-emerging-diseases-are-entwined-more-study-needed/
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Surge in legal land clearing pushes up Indonesia deforestation rate in 2024
07 Feb 2025 04:53:56 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/surge-in-legal-land-clearing-pushes-up-indonesia-deforestation-rate-in-2024/
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Fashion has a coal problem, but the solutions are electrifying (commentary)
28 Jan 2025 20:42:35 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/fashion-has-a-coal-problem-but-the-solutions-are-increasingly-electric-commentary/
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‘James Bond’ lizard among 35 new species described from Caribbean islands
22 Jan 2025 15:02:24 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/01/james-bond-lizard-among-35-new-species-described-from-caribbean-islands/
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Study shows degradation changes a forest’s tree profile and its carbon storage
22 Jan 2025 09:00:55 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/study-shows-degradation-changes-a-forests-tree-profile-and-its-carbon-storage/
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Indonesian forestry minister proposes 20m hectares of deforestation for crops
09 Jan 2025 14:54:43 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/indonesian-forestry-minister-proposes-20m-hectares-of-deforestation-for-crops/
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Indonesian company defies order, plants acacia in orangutan habitat
07 Jan 2025 16:42:59 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/indonesian-company-defies-order-plants-acacia-in-orangutan-habitat/
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Indonesian president says palm oil expansion won’t deforest because ‘oil palms have leaves’
03 Jan 2025 15:06:01 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/indonesian-president-says-palm-oil-expansion-wont-deforest-because-oil-palms-have-leaves/
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Sea change for soy champion Brazil as it wrestles with EUDR compliance
30 Dec 2024 15:10:07 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/sea-change-for-soy-champion-brazil-as-it-wrestles-with-eudr-compliance/
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South Korea slashes forest biomass energy subsidies in major policy reform
20 Dec 2024 15:12:22 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/south-korea-slashes-forest-biomass-energy-subsidies-in-major-policy-reform/
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Indonesia reforestation plan a smoke screen for agriculture project, critics say
17 Dec 2024 14:46:16 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/indonesia-reforestation-plan-a-smoke-screen-for-agriculture-project-critics-say/
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On Indonesia’s unique Enggano Island, palm oil takes root in an Indigenous society
17 Dec 2024 07:41:03 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/on-indonesias-unique-enggano-island-palm-oil-takes-root-in-an-indigenous-society/
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Indonesian forests put at risk by South Korean and Japanese biomass subsidies
12 Dec 2024 15:22:25 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/indonesian-forests-put-at-risk-by-south-korean-and-japanese-biomass-subsidies/
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Environmental journalist in Cambodia shot and killed by suspected logger
11 Dec 2024 09:52:00 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/environmental-journalist-in-cambodia-shot-and-killed-by-suspected-logger/
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How nature protection and inspiring art are key to planetary health & preventing pandemics
26 Nov 2024 20:08:46 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2024/11/how-nature-protection-and-inspiring-art-are-key-to-planetary-health-preventing-pandemics/
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Huge deforested areas in the tropics could regenerate naturally, study finds
22 Nov 2024 17:48:15 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/huge-deforested-areas-in-the-tropics-could-regenerate-naturally-study-finds/
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Brazil renews plan to restore degraded land half the size of the UK
07 Nov 2024 18:05:34 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/11/brazil-renews-plan-to-restore-degraded-land-half-the-size-of-the-uk/
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Forest fires outside tropics drove 60% CO2 surge since 2001: Study
06 Nov 2024 09:04:22 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/11/forest-fires-outside-tropics-drove-60-co2-surge-since-2001-study/
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Is the delay of Europe’s deforestation regulation a cause for regret, or an opportunity? (commentary)
05 Nov 2024 17:52:40 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/is-the-delay-of-europes-deforestation-regulation-a-cause-for-regret-or-an-opportunity-commentary/
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COP16 biodiversity meeting recap: Progress made, but finance lags
04 Nov 2024 18:44:35 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/we-are-walking-a-long-path-some-progress-at-cop16-but-so-far-to-go/
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Smallholders offer mixed reactions to calls for delay in EU deforestation law
01 Nov 2024 16:40:56 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/smallholders-offer-mixed-reactions-to-calls-for-delay-in-eu-deforestation-law/
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Indonesia biomass zone for Japan and S. Korea energy razes rainforest in Sulawesi
28 Oct 2024 04:12:31 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/indonesia-biomass-zone-for-japan-and-s-korea-energy-razes-rainforest-in-sulawesi/
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Carbon markets must recognize Indigenous ‘high forest, low deforestation’ areas (commentary)
24 Oct 2024 16:31:12 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/carbon-markets-must-recognize-indigenous-high-forest-low-deforestation-areas-commentary/
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Cambodian logging syndicate tied to major U.S. wood flooring supply chains
21 Oct 2024 02:43:38 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/cambodian-logging-syndicate-tied-to-major-u-s-wood-flooring-supply-chains/
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Revealed: Biomass firm poised to clear Bornean rainforest for dubious ‘green’ energy
21 Oct 2024 00:08:05 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/revealed-biomass-company-poised-to-clear-bornean-rainforest-for-dubious-green-energy/
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With Europe’s move to delay tropical forest protections, everything burns (commentary)
10 Oct 2024 19:51:17 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/with-europes-move-to-delay-tropical-forest-protections-everything-burns-commentary/
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The world’s chocolate cravings speed up deforestation in the Congo Basin: Study
09 Oct 2024 17:00:18 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/the-worlds-chocolate-cravings-speed-up-deforestation-in-the-congo-basin-study/
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Past failures can’t stop Indonesia from clearing forests, Indigenous lands for farms
03 Oct 2024 14:36:23 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/past-failures-cant-stop-indonesia-from-clearing-forests-indigenous-lands-for-farms/
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Why the Maxakali people are calling on their spirits to recover the Atlantic Forest
25 Sep 2024 21:43:08 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/why-the-maxakali-people-are-calling-on-their-spirits-to-recover-the-atlantic-forest/
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Community forest or corporate fortune? How public land became a mine in Cambodia
17 Sep 2024 20:40:12 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2024/09/community-forest-or-corporate-fortune-how-public-land-became-a-mine-in-cambodia/
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Mining company tied to Cambodian military officials grabs community forest
05 Sep 2024 03:27:23 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/mining-company-tied-to-cambodian-military-officials-grabs-community-forest/
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Protected areas in SE Asia could do better with more resources, study finds
03 Sep 2024 19:00:33 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/protected-areas-in-se-asia-could-do-better-with-more-resources-study-finds/
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World’s top timber companies are dropping the ball on ESG reporting: Analysis
30 Aug 2024 02:45:14 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/worlds-top-timber-companies-are-dropping-the-ball-on-esg-reporting-analysis/
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Biden Administration mistakenly seeks delay of EU’s new deforestation regulation (commentary)
13 Aug 2024 19:43:00 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/biden-administration-mistakenly-seeks-delay-of-new-european-deforestation-regulation-commentary/
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