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Indigenous villagers still lack safe land, water & food after 2019 dam burst

Indigenous villagers still lack safe land, water & food after 2019...

In January 2019, a burst tailings dam in Brumadinho Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil, devastated the territory surrounding the Paraopeba River, including the land inhabited...
TCL Announced Carbon Commitments During 2023 TCL Global Ecosystem Partner Conference

TCL Announced Carbon Commitments During 2023 TCL Global Ecosystem Partner Conference

TCL, a leading consumer electronics brand and the world's top two TV brand, hosted its 2023 TCL Global Ecosystem Partner Conference (GPC 2023), where...
Forests in the furnace: Can fashion brands tackle illegal logging in their Cambodian supply chains?

Forests in the furnace: Can fashion brands tackle illegal logging in...

Gerald Flynn & Andy Ball Article by: Gerald Flynn & Andy Ball This story first appeared on Mongabay South Africa Today - Environment This article is licensed...
Biological field stations: Indispensable but ‘invisible’

Biological field stations: Indispensable but ‘invisible’

Biological field stations are critical to conservation research and rewilding efforts, yet they’re often overlooked in discussions of global environmental policy.Beside their visibility problem,...
How to ‘flip’ a paper park: Success in the North Sea carries lessons

How to ‘flip’ a paper park: Success in the North Sea...

A recent study found that 27% of surveyed marine protected areas (MPAs) were likely “paper parks” that fail to confer real ecological protection.There are...
‘We will decide their future’: Q&A with “pro-bear” environmental journalist Gloria Dickie

‘We will decide their future’: Q&A with “pro-bear” environmental journalist Gloria...

  Gloria Dickie is an environmental journalist who describes herself as “obviously pro-bear.” Over the course of her career, she’s seen how human societies...
New Tree Tech: Data-driven reforestation methods match trees to habitats

New Tree Tech: Data-driven reforestation methods match trees to habitats

  This four-part Mongabay mini-series examines the latest technological solutions to help tree-planting projects achieve scale and long-term efficiency. Using these innovative approaches could...
Six months on, the Yanomami crisis continues amid rising violence

Six months on, the Yanomami crisis continues amid rising violence

Local groups and family members have appealed to the federal government to join the investigation of the death of Indigenous health worker Angelita Prororita,...
Forests in the furnace: Cambodia’s garment sector is fueled by illegal logging

Forests in the furnace: Cambodia’s garment sector is fueled by illegal...

  A Mongabay investigation has found factories in Cambodia’s garment sector are fueling their boilers with wood logged illegally from protected areas. A Mongabay...
Poverty-fueled deforestation of Nigerian reserve slashes hope for rare chimps

Poverty-fueled deforestation of Nigerian reserve slashes hope for rare chimps

  Less than 20 year ago, Akure-Ofosu Forest Reserve was regarded as a potential conservation site for endangered Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees. But between 2001 and...
Timber harvests to meet global wood demand will bring soaring emissions: Study

Timber harvests to meet global wood demand will bring soaring emissions:...

  At a time when the world desperately needs to reduce its carbon emissions, global timber harvests to meet soaring demand for wood products...
Civil society changes up campaign against jailed Kalimantan farmers

Civil society changes up campaign against jailed Kalimantan farmers

  In April, three farmers from Kinjil village in Central Kalimantan were arrested on suspicion of oil palm theft from land controlled by a...