From declining deforestation to quitting coal, Indonesia marks a pivotal 2022
2022 saw a continued decline in deforestation in Indonesia, as well as financing deals for forest conservation and phasing out fossil fuels, and a...
Indonesia’s ‘essential’ mangroves, seagrass and corals remain unprotected
Much of Indonesia’s mangrove forests, seagrass beds and coral reefs fall outside protected areas, according to a recently published report.Indonesia currently has 284,000 square...
What happened in the world’s rainforests in 2022?
There were some hopeful developments for tropical rainforest conservation in 2022.But the outlook for tropical forests nonetheless remains tenuous.The following is a look at...
In Brazil’s Amazon, land grabbers scramble to claim disputed Indigenous reserve
The Apyterewa Indigenous Territory has been under federal protection since 2007, but in recent years has become one of the most deforested reserves in...
Top 15 species discoveries from 2022 (Photos)
A resplendent rainbow fish, a frog that looks like chocolate, a Thai tarantula, an anemone that rides on a back of a hermit crab,...
The least social of the African antelopes: the bushbuck
Every two weeks, Mongabay brings you a new episode of Candid Animal Cam, our show featuring animals caught on camera traps around the world...
Mongabay’s top 10 stories of 2022
In 2022, Mongabay published 4,900 articles, with original reporting in six languages.A total of 23 million readers spent more than 14.4 million hours reading...
2022’s top ocean news stories (commentary)
Marine scientists from the University of California, Santa Barbara, share their list of the top 10 ocean news stories from 2022.Hopeful developments this past...
For Nepal, 2022 was a roaring Year of the Tiger
Nepal was home to 121 tigers in 2010, the same year that it and 12 other tiger range countries agreed to double the big...
Mongabay’s top Amazon stories from 2022
Violence against activists and Indigenous people in the Amazon has made world headlines, with little progress on tackling impunity.The victory of Luiz Inácio Lula...
Brazilian archbishop is threatened for defending Indigenous peoples — even during...
Dom Roque Paloschi, president of the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) and archbishop of Porto Velho in the state of Roraima, Brazil, has been under...
Amazon’s tallest tree at risk as deforestation nears
Paru State Forest in the state of Pará was Brazil’s fifth-most deforested conservation unit in October, sparking concern for the region’s giant trees —...
