Climate change could threaten newly described ‘shiny’ North American bees
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka, an Indian Ocean island, lies far away from the United States and is just one-sixth the size of California. But...
Community forest or corporate fortune? How public land became a mine...
Mongabay features writer Gerry Flynn joins Mongabay’s podcast to discuss a new investigation he published with freelance journalist Nehru Pry looking at how mining...
Report exposes meatpackers’ role in recent chemical deforestation in Brazil
A recent investigation has uncovered new significant links between Brazil’s top meatpackers — JBS, Marfrig and Minerva — and widespread environmental destruction in the...
Amazon River and tributaries at record low levels
The Amazon Rainforest’s main rivers are drying out due to an unprecedented drought exacerbated by climate change. Levels have continued to drop since Mongabay’s...
Aluminum and steel take environment and health toll, even as demand...
This is the first part of a two-part story. Part one deals with aluminum and steel impacts; Part two explores circular solutions. Aluminum and...
Experts call for urgent action as invasive species threatens Brazil mangroves
During a field trip in May 2023 to the Cubatão mangroves in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, a cluster of white flowers puzzled...
US govt watchdog: Human rights still at risk in overseas conservation...
U.S. government agencies responsible for handing out conservation grants overseas still aren’t doing enough to protect human rights, according to an internal review. The...
Pacific Island nations propose ecocide be adopted as international crime
Three Pacific island countries have formally requested the International Criminal Court to recognize “ecocide,” or mass environmental destruction, as an international crime alongside genocide...
Philippine coal mine roars into production amid waves of complaints
SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines — On a sunny Wednesday in August, police officer Loreto Malon and a subordinate were riding their motorcycles in the mountain...
In Cameroon, forest and water source restoration offers sustainable solutions
In Bamukumbit village in northwestern Cameroon, residents have traditionally depended on natural water sources. However, these springs, streams, and rivers have deteriorated and become...
Java activists risk jail for exposing shrimp farm pollution crisis
JAKARTA — In 2023, environmental activist Daniel Frits Maurits Tangkilisan was sentenced to seven months in prison under Indonesia’s controversial online hate speech law....
National Arbor Month: Engen’s Heidi Russell Making a Positive Environmental Impact
This National Arbor Month, Engen is celebrating employees who are making a difference. Passionate environmentalist Heidi Russell, one of Engen’s in-house graphic designers, is...
