Corruption scandal in Thai parks agency has far-reaching impacts, activists say
The head of Thailand’s parks department, Rutchada Suriyakul Na Ayutya, was arrested Dec. 27 after anticorruption authorities found envelopes and gift boxes in his...
At a rubber plantation in Liberia, history repeats in a fight...
Last year, Mongabay visited the Salala Rubber Corporation in Liberia, which has been accused of sexually abusing women working on its plantation and grabbing...
Innovators develop seaweed-based alternatives to plastic food wrappers
Developers at Flinders University and the German biotech company one • five have created a seaweed-based coating designed to replace plastics used in fast...
How much of Bangladesh’s protected forests are really protected?
A move last year by the Bangladesh government to erase protections for a swath of reserved forest and award it to the country’s soccer...
Health crisis deepens in Brazil’s Indigenous communities
A recent report reveals communities in Brazil’s Mato Grosso region are contaminated by the agriculture industry’s increasing use of pesticides. About 88% of the...
Climatologist Carlos Nobre’s dream of an Amazon Institute of Technology
Three decades ago, Carlos Nobre projected a not-very-encouraging scenario for the Amazon. Today, he witnesses the beginning of the forest’s savannization, but he says...
More marine protected areas planned for Indonesia’s Maluku after 2022 spree
The Maluku Islands in Indonesia will protect more swaths of their seas this year, following from the designation of five marine protected areas in...
Fishers on Indonesia’s Batam Island suffer as mangrove cover declines
Fishing is becoming a meager profession in Indonesia’s industrial and resort hub of Batam.Satellite imagery shows that only 1.5% of the island’s landmass still...
Across the tropics, mammal activity doesn’t vary much, study shows
A new study examines when and why mammals eat, sleep and move about, using 2.3 million camera trap photos from the Neotropics, Afrotropics, and...
For Indigenous Brazilians, capital attack was ‘scenario of war’ akin to...
The morning after protesters attacked government buildings in Brazil’s capital, Mongabay spoke with Indigenous Congresswoman Célia Xakriabá, who compared the act of vandalism to...
Birds in Bangladesh find a new lease of life in community-run...
There are around 100 community-based bird sanctuaries across Bangladesh, built through the initiative of local bird lovers, and backed by local authorities and NGOs.The...
Cameras capture abundance of life in a Himalayan refuge
Camera traps have captured tigers roaming at an elevation of 3,165 meters (10,384 feet) in eastern Nepal’s lower Himalayas — the highest they’ve ever...
