Indigenous Brazilians fight for the Xingu River’s future
Canadian mining company Belo Sun wants to build a huge gold mine in the Big Bend of the Xingu River in the Brazilian Amazon,...
Deforestation ‘out of control’ in reserve in Brazil’s cattle capital
Forest destruction has ravaged Triunfo do Xingu, a reserve earmarked for sustainable use that has nonetheless become one of the most deforested slices of...
At COP 15, biodiversity finance, Indigenous rights, and corporate influence
Mongabay editor Latoya Abulu joins the Mongabay Newscast to discuss her visit to the United Nations conference on biodiversity in Montreal that occurred in...
Venezuela’s Yapacana National Park suffering increasing mining deforestation: report
Satellite imagery analyzed by NGO Amazon Conservation revealed that illegal mining operations in Yapacana National Park, located in the Venezuelan state of Amazonas, are...
Murdered Belize environmentalist helped boost marine conservation through technology
Jon Ramnarace, who worked on protected area patrol and marine conservation technology, was shot and killed alongside his brother David in Belmopan on December...
Weakening of agrarian reform program increases violence against settlers in Brazilian...
Residents of a landless workers’ settlement in Anapu, Pará state, in Brazil’s Amazon region, accuse the federal government of favoring large landowners, land-grabbers and...
Protecting canids from planet-wide threats offers ecological opportunities
Five species within the Canidae family are considered endangered. These species, while found far apart in North and South America, Asia and Africa, often...
Indonesia’s biofuel push must go beyond palm oil to reduce risk,...
Indonesia faces deforestation, energy and security risks from its overreliance on palm oil as a feedstock for its biofuel transition program, observers say.The government...
Rumors and misconceptions threaten tokay geckos in Bangladesh
Widespread misconceptions about the medicinal benefits of tokay geckos are leading to these common nocturnal lizards being hunted across Bangladesh.Wildlife traffickers set an exorbitant...
A conversation with Silverstrand Capital’s Kelvin Chiu
Last month, delegates meeting at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference reached agreement on a plan to protect and restore 30 percent of the world’s...
Brazil’s Indigenous affairs agency is reclaimed under Lula
Some 300 people reunited at the headquarters of Brazil’s Indigenous affairs agency, Funai, in Brasília to mark a “new era” for the institution and...
Is Indonesia serious about stopping climate change and boosting renewable energy?...
Is Indonesia serious about making a renewable energy transition?A new op-ed argues that it is not, as the government and banks continue to permit...
