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Hajogyari Island. Image source: Gergely Gruber

Ill-Conceived Flood Control System is halted on Hajógyári Island in the...

Extraordinary Nature Conservation Success in Hungary Saves some of the Last Remaining Danube Floodplains  WWF-Hungary's successful petition, signed by 10,000 people, was backed up by...
Some corals are putting up a fight against warming temperatures

Some corals are putting up a fight against warming temperatures

Heat-tolerant alga can help corals endure well into the second half of the current century. Climate change and other environmental stresses like water pollution are...
Indigenous Dayak ‘furious’ as RSPO dismisses land rights violation complaint

Indigenous Dayak ‘furious’ as RSPO dismisses land rights violation complaint

Hans Nicholas Jong Article by: Hans Nicholas Jong This story first appeared on Mongabay South Africa Today - Environment This article is licensed under a Creative Commons...
Infrastructure in the Pan Amazon: Waterway options

Infrastructure in the Pan Amazon: Waterway options

Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish,...
Massive carbon offset deal with Dubai-based firm draws fire in Liberia

Massive carbon offset deal with Dubai-based firm draws fire in Liberia

According to a draft contract seen by Mongabay, Liberia may sign away the rights to nearly 10% of its total land mass to a...
Indigenous Dayak ‘furious’ as RSPO dismisses land rights violation complaint

Palm oil firms not acting fast enough on no-deforestation vows: Report

Only 22% of companies sourcing or producing palm oil in Indonesia have public and comprehensive no-deforestation policies, a new report by London-based nonprofit CDP...
In Brazil’s soy belt, Indigenous people face attacks over land rights

In Brazil’s soy belt, Indigenous people face attacks over land rights

In Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul state, Guarani-Kaiowá Indigenous people seeking to reclaim their ancestral lands have been subjected to threats and violence by...
A Glimpse into the Ghost of the Mountains — The Elusive Snow Leopard

A Glimpse into the Ghost of the Mountains — The Elusive...

Imagine a creature that roams the world's highest peaks, blending seamlessly with the snow-covered landscape and possessing a charm as mysterious as the mountains....
Second chance for Lula as controversial Amazon dam goes up for renewal

Second chance for Lula as controversial Amazon dam goes up for...

In the biological and cultural hotspot of the Volta Grande in Brazil’s Amazon, Indigenous communities and scientists have teamed up to monitor the impacts...
Zah’Rah Khan

Our planet’s future is in the hands of the youth

Climate activism is no longer the domain of stereotypical ‘tree-hugging’ elite. The world’s youth have turned this fight for our planet on its head....