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Botswana honors 97-year-old who fought eviction of Indigenous people in Kalahari
Roy Sesana, a 97-year-old Indigenous rights campaigner who opposed the Botswana government over the removal of San communities from their traditional lands in…
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Who’s implementing EUDR?
As the EU’s deforestation regulation (EUDR) approaches enforcement after multiple delays, Mongabay’s Solutions Desk is examining how industries are working to…
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Organized crime is growing along highway in a pristine section of the Amazon: Study
Criminal organizations linked to illegal logging, illegal gold mining, land grabbing and cattle ranching now dominate large sections of land around the BR-319…
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Canadian-backed potash mine in Brazil has dried up sacred Amazon springs, say residents
The construction of an access road for a potash mining project in Autazes, in Brazil’s Amazonas state, has caused at least two sacred springs to dry up…
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A rare victory for multilateralism in the fight against environmental crime (commentary)
Multilateralism has had a miserable few years. International institutions are under strain, geopolitical rivalries are intensifying and governments struggle to…
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‘Defeat for denialism’: Lula beats far right Bolsonaro in Brazilian presidential election
Incumbent Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was reelected on Oct. 25 in a surprise defeat of his far-right rival who had promised to remove…
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Amazon fires trap Manaus in smoke as authorities target arsonists
Families gasp for clean air while a choking haze turns Brazil's biggest rainforest city gray.
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Fungi now have a global conservation strategy
YEREVAN, Armenia — Like the dark spaces they often prefer, mushrooms, yeasts, and some 160,000 known species of fungi rest in the background of conservation…
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Bezos Earth Fund and partners pledge $500m for threatened species recovery
The Bezos Earth Fund and eight other organizations have pledged more than $500 million over five years to help rescue some of the world’s most threatened…
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At Yerevan’s COP17 biodiversity summit, a steep climb ahead for ‘30 by 30’ target
GAYE TOWN, Liberia – Deep in the Liberian bush, there’s a dispute about what to do with a big swath of rainforest. The conservation group Wild Chimpanzee…
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Solar initiative brings power to clinics and jobs to displaced youths in Cameroon
In Cameroon’s Northwest and Southwest regions, where a civil war has dragged on for 10 years, abundant sunshine has become a source of hope and opportunity for…
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Rare bird finding strengthens case to protect Congo rainforest across borders
When ecologist Jean Semeki installed camera traps along a forest trail in the Luki Biosphere Reserve in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo to survey…
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Bangladesh’s hornbills face hunting risk during breeding season
Hornbills are being targeted during their breeding season in Bangladesh, with rescue records over the last several years showing a concentration of cases…
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Taiwan’s tea growers let nature take back control as climate pressures mount
MEISHAN TOWNSHIP, Taiwan — Lin Kuang-li’s tea plants blend in among the dozens of others that blanket this tea-producing village in Alishan, a mountain range…
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Corals keep a record of pollution, pointing to a new monitoring method: Study
Maui, an island in the isolated Hawaiian archipelago, isn’t in one of the world’s most heavily developed or polluted coral-reef regions. Yet even there, human…
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A millennium of evidence reveals colonial roots of Australia’s wildfire vulnerability
A 1,000-year ecological reconstruction reveals that Australia’s ongoing wildfire crisis stems from the colonial disruption of Indigenous fire management rather…
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5 million Nigerians gain clean cooking access annually, but it’s not enough, experts say
UYO, Nigeria — Before dawn, Happiness Emmanuel is already at the fire. She crouches beside a three-legged metal stand outside her home in Uyo city…
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International Gibbon Day: Stories of threats and survival
Twenty species of gibbons swing through the tropical forests of Asia, all are threatened by human activities like deforestation, hunting and trafficking baby…
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Sri Lanka mourns iconic tusker amid renewed calls to address human-elephant conflict
COLOMBO – The death of Kavantissa, one of Sri Lanka’s most iconic wild tuskers (Elephas maximus maximus), following a gunshot injury triggered an extraordinary…
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Can a swamp stop an army?
In Poland’s ancient Białowieża Forest, scientists say wetlands and dense forests could act as natural military defences. At the same time it could be the…
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Restoring a 12,000-year-old forest to help defend Poland’s border
POLAND — Białowieża Forest. Białowieża Forest, one of Europe’s last remaining primeval forests, straddles the border between Poland and Belarus. Its wetlands…
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World Kangaroo Day: How climate change impacts Australia’s macropods
CANBERRA — World Kangaroo Day, on Oct. 24, celebrates one of Australia’s national symbols and the macropod’s special place in the country’s environment and…
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Mozambique safari operator wins conservation award at COP17
YEREVAN, Armenia — A Mozambican safari operator credited with helping restore wildlife populations in Mozambique’s Zambezi Delta, has won the 2026 Markhor…
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Bangladesh’s climate migrants are arriving in cities unprepared to protect them
In 2024, disasters displaced 2.4 million people within Bangladesh even as the International Monetary Fund predicts that rising seas could eliminate more than…
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Environmental officials fear new wave of harassment if Flavio Bolsonaro wins in Brazil
The memory of constant surveillance, transfers and locked computers haunts federal environmental servants.
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Critics call for halt to road construction in Mexico’s Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve
MEXICO CITY — In early October, Mexico’s environment ministry published a statement about minimizing infrastructure development inside the Sian Ka’an Biosphere…
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Amazon communities lose water as mining and deforestation reshape rivers
“People think that because we live in the forest we have plenty of water, but this is the reality,” Erick Tijé, an Indigenous Harakmbut resident of the…
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What if Flávio Bolsonaro wins? High stakes for the environment in Brazil’s 2026 elections (commentary)
Fear and disbelief prevail among those in Brazil who are concerned about the environment. A climate denier and voluble supporter of dismantling Brazil’s…
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Nearly all the world’s coral reefs are at risk of collapse within 50 years, IUCN warns
Nearly every shallow-water coral reef ecosystem on Earth is at high risk of ecological collapse by 2075, according to the first coral reef assessment of the…
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COP17: Open letter urges governments to keep extractives out of protected areas
YEREVAN, Armenia — More than 80 conservation, Indigenous and civil society organizations have called on governments meeting at the COP17 U.N. biodiversity…
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Taiwan shuts schools and grounds flights as Typhoon Champi brushes by
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan shut down schools and offices and grounded hundreds of flights as Typhoon Champi brushed by the island Friday, packing strong…
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Death of iconic elephant in Sri Lanka pushes authorities to fast-track protection efforts
GALGAMUWA, Sri Lanka – Residents in Galgamuwa, a rural village in Sri Lanka’s North Western Province are mourning the death of an iconic wild, bull elephant…
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Nigeria drove thousands of gold miners from a national park. But can it keep them out?
A military-backed operation shut down a major illegal gold mining site in Gashaka-Gumti National Park, driving more than 4,000 miners from Nigeria’s largest…
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Indonesian women cash in on mangrove restoration: Interview with community leader Wisye Sahambangung
JAKARTA — Wisye Sahambangung is a fisher, community leader, and mangrove conservationist from Sarawet, a coastal Indonesian village in North Sulawesi province…
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This orca destroyed a sunfish and no one is sure why
Scientists, on two separate occasions, have observed orcas ramming into heavy sunfish with such force that the boney fish literally explodes. But why?…
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Amazon deforestation falls 42% to a record low
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen to the lowest level on record. Data released today by Brazil’s national space research institute, INPE…
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The uplifting story of one of Zimbabwe’s pioneering women rangers
For Nyaradzo Auxilia Hoto, one of the most memorable moments of becoming a wildlife ranger was a trip to town. She and her fellow recruits walked through the…
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Fundraising to protect oceans, forests and other key nature sites falling short ahead of UN summit
Promises by nations to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to finance nature and increase protections for oceans around the globe are falling short ahead of…
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Legal gaps allow rampant pet trade, poaching reptiles and amphibians towards extinction
Spain’s law enforcement agency, the Civil Guard, announced on Sept. 25, 2026, that it seized 209 reptiles from breeding facilities in Jérica and Sot de Ferrer…
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Plastic industry bookkeeping plans hide chemical recycling harms, critics say
Plastic pollution has rapidly escalated into a global environmental crisis that threatens ecosystem function and human health at an epic scale. Solutions are…
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As US states reduce recently restored wolf populations, here’s what we risk losing (commentary)
For centuries, wolves have been cast as vicious, bloodthirsty creatures of nightmares and fairy tales, rather than as deeply social animals with an important…
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‘Enclosed river:’ Women shellfish gatherers fight for access to mangroves in Brazil
Adriana Hora dos Santos stands waist-deep in the water. Her dark hair is tied in a single braid; her arms and torso covered by a pink Lycra shirt. The thick…
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Saving big cats: Storytelling duo Steve Winter & Sharon Guynup publish new book
For more than two decades, National Geographic photographer Steve Winter and environmental journalist Sharon Guynup have followed big cats into some of Earth’s…
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Celebrity shark trapped in South Korean canal stirs concerns over warming seas
SEOUL — Wedged between skyscrapers and a bustling passenger ferry port in Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city, a celebrity of sorts is drawing thousands…
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Vulture conservation project to target illegal killing and poisoning in Chad
Conservationists are launching a project to protect dwindling vulture populations in Chad amid a Central Africa-wide decline. Run by the nonprofit Sahara…
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Climate change could send more toxic mining waste into coastal waters, study warns
Demand for metals has exploded in recent decades, thanks to population growth, technological innovation, and economic development. The volume of metal ores…
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Seagrass meadows may offer coastal communities a more nutritious catch than reefs
Researchers surveyed 40 sites along the East African coastline from Kenya to Mozambique, studying seagrass and coral reef ecosystems. They found that when it…
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‘Perpetuating stupidity’: Indonesia comes under fire for response to burning and haze
JAKARTA — Indonesia is facing growing criticism over its response to a forest and land fire crisis that has sent choking haze billowing into neighboring…
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Heavy rain shuts down Istanbul, causing flooding and 3 deaths
ISTANBUL (AP) — A heavy downpour has shut down Istanbul, flooded homes and roads and killed at least three people, officials said Thursday, as rescuers…
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How Indian communities earn a living from more than forest timber
Every year between February and May, when mahua flowers begin to fall, Mamta Tigga collects them. Mamta comes from a village in Gumla in the Indian state of…
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New tool reveals siege on Indigenous lands in Bolivia’s Amazon
For most Indigenous peoples in the Bolivian Amazon, the forest is far more than a collection of trees. It is the casa grande, Spanish for “the main house”…
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Nations at southern bluefin tuna meeting stop short of adopting new seabird protections
Seabird protections drew debate at the annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT), held Oct. 5-8 in Brussels. The…
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Belize looks to the deep sea to complete its 30% ocean protection pledge
Belize is turning to its deep waters to fulfill its pledge to protect 30% of its ocean and achieve the sixth milestone of its Blue Bond agreement. A draft…
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Cambodia was told to clean up its monkey trade. Regulators say it still hasn’t
CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Global wildlife trade authorities say Cambodia has made little progress in cleaning up its monkey export industry, a year after the…
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Thailand seizes ivory shipment from Zambia, to launch DNA investigation
Authorities in Thailand say they have seized about 400 pieces of African elephant ivory in a shipment of timber from Zambia, and are now testing the contraband…
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World Mushroom Day: From food to plastic replacement
A mushroom is analogous to a flower on a plant — it’s the reproductive organ of a fungus, which protects and distributes fungal spores. Mushrooms are critical…
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From paper parks to lasting protection, here’s what works in marine conservation
In recent years, there has been a steady stream of ocean conservation pledges, from French Polynesia extending marine protection across its nearly 5…
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Artificial mangrove roots offer a stopgap for Thailand’s eroding coastline
Residents of Phra Samut Chedi, one of Thailand’s most erosion-prone districts, have long struggled against coastal erosion. It’s located in the muddy heart of…
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Chinese social media used to promote illegal wildlife trade in Laos
“The wet markets in Laos are like wildlife parks; however, while you can only look at the animals in our zoos back in China, the wild animals in Lao markets…
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“Stunningly short-sighted.” NOAA grant cuts threaten US climate resilience
After Donald Trump began his second term as president of the U.S. in 2025, his administration moved to dramatically cut federal funding for agencies including…