Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and development.
“In this park, there are many complications, because if an official begins environmental work with a community leader for some time, no one knows whether he will be able to continue because he might be murdered or have to leave the area,” said a local source who is very familiar with the work in the […]
This story is the first part of a Mongabay series titled “Climate Crisis in Cape Horn” that won the Inter American Press Association Award for Excellence in Journalism in the Chronicle category, in September 2023. You can read the other stories in the series in Spanish on Mongabay’s Latam website here. Punta Arenas and Navarino, […]
“They bought new land and they are cutting wood where our ancestors were,” says a source in Meta, Colombia. “Us Mbya live from the forest, but here there’s barely anything left,” says an Indigenous local from Paraguay. “They cut thousands of hectares,” says a member of Kabi Habin, a beekeeping cooperative in Mexico. These testimonials […]
Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and development.