Mongabay Newscast

Centering an Indigenous approach to forestry through reciprocity, not extraction

28 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Forester and scientist Suzanne Simard is well known for her landmark 1997 paper, which demonstrated that two distinct species of trees could share res...

Across oceans, seabird flyways gain recognition — and a chance at protection

21 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The routes taken by migratory birds, known as flyways, often cross vast expanses of ocean. Six of these marine flyways have now been formally recogni...

The coyotes next door: What we get wrong about America's 'song dog'

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Coyotes are now present in almost every major urban-metropolitan area in the United States, yet conflicts between the canines and humans are exceptio...

The 'lonely conservationist' advocating for better care of workers

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Jessie Panazzolo was given a stuffed gorilla when she was 3, and from then on, she always wanted to be a conservationist. But a reasonable career trac...

The conservation sector must speak truth to power, says political ecologist

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The people and policies that control how humans treat the natural world are increasingly dominated by a small class of elite political entities and co...

A year after the shuttering of USAID conservation projects fight to stay afloat

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When then-U.S. president John F . Kennedy created the United States Agency for International Development in 1961, it was meant primarily to administer...

Save a tiger, save an ecosystem: Why protecting the big cats is a biodiversity boon

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tiger populations have risen in some countries, such as Bhutan, Nepal and India, but the global population of the big cat species remains critically ...

Understanding how elephants experience time might change how we protect them

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Khatijah Rahmat, a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Germany, says she's trying to build legitimacy ar...

Tyson Yunkaporta on how the 'wrong story' harms nature, and how we can change it

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Indigenous scholar Tyson Yunkaporta (Apalech clan (Wik) Lostmob Nungar) joins the Mongabay Newscast to detail the Aboriginal perspectives behind his l...

Live theater tells the story of how Mongabay detected narco airstrips in the Amazon

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Mongabay Latam's multiyear, *award-winning **investigation that uncovered 67 clandestine airstrips in the Peruvian Amazon used for drug trafficking se...

Kiliii Yüyan details 'Guardians of Life' and how we can learn from them

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yuyän returns to the Mongabay Newscast to share his experience creating his new book, Guardians of Life: Indi...

Lessons from 60 years of USAID development projects have been saved by this company

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A year ago, U.S. President Donald Trump shut down public access to the Development Experience Clearinghouse, a $30 billion database holding 60 years' ...

Writer Megan Mayhew Bergman on the lessons and moral clarity of 'Silent Spring'

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It's been more than half a century since the publication of Silent Spring by the scientist and creative writer Rachel Carson. The seminal volume caugh...

Massive decline of European olive groves harms nature and culture, but solutions exist

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Across Mediterranean Europe, olive groves are in decline from a range of factors, from disease to depopulation. In Italy alone, there are roughly 440 ...

For drag artist Pattie Gonia, joy is a winning strategy for the environment

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Professional drag artist and environmental activist Pattie Gonia has more than 2 million followers on Instagram and has raised $1.2 million for enviro...

We have all the evidence — and the solutions — needed to cut plastic pollution

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Judith Enck is a former regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, appointed by President Barack Obama, and the founder of Be...

Your outdoor adventures can collect crucial data for conservation, too

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gregg Treinish didn't start out as an outdoor enthusiast, but found solace and purpose in nature during his youth. After years of enjoying the outdoor...

Shark is on the menu for millions of Brazilians, but few knew until now

15 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mongabay senior editor Philip Jacobson joins Mongabay's podcast to discuss a two-part investigation published this year in collaboration with the Pul...

Former US senator Russ Feingold on the nonpartisan nature of conservation

08 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Gates recently claimed that protecting nature or improving human health is an either-or choice, but former national leaders like Russ Feingold, a...

Freeing ourselves from cars is simpler (and healthier) than we may think

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon and Aaron Naparstek realized that no one was discussing the many cultural factors that have played a role in humanity's ca...

The 'barefoot lawyers' helping Indigenous and local communities reclaim their land

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nonette Royo is a lawyer from the Philippines and executive director of The Tenure Facility, a group of "barefoot lawyers" working to secure land tenu...

Tying conservation with education and health can protect Madagascar, says primatologist

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Patricia Wright, a pioneering primatologist who established the Centre ValBio research station in Madagascar, began her work there in 1986. As the per...

Mongabay founder reflects on success, Jane Goodall, and more

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hello listeners. This week on the Mongabay Newscast, we ask that you take a few minutes to fill out a brief survey to let us know what you think of ou...

Australia's inspiring 'humpback comeback' and why krill need protection

28 Oct 2025

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News of Australia's "humpback comeback" is making waves globally. Numbers of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on the nation's east coast have ...

Understanding the psychology of environmental crime

21 Oct 2025

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Psychologist and true crime presenter Julia Shaw joins Mongabay's podcast to discuss her latest read, examining some of the highest-profile environmen...

Innovative initiatives for nature recognized with World Future Policy Awards

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Policies enacted by seven nations and one international agreement have been recognized by the World Future Council for "top policy solutions for [hum...

Bird-watching's wide appeal and social justice impact

07 Oct 2025

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Wildlife biologist and ornithologist Corina Newsome of the U.S. NGO National Wildlife Federation joins Mongabay's podcast to discuss how bird-watching...

Storytelling with wildlife photography drives global impact and healing

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Mongabay's weekly podcast, we look at nature through the lens of wildlife photographer and senior marketing associate at Mongabay, ...

Stewarding nature & Indigenous culture with shared knowledge & radio

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Aimee Roberson, executive director of Cultural Survival, joins Mongabay's podcast to discuss how her organization helps Indigenous communities maintai...

Canada's mining sector a stain on the nation, Indigenous journalist reports

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

An international tribunal of environmental rights activists recently found extensive evidence that the Canadian mining sector is "guilty for the viola...

Top court delivers a 'huge' climate win for island nations

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The recent advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on states' obligations regarding climate change was celebrated globally for...

Saving ourselves and nature means tackling inequality

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Wealth inequality is a primary culprit behind the ecological and environmental collapse of societies over the past 12,000 years, which have come to b...

Tales of wonder in an age of extinction with author Natalie Kyriacou

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of the Newscast we take a look at Natalie Kyriacou's widely praised new book, Nature's Last Dance: Tales of Wonder in an Age of Extin...

Rewilding the world, one acre at a time

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rewilding advocate, financier and host of the popular podcast Rewilding the World, Ben Goldsmith, joins Mongabay's podcast to discuss nature restorat...

Alan Weisman's 'Hope Dies Last' weaves stories of environmental hope

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of Mongabay's podcast, best-selling author Alan Weisman details the people and places he visited in reporting his new book, Ho...

How empathy and spiritual ecology can heal humanity's rift with nature

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Nature Of is a new podcast series from the nonprofit nature and culture magazine Atmos that speaks with prominent figures in conservation and cult...

How Singapore leads the way in urban-wildlife coexistence

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Singapore has come a long way since the 1880s, when only roughly 7% of its native forests remained. Since the 1960s, when the city-state gained indepe...

To change the world, change the narrative

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Narratives help shape our society, culture and environment, entrenching beliefs that can help — or harm — our planet and human rights. Tsering Yan...

Cash for community conservation is tight, but this nonprofit unlocks it

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jean-Gaël "JG" Collomb says community-based conservation organizations know best how to tackle the complex conservation challenges unique to their ec...

Are Rivers Alive? Author Robert Macfarlane argues they are.

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Mongabay's podcast, celebrated author and repeat Nobel Prize in Literature candidate Robert Macfarlane discusses his fascinating new book...

Coffee drives tropical deforestation, but doesn't have to

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Roughly a billion people enjoy coffee daily, and more than 100 million people rely on it for income. However, the coffee industry is the sixth-largest...

Lessons from 30 years of successfully fending off mines in an Ecuadorian cloud forest

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Carlos Zorrilla has been living in an Ecuadorian cloud forest since the 1970s, and his last 30 years there have been spent fighting mining companies s...

Kim Stanley Robinson's 'Ministry for the Future' has lessons for the present

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Five years since Kim Stanley Robinson's groundbreaking climate fiction novel, The Ministry for the Future, hit The New York Times bestseller list, th...

Why protected Congo rainforests look 'like a war zone'

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nearly half of the Republic of Congo's dense rainforests are protected under the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) ...

Inspiring action for the ocean wins top environmental prize for ex-engineer

13 May 2025

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Carlos Mallo Molina has been awarded the 2025 Goldman Environmental Prize for protecting the marine biodiversity of Tenerife, the most populated of th...

'De-extinction' is misleading and dangerous, ecologist says

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A biotech company in the United States made headlines last month by revealing photos of genetically modified gray wolves, calling them "dire wolves," ...

How the sounds of whales guide conservation efforts

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Biological oceanographer John Ryan joins Mongabay's podcast to discuss his team's multiyear study that examined vocalizations of baleen whales, includ...

How a prize-winning project brought saiga antelope back from the brink

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Two decades ago a group of NGOs came together with the government of Kazakhstan to save the dwindling population of saiga antelope living in the enorm...

The impact-driven success of Mongabay's nonprofit news model

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Media outlets are downsizing newsrooms and the audience for traditional news is in decline, but Mongabay continues to grow thanks to its impact-driven...

The climate movement must move beyond carbon and emphasize humanity, too, Paul Hawken says

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Renowned author, activist and entrepreneur Paul Hawken joins Mongabay's podcast to discuss his new book, Carbon: The Book of Life, and argues that the...

Why has Australia paused key environment commitments?

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Australian government recently shelved key environmental protection commitments indefinitely, including the establishment of an environmental pro...

What environmental history says about our current 'planetary risk'

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Recent and major shifts in international environmental policies and programs have historical precedent, but the context of global environmental degrad...

How 'ecological empathy' can shape a better world

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A new framework for considering the needs of the "more-than-human world" when designing human-made systems is "ecological empathy," the focus of Laure...

Degrowth's benefits in Barcelona are getting noticed across the globe

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Middle and working-class citizens in nations across the globe are feeling their purchasing power diminish while billionaires hoard historically high l...

How corporations meet their climate targets, on paper

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A paper in the journal Nature Climate Change concludes there is limited accountability for corporations that fail to achieve their climate change miti...

Bobcats provide health benefits for ecosystems and humans, but are largely misunderstood

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The bobcat population has rebounded over the past century, making it North America's most common wildcat: as of 2011, there were an estimated 3.5 mil...

How law enforcement in Africa's protected areas is part of a larger culture in conservation

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nations across the world are working to expand their protected areas to include 30% of Earth's land and water by 2030. In Africa, this would encompass...

Justice for people, animals and environment are closely linked

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bryan Simmons, the vice president of communications for the Arcus Foundation, joins the Mongabay Newscast this week to share the philosophy behind the...

Turning problems into solutions for culture and agriculture, with Anthony James

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Anthony James, host of The RegenNarration Podcast, joins Mongabay's podcast to share stories of community resilience and land regeneration ...

Christiana Figueres remains optimistic on climate action

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

General frustration with the result of the most recent UN climate conference (UNFCCC COP29) spurred the former UN climate chief, Christiana Figueres –...

Secretive regional fisheries management organizations need media coverage

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Seventeen regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) regulate commercially valuable fish species across the world's oceans. The members of th...

A new tropical forest conservation fund with great potential

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A new forest finance fund known as the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) will work like an investment portfolio (unlike the familiar – and oft...

Do we need a 'moral reckoning' on aquaculture's environmental impacts?

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Animal aquaculture, the farming of fish, has outpaced the amount of wild-caught fish by tens of millions of metric tons each year, bringing with it ne...

Conservation is key for planetary health & preventing pandemics

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Neil Vora MD is a former epidemic intelligence service officer with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with experience combatin...

Grounded: This pilot quit flying to help the aviation industry change, for the better

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Todd Smith wanted to be a pilot since the age of 5, but an epiphany spurred by seeing a retreating ice cap in Peru revealed that his love of flying co...

Don't call it the 'high seas treaty': New oceans agreement should center biodiversity, expert says

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The new BBNJ (biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction) marine conservation agreement is impressive in scope but has since been rebranded by some as ...

Global Nature Positive Summit features Indigenous & conservation leaders but gets negative marks on government action

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Just prior to the latest world biodiversity summit (COP 16 in Colombia), a similarly-themed event was hosted by the Australian Government in Sydney: t...

Jane Goodall and Rhett Butler celebrate Mongabay's 25th anniversary

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Mongabay Newscast recently traveled to San Francisco to join an event hosted by the popular radio show and podcast, Climate One, reflecting on bot...

Community conservation, Indigenous rights, and phasing out fossil fuels at Climate Week NYC

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

An array of top voices are interviewed or heard on this episode straight from Climate Week in New York, a global gathering of leaders and experts work...

High CO2 levels are greening the world's drylands, is that good news?

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Drylands are vast and home to a wide array of biodiversity, while also hosting a large portion of the world's farmland, but they face continued desert...

"What If We Get It Right?" marine biologist & climate action author Ayana Elizabeth Johnson asks

24 Sep 2024

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Marine biologist and climate policy advocate Ayana Elizabeth Johnson joins this episode to discuss her latest book, What If We Get It Right? Visions o...

Private profit from public lands: How a Cambodian elite with military ties claimed a community forest

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Phnom Chum Rok Sat community forest used to support local and Indigenous groups in Cambodia's Stung Treng province, as well as a thriving local ec...

The rights of nature, legal personhood & other new ways laws can protect the planet

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Legal personhood" and laws regarding the "rights of nature" are being trialed in nations worldwide, but whether they lead to measurable conservation ...

How coastal communities are adapting to rising seas naturally with Living Shorelines

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Homeowners and towns along the U.S. East Coast are increasingly building "living shorelines" to adapt to sea level rise and boost wildlife habitat in ...

Experts warn bird flu poses 'an existential threat' to biodiversity, and a possible threat to humans

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The current clade of H5N1 or bird flu is an "existential threat" to the world's biodiversity, experts say. While it has infected more than 500 bird an...

Indigenous communities' traditional ecological knowledge is key to conservation: National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yüyan

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Top National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yüyan joined the show to discuss traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and why Indigenous communities ar...

The 'Wild Frequencies' of Indian wildlife revealed by bioacoustics

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mongabay newswire editor Shreya Dasgupta joins the Mongabay Newscast to detail her new three-part miniseries, Wild Frequencies, produced in collaborat...

How a multi-nation effort has protected North American amphibians from a deadly disease outbreak

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Scientists described Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) over 10 years ago, a pathogen that causes the deadly disease chytridiomycosis which is c...

Sacrificing U.S. forests for solar energy "misses the plot" on climate action

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

U.S. states such as Vermont and Massachusetts are cutting thousands of acres of forest for solar power projects, despite the fact that this harms biod...

Natural forest regeneration is 'a restoration of hope' for farmers & forests worldwide

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Australian agronomist Tony Rinaudo's reforestation project in Niger was failing – with 80% of his planted saplings dying – until he stumbled upon ...

Indigenous communities left in the dark on Borneo hydropower plan advocate for their river

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The premier of the Malaysian state of Sarawak recently announced new dam projects on three rivers in Borneo without the informed consent of local peop...

'Seeking solutions,' Mongabay's new Africa bureau reports the big issues and conservation wins

25 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last year, Mongabay launched a brand-new bureau dedicated to covering the African continent daily in French and English. The team is led by veteran Ca...

'Biotic pump' theory could explain how forests affect weather, wind and climate

18 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The biotic pump theory has been controversial in the climate science community ever since Anastassia Makarieva and Victor Gorshkov published their pa...

Unmasking the illusion of renewable biomass energy with Justin Catanoso

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Burning wood to generate electricity – 'biomass energy' – is increasingly used as a renewable replacement for burning coal in nations like the UK,...

Indigenous economics offers alternative to Wall Street's financialization of nature

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Putting a dollar amount on a single species, or entire ecosystems, is a contentious idea, but in 2023, the New York Stock Exchange proposed a new natu...

Koala conservation delayed while government pursues faulty offset schemes

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Two experts join the Mongabay Newscast to discuss the decline in koala populations in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), even as city coun...

Can the 'Right to Roam' boost nature connection and restoration?

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Mongabay's podcast, Rachel Donald speaks with campaigner and activist Jon Moses about the 'right to roam' movement in England...

What's unique about Canada's environment? 'The Narwhal' brings top news and views

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Mongabay's podcast, we speak with a co-founder of the award-winning Canadian nonprofit news outlet 'The Narwhal,' Emma Gilchri...

How a grassroots legal effort defeated a giant Australian coal mine

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In recognition of her leadership and advocacy, Indigenous Wirdi woman Murrawah Maroochy Johnson has been awarded the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize....

Energy transition minerals: questions, consent and costs are key

23 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Indigenous rights advocate and executive director of SIRGE Coalition, Galina Angarova, and environmental journalist/author of the Substack newsletter...

The high costs of resource-based conflicts for people & planet

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast, journalist Dahr Jamail joins co-host Rachel Donald to discuss the ways many international conflicts are base...

How young activists navigate a hostile climate with honest conversations

09 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On today's episode, climate activist and founder of the non-profit Force of Nature, Clover Hogan, details list of challenges activists face both from ...

Jane Goodall on empathy and action for nature

02 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On today's episode of the Newscast, world-renowned primatologist and conservation advocate Dr. Jane Goodall sits down with Mongabay founder and edito...

Forest elephants, the endangered "gardeners" of the Congo Rainforest

26 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

African forest elephants play a crucial role in shaping the Congo rainforest ecosystem, two experts explain on this episode. As seed dispersers and ma...

Show us the money: Are giant pledges by major conservation funders effective?

19 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Billionaires, foundations, and philanthropists often make massive, headline-grabbing pledges for biodiversity conservation or climate change mitigatio...

Cultural survival through reclaiming language and land, with author Jay Griffiths

12 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today's guest is Jay Griffiths, award-winning author of several books, including the acclaimed Wild: An Elemental Journey. She speaks with co-host ...

Rewilding Ireland: Healing from a history of deforestation, one tree at a time

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Eoghan Daltun has spent the past 14 years restoring 75 acres of farmland in southwest Ireland to native forest, a wildly successful and inspirational ...

In the biodiversity hotspot of Raja Ampat, ecotourism underpins conservation

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast, host Mike DiGirolamo takes you on a journey through the most biodiverse marine region in the world, Raja Amp...

Is media objectivity possible during our environmental crisis?

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Objectivity is a pillar of journalism, but its definition and application are loosely defined and humanly impossible to achieve, experts say. Podcast...

The many social and ecological benefits of a 'degrowth' world

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Can 'degrowth' solve our economic, social, and ecological problems? Economist Timothée Parrique thinks so. On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast,...