DHAKA — Police in Bangladesh have arrested one person and are looking for nine others suspected of killing a forest officer after he caught them illegally excavating soil in a protected area of the country’s southern Cox’s Bazar district. The incident highlights what experts say is a worrying trend of law enforcement failing to keep […]

Minerals and metals used in technologies enabling much of the global energy transition and their applications are relatively new and require thought and reporting that probes questions related to their need, the growing social, human and environmental impacts mining for these minerals have, and the geopolitical tensions they may exacerbate. To learn more, Mongabay speaks […]

KANNIYAKUMARI, India — Anthoni Dhasan, 47, sits on the deck of his fishing boat at the harbor of Thengapattanam in Tamil Nadu, India’s southernmost state, peering out at the stormy Indian Ocean. It’s been a year since his last fishing expedition — the one that almost took his life. On Feb. 19, 2023, Dhasan and […]

Yuturi ants are peaceful until their territory is threatened. This species, also known as the ‘conga ant,’ is considered a warrior in Amazonian Kichwa Indigenous culture, as these bugs don’t allow anyone to enter their home without permission — just like the women of Serena, an Indigenous community located on the banks of the Jatunyacu […]

Shompen band traversing a river on Great Nicobar Island. © Anthropological Survey of India Renowned Indian experts on the Indigenous peoples in the region are demanding that the Great Nicobar Development Project be scrapped.

Guards and soldiers in Kahuzi-Biega National Park burn Batwa houses to drive them from the park – their ancestral land. © KBNP Survival has launched a new report to mark World Heritage Day highlighting UNESCO's complicity in the abuse of Indigenous people.

The last of the Kawahiva are forced to live on the run from armed loggers and powerful ranchers. Still from unique footage taken by government agents during a chance encounter. © FUNAI The uncontacted Kawahiva people's existence was confirmed 25 years ago, but their land remains unprotected.

Shompen band traversing a river on Great Nicobar Island. © Anthropological Survey of India Genocide scholars have warned that India's plans to turn an uncontacted tribe’s island into a mega-port will wipe them out.