The guiding star at Mongabay isn’t pageviews or clicks; it’s meaningful impact. As 2025 draws to a close, we look back at some of the ways Mongabay’s journalism made a difference this year. Empowering Indigenous and local communities A Mongabay Latam investigation found 67 illegal airstrips were cut into the Peruvian Amazon to transport drugs, resulting in deforestation and a surge in violence against local Indigenous groups. The report was republished by national news outlets, bringing broader attention to the threats against an often marginalized group. National media also picked up a Mongabay story about an Indigenous community protecting a biodiversity corridor in Colombia and a report about an Indigenous group in Mexico protecting mangroves from an ammonia facility. From newsroom to classroom Mongabay Kids was named a media partner by the U.S.-based nonprofit Lemur Conservation Network “to create and share content about lemurs and Madagascar” every October during the World Lemur Festival. A French article about a great ape census in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now being used as educational material for conservation stakeholders. Serving as evidence An analysis, made at the request of Mongabay, found two carbon credit projects in the Brazilian Amazon are linked to illegal timber laundering. The Brazilian federal police have since indicted the people identified in Mongabay’s reporting. Following an investigation into the Brazilian government’s practice of purchasing shark meat for public institutions including schools and hospitals, members of Brazil’s Congress said they would call for a parliamentary…This article was originally published on Mongabay

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