Marchers included Leonard DiCaprio, Ban Ki-moon, Jane Goodall, Al Gore, and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Around 570,000 people took part in marches around the world yesterday calling for…
Commercial agriculture drives 70% of tropical deforestation, but business-as-usual is shifting. Click graphic to enlarge. Cattle ranching, palm oil production, soy cultivation, and other forms of commercial agriculture drive more…
Little-explored island off the coast of Papua New Guinea could soon face industrial logging Children on Woodlark Island. Photo by: Simon Piyuwes. Woodlark Island is a rare place on the…
Editor's Note: The following is a response from a group of scientists' — including 6 members of the National Academy, 3 IPCC Lead Authors, and 1 IPCC Co-Chair — to…
Illegal forest for an oil palm plantation within a protected area in Indonesia Five of the world's largest palm oil producers have announced an immediate moratorium on palm oil sourced…
Forest fires in Rokan Hulu. Courtesy of Riau Forest's Facebook Page Indonesia ended 12 years of stalling this week, becoming the last ASEAN nation to ratify an agreement on transboundary…
Wildfires may become more common as temperature and precipitation patterns shift Crackling heat and thick billowing smoke raced across the landscape. After weeks of scorching dry summer weather, the wildfire…
Fishing industry propelling tiny cetacean to extinction Since the baiji was declared extinct in the early aughts, the vaquita has taken its unenviable position as the world’s most threatened cetacean.…
Fire burning on an oil palm plantation in Malaysia Two of the world's largest doughnut brands this week committed to sourcing safeguards that move them toward eliminating deforestation from their…
Brazilian authorities have suspended the auction of the centerpiece of the massive Tapajós hydroelectric complex, reports Agência Brasil. The auction, scheduled for this December, was for the 6.1-gigawatt São Luiz…
Highly unlikely that global population will peak this century Crowd from above. Photo by: Public Domain. By 2100, over 13 billion people could be walking the planet. That's the conclusion…
AMAN requests amendments granting more comprehensive rights protections Approaching final legalization, an advocacy group for Indonesia’s indigenous communities has asked to postpone passing a bill granting protections to indigenous people,…
Indigenous boy paddles in the Colombian Amazon. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Since 2008, governments have invested $1.64 billion in funds to kick-start REDD+, or Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and…
Indigenous groups call for land rights in wake of assassinations of Edwin Chota Valera and three other leaders Peruvian authorities have pulled more human remains from a remote river in…
Cat-like genet spends many evenings riding buffalo, rhinos Cowbirds ride cattle to pick off their parasites; egrets pal around with wildebeest and eat the small creatures disturbed by their grazing.…
Yeb Saño joins Greenpeace Arctic voyage to underline severity of climate change, has hope cooperative efforts can reduce impact Ahead of the upcoming Climate Change Summit to be held in…
Deforestation for oil palm in Sumatra A group of palm oil and timber companies that have pledged to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains have agreed to establish a standard…
An orphaned Sumatran orangutan at a rescue facility run by the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme Activists have launched an urgent appeal calling upon outgoing Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to…
Malayan tiger. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Malaysia is on the edge of losing its tigers, and the world is one step nearer to losing another tiger subspecies: the Malayan…
Critically endangered orangutans threatened by palm oil, wood fiber, logging, poaching; populations fragment and dwindle as habitat is lost Orangutans have long been the reluctant spokesanimal for Indonesia’s rampant deforestation.…
The earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis). Barely seen since its description in 1878, the species has suddenly become a victim of wildlife trafficking for the pet trade. Photo by: Indraneil…
Protected areas are working. That's the conclusion of a new analysis of over 80 different studies on the efficacy of parks and nature reserves in safeguarding wildlife. Published in the…
Google Earth image showing the Tapajos river, including fishbone deforestation in the northeast (upper right). A plan to build a dozen dams in the Tapajós river basin would drive the…
All photo by Marc Ancrenaz and Ade Rachmat As our boat sailed towards the forest-clad island, I had no idea what surprise awaited me... A few months ago I was…
Island off West Java. Photo by Rhett Butler Indonesia’s middle and upper classes are becoming increasingly interested and supportive of environmental conservation. Still, they have some way to go to…
This is the second part of a two-part series. Part I outlines the expansion announcement. In an August 14 announcement, Bolivian Vice President, Alvaro Garcia Linera, laid out an ambitious…
The contested plantation. Photo: Save Our Borneo A palm oil company in Central Kalimantan continues to operate business as usual, despite a Supreme Court ruling confirming it has no legal…
Borneo rainforest canopy. Photo by Rhett Butler The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has passed a motion to increase protection of old-growth forests. Motion 65, a measure proposed by Greenpeace, passed…
WARNING: Graphic photos below. 35,000 elephants killed in Africa in 2012 for black market ivory trade A joint force of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and government authorities are in…
Annual forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon. Brazil's National Space Agency INPE has officially confirmed last year's rise in Amazon deforestation. After completing its annual analysis of satellite imagery, INPE…
