Alto Maues designated a federal reserve to curb carbon emissions Earlier this week, the Brazilian government announced the declaration of a new federal reserve deep in the Amazon rainforest. The…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Ariel Lugo Ariel Lugo overlooking an urban watershed in Puerto Rico. Photo courtesy of Ariel Lugo. Think first before you eradicate non-native species…
A new poll finds that consumer demand for rhino horn in Vietnam has dropped precipitously following several advertising campaigns. According to the poll by the Humane Society International (HIS) and…
Land cleared for mines spotted by innovative mapping technology Gold mining is on the rise in the Guiana Shield, a geographic region of South America that holds one of the…
On the morning of July 14, 2002 Qi Qi ate breakfast as he always did. As the world’s only captive baiji – or Yangtze river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer) – Qi…
Indonesia Chamber of Commerce plans to lobby for expansion of sustainable business practices Four of Indonesia’s largest palm oil producers signed a landmark commitment in New York in September to…
What do the climate and orangutans have in common? They are both threatened by coal - the first by burning it, and the second by mining it. At the recent…
Little-known 'biological-jewel' faces commercial logging A number of the world's top conservation scientists have raised concerns about plans for commercial logging on Woodlark Island, a hugely biodiverse rainforest island off…
Flat-headed cat and fishing cat require immediate research and conservation attention. It's no secret that when it comes to the wild cats of Asia—and, really, cats in general—tigers get all…
Indonesian govt won't allow palm oil companies to protect forests Oil palm plantation in Borneo. A law passed by the Indonesian government last month makes it even more difficult for…
Mine located near and within pristine forest, company asserts precautions will be taken to protect surrounding environment Global miner BHP Billiton and Indonesian partner PT Adaro are developing what could…
Rhino conservation suffered another tragic setback this weekend with the sudden death of Suni, a male northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. Suni's…
UK's Chester Zoo raises funds and awareness for reforestation project in Borneo A pair of orphaned orangutans in Borneo. Many orangutans have become orphaned across the island due to forest…
Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) in Madagascar. Photos by Rhett Butler. On the heels of a report showing that the world is far behind on targets to halve habitat loss, cut…
Of Indonesia’s 100 GW in new power generation capacity by 2035, half will be coal-fired, says IEA. Indonesia cannot build power stations fast enough. And neither can most of its…
Indonesia's rate of forest loss is now the highest in the world. A concerted push by political elites to undermine Indonesia's president before he even takes office could stymie progress…
Oil palm plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia Palm oil production has been spectacularly profitable but ecologically disastrous across Southeast Asia, consuming millions of hectares of indigenous lands, rainforests, and peatlands in…
21 million hectares earmarked for coal mining, including more than half of East Kalimantan Out of the jungles of East Borneo in Indonesia comes the fire that fuels Asia’s burgeoning…
Illegal Logging in Para State, Brazil as revealed by Greenpeace activists. Photo by: © Greenpeace. Every night empty trucks disappear into the Brazilian Amazon, they return laden with timber. This…
A ground-breaking bat call library is released from one of India’s biodiversity hotspots The Western Ghats is one of the world’s eight richest biodiversity hotspots. A UNESCO World Heritage site,…
Global distribution of forest cover, circa-1990. Click image to enlarge Researchers have created a global map of the world's forests in the year 1990, enabling accurate comparisons between past and…
Recent deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo by Alexander Lees of the Goeldi Museum. Smallholder properties account for a rising proportion of overall deforestation in Brazilian Amazon, suggesting that Brazil’s…
More than one million hectares allocated for conversion Palm oil, a ubiquitous ingredient in supermarket products ranging from shampoos and cosmetics to processed foods, comes at a huge environmental cost.…
Peatlands drained for a plantation in Riau. An inter-agency audit of 17 plantation and timber concessions in Riau Province, Indonesia, found that every company is failing to meet fire prevention…
Oil palm company PT. Kallista Alam has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court continuing the closely-watched legal battle set to redefine Indonesia's commitment to environmental justice. Lawyers for the…
A giant river otter with a fish in its mouth. Photo by: Frank Hajek. Lobo de río, or river wolf, is the very evocative Spanish name for one of the…
Another Cambodian journalist has been gunned down while investigating illegal logging by state officials, reports Reporters Without Borders. Taing Try, a freelance journalist who contributed to several newspapers, was killed…
Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink I moved to San Francisco six months ago and my umbrella hasn’t left its dusty sleeve yet. Scientists and politicians, everyone…
Jane Goodall. Photo by: Morten Bjarnhof/GANT. Famed primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall—whose image is known the world over—has joined the advisory board of mongabay.org. This is the non-profit branch of…
