A body of water in Aru, a cluster of about 90 islands in eastern Indonesia. Photo: FWI-AMAN The Indonesian agriculture minister's recent comments that the Aru archipelago in the country's…

Less than three weeks after APRIL unveiled a sustainability policy that is supposed to protect natural forests, an environmental group is alleging that one of the Indonesian forestry giant's subsidiaries…

An open-pit coal mine in Indonesia's Bengkulu province. Photo: Taufik Wijaya The governor of Indonesia's Bengkulu province reiterated his commitment to bringing mining in the province under control, as environmentalists…

June 23 update BLD Plantation Bhd, a Malaysian palm oil company, plans to clear some 14,000 hectares of peatlands in Sarawak, on the island of Borneo, potentially putting it in…

Villagers in the country's lush Black Sea region face police force, legal hurdles, and more subtle means of suppression in their fight to protect the environment. The Fol Creek Valley…

Choco rainforest in Colombia. Photos by Rhett A. Butler. Norway and Colombia are in talks to establish a partnership to protect the South American country's rainforests. According to a joint…

The Panamanian golden toad is classified as "Extinct in the Wild" on the IUCN Red List. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. Humans are wiping species off the plant at a…

Giraffe. Photo by Rhett A. Butler Families across the United States are today celebrating Father's Day. But this Sunday is extra special because it is also World Giraffe Day. World…

Cuscus being sold as meat in the Wamena market in Indonesian New Guinea. Photo by Rhett A. Butler Dr. Richard Corlett is the current Director of the Center for Integrative…

Ivory crush in New York Times Square. Photo Credit: Kelsey Williams/FWS Public awareness of the global elephant ivory poaching crisis got a high profile boost today with the crush of…

Rainforest in Borneo. In a letter being widely heralded by environmentalists, yesterday Pope Francis called on world leaders to address threats to the planet, including climate change and species extinction.…

Orangutan in Borneo. A number of conservation groups have partnered up to deliver a full day of rainforest wildlife viewing via social media. Rainforest: Live 2015 involves 17 NGOs that…

The high seas are often called the Wild West of the ocean. These vast oceanic tracts begin 200 miles from shore and fall under no nation's jurisdiction. And while there…

Emerging regional and national networks seek to build connections between local communities and provide support to their fights against dams, mines, and other environmental threats. An anti-mining protest in the…

Can a sanctuary in Indonesia keep the world's most imperiled rhino from extinction? "One percent of the world's population," veterinarian Zulfi Arsan says as he nods towards Bina, a 714-kilogram…

Global Forest Watch image showing the region in West Papua where the clearing took place Agribusiness giants Cargill and Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) are pledging to investigate a palm oil supplier…

Imazon SAD's system serves as a short-term deforestation alert mechanism. Analysis of satellite data suggests deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon may have reached a seven-year high. Numbers released today by…

More than 150 dams are currently planned for five of the six major Andean tributaries of the Amazon River. Damming those large, free-flowing streams would provide hydropower to half a…

With new GPS technology, researchers can pinpoint the location of their subject to within a few meters, at any given time, and learn when an animal's movements are out of the ordinary.

Starkist, Bumblebee, and the kitchily named Chicken of the Sea are among the most familiar brands of canned tuna on grocery store shelves. They also rank the worst in terms…

A fisherman spears an octopus in southwestern Madagascar. Photo copyright: Garth Cripps / Blue Ventures 2015. For communities that depend on fishing for their livelihoods, fishing bans as a way…

Pulling slow loris teeth out. Photo courtesy of: International Animal Rescue. Have you seen a video where a slow loris—a small, cute, big-eyed primate from Asian rainforests—gets tickled? Here's the…

:00 am; Labuhan Lombok, Indonesia. It's offloading time on the 30-foot-long M/V Nusa Indah 2. Crewmen pop the lid off the hold and pull yellowfin tuna from the icy pool…

Gold mining at Huepetuhe in Madre de Dios, Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. Illegal miners have invaded an indigenous reserve in the Peruvian Amazon, reveals new analysis of satellite…

Coral reefs are the gardens of the ocean. Covering just a tiny fraction of the vast sea floor, they are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. However, global…

Oil palm and rainforest in Sarawak, Malaysia. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today ordered food manufacturers to stop using trans fats within three years, potentially paving the way…

A white rhino in Kruger National Park in South Africa. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. When it comes to trafficking rhino, elephant, and tiger parts the biggest players are China,…

GoSol.org's work in Mexico Modern environmental crises of global resources often threaten both human health as well as biodiversity. Many of these concerns have consistently escaped remediation by public health…

The Te Apiti wind farm in New Zealand was granted tradeable carbon offset credits when it was built in 2003/2004. Wind energy projects were popular in voluntary carbon markets in…

A rainforest in Borneo. Photo credit: Rhett Butler. Negotiators at U.N. climate talks in Bonn, Germany, have produced a draft agreement on the technical provisions of a plan to reduce…