Article by Liz Kimbrough with co-research by Anjali Kumar Most "run-of-river" hydroelectric dams in the Amazon Basin are used to divert all of the flow away from the natural river…
This article is the second in a two-part series on mangrove conservation. Read the first part here. Red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle) in Panama. Photo by Rhett Butler. In December 2014,…
This article is the first in a two-part series on mangrove conservation. Read the second part here. Mangrove forest in Cuero-Salado, Honduras. Photo by Rhett Butler. In a press conference…
Tigers have been documented in Thailand's Chaloem Ratanakosin National Park for the first time. Photo by: ZSL and Thailand's Department of National Parks. For the first time conservationists have confirmed…
Researcher catches rare, cryptic, beautiful bunny on first night out Sarah Woodfin holds a living Annamite striped rabbit in her arms, the first scientist to do so. Photo by: University…
Mega-dam projects on the main stem of the Marañón River would drown Peru's Breadbasket "No Chadín" read the graffiti painted crudely on the trunk of a lone tree standing astride…
Peat drainage canal and stacks of MTH harvested from forest clearance by APRIL wood supplier PT. RAPP in Kampar peninsula. Some CITES-protected ramin trees were “saved” and left standing. Photo…
An elephant in Ruaha National Park. In just a few years poachers have wiped out most of the elephants in the Ruaha-Rungwa landscape, cutting the population down by 76 percent.…
Fishing gear stands ready next to the day's catch on the shore of Lake Victoria. Photo credit: Isaiah Esipisu. Lake Victoria, Africa's largest fresh water body and the world's second…
Environment and Forestry Ministry officials line up at the inauguration ceremony for new director-generals last week. From left, ministry Secretary-General Bambang Hendroyono, Environmental and Forestry Spatial Planning Director-General San Afri…
Forest cleared for an oil palm plantation in Sarawak, Malaysia. Photos by Rhett A. Butler. Major global brands and a network of activist investors have joined together to call on…
Rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon. Photos by Rhett A. Butler. The world's tropical rainforests are likely home to 40,000 to 53,000 tree species, argues a paper published this week in…
Authorities in Cape Verde board the Songhua, a vessel known to poach toothfish in the Southern Ocean. Photo credit: Sea Shepherd/Josephine Watmore On May 20, Peter Hammarstedt, captain of the…
Other African Food Waste Articles by Margaret Egbula Together we stand: A policy approach to reducing food loss in West Africa West Africa’s weakest links: Supply chain defects are behind…
Lions in South Africa's Kruger National Park. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Nine months after Zambia lifted its general trophy hunting ban—including on elephants—the country has now lifted its ban…
