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NASA photo reveals Asia’s choking haze

Rhett A. Butler 30 Sep 2015

Policing domestic wildlife trafficking in Peru

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 30 Sep 2015

Guatemalan activist murdered after court suspends palm oil company operations

Sandra Cuffe 30 Sep 2015

Norway pledges $47M/yr to help Congo countries save forests

Rhett A. Butler 30 Sep 2015

Can Liberia succeed in balancing palm oil with conservation?

Sara Jerving 29 Sep 2015

Animal action: new sensor tag tech could link animal behavior and conservation science

Caleb O'Brien 29 Sep 2015

New report aims to show companies how they can actually achieve zero deforestation in their supply chains

Mike Gaworecki 29 Sep 2015

First-ever video of squirrel rumored to kill and eat deer

Jeremy Hance 29 Sep 2015

Poor management ails endangered Boeseman’s Rainbowfish aquaculture

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Sep 2015

Match the footprint: error-prone method of identifying wild cats

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Sep 2015

From slave to student: Myanmar migrants find abuse, opportunity in Thailand

Sarah Hucal 29 Sep 2015

Shell ends Arctic oil bid

Rebecca Kessler 28 Sep 2015

First ever biofluorescent sea turtle discovered in Solomon Islands

Mike Gaworecki 28 Sep 2015

An alternative to help companies fulfill zero deforestation pledges

Mike Gaworecki 28 Sep 2015

Rare spotted leopards sighted on Malaysian Peninsula

Kolawole Talabi 28 Sep 2015

Africa’s unloved vultures headed for extinction?

William H. Funk 28 Sep 2015

China and U.S. commit to end ivory trade

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Sep 2015

As haze chokes Sumatra, farmers ask Jokowi for greater land rights

Sapariah Saturi, Taufik Wijaya 28 Sep 2015

Tropical Conservation Science – September 2015

Mongabay.com 28 Sep 2015
In the last 25 years, that land has been continuously trespassed by illegal loggers – a threat not only to the forest itself, but to the Indians, victims of life threats, attempts and murders. Tired of waiting for the Brazilian government to take action even after several reports, the Ka’apor people developed an independent project to monitor and cast out trespassers from their land. After a request for help, Greenpeace joined the Ka’apor to boost that surveillance plan with the aid of technology, like trackers and trap cams, which could be installed by the Ka’apor themselves. Fronteira da Terra Indígena Alto Turiaçu, do povo Ka’apor, com o avanço do desmatamento em áreas vizinhas, no estado do Maranhão. Distribuída em cerca de 530 mil hectares, a Terra Indígena Alto Turiaçu, do povo Ka’apor, representa uma das últimas extensões de floresta amazônica no Maranhão. Nos últimos 25 anos, esse território tem sido continuamente invadido por madeireiros ilegais, que representam não apenas uma ameaça à floresta, mas também aos índios, vítimas frequentes de ameaças, assassinatos e atentados contra as suas lideranças. Cansados de esperar por uma atitude das autoridades brasileiras depois de inúmeras denúncias, os Ka’apor desenvolveram um projeto independente de monitoramento para expulsar os invasores de suas terras. Atendendo a um pedido de ajuda desse povo o Greenpeace auxiliou o povo Ka’apor a agregar a esse sistema de autovigilância o uso de tecnologias, como rastreadores e trap cams, que poderiam ser implementadas pelos próprios indígenas e fornecer evidências mais contundentes e pressionar ainda mais o governo brasileiro. Agosto de 2015.

Indigenous group, Greenpeace partner to track illegal logging in the Amazon

Caleb O'Brien 26 Sep 2015

More than 40 tourists kidnapped – then freed – by indigenous community that demands construction of a freeway in Madre de Dios

Ruxandra Guidi 25 Sep 2015

Crocodile conservationist awarded Field Museum’s prestigious prize

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Sep 2015

Oil-spill expert calls for more baseline oceans data on industry dime

Jeremy Hance 25 Sep 2015
Armand Marozafy dismantling a poacher's trap within Masoala National Park in Madagascar in 2004. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Nature guide freed in Madagascar 5 months after arrest for exposing rosewood trade

Rhett A. Butler 25 Sep 2015

In haze-choked Palangkaraya, air quality five times ‘hazardous’ levels

Jenito, Sapariah Saturi 25 Sep 2015

Belo Monte dam denied operating license by Brazilian regulators

Mike Gaworecki 25 Sep 2015

A pre-game analysis of what to expect, and not expect, at COP 21

Patrick Cage and John O. Niles 25 Sep 2015

Almost half of U.S. seafood goes to waste

Rebecca Kessler 24 Sep 2015

UN study warns agricultural subsidies are threatening forests and conservation programs

John Cannon 24 Sep 2015

Papal encyclical draws harsh critique from Peru’s private sector

Justin Catanoso 24 Sep 2015

Surprise! Animals are active and plentiful during harsh, dark Arctic winters

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Sep 2015

Dolphins caught in fishing nets: to eat or not to eat?

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Sep 2015

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