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Can ‘plant blindness’ be cured?

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Sep 2016

Global brands’ beef is putting South America’s tropical forests at risk: report

Mike Gaworecki 13 Sep 2016

Pulp and paper supplier denies draining peat on island near Singapore

Mongabay Haze Beat 13 Sep 2016

IUCN to create new category of membership for Indigenous peoples’ organizations

Mike Gaworecki 13 Sep 2016

Beef consumers’ role in causing deforestation in South America (commentary)

Asha Sharma 13 Sep 2016

Operation license for Amazon’s Belo Monte mega-dam suspended

Zoe Sullivan 13 Sep 2016
Flowers in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Photo by Jeremy Hance

Ecuador begins pumping oil from famed ITT-block in Yasuní

Jeremy Hance 13 Sep 2016

New crab species discovered in Chinese fish market

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Sep 2016

Indonesian environment ministry shoots down geothermal plan in Mount Leuser National Park

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 12 Sep 2016

California governor signs landmark climate and clean energy bills into law

Mike Gaworecki 12 Sep 2016
A tree house built in Taik Kyi village in Myanmar to for safety from roaming elephants. Courtesy of David Doyle

Deforestation puts lives on the line in rural Myanmar

David Doyle, Jennifer Rigby 12 Sep 2016
Rangers at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve. Photo by Ninara via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Poaching in Africa becomes increasingly militarized

William H. Funk 12 Sep 2016

Experts hack away at portable DNA barcode scanner to fight timber and wildlife trafficking

Julia John 12 Sep 2016

Countries at IUCN Congress vote to ban domestic ivory markets

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Sep 2016

‘A major concern’: plantation-driven deforestation ramps up in Borneo

Morgan Erickson-Davis 10 Sep 2016

Greenpeace firefighters attacked by armed men in Russia

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2016

First Toba, now Maninjau: another mass fish death hits an Indonesian lake

Vinolia 9 Sep 2016

Belo Monte dam compensation inadequate, say traditional fisherfolk

Zoe Sullivan 9 Sep 2016
Aerial photo shows the town of San Pablo de Amalí, the Dulcepamba River, and the Hidrotambo dam facility. Photo by Santiago Pastór

Dam opponents claim criminalization by Ecuadorian government

Martha Pskowski 9 Sep 2016

Malaysia is a major transit point for ivory smugglers

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Sep 2016

How to increase REDD+ benefits to indigenous peoples and other traditional forest communities

Mike Gaworecki 9 Sep 2016

The good, the bad, and the ugly in palm oil (commentary)

Erik Meijaard, Douglas Sheil 9 Sep 2016

Based on available evidence, non-lethal predator control is more effective than lethal means

Mike Gaworecki 8 Sep 2016

The 101 on how global trade treaties came to threaten the environment

Jennifer Huizen 8 Sep 2016

From ‘Silverbacks’ to Systems Leaders: Rethinking African conservation leadership (commentary)

Fred Nelson, Erin Myers Madeira 8 Sep 2016

These banks are pumping billions into Southeast Asia’s deforestation

Alice Cuddy 8 Sep 2016

The alarming number of fires in the Brazilian Amazon

Natália Girão Rodrigues de Mello 8 Sep 2016

Hot stuff: improving chili fence effectiveness (in protecting crops from elephants)

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 8 Sep 2016

Indigenous peoples demand protection of sacred sites at World Conservation Congress

Aura Tegría 7 Sep 2016

Indonesian government to investigate Korean palm oil giant over burning in Papua

Mongabay.com 7 Sep 2016

Mountain lions in Santa Monica Mountains could disappear within 50 years

Mike Gaworecki 7 Sep 2016

Black, white and unique: the Malayan tapir struggles for recognition

Kate Mayberry 7 Sep 2016

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