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Timber plantation licenses canceled as Mentawai fight off another threat to their traditional lands

Mike Gaworecki 1 Jul 2016

Under gov’t pressure, palm oil giants disband green pledge

Jonathan Vit 1 Jul 2016

Turkey’s wild bears migrate for food; but some bears prefer garbage dumps

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Jul 2016
Olarro Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya flickr ninara

Bridging the Gap between Land and Space

Taylor Robb-McCord 1 Jul 2016

Western Amazonian and Andean forests don’t follow the ecosystem “rules” — here’s why that’s important

Mike Gaworecki 30 Jun 2016

5 Tech Projects That Are Protecting Sharks

Taylor Robb-McCord 30 Jun 2016

Amid illegal fishing crackdown, Indonesia to buoy legal catch

Cory Rogers, M Ambari 30 Jun 2016

Did mining company drive 3 species to extinction?

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Jun 2016

Canada, Mexico, US announce joint clean energy, climate commitments

Mike Gaworecki 29 Jun 2016
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

What are South Sumatrans doing to prevent another haze crisis?

Taufik Wijaya 29 Jun 2016

French MPs say they were pressured into dropping palm oil tax

Mongabay.com 29 Jun 2016

Forest degradation in Brazil can have just as drastic an impact on biodiversity as deforestation

Mike Gaworecki 29 Jun 2016
Andy Muñoz of the Marañón Defense Front watches crude drip from a stick he dipped into the stream. Photo by Barbara Fraser.

Communities brace for impact of Peruvian oil spill

Barbara Fraser 29 Jun 2016

Countries with most biodiversity spend least on conservation: study

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Jun 2016

Malaysian palm oil giant IOI under pressure after Cargill ultimatum

Mongabay.com 28 Jun 2016

Benefits of Community Forest Management in Madagascar not evenly distributed: report

Mike Gaworecki 28 Jun 2016

Scientists are developing useful new tools for surveying elusive rainforest mammals

Mike Gaworecki 28 Jun 2016

New lizard found in Dominican Republic is already at risk

Mike Gaworecki 28 Jun 2016

Facing controversy, Peruvian palm oil firm seeks sale of its Amazon rainforest holdings

Mongabay.com 28 Jun 2016
Photo credit: David Olson.

A World of Tings

Taylor Robb-McCord 28 Jun 2016

Reserve with rare gorillas finally protected

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Jun 2016

64 dead in Indonesia landslides as La Nina brings heavy rains

Indra Nugraha, Lusia Arumingtyas 27 Jun 2016
Protesters target Cathay Pacific at Hong Kong International Airport in May. Courtesy of WildAid

Cathay Pacific bans shark fin shipments

Mongabay.com 27 Jun 2016

CITES proposals by African countries aim to end the ivory trade

Mike Gaworecki 27 Jun 2016
Google Map showing location of Barranca, Peru.

Health officials in Peru: oil spill cleanup workers face ‘poisoning and burns’

Barbara Fraser 27 Jun 2016
Workers scoop oil out a stream near Chiriaco, in northern Peru, where crude spilled from a pipeline in late January. Photo by Barbara Fraser.

Amazon oil spill puts Peruvian communities at risk

Barbara Fraser, Milton López Tarabochia 26 Jun 2016

Scientists call on EU businesses, govts to support greener palm oil

Mongabay.com 25 Jun 2016

Trafficking: Indonesian soldier caught with 8 pangolins in car backseat

Ayat S. Karokaro 24 Jun 2016

Malaysian land rights activist Bill Kayong murdered in broad daylight

Mike Gaworecki 24 Jun 2016

Cambodia declares first-ever marine protected area

Mike Gaworecki 24 Jun 2016

Judges up the ante for tiger traffickers in Indonesia

Chik Rini, Dedek Hendry 24 Jun 2016

Combining high-tech and low-tech to turn satellite images into action

Nathan Hahn 24 Jun 2016

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