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Amone Ayesa collects wood in the Entoto forest outside of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo by Maheder Haileselassie Tadese

The people of Ethiopia’s forests

Maheder Haileselassie Tadese 15 Nov 2016

Sweden sets legal precedent with prosecution of Myanmar teak trader

Mike Gaworecki 15 Nov 2016
A pile of illegally cut timber discovered by a patrol group in Tanzania. Photo by Sophie Tremblay

Are conservation policies a driver of deforestation in Tanzania?

Jens Friis Lund, Jevgeniy Bluwstein, Mathew Bukhi Mabele, Andreas Scheba, Eliezeri Sungusia 14 Nov 2016

Nepal goes high-tech in its fight against rhino poachers

Giovanni Ortolani 14 Nov 2016

New frog species discovered near Australian airport

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Nov 2016

New report: Brazil’s Cerrado could sidestep conversion for agriculture

John Cannon 13 Nov 2016
The Kunuku Mountains as seen from Lethem, Guyana. Photo by Kevin Gabbert via Wikimedia Commons

Guyana’s government still dealing with fallout over controversial logging company

Alex Abdelwahab 13 Nov 2016

Computing cost-effective wildlife corridors

Julia John 11 Nov 2016

Feral pigs, vampire bats, and infectious diseases in rural Brazil

Mike Gaworecki 11 Nov 2016

Gold mining invades new areas of Peruvian Amazon

Benji Jones 11 Nov 2016

Trump election leaves COP22 climate delegates aghast, shaken but firm

Justin Catanoso 11 Nov 2016

Climate change is impacting all aspects of life on Earth: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Nov 2016

Industry, NGOs agree to single approach to eliminating deforestation from palm oil supply chain

Mike Gaworecki 10 Nov 2016

Another 700 hectares of Bolivian rainforest lost to sugarcane surge

Morgan Erickson-Davis 10 Nov 2016

Its own rhinos hunted to extinction, Vietnam is a hub for the rhino horn trade

Isabel Esterman 10 Nov 2016
A coffee cup with beans. Photo by Lotus Head/Wikimedia Commons

This is why your coffee beans matter to the planet

Genevieve Belmaker 10 Nov 2016

Hunting stymies rainforest regrowth, says a new study

John Cannon 10 Nov 2016

Endangered species database ‘outdated’, underestimates risk of extinction: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 10 Nov 2016

World’s tallest tropical tree discovered, along with nearly 50 other record-breakers

Mike Gaworecki 10 Nov 2016

New talks on oil pollution could end indigenous blockade of Amazonian river in Peru

Barbara Fraser 9 Nov 2016

Controversial Jakarta land reclamation project gets legal go-ahead

Mongabay Indonesia 9 Nov 2016

‘A man schooled in the Amazon:’ Q&A with director of new feature film about the fight to save the rainforest

Mike Gaworecki 9 Nov 2016

From Ohio to Indonesia: captive-bred Sumatran rhinos may be the species’ only hope for a future

Linda Lombardi 8 Nov 2016

Global trade 101: How NAFTA’s Chapter 11 overrides environmental laws

Jennifer Huizen 8 Nov 2016

Most illegal ivory comes from recently killed elephants: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Nov 2016

Asia races to save the Critically Endangered helmeted hornbill

Roz Evans 7 Nov 2016

For the palm oil industry, ‘engagement’ means turning a blind eye to deforestation

Kiki Taufik 7 Nov 2016

Bat threats difficult to anticipate on wind farms

John Cannon 7 Nov 2016

Massive hydroelectricity project planned for Indonesian Borneo

Dyna Rochmyaningsih 7 Nov 2016

Was Borneo once a land of tigers?

Taufik Wijaya 7 Nov 2016
Tumaini Matinda drives his beat up 1995 Land Cruiser during one of his patrols in the forests of the Simanjiro district in northeast Tanzania. Photo by Willy Lowry

One man’s quest to save Tanzania’s forests

Sophie Tremblay, Willy Lowry 7 Nov 2016

Discovery of baby Chinese alligators boosts hope for rare species

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Nov 2016

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