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Soy giant Louis Dreyfus pledges deforestation-free supply chain

Anna Sophie Gross 16 Jul 2018

Mangroves and their deforestation may emit more methane than we thought

Morgan Erickson-Davis 13 Jul 2018

New research proposes solutions for reducing environmental costs of feeding Earth’s 7.6-billion human population

Mongabay.com 13 Jul 2018
Cyprien Miandrimanana, a botanist now leading efforts to protect Bongolava, quit his job with the Missouri Botanical Garden and moved back home to the area in hopes of stopping the destruction he saw on trips to visit his parents. Photo by Rowan Moore Gerety for Mongabay.

Angry farmers set fire to offices of Madagascar eco group, gov’t agency

Rowan Moore Gerety 13 Jul 2018

Scientists urge Indonesian president to nix dam in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Jul 2018

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, July 13, 2018

John Cannon 13 Jul 2018

After devastating floods in 2013, an Indian state ignores the lessons

Mayank Aggarwal, Video by Kartik Chandramouli 13 Jul 2018

Another Cecil? Secrecy surrounds June trophy lion hunt

Jeremy Hance 13 Jul 2018

Latam Eco Review: Spectacled bears in the spotlight

Mongabay.com 13 Jul 2018

Madagascar’s native fauna defenseless against toxic invasive toads

Joshua Parfitt 13 Jul 2018

Salamanders have ‘tricks up their sleeves’ for weathering climate change

Morgan Erickson-Davis 12 Jul 2018

Extractive industries threaten a million square kilometers of intact tropical forests around the globe

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jul 2018

‘Decolonizing conservation’: Q&A with PNG marine activist John Aini

Basten Gokkon 12 Jul 2018

Solution to ocean’s plastic waste problem ‘starts with product design’

John Cannon 12 Jul 2018

Krill fishing companies pledge to protect key food of Antarctic animals

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Jul 2018

Species evolve more than twice as fast at poles as in tropics: study

Gloria Dickie 12 Jul 2018

Online mapping tool tracks land-use changes down to the farm

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 12 Jul 2018

Rhino poop gives villagers in India a conservation incentive

Moushumi Basu 11 Jul 2018
Rainforest cleared for an oil palm plantation in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Nestlé suspended from RSPO for failing to pay dues, submit progress reports

Daniel Pye 11 Jul 2018

Coral reefs thrive next to rat-free islands, new study finds

John Cannon 11 Jul 2018

Vietnam’s bear bile farms are collapsing — but it may not be good news

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Jul 2018

RSPO fails to deliver on environmental and social sustainability, study finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Jul 2018

How blockchain gaming could benefit wildlife conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jul 2018

Revealed: Paper giant’s ex-staff say it used their names for secret company in Borneo

Philip Jacobson 10 Jul 2018
A ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), the species of pangolin that lives in Zimbabwe. Three other pangolin species live in Africa, and four others live in Asia. Image by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Zimbabwe’s chiefs revive tradition to save the country’s last pangolins

Andrew Mambondiyani 10 Jul 2018
Five years after the Rim Fire, abundant natural tree regeneration in the high-severity patches is contributing to carbon sequestration. Photo by Doug Bevington.

Backfire: How misinformation about wildfire harms climate activism (commentary)

Douglas Bevington 10 Jul 2018

Tiger, clouded leopard skins among illegal wildlife parts seized in Malaysia

Mongabay.com 9 Jul 2018

Palm oil firms using ‘shadow companies’ to hide their links to deforestation: report

Daniel Pye 9 Jul 2018

Investigation reveals illegal trade cartels decimating vaquita porpoises

Mongabay.com 9 Jul 2018

Ice-free passage for ships through the Arctic could cause problems for marine mammals

Mongabay.com 9 Jul 2018

Brazil’s political storm driving Amazon deforestation higher

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 9 Jul 2018

‘Better and better’: Thermal cameras turn up the heat on poachers

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 9 Jul 2018

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