A living planet begins with thriving forests (commentary)
In my lifetime, global wildlife populations have seen an overall decline of more than half. That’s a statement of such enormity that it’s hard to process. The evidence comes from…
Articles by Alistair Monument
Cities need forests too: A call for forests amid our concrete jungles (commentary)
Human beings evolved among trees. Even today, hundreds of millions of people live in and around forests, and depend upon them directly for their food, fuel, and livelihoods. Many of…
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Endangered environmentalists
- Suspicions of murder in death of Indonesian environmental activist
- Oil palm, cattle and coca take a toll on Colombia’s indigenous Jiw
- ‘Pray & continue’: Death of Philippine ranger is latest in legacy of violence
Indonesias forest guardians
- Restoring Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem, one small farm at a time
- Indigenous Iban community defends rainforests, but awaits lands rights recognition
- On the island of Java, a social forestry scheme creates jobs at home
Amazon infrastructure
- Yanomami Amazon reserve invaded by 20,000 miners; Bolsonaro fails to act
- Amazon infrastructure puts 68% of indigenous lands / protected areas at risk: report
- Amazon fish kill at Sinop spotlights risk from 80+ Tapajós basin dams
Asian rhinos
- For India’s flood-hit rhinos, refuge depends increasingly on humans
- Sumatra survey looks to identify at-risk rhinos for captive breeding
- Bid to breed Sumatran rhino is handicapped by bureaucratic ‘quibbling’
