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A group of prominent scientists have blasted Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s pledge to oppose the creation of any new protected areas in Australia. The Alliance of Leading Environmental Researchers…

The government of Pakistan is in negotiations with the Federal Land Development Authority of Malaysia to establish industrial oil palm plantations in Sindh and Balochistan, reports the Daily Times. Pakistani…

In addition to the stunt in Cincinnati, Greenpeace also released a spoof of Procter & Gamble’s recent "Thank You Mom" advertisement. Nine Greenpeace activists were arrested after they scaled Procter…

This natural-color satellite image was collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard the Terra satellite on Feb. 28, 2014. Actively burning areas, detected by MODIS's thermal bands, are outlined…

Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud has been accused of violating Sarawak's constitution by engaging in commercial activities while serving as the state's top official over the past thirty plus years,…

Clearing and burning for oil palm plantation establishment in Malaysia Methane leaks from palm oil wastewater significantly increases the climate impact of palm oil production beyond emissions from land clearance,…

Illegal logging has spiked over the past five years in Mozambique, finds a new report by researchers at the University of Eduardo Mondlane. The report, published on the U.N. Food…

Red Leaf-monkey (Presbytis rubicunda) in Sabah, Malaysia. Photos by Rhett A. Butler Four species of langurs monkeys that are endemic to Borneo lost more than a tenth of their habitat…

Nicaragua's plans for a canal linking the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans could trigger an environmental disaster through habitat destruction and alteration, introduction of non-native species, pollution, and sedimentation, warns a…

Rainforest near Makira in Madagascar. Technology giant Microsoft has bought the first carbon credits generated under a rainforest conservation project in Madagascar, reports Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which organized and…

Deforestation in Riau, Sumatra. After a campaign waged by two charismatic Girl Scouts over questionably-sourced palm oil used in Girl Scout Cookies, Kellogg Company today announced a policy that will…

Forest cover data for Peninsular Malaysia from the dataset. The University of Maryland, Google, and other partners have made available a trove of forest cover data for download. The data…

365-988 million birds are killed in the U.S. each year in collisions with buildings, estimates a review published last month in the journal The Condor: Ornithological Applications. The research, based…

Madagascar's newly elected president Hery Rajaonarimampianina pledged to 'lead the fight' against illegal rosewood logging in the impoverished island nation. Speaking at a meeting Wednesday in Antananarivo, Rajaonarimampianina asserted that…

Shark catch in Kesennuma, Japan. Photo by Shawn Heinrichs Last month scientists released a study warning that one quarter of all sharks and rays are threatened with extinction. The research,…

The Amazon rainforest. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. Analysis of satellite imagery has cleared up a controversy over whether the Amazon rainforest 'greens up' during the dry season. The study,…

Soy traders and producers in the Brazilian Amazon agreed to extend a moratorium on soybeans produced in recently deforested areas for another year, reports Greenpeace. The moratorium, renewed Friday, has…

Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd (APRIL), Indonesia's second-largest pulp and paper producer, has announced a new environmental policy that aims to stem criticism about its forestry practices, which include…

Living whale shark. All photos courtesy of WildLifeRisk A four-year investigation by WildLifeRisk, a Hong Kong-based marine conservation group, has found that a single factory in China’s Zhejiang Province slaughters…

Animation: The 2013-2014 California drought. By Rhett A. Butler using NASA imagery. A pair of satellite images released this week by NASA reveal the shocking impact of California's drought, which…

Andean Condor. Photo by Francisco Sornoza. Conservationists have acquired a 2,800-ha (7,000-acre) property that completes the acquisition of some 108,000 ha of key Andean Condor habitat in Ecuador. The lands…

Elephants in Namibia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler The government of Hong Kong will destroy 28 tons of ivory confiscated from traffickers, reports CNN. The announcement, which comes just weeks…

The European Commission has proposed setting a binding greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of 40 percent below 1990 levels for 2030, reports Thomson Reuters Point Carbon. The target, which aims…

Taiji fisherman capturing a bottlenose dolphin. Photo courtesy of Sea Shepherd The annual dolphin hunt in Taiji, Japan ended on Monday with dozens being slaughtered for meat and captured for…

Courtesy of Jintai Lin et al. (2014) Twenty percent of China's air pollution can be attributed to goods exported to America, with some of those emissions drifting back to the…

Adult female Rhinella yunga from the Rio Huatziroki area. Photo by Jiří Moravec Scientists have described a previously unknown species of dead-leaf toad in the Peruvian Andes. The species, which…

Peat canal drained by PT LUM, an APRIL supplier, following natural forest clearance in Pulau Tebing Tinggi. Photo by: Eyes on the Forest. Indonesian pulp and paper giant Asia Pacific…

No app needed: the bald eagle A new iPhone app enables North Americans to identify bird species by asking just five simple questions. The free app, released this week by…

Mavicure Hills. Photo courtesy of WWF.. The Colombian government plans to declare a remote area bordering Venezuela a new protected area, reports El Espectador and Colombia Reports. Colombian Minister of…

Swell shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum). © PLOS ONE. Biofluorescence is widespread among marine fish species, indicating its importance in communication and avoiding detection, finds a new study published in the journal…