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Gold mining revs up, eats away more Peruvian rainforest

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 12 Jan 2016

Bellavista no more: Peru’s infamous wildlife market reduced to rubble

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 17 Dec 2015

200,000 of Peru’s primates trafficked for pet trade or bushmeat yearly

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 11 Dec 2015

Policing domestic wildlife trafficking in Peru

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 30 Sep 2015

Mining the heart of the Mother of God: Peru’s gold rush claims more forest

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 4 Aug 2015

Arctic Ocean acidifies, threatening food web and major fisheries

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 14 Jul 2015

Palm oil plantations used to ‘reforest’ parts of Brazil despite being wildlife deserts

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 30 Jun 2015

Big reserve expansion gives tigers a boost in India

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 29 Jun 2015

New bird uncovered in South American conflict region, researchers urge protection

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 28 May 2015

Offshore drilling proposed in Belize’s spectacular marine areas

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 26 May 2015

High pressure: is U.S. policy deterring illegal wood imports?

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 19 May 2015

New mapping project uncovers road networks in Peru’s primary forests

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 13 May 2015

Gov’t officials permitted deforestation in Dominican Republic national park

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 29 Apr 2015

Fracas over Costa Rican shark-fin exports leads American Airlines to stop shipping fins

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 24 Apr 2015

Road rage: scientists denounce $60 trillion infrastructure expansion

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 14 Mar 2015

Even cockroaches have personalities

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 12 Mar 2015

Endangered forests shrink as demand for soy rises

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 10 Mar 2015

One of Brazil’s rarest primates still holds out in single patch of rainforest

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 26 Feb 2015

To collect or not to collect? Experts debate the need for specimens

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 10 Dec 2014

91% of Kenya’s protected areas shrank in 100 years

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 4 Nov 2014

De-protection of Protected Areas ramps up in Brazil, ‘compromises the capacity’ of ecosystems

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 31 Oct 2014

Tigers vs. diamonds: India’s protected areas rampantly downgraded to make room for people, industry

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 29 Oct 2014

How protected are they? Report finds world’s Protected Areas may relax, shrink, even completely disappear

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 28 Oct 2014

The only solution for polar bears: ‘stop the rise in CO2 and other greenhouse gases’

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 8 Oct 2014

As Bolivia plans dramatic agro-expansion, forests may pay the price (PART II)

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 12 Sep 2014

Meet the newest enemy to India’s wildlife

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 11 Sep 2014

Bolivian vice president proposes unprecedented agricultural expansion (PART 1)

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 10 Sep 2014

‘Natural Reserves’ no more: illegal colonists deforest huge portions of Nicaraguan protected areas

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 13 Aug 2014

A paradise being lost: Peru’s most important forests felled for timber, crops, roads, mining

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 12 Aug 2014

Zero-deforestation commitments pose acute challenges for commercial giants in the palm oil industry

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 22 May 2014

Small monkeys take over when big primates have been hunted out in the Amazon

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 21 Apr 2014

Kala: the face of tigers in peril

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 27 Mar 2014

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