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125M ha of degraded lands identified for forest-friendly agricultural expansion

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Dec 2014

Puerto Rico’s only native toad bounces back from edge of extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Dec 2014

Impacts of deforestation on Amazonian river ecosystems could be far-reaching

Mike Gaworecki 18 Dec 2014

Saving the world’s rarest primate: can it be done?

Apoorva Joshi 17 Dec 2014

Deforestation taking toll on nesting birds in Cameroon

Ariel Mark 17 Dec 2014

New mapping technique sheds light on dry forests

Sandhya Sekar 16 Dec 2014

Gibbon species pushed towards extinction as island loses its trees

Apoorva Joshi 15 Dec 2014

Indigenous communities ‘among the very few best protectors’ of Peruvian Amazon

John Cannon 12 Dec 2014

Bamboo could help fight global warming

Julian Moll-rocek 11 Dec 2014

New pit viper discovered in Sumatra

Santiago Sáez Moreno 10 Dec 2014

Huge swath of forest in Indonesian Borneo slated for clearing by ‘sustainable’ company

Ethan Harfenist 10 Dec 2014

Relief for Kenya’s rare coastal forest

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Dec 2014

How an indigenous community in Ecuador stood up to big oil – and won

Julian Moll-rocek 5 Dec 2014

Tradeoff: Sabah banks on palm oil to boost forest protection

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2014

Tradeoff: Sabah banks on palm oil to boost forest protection

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2014

New endangered bird species discovered in Brazil

Mike Gaworecki 4 Dec 2014

Deforestation jumps in Peru

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2014

New survey finds surprisingly large population of endangered owl

Jeremy Hance 3 Dec 2014

Embattled palm oil giant announces sustainability policy, but fails to win over critics

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2014

Chinese logging company takes over Guyana’s forests

John Cannon 26 Nov 2014

Meet the world’s rarest chameleon: Chapman’s pygmy

Jeremy Hance 25 Nov 2014

Saving Myanmar’s red pandas by protecting land, educating people

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Nov 2014

Scientists capture first-ever footage of wild red pandas in Myanmar (VIDEO)

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Nov 2014

Developing land without approval of local people ‘a human rights issue of grave concern,’ says new report

Dr Liz Kimbrough 20 Nov 2014

Conflict-fueled deforestation, poaching in Assam continue despite truce

Sandhya Sekar 19 Nov 2014

Palm oil interest surges in Papua New Guinea

John Cannon 19 Nov 2014

Man plants forest, becomes film star

Apoorva Joshi 14 Nov 2014

One man plants forest larger than Central Park

Apoorva Joshi 13 Nov 2014

Mapping mistake leaves wildlife at risk

Morgan Erickson-Davis 12 Nov 2014

Only place where rhinos, tigers, elephants, and orangutans coexist is under threat

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Nov 2014

‘Militarized occupation’: local communities pay the price for palm oil

John Cannon 11 Nov 2014

New laws may turn Brazil’s forests into mines

Morgan Erickson-Davis 7 Nov 2014

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