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Madagascar asks CITES to regulate rosewood and ebony

Forest carbon projects rake in $178 million in 2010

Kenya should embrace living with nature as the model for a healthier, wealthier nation

Restoring tropical forests by keeping fire far away

Dam puts wild coffee species at risk of extinction

Nobel laureate and Green Belt Movement founder Wangari Maathai dead at 71

Activists worldwide push for leaving the fossil fuel age behind

Loango National Park lodge to re-open

Scientists confirm ancient Egyptian knowledge: Nile crocodile is two species

Converting rainforest to cropland in Africa reduces rainfall

Famine in Africa: Can Reforestation Improve Food Security?

Palm oil, poverty, and conservation collide in Cameroon

Children on the frontlines: the e-waste epidemic in Africa

Animal picture of the day: giraffe spots

Controversial study finds intensive farming partnered with strict protected areas is best for biodiversity

Busted: 1,835 elephant tusks confiscated in two seizures connected by Malaysia

One of world’s rarest cats caught on video for the first time

Photos: World Food Program works to save lives in East Africa famine

Leopards losing out to bushmeat hunters in competition for prey

National parks do not contribute to poverty, finds decade-long study

Innovative program saves wildlife, protects forests, and fights poverty in Africa

Uganda resurrects plan to hand over protected forest to sugar company

Protected areas that allow local use better at reining in tropical deforestation

Cameratraps take global snapshot of declining tropical mammals

Shell spills over 50,000 gallons of oil off Scotland

Picture of the day: African costume you can’t miss

Animal picture of the day: ninja lemurs

The glass is half-full: conservation has made a difference

Congo to ‘reforest’ with plantations across one million hectares

Featured video: Trouble in Lemur Land

Oil horror in Nigeria: 30 years, one billion dollars to clean-up

Little-known animal picture of the day: the velvet asity

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