Eco-friendly shade-grown coffee buffers farmers against climate change
Eco-friendly shade-grown coffee buffers farmers against climate change Eco-friendly shade-grown coffee buffers farmers against climate change mongabay.com October 3, 2008
Pre-Colombian Amazonians lived in sustainable ‘urban’ society
Ancient Amazon tribes lived in sustainable "garden cities", argues new research Researchers have uncovered new evidence to support the controversial theory that parts of the Amazon were home to dense…
Defaunation, like deforestation, threatens global biodiversity
Defaunation, like deforestation, threatens global biodiversity Defaunation, like deforestation, threatens global biodiversity: Interview with Rodolfo Dirzo, ecologist at Stanford University> Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com May 20, 2008 Loss of wildlife…
Carbon credits for forest conservation concept faces challenges
Carbon for forest conservation concept faces challenges but offers big payoff Carbon credits for forest conservation concept faces challenges But initiative could save forests and alleviate rural poverty: An interview…
Can remittances and globalization help the environment?
Can remittances and globalization help the environment? Can remittances and globalization help the environment? Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com September 6, 2007 Globalization and other economic trends appear to be helping…
Coffee plantations may preserve tropical bird species
Coffee plantations may preserve some bird species in Costa Rica Coffee plantations may preserve some bird species in Costa Rica Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com June 18, 2007 Agricultural areas offer…
Globalization could save the Amazon rainforest
Globalization could save the Amazon rainforest An interview with Dr. Daniel Nepstad: Amazon rainforest at a tipping point But globalization could help save it Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com June 4,…
Special series
Endangered environmentalists
- Peru: Invaders claim their first victim at the Macuya Forest Investigation Center
- Forests and forest communities critical to climate change solutions
- Environmental defenders in Peru’s Madre de Dios face double jeopardy
Indonesias forest guardians
- Indigenous Iban community defends rainforests, but awaits lands rights recognition
- On the island of Java, a social forestry scheme creates jobs at home
- In Indonesia, bigger catches for a fishing village protecting its mangroves
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
- Is the rhino horn trade a cartel? Economic analysis suggests it works like one
- Indonesia agrees to attempt Sumatran rhino IVF with eggs from Malaysia
- When it comes to captive breeding, not all Sumatran rhinos are equal
