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Ailton Krenak

It’s not the end, we have several possible futures: Interview with Indigenous author Ailton Krenak

Jaqueline Sordi 30 Jul 2024

Reconciling conservation agriculture and agroforestry for sustainability

Timothy J. Killeen 13 Mar 2024

A particular agrarian reform process in Peru | Chapter 4 of “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon”

Timothy J. Killeen 8 Feb 2024
A bear with its salmon catch.

New guidebook supports U.S. tribal nations in adopting rights-of-nature laws

Liz Kimbrough 8 Feb 2024
A storm in the Bolivian Chaco.

A coalition created by a demand for land is splintered by a competition for territory | Chapter 4 of “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon”

Timothy J. Killeen 1 Feb 2024
Wetlands in the San Miguelito area, Bolivia.

How Bolivia pioneered agrarian reform in South America

Timothy J. Killeen 31 Jan 2024

INCRA as a regulatory agency | Chapter 4 of “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon”

Timothy J. Killeen 25 Jan 2024

The dynamics of violence in pursuit of land in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 17 Jan 2024

10 notable books on conservation and the environment published in 2023

John Cannon 20 Dec 2023
Wolf. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Wolves through the ages: A journey of coexistence, conflict, and conservation

Rhett A. Butler 11 Dec 2023

Cultivation and processing of Amazonian coffees

Timothy J. Killeen 28 Nov 2023

Infrastructure in the Pan Amazon: Public-private partnerships

Timothy J. Killeen 27 Sep 2023

Infrastructure in the Pan Amazon: Railroad development

Timothy J. Killeen 21 Sep 2023

Current policy approaches in the Amazon: certainly necessary, but are they sufficient?

Timothy J. Killeen 13 Jul 2023

The challenge of the future (and lessons from the recent past) in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 12 Jul 2023
Dickie holds a polar bear skull in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

‘We will decide their future’: Q&A with “pro-bear” environmental journalist Gloria Dickie

Jeremy Hance 11 Jul 2023

A wild life studying the Amazon: Q&A with author Tim Killeen

Mongabay Latam 24 May 2023

Book: A perfect storm in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 23 May 2023
Sumatran rhinos

‘I’m not distressed, I’m just pissed off’: Q&A with Sumatran rhino expert John Payne

Jeremy Hance 11 May 2023
Farah Obaidullah holds a fish on a fishing boat.

Bringing the ocean’s vast ‘awesomeness’ to light: Q&A with Farah Obaidullah

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Apr 2023

When a red snapper is more than just a fish: Q&A fisheries scientist Elle Wibisono

Basten Gokkon 22 Mar 2023
Community-based fire prevention and peatland restoration program in Indonesia.

Young Indonesian climate leaders demand safe future in new book

Warief Djajanto Basorie 6 Mar 2023
Gotu kola image by Shahidul Hasan Roman via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

‘War with weeds’ lacks ecological understanding and empathy (commentary)

Nimal Chandrasena 1 Feb 2023
A hummingbird hawk-moth

10 notable books on conservation and the environment published in 2022

John Cannon 23 Dec 2022
Millet harvest in the Nyando climate-smart villages.

Breaking free from photosynthesis: Will high-tech foods save nature?

Sue Branford 11 Nov 2022

Tuning in to the world of nonhuman sound: Q&A with author Karen Bakker

John Cannon 18 Oct 2022
A flower and a bee

Examining cooperation in nature: Q&A with author Kristin Ohlson

John Cannon 23 Sep 2022
A cattle herder in a cattle camp

Debunking the colonial myth of the ‘African Eden’: Q&A with author Guillaume Blanc

Malavika Vyawahare 23 Sep 2022
A Sherpa with a yak at the base camp of Sagarmatha.

‘Sherpas’ real stories are seldom written’: Q&A with authors Ankit Babu Adhikari & Pradeep Bashyal

Abhaya Raj Joshi 9 Aug 2022
A handful of peanuts.

Book Review: ‘Slaves for Peanuts’ gets to the troubling roots of a beloved snack

Malavika Vyawahare 23 Jun 2022
Manta rays with reef fish.

‘Tendrils of hope’ for the ocean: Q&A with conservationist Charles Clover

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 8 Jun 2022

‘Why sharks matter’: Q&A with author and shark biologist David Shiffman

John Cannon 2 Jun 2022

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