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Global migratory freshwater fish populations plummet by 81%: Report

Liz Kimbrough 8 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
Earth from the International Space Station, showing nighttime lights over Japan on November 6, 2017. The lights are concentrated around three of the country’s major cities: Tokyo (top), Nagoya (middle), and Osaka (bottom). Image courtesy of NASA.

‘Not the End of the World’ book assumptions & omissions spark debate

Mike DiGirolamo, Rachel Donald 16 Jan 2024
Ruous-necked hornbill by Bjorn Olesen

[Photos] New book is a stunning glimpse of Asia’s wildlife and landscapes

Carolyn Cowan 12 Jan 2024

10 notable books on conservation and the environment published in 2023

John Cannon 20 Dec 2023
A ranger planting a tree.

Wild by nature: Ecological restoration brings humanity and biodiversity together

Mike DiGirolamo, Rachel Donald 12 Dec 2023
Wolf. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

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

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Dec 2023

Cultivation and processing of Amazonian coffees

Timothy J. Killeen 28 Nov 2023

Barely making it: A conversation with ‘Eight Bears’ author Gloria Dickie

Mike DiGirolamo 27 Sep 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
A wildlife crossing over Highway 1 in Israel. Image by Hagai Agmon-Snir via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Can ‘road ecology’ save millions of animals?

Mike DiGirolamo 19 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
A Sumatran rhinoceros in Indonesia. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

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

Jeremy Hance 11 May 2023
Mekong giant catfish

‘Chasing giants’: Q&A with megafish biologist and author Zeb Hogan

Carolyn Cowan 9 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

Goodbye to blue skies? The trouble with engineered solutions

Mike DiGirolamo 21 Feb 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

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