Less than 35 Amur leopard remain in the wild
Less than 35 Amur leopard remain in the wild Less than 35 Amur leopard remain in the wild mongabay.com April 19, 2007 A new census shows the world's most endangered…
Could global deforestation fight climate change?
Could global deforestation fight climate change? Could global deforestation fight climate change? Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com April 9, 2007 Forest clearing in temperature regions may cool planet but have other…
Global warming causing disappearance of tundra in Canada
Global warming causing disappearance of tundra in Canada Global warming causing disappearance of tundra in Canada mongabay.com March 5, 2007 Tundra in northern Canada is being replaced at a rapid…
Global warming could cause Canadian forests to absorb more carbon
Global warming could cause Canadian forests to absorb more carbon Global warming could cause Canadian forests to absorb more carbon mongabay.com February 19, 2007 Researchers say they have found links…
Canada pledges $30 million for Great Bear Rainforest
Canada pledges $30 million for Great Bear Rainforest Canada pledges $30 million for Great Bear Rainforest mongabay.com January 22, 2007 Canada announced a $30 million plan to protect the Great…
Forest fires may cool climate
Forest fires may cool climate Forest fires may cool climate mongabay.com November 16, 2006 Boreal forest fires may actually cool climate according to research published in tomorrow's issue of the…
Boreal forests worth $250 billion per year worldwide
Boreal forests worth $250 billion per year worldwide Boreal forests worth $250 billion per year worldwide mongabay.com September 24, 2006 Boreal forests provide services worth $250 billion per year globally…
Carbon in Canada's boreal forest worth $3.7 trillion
Carbon in Canada's boreal forest worth $3.7 trillion Carbon in Canada's boreal forest worth $3.7 trillion Ecosystem services estimated at $93 billion per year Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com November 25,…
Special series
Forest Trackers
- Bolivia’s El Curichi Las Garzas protected area taken over by land-grabbers
- Authorities struggle to protect Bolivian national park from drug-fueled deforestation
- Poverty and plantations: Nigerian reserve struggles against the odds
- Logging, road construction continue to fuel forest loss in Papua New Guinea
Oceans
- Warming seas push India’s fishers into distant, and more dangerous, waters
- No protection from bottom trawling for seamount chain in northern Pacific
- Annual ocean conference raises $11.3b in pledges for marine conservation
- Caribbean startups are turning excess seaweed into an agroecology solution
Amazon Conservation
- Amid record-high fires across the Amazon, Brazil loses primary forests
- A web of front people conceals environmental offenders in the Amazon
- Brazil boosts protection of Amazon mangroves with new reserves in Pará state
- Cross-border Indigenous efforts in Peru & Brazil aim to protect isolated groups
Land rights and extractives
- Hyundai ends aluminum deal with Adaro Minerals following K-pop protest
- Brazil’s illegal gold trade takes a hammering, but persists underground
- Maluku bone collector unearths troubling consequence of coastal abrasion
- New FPIC guide designed to help protect Indigenous rights as mineral mining booms
Endangered Environmentalists
- Indonesian activists face jail over FB posts flagging damage to marine park
- Vietnamese environmentalist sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax evasion
- Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights
- Video: Five Tembé Indigenous activists shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- Fenced in by Sulawesi national park, Indigenous women make forestry breakout
- In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew
- Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo
- After 20 years and thousands of trees planted, Kalimantan’s veteran forester persists
Conservation Effectiveness
- The conservation sector must communicate better (commentary)
- Thailand tries nature-based water management to adapt to climate change
- Forest restoration to boost biomass doesn’t have to sacrifice tree diversity
- How scientists and a community are bringing a Bornean river corridor back to life
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Study: Indonesia’s new capital city threatens stable proboscis monkey population
- Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri
- Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules
- To build its ‘green’ capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest
