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Research points to low forensic capacity to tackle timber fraud in U.S.

John Cannon 4 Nov 2019

Venezuelan crisis: Caring for priceless botanical treasures in a failed state

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 31 Jul 2019
Intact rainforest in Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Building a global inventory of plants: Q&A with botanist Patrick Weigelt

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Jul 2019
The sun rises over Kutupalong, the world's largest settlement built on cleared forest land. Photo by Kaamil Ahmed/Mongabay.

Regreening a barren Rohingya refugee camp on Myanmar’s border

Kaamil Ahmed 11 Jun 2019
Students of Bole Gerji Primary and Secondary school in Addis Ababa planting trees that they received from the botanical garden as part of its ‘Model Gardening’ Project. Image courtesy Gullele Botanical Garden.

In Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa, Gullele Botanical Garden captivates city dwellers

Maheder Haileselassie Tadese 3 Jun 2019
Handroanthus guayacan tree in full bloom.

Tropical trees grow most easily where they are rare

Tom Garlinghouse 3 Dec 2018
Germinating seeds in the seed bank. Photo by Ignacio Amigo/Mongabay

Brazil’s plant biodiversity still not fully present in its seed banks

Ignacio Amigo 25 Jul 2018
Each dry season, members of the community group VOI Sohisika try to keep brush fires at bay with controlled burns that run along firebreaks on the perimeter of the preserve. Photo courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden.

How small is too small? The uncertain fate of Madagascar’s forest fragments

Rowan Moore Gerety 18 Oct 2017

‘Revolutionary’ new biodiversity maps reveal big gaps in conservation

John Cannon 27 Jan 2017
Amone Ayesa collects wood in the Entoto forest outside of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo by Maheder Haileselassie Tadese

The people of Ethiopia’s forests

Maheder Haileselassie Tadese 15 Nov 2016
Rainforest emergent tree in Borneo.

Tropics’ tallest tree found in Malaysia

Mongabay.com 12 Jun 2016

Cunning carnivorous plants catch more prey by letting some go

Loren Bell 25 Feb 2015

Next big idea in forest conservation? DNA fingerprinting trees to stem illegal logging

Dr Liz Kimbrough 21 Aug 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Applying genomics to conservation issues

Dr Liz Kimbrough 21 Feb 2014

Amazon’s vast rainforest dominated by few tree species

Patricia Waldron 12 Nov 2013

Characteristics of nutmeg family explored

Mongabay.com 11 Nov 2013

Plants re-grow after five centuries under the ice

Tanya Dimitrova 27 May 2013

Botanists discover cave-dwelling plant

Alex Hatheway 7 Jan 2013

Struggling to conserve seed biodiversity: the gaps and wisdom in current research

Emily Eggleston 18 Jul 2012

Climate change to favor trees over grasses in Africa

Tyler Lark 29 Jun 2012

How fruit defines Borneo

Janie Dubman 1 Aug 2011

Alien plants invade Nigerian protected ‘gene bank’

Jeremy Hance 28 Mar 2011

Botanist killed in crossfire in Philippines

Jeremy Hance 17 Nov 2010

Losing nature’s medicine cabinet

Jeremy Hance 4 Oct 2010

Mass extinction fears widen: 22 percent of world’s plants endangered

Jeremy Hance 28 Sep 2010

Menanam Pohon Ara dapat Selamatkan Spesies Terancam di Borneo

Oleh Jeremy Hance 1 Jul 2010

Planting figs could save endangered species in Borneo

Jeremy Hance 28 Jun 2010

Ketika alam selamatkan nyawa Anda

Tulisan Oleh Carolyn Langlie-lesnik 21 Jun 2010

When nature saves your life

Carolyn Langlie-lesnik 14 Jun 2010

Women in Bangladesh help biodiversity with homegardens

Jeremy Hance 29 Mar 2010

Local vegetation can point to the consequences of climate change, Israeli scientists say after extensive studies

Ido Liven 23 Feb 2010

New tree species discovered in Guyana is rich source of oil

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Dec 2009

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