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Conservation conflicting with local ways of life in Mexican reserve

Anna Ikarashi 23 Dec 2014

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2014

Rhett A. Butler, Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Dec 2014

Ocelots live in super densities on Barro Colorado Island

Jeremy Hance 18 Dec 2014

New poison dart frog needs immediate conservation plan

Brittany Stewart 15 Dec 2014

New film highlights local resistance to Nicaragua’s canal

Jeremy Hance 11 Dec 2014

Initiative to restore 50M acres of degraded Latin American ecosystems by 2020

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Dec 2014

Is the Gran Canal really a ‘big Christmas present’ for Nicaraguans?

Jeremy Hance 4 Dec 2014

Surprising reasons to be optimistic about saving forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2014

Leaf bacteria are important to tree health, may help forests adapt to climate change

Anna Ikarashi 13 Nov 2014

Indigenous uprising earned tribe territories, but greatest challenges lie ahead

Roberto (bear) Guerra - Special Reporting Initiative Fellow 6 Nov 2014

Between the Forest and the Sea: The Yarsuisuit Collective – Part II

Roberto (bear) Guerra - Special Reporting Initiative Fellow 31 Oct 2014

Between the forest and the sea: life and climate change in Guna Yala – Part I

Roberto (bear) Guerra - Special Reporting Initiative Fellow 27 Oct 2014

Scientific association calls on Nicaragua to scrap its Gran Canal

Jeremy Hance 27 Oct 2014

Balu Wala, or the Kuna ‘good life’: how one indigenous tribe is passing on its traditions (photos)

Ruxandra Guidi 3 Oct 2014

What makes the jaguar the ultimate survivor? New books highlights mega-predator’s remarkable past and precarious future

Jeremy Hance 2 Oct 2014

Reintroduction program ups Mexico’s scarlet macaw population by 34 percent in one year

Morgan Erickson-Davis 25 Sep 2014

Four countries pledge to restore 30 million hectares of degraded lands at UN Summit

Jeremy Hance 25 Sep 2014

Fragmented forests hurt some bat species, may benefit others

Anna Ikarashi 23 Sep 2014

REDD+ versus indigenous people? Why a tribe in Panama rejected pay for their carbon-rich forests

Ruxandra Guidi - Mongabay.org Special Reporting Initiative Fellow 4 Sep 2014

The Gran Canal: will Nicaragua’s big bet create prosperity or environmental ruin?

Jeremy Hance 27 Aug 2014

Challenging the ‘tragedy of the commons’: new documentary explores how humans and nature can coexist (VIDEO)

Julian Moll-rocek 20 Aug 2014

‘Natural Reserves’ no more: illegal colonists deforest huge portions of Nicaraguan protected areas

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 13 Aug 2014

An untapped resource: new study finds local people may trump scientists at biodiversity surveys

Shayna Wilson 12 Aug 2014

The 90 Percent Diet: reducing our environmental impact by eating less meat

Elizabeth Devitt 7 Aug 2014

True stewards: new report says local communities key to saving forests, curbing global warming

Morgan Erickson-Davis 24 Jul 2014

Attack of the killer vines: lianas taking over forests in Panama

Jose Hong 14 Jul 2014

Downturn in shade-grown coffee putting forests, wildlife, people at risk

Nika Levikov 11 Jul 2014

‘Exciting implications’ for conservation: new technology brings the lab to the field

Morgan Erickson-Davis 26 Jun 2014

Guatemala establishes new reserve for endangered animals

Mongabay.com 4 Jun 2014

Olinguito, tinkerbell, and a dragon: meet the top 10 new species of 2013

Jeremy Hance 22 May 2014

The matrix matters: scientists find surprising biodiversity between forests

Andrew Mann 20 May 2014

Connecting forests, saving species: conservation group plans extensive wildlife corridor in Panama

Elizabeth Devitt 16 May 2014

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