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Wildlife off the coast of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, in 2015. Image by Enric Sala.

Ocean protection scheme can yield ‘triple benefits’ study says

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 26 Mar 2021

Can ‘Slow Food’ save Brazil’s fast-vanishing Cerrado savanna?

Sharon Guynup 25 Mar 2021
Indonesian New Guinea is home to species like this Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita). Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Oil palm growers’ misdeeds allow an opportunity to save West Papua’s forests

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Mar 2021

Oceans helped absorb our CFCs. They’re now going to emit them back out

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 22 Mar 2021

Dutch to limit forest biomass subsidies, possibly signaling EU sea change

Justin Catanoso 9 Mar 2021

Big dream: NGO leads in creating 1,615-mile Amazon-Cerrado river greenbelt

Jenny Gonzales 17 Feb 2021

Wasting away: Sea urchins suffer deformities from plastic chemicals

Claire Wordley 17 Feb 2021

500+ experts call on world’s nations to not burn forests to make energy

Justin Catanoso 15 Feb 2021

‘What’s at stake is the life of every being’: Saving the Brazilian Cerrado

Peter Yeung 11 Feb 2021

Will new US EPA head continue his opposition to burning forests for energy?

Justin Catanoso 4 Feb 2021

New study warns that sea levels will rise faster than expected

Mongabay.com 2 Feb 2021
Cyclists with firewood on the road from Kisangani to Masako village, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image by Ollivier Girard/CIFOR (CC BY-NC-ND-2.0)

Ambitious return to carbon markets to conserve Africa’s forests

Mongabay 28 Jan 2021

Amazon is on the brink of turning into a carbon source, study warns

Mongabay.com 25 Jan 2021
Rainforest tree with magenta flowers

Critical temperature threshold spells shorter lives for tropical trees

Liz Kimbrough 22 Dec 2020

New rule puts Indonesia’s protected forests up for grabs for agribusiness

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Nov 2020

Madagascar shuts down ‘illegal’ gold mine but activists remain in legal limbo

Edward Carver 21 Oct 2020

Hotter tropics may worsen climate change, reforestation could lessen it: Studies

Taran Volckhausen 2 Oct 2020

‘Off the chart’: CO2 from California fires dwarf state’s fossil fuel emissions

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 18 Sep 2020
Image by ilustrativa/John Lambeth/Pexels

For European chemical giants, Brazil is an open market for toxic pesticides banned at home

Pedro Grigori - Agência Pública / Repórter Brasil 10 Sep 2020
Deforestation in Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Experts question integrity of Indonesia’s claim of avoided deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Sep 2020

Mercury from gold mining contaminates Amazon communities’ staple fish

Fernanda Wenzel 3 Sep 2020

Paper giant APP linked to Indonesia peat clearing despite sustainability vow

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Sep 2020

Are forests the new coal? Global alarm sounds as biomass burning surges

Justin Catanoso 31 Aug 2020

Brazil green recovery plan could boost economy, add jobs, cut emissions: Report

Shanna Hanbury 27 Aug 2020

In the Scottish moorlands, plots planted with trees stored less carbon than untouched lands: Study

Liz Kimbrough 18 Aug 2020

Amazon gold mining wipes out rainforest regeneration for years: Study

Taran Volckhausen 4 Aug 2020

Burning down the house? Enviva’s giant U.S. wood pellet plants gear up

Saul Elbein 29 Jul 2020

The U.N.’s grand plan to save forests hasn’t worked, but some still believe it can

CJ Clouse 14 Jul 2020

COVID-19 may worsen burning and haze as Indonesia enters dry season

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Jul 2020

Gold priced at $1,700 per ounce brings new gold rush to Brazilian Amazon

Fábio Nascimento (photos), Gustavo Faleiros 1 Jul 2020

China and EU appetite for soy drives Brazilian deforestation, climate change: Study

Chris Arsenault 23 Jun 2020

British Columbia poised to lose ‘white rhino of old growth forests’

Justin Catanoso 22 Jun 2020

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