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US urban areas are losing 36 million trees every year, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 25 Apr 2018

Cities need forests too: A call for forests amid our concrete jungles (commentary)

Alistair Monument 21 Mar 2018

Leopards could reduce rabies by controlling stray dog numbers in India, study finds

Mongabay.com 21 Mar 2018
A Sierra Madre Sparrow inside Mexico City’s Water Forest. Photo courtesy Ulises Martínez, Grupo de Monitoreo Biológico de Milpa Alta.

Mexico City dwellers shoulder future of their urban ‘Water Forest’

Christine MacDonald 6 Mar 2018
Arley Estupiñan walks towards his house at night. Photo by Ana Cristina Vallejo with permission.

The uncertain future of Bogotá’s shantytowns

Maximo Anderson 16 Nov 2017

Jakarta reclamation project allowed to resume, but opposition remains

Basten Gokkon 18 Oct 2017

Trees provide ecosystem services worth $500 million to the world’s megacities

Mike Gaworecki 7 Sep 2017

Urban heat island effect could more than double climate costs for cities

Mike Gaworecki 13 Jun 2017

Not out of the woods: Concerns remain with Nigerian superhighway

John Cannon 26 May 2017

On the road to ‘smart development’

John Cannon 25 May 2017

Over the bridge: The battle for the future of the Kinabatangan

John Cannon 3 May 2017

Successful forest protection in DRC hinges on community participation

John Cannon 12 Mar 2017

Scrapping Nigerian superhighway buffer isn’t enough, say conservation groups

John Cannon 22 Feb 2017

Bright lights, big city, tiny frog: Romer’s tree frog survives Hong Kong

Asher Elbein 3 Feb 2017

Battle for the Amazon: As Sinop grew, the Amazon rainforest faded away

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 1 Feb 2017

Land-use change and management failures in China lead to significant amounts of carbon emissions: Study

Mike Gaworecki 23 Nov 2016

Controversial Jakarta land reclamation project gets legal go-ahead

Mongabay Indonesia 9 Nov 2016

Can nature thrive in cities? New book looks at changing face of nature in Bangalore

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Jul 2016

To stop the Zika virus from spreading in Brazil, specialists call for an ‘environmental revolution’

Carolina Torres 18 Feb 2016

Jakarta governor proposes lighter environmental permitting

Melati Kaye 15 Feb 2016

Are animals adapting to cities faster than we think?

Sean Mowbray 13 Nov 2015

Lima to restore pre-Incan aqueducts to alleviate its water crisis

Ariel Mark 16 Apr 2015

India, not China, has the world’s worst urban air pollution

Jeremy Hance 12 May 2014

Life finds a way: the surprising biodiversity of cities

Nika Levikov 11 Apr 2014

Can the millions in urban India live among greenery?

Sandhya Sekar 6 Mar 2014

Bay Area pledges to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050

Jeremy Hance 11 Nov 2013

Journey to the Edge of Eden: the struggle to preserve Southwest Florida

Gabriel Thoumi 5 Aug 2013

New York City may mandate composting of food scraps to cut garbage bill

Suzanne Goldenberg 18 Jun 2013

Greener neighborhoods have less violent crime

Jeremy Hance 4 Apr 2013

Carbon Management in the Built Environment – book review

Gabriel Thoumi 2 Apr 2013

Cute koalas have become ‘urban refugees’

Jeremy Hance 28 Jan 2013

Energizing Sustainable Cities: Assessing Urban Energy – book review

Gabriel Thoumi 28 Jan 2013

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