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Peru’s new environmental policies: What are they and will they work?

Justin Catanoso 5 Aug 2016

A dangerous, illegal necessity: charcoal reform comes to Virunga

Sophie Mbugua 2 Aug 2016
Shade grown coffee in Nicaragua. Image courtesy ICRAF/World Agroforestry

“Carbon farming” good for the climate, farmers, and biodiversity

Erik Hoffner 28 Jul 2016

China’s coal use has peaked ‘sooner than expected’

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Jul 2016
A mangrove forest in Daintree, Australia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

On World Mangrove Day, 9 things to know about these tough plants

Melati Kaye 26 Jul 2016

Sri Lanka set to become first nation to protect all mangroves

Malavika Vyawahare 26 Jul 2016

Study: Drought impedes tree growth, shuts down Amazon carbon sink

Claire Asher 21 Jul 2016

Some global brands are getting creative to lower their carbon footprints

Mike Gaworecki 20 Jul 2016
Borneo orangutan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesia’s energy, agriculture targets could undermine its climate goals: report

Mongabay.com 16 Jul 2016

NASA images show the Amazon could be facing an intense wildfire season this year

Mike Gaworecki 15 Jul 2016

Warming seas causing massive die-off of Australia’s reef forests

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Jul 2016

Forest conservation can offset emissions from palm oil expansion in Africa: Study

Mike Gaworecki 13 Jul 2016

Western Amazonian and Andean forests don’t follow the ecosystem “rules” — here’s why that’s important

Mike Gaworecki 30 Jun 2016

Canada, Mexico, US announce joint clean energy, climate commitments

Mike Gaworecki 29 Jun 2016

Forest degradation in Brazil can have just as drastic an impact on biodiversity as deforestation

Mike Gaworecki 29 Jun 2016

Researchers forecast extreme displacement of tropical wildlife even under moderate warming scenarios

Mike Gaworecki 23 Jun 2016

“Less meat, less heat:” Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Cameron call for less meat consumption to combat climate change

Mike Gaworecki 21 Jun 2016

Policy makers meet to discuss forest conservation and ‘the future of humanity’

Morgan Erickson-Davis 21 Jun 2016

Widespread coral bleaching event to hit US hard for third straight year

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Jun 2016

Scientists declare first mammal extinction due to climate change

Mike Gaworecki 16 Jun 2016
Illegal forest clearingfor oil palm in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

How is Indonesian president Jokowi doing on environmental issues?

Philip Jacobson 12 Jun 2016

Top 10 stories you should be aware of this World Oceans Day, according to Carl Safina

Mike Gaworecki 8 Jun 2016

Can conservationists overcome their differences to save life on Earth?

Mongabay 7 Jun 2016

Emmylou Harris links climate change to refugee crisis, lends her voice

Justin Catanoso 7 Jun 2016
Greenpeace protesting against a company's palm oil policy. Courtesy of Greenpeace

10 reasons to be optimistic for forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Jun 2016

Rising CO2 is reducing nutritional value of food, impacting ecosystems

Claire Salisbury 1 Jun 2016

Here’s what’s driving deforestation in South America

Mike Gaworecki 31 May 2016

SE Asia’s damaged peat swamps could release 8.7 gigatons of CO2

Loren Bell 31 May 2016

Scientists puzzled by slowing of Atlantic conveyor belt, warn of abrupt climate change

Mike Gaworecki 27 May 2016

An improbable future for Nicaragua’s inter-oceanic canal

Adam Stein, Hector Castaneda, Karen Masters 25 May 2016

Epilogue: Conservation still divided, looking for a way forward

Jeremy Hance 24 May 2016

Saving reef fish from the impacts of a hit film

Mike Gaworecki 23 May 2016

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