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Beef consumers’ role in causing deforestation in South America (commentary)

Asha Sharma 13 Sep 2016

Indigenous peoples demand protection of sacred sites at World Conservation Congress

Aura Tegría 7 Sep 2016

In search of a lost species: the Santa Marta Toro

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Aug 2016
Red passion vine flower in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Heavy toll for green and indigenous activists among Colombian killings

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 15 Jul 2016

New orchid discovered in Colombia is critically endangered

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Jul 2016

New tarantula named after Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Jul 2016
Red-eyed tree frog. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

The top 10 most biodiverse countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 May 2016

Indigenous and forest community leaders tour the EU to call for conflict-free palm oil

Mike Gaworecki 4 May 2016

Participatory Mapping in the Mobile Age

Nathan Hahn 6 Apr 2016

New law banning mining in Colombia’s moorlands could draw its first lawsuit

Ruxandra Guidi 15 Mar 2016

Award-winning Colombian film, “The Embrace of the Serpent”, is not sitting well with a local indigenous community

Ruxandra Guidi 1 Mar 2016

Can privatization save parks?

Josh Davis 26 Feb 2016

Colombia bans mining in its moorlands

Ruxandra Guidi 11 Feb 2016

Colombia’s palm oil boom marred by bloody past and violent present

Greg Norman 5 Jan 2016

The year in rainforests: 2015

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Dec 2015

Creating a commons: sustainable fishing and hunting in the Colombian Amazon

David Barton Bray 23 Dec 2015

Norway extends forest conservation initiative

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Dec 2015

Deforestation in Colombia up nearly 20 percent last year, but down in the Colombian Amazon

Mike Gaworecki 26 Nov 2015

Farmed and legally exported Colombian poison frogs take on the illegal pet trade

John-Rob Pool 18 Nov 2015

Three Amazon nations, three approaches to reducing deforestation

Julian Smith 22 Oct 2015

New study argues ‘land sparing’ is better for the birds

Jeremy Hance 12 Oct 2015
Map of historic deforestation in the Amazon rainforest since 1970

Deforestation declines in the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Oct 2015

New reserves in Colombia protect endangered species in a ‘Pleistocene refuge’

Mike Gaworecki 1 Oct 2015

2015 Equator Prize winners span 19 countries

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2015
Red howler monkey, Colombia. Photo by Rhett Butler for Mongabay.

Climate change causing big shifts in tropical forests

Apoorva Joshi 3 Sep 2015

A tiny new catfish for the Amazon Basin

Neelam Pereira 3 Sep 2015

Indigenous miners, leaders under threat in Colombia following killing

Sandra Cuffe 10 Aug 2015

Colombian reserve gets big expansion

Apoorva Joshi 10 Jul 2015

Norway, Colombia target partnership to save rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jun 2015

New fund helps groups buy land quickly to protect threatened wildlife

Mike Gaworecki 9 Jun 2015

New bird uncovered in South American conflict region, researchers urge protection

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 28 May 2015

What’s the current deforestation rate in the Amazon rainforest?

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 May 2015

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