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Let’s take the fight to social media giants and protect endangered monkeys and apes (commentary)

Gregg Tully 20 Feb 2020

When disinformation is a bigger threat than the coronavirus (commentary)

Nalaka Gunawardene 18 Feb 2020

Extinction of a megafish: Can this spark action to save other migratory freshwater species? (commentary)

William Darwall 14 Feb 2020

In Borneo, building a nest box — and a future for conservation (commentary)

Christina Imrich 10 Feb 2020

Upset about Amazon fires last year? Focus on deforestation this year (commentary)

Matt Finer 4 Feb 2020

Wise use and wetlands: Why we need to nurture nature (commentary)

Matthew McCartney, Chris Dickens 31 Jan 2020

A new dawn: The story of deforestation in the next decade must be different to the last (commentary)

Bastien Sachet 16 Jan 2020

Ten actions for Brazilian scientists to engage in environmental politics (commentary)

Ananda R. Pereira Martins, Lucas Pereira Martins, Leila Figueiredo 10 Jan 2020

Brazil knows how to fight Amazon deforestation: Monitoring and law enforcement must be strengthened (commentary)

Juliano Assunção, Clarissa Gandour 30 Dec 2019
Bamboo lemur in Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Global consumer demands fuel the extinction crisis facing the world’s primates

Alejandro Estrada, Paul A. Garber 29 Dec 2019

2019’s top 10 ocean news stories (commentary)

Emma Critchley, Douglas McCauley 25 Dec 2019

The role of sustainable finance in Forest Landscape Restoration (commentary)

Ruben Coppus 17 Dec 2019

It’s time for Climate Bonds Initiative to scrap its hydro certification scheme (commentary)

Josh Klemm 10 Dec 2019

A celebratory kind of revolution: Peruvian villagers hold a bird festival (commentary)

Brian Landever, Fufkin Vollmayer 9 Dec 2019

As hurricane season ends, now is the time to take local action to rebuild and recover (commentary)

Katie Arkema 3 Dec 2019

How cities can lead the fight against climate change using urban forestry and trees (commentary)

Chad Papa, Lauren Cooper 27 Nov 2019

Why you should care about the current wave of mass extinctions (commentary)

Gianluca Serra 25 Nov 2019
PORTO VELHO, RONDÔNIA, BRAZIL. Aerial view of burned areas in the Amazon rainforest, in the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia state. (Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace)

Brazil’s new deforestation numbers confirm the “Bolsonaro Effect” despite denials (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 20 Nov 2019

In a season of wildfire, three strategies that work (commentary)

Katie Jung 18 Nov 2019
Baobab tree amid rice paddies outside Morondava. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Mongabay at 20: Two decades of news and inspiration from nature’s frontline (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2019
Researchers examining fungi in China. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Failure Factors: Sometimes the most important thing to know is what did not go as planned (commentary)

David Wilkie, Kara Stevens, Richard Margoluis 13 Nov 2019
Hill Myna, Gracula religiosa, for sale in a bird market, Java, Indonesia. photo credit: Gabby Salazar

Mischaracterizing the conservation benefits of trade (commentary)

Brett R. Scheffers, Brunno F. Oliveira, Ieuan Lamb, David P. Edwards 8 Nov 2019

Enough is too much: The growing case for investors to drop Golden Agri-Resources (commentary)

Jeff Conant, Gaurav Madan 31 Oct 2019

Holding social media companies accountable for facilitating illegal wildlife trade (commentary)

Daniel Stiles 25 Oct 2019

Avoiding climate apartheid in East Africa (commentary)

Andrew Bogrand 21 Oct 2019

Modern farms need both high- and low-tech farming practices (commentary)

Juan Minvielle 16 Oct 2019

Misuse of wildlife trade data jeopardizes efforts to protect species and combat trafficking (commentary)

Jonathan Kolby 15 Oct 2019
Gold and sand mining near Mandor, West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

The unrecognized cost of Indonesia’s fires (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Oct 2019

Finally, Latin America is tackling wildlife trafficking (commentary)

Susan Lieberman 2 Oct 2019

Fires still being set in blazing Bolivia (commentary)

Claire Wordley 1 Oct 2019

Cheetahs, CITES, and illegal trade: Are consumer countries doing enough? (commentary)

Sarah Durant 30 Sep 2019

The sink and the safeguard: Benefits of protecting and restoring intact forests for people and planet (commentary)

Lauren E. Oakes 25 Sep 2019

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