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A sociological approach to global biodiversity loss (commentary)

Jordan Fox Besek 18 Jan 2019

How wasps saved Asia’s forests (commentary)

Douglas Sheil, Anne Johnson, Louis Reymondin, Alice C. Hughes 16 Jan 2019

Palm oil companies continue to criminalize farmers in Sumatra (commentary)

Gaurav Madan 14 Jan 2019
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Image by Christopher Brunner/ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0).

2018’s top 10 ocean news stories (commentary)

Douglas McCauley, Francis Joyce 24 Dec 2018

The long journey to saving the Sumatran rhino, via Borneo (commentary)

Haerudin R. Sadjudin 20 Dec 2018

The global community should address environmental issues as human rights issues (commentary)

Dr. David Ganz, Jeffrey Williamson 18 Dec 2018

Global agreement on ‘conserved areas’ marks new era of conservation (commentary)

Harry D. Jonas, Holly C. Jonas 13 Dec 2018

Tropical forest conservation in the Bolsonaro era (commentary)

Dan Nepstad, João Shimada, Oswaldo Carvalho Jr. 6 Dec 2018

Climate’s last stand: Why Extinction Rebellion protesters are breaking the law (commentary)

Claire Wordley 6 Dec 2018

The nature of conservation evidence: Imperfect, but good enough (commentary)

David Wilkie, Michael Painter 4 Dec 2018

It’s time to strengthen the macroecology–conservation practice interface (commentary)

Giovanni Rapacciuolo 29 Nov 2018

A living planet begins with thriving forests (commentary)

Alistair Monument 27 Nov 2018

New dam set to spoil Sumatran wonderland (commentary)

Gregory McCann, Haray Sampurna Munthe 20 Nov 2018

Could Brazil be on verge of one of world’s biggest conservation agreements? (commentary)

David Cleary 19 Nov 2018

California’s misguided plan to ‘save’ tropical forests (commentary)

Tom Goldtooth, Michelle Chan 16 Nov 2018

California’s Tropical Forest Standard could be the state’s most important climate action (commentary)

Steve Schwartzman, Christina McCain 14 Nov 2018

The ongoing trade in conflict timber (commentary)

Arthur Blundell, Jade Saunders 6 Nov 2018

Chainsaw Massacre: Protected areas in danger in Brazil’s state of Rondônia (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside, Paulo Vilela Cruz 31 Oct 2018

The legal institutionalization of FSC certification in Gabon (commentary)

Alain Karsenty 31 Oct 2018
A coral reef system along the coast of northern Mozambique, one of nearly 300 coral reefs in the Western Indian Ocean examined by researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society and other organizations in a 10-year study that focused on coral diversity and rates from bleaching events. Photo credit: Emily Darling/WCS.

In Bali and beyond: An urgent focus on coral conservation (commentary)

Cristián Samper 29 Oct 2018

Politics and peace: The fate of Colombia’s forests (commentary)

Haley Wiebel 18 Oct 2018

Is S&P Dow Jones greenwashing conflict palm oil? (commentary)

Gaurav Madan 16 Oct 2018

The bioethics of wildlife intervention (commentary)

Elvina Yau 8 Oct 2018
Planet satellite image of Sipatnanam, Fakfak Regency. Taken in September 2018. Courtesy of Planet.

To conserve West Papua, start with land rights (commentary)

Bernadinus Steni, Daniel Nepstad 5 Oct 2018

Limi Valley: A threatened Shangri-La for wildlife (commentary)

Yadav Ghimirey 24 Sep 2018

Agroforestry ‘a good investment’: Mongabay’s Washington Post op-ed (commentary)

Mongabay.com 18 Sep 2018

Common ground on the prairie (commentary)

Martha Kauffman, Laura Nowlin 14 Sep 2018
Indonesian rainforest in Bukit Tigapuluh, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Aligning forces for tropical forests as a climate change solution (commentary)

Daniel Nepstad 8 Sep 2018
A secret oil access road built within Block 31 of Yasuni National Park, one of the most biologically diverse places on Earth. Photo © Ivan Kashinsky.

Climate leadership means keeping fossil fuels in the ground in tropical forests and beyond (commentary)

Leila Salazar-López 7 Sep 2018

Improving rural credit in Brazil: More production, better environment (commentary)

Juliano Assunção, Priscila Souza 6 Sep 2018

The forested path to climate stability (commentary)

Belinda Morris, Frances Seymour 30 Aug 2018
River in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

California’s big climate change opportunity: tropical forests (commentary)

Daniel Nepstad, Chris Field, Jonah Busch 29 Aug 2018

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