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Vandals ravage Mother Nature (commentary)

Fred Bercovitch 4 May 2017

Effective climate change action needs technology and policy

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 1 May 2017

Rachel Carson: A sensitive soul who changed the way we see — and treat — the world

Leon Kolankiewicz 8 Mar 2017

The last elephants of Cambodia’s Virachey National Park

Gregory McCann 7 Mar 2017

Where the forest grants went

Harriet Williams 6 Mar 2017

The two sides of Indonesia’s Baluran National Park

Mark Rademaker 2 Mar 2017

Survival of nearly 10,000 orangutans in Borneo oil palm estates at stake

Erik Meijaard, Marc Ancrenaz 27 Feb 2017

Renowned biologist Edward O. Wilson calls for preserving half of Earth to save biodiversity

Leon Kolankiewicz 22 Feb 2017

Endangered species and habitats threatened by US-Mexico border wall

Rina Herzl 14 Feb 2017

Revisiting Java’s little Africa: Indonesia’s safari potential

Erik Meijaard 13 Feb 2017

Anger rises over human-elephant conflict in Tanzania

Adam C. Stein, Brennan PetersonWood, Hannah Shaw 9 Feb 2017

Primates face impending extinction – what’s next?

Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands 24 Jan 2017

Saving the Sumatran rhino requires changing the status quo

W. Aaron Vandiver 20 Jan 2017

How one conservationist is sparking a ‘young revolution’ in Indonesia

Joshua Parfitt 13 Jan 2017

2016’s top 10 developments for the world’s oceans

Caroline Jablonicky, Douglas McCauley 28 Dec 2016

How citizen science is transforming river management in Malaysian Borneo (commentary)

Ken Wilson 29 Nov 2016

Conservation in oil palm is possible (commentary)

Erik Meijaard 25 Nov 2016

Silent soldiers of the extreme, or why I’m glad I’m not a wild yak

Joel Berger 22 Nov 2016
A pile of illegally cut timber discovered by a patrol group in Tanzania. Photo by Sophie Tremblay

Are conservation policies a driver of deforestation in Tanzania?

Jens Friis Lund, Jevgeniy Bluwstein, Mathew Bukhi Mabele, Andreas Scheba, Eliezeri Sungusia 14 Nov 2016

For the palm oil industry, ‘engagement’ means turning a blind eye to deforestation

Kiki Taufik 7 Nov 2016

No more mining disasters

Payal Sampat 4 Nov 2016

Rio Doce: The murder of an already dead river (commentary)

Dr. Fabiano de Melo 4 Nov 2016
Coffea Arabica plant. Photo by Forest and Kim Star/Wikimedia Commons

Ethiopia’s vulnerable tropical forests are key to securing future of wild coffee

Fiona Hesselden at the University of Huddersfield 10 Oct 2016

Is REDD+ finance really put to work in the right places?

Andreas Scheba / Jens Friis Lund / Mathew Bukhi / Eliezeri Sungusia 5 Oct 2016

Going green with the aviation industry (commentary)

Devan Wardwell, Jeffrey Chatellier 29 Sep 2016

The Nicaraguan frontier: a treasure trove under siege

Karen Masters, Hector Castaneda, Adam Stein 26 Sep 2016

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

Asha Sharma 13 Sep 2016

The good, the bad, and the ugly in palm oil (commentary)

Erik Meijaard, Douglas Sheil 9 Sep 2016

From ‘Silverbacks’ to Systems Leaders: Rethinking African conservation leadership (commentary)

Fred Nelson, Erin Myers Madeira 8 Sep 2016

The alarming number of fires in the Brazilian Amazon

Natália Girão Rodrigues de Mello 8 Sep 2016

Guest Commentary: Are grassroots organizations our best hope for combating the illegal wildlife trade?

Natalie Kyriacou 6 Sep 2016

How humans create as well as destroy species

Jack Peacock 2 Sep 2016

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