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California redwoods. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Nature is no longer “a nice to have,” it’s “a must-have”: Q&A with André Hoffmann

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Apr 2021
Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest

Bipartisan group recommends how Joe Biden can help save the Amazon

Mongabay.com 29 Jan 2021
Squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) play in the trees, along the Yasuni river. Image by Kimberley Brown for Mongabay.

France contributes to protection of Amazon stronghold, Yasuní National Park

Vincent Ricci 27 Jan 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical importance of community-driven conservation efforts and grassroots organizations in the face of global disruptions. Credit: Felipe Rodriguez.

Transforming conservation in times of crisis and opportunity (Commentary)

Fred Nelson, Alasdair Harris, Leela Hazzah, Lúcia G. Lohmann 25 Jan 2021

A good year for the Philippine eagle in 2020, but not for its supporters

Bong S. Sarmiento 8 Jan 2021

Sustainable financing is pivotal for marine conservation beyond 2030 pledges (commentary)

Simon Cripps 28 Dec 2020
A world turned weird. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Top 10 environmental news stories of 2020

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Dec 2020

To fund biodiversity conservation, redirect subsidies from these three industries (commentary)

Michelle Chong 17 Dec 2020
Redwood forest in California. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

‘Nature is next’: Q&A with Finance for Biodiversity’s Simon Zadek

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Nov 2020

Building a road to recovery for subtle racism in conservation (commentary)

Resson Kantai Duff 19 Nov 2020

The post-COVID opportunity for the environment: An interview with the GEF’s Carlos Manuel Rodriguez

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Oct 2020

Madagascar reopens national parks shuttered by COVID-19

Rivonala Razafison 17 Sep 2020

Crisis in Venezuela: Non-governmental organizations adapt to survive

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 10 Sep 2020

Rangers protecting Philippine tamaraws go hungry as pandemic bites

Mavic Conde 20 Aug 2020
Sea lions. Image courtesy of Wildlife Conservation Society.

Effective conservation science must shift away from doomsday views and toward solutions: Study

Monica Evans 15 Jun 2020

U.S. fund that supports Sumatran rhino research faces deep cuts under Trump

Charles Pekow 14 May 2020
Brookesia chameleon in the rainforest of Madagascar's Masoala Peninsula. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

As visitors vanish, Madagascar’s protected areas suffer a ‘devastating’ blow

Malavika Vyawahare 5 May 2020

COVID-19 will hurt Madagascar’s conservation funding: Q&A with Minister Vahinala Raharinirina

Malavika Vyawahare 24 Apr 2020
Elephant in South Africa. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

As wildlife tourism grounds to a halt, who will pay for the conservation of nature?

Johan Robinson 23 Apr 2020
The Javari river forms the border between Brazil and Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Investing in Amazon Rainforest Conservation: A Foreigner’s Perspective (commentary)

Jonah Wittkamper 21 Apr 2020

Overworked, underpaid and lonely: Conservationists find a new community online

Jeremy Hance 23 Mar 2020

Drones in the canopy: Project aims to save the Amazon with technology

Sibélia Zanon 9 Mar 2020

Economists, conservationists, political leaders urge adoption of carbon tax to halt tropical deforestation

Mongabay.com 13 Feb 2020

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

Ruben Coppus 17 Dec 2019

A Philippine conservation park juggles funding needs with animal welfare

Arnel Murga 16 Dec 2019

Madagascar: Is NGO-led conservation too conservative to conserve much?

Edward Carver 16 Dec 2019

Biodiversity ‘not just an environmental issue’: Q&A with IPBES ex-chair Robert Watson

Mongabay.com 17 Oct 2019

Gabon could earn up to $150 million for forest conservation

Mongabay.com 27 Sep 2019

A lifeline for the last leopards (commentary)

Thomas S. Kaplan 10 Sep 2019
Planet satellite image showing a mosaic of deforestation and rainforest in São Judas Tadeu, Xapuri in the state of Acre, Brazil in August 2018. Courtesy of Planet.

Amazon REDD+ scheme side-steps land rights to reward small forest producers

Claire Asher 3 Jul 2019

First Nations have created a robust conservation economy in Great Bear Rainforest: Report

Mongabay.com 17 Jun 2019

Bronx Zoo director says zoos are more relevant to conservation than ever

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jun 2019

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