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The Amazon rainforest in Peru. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Why should funding Amazon forest sustainability be the world’s top priority? (commentary)

Jonah Wittkamper, Mariana Senna, Ricardo Politi 20 Jul 2023
Virtual fencing collars emit a warning sound when an animal approaches the invisible boundary. If the animal does not respond to the sound, the collar will deliver a small electric shock. Image courtesy of Vence.

Virtual fences can benefit both ranchers and wildlife

Ruth Kamnitzer 19 Jul 2023
A woman carries firewood out of the Mkingu Forest Nature Reserve.

From cardamom to carbon: Bold new Tanzanian project is regrowing a rainforest

Ryan Truscott 18 Jul 2023
A Sharpe’s longclaw (Macronyx sharpei) in Kinangop Plateau.

Sheep offer a livelihood for Kenyan farmers, and a lifeline for a rare bird

Caroline Chebet 17 Jul 2023

Sweet solution: Armadillo-friendly honey helps Brazil beekeepers, giant armadillos

Sarah Brown 14 Jul 2023
Landsat views the forests from high above the Earth.

New Tree Tech: Real-time, long-term, high-tech reforestation monitoring

Claire Asher 13 Jul 2023
Drone carrying self-burying seed carriers .

New Tree Tech: Cutting-edge drones give reforestation a helping hand

Claire Asher 12 Jul 2023
Women carrying saplings.

New Tree Tech: Data-driven reforestation methods match trees to habitats

Claire Asher 11 Jul 2023
Logging operation in the Amazon.

Timber harvests to meet global wood demand will bring soaring emissions: Study

Justin Catanoso 10 Jul 2023
A operator flying drones.

New Tree Tech: AI, drones, satellites and sensors give reforestation a boost

Claire Asher 10 Jul 2023
Florinda Dominga Par is an active participant in the agroecological and artisanal market

Agroecology schools help communities restore degraded land in Guatemala

Aimee Gabay 7 Jul 2023
Locals planting bamboo.

Villagers turn to charcoal made from bamboo to save a protected forest in Madagascar

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 7 Jul 2023

Nearly 85% of Indonesian peatlands aren’t protected, study shows

Basten Gokkon 6 Jul 2023
Wandering albatross on Marion Island.

S. Africa to purge bird-eating mice from key albatross breeding island

Leonie Joubert 5 Jul 2023
A kipunji.

Meet the kipunji: A rare primate success story in Tanzania

Ruth Kamnitzer 5 Jul 2023
A cotton-top tamarin.

Effort to save rare Colombian monkey looks to crowdfund its conservation

Aimee Gabay 5 Jul 2023
Two striped snakeheads mating.

Bangladesh ramps up freshwater fish conservation in bid for food security

Farhana Parvin 4 Jul 2023
Rafflesia flower.

Philippines research offers hope for conserving enigmatic Rafflesia plants

Mikael Angelo S. Francisco 3 Jul 2023
Baobabs at sunset in Madagascar.

Fire imperils Madagascar’s baobabs: Q&A with park director Diamondra Andriambololona

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 3 Jul 2023
A black beetle.

Sounds of the soil: A new tool for conservation?

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Jun 2023
Serge in a greenhouse.

One seed at a time: Lebanese project promotes agroecology for farmer autonomy

Áine Donnellan 29 Jun 2023
Women from a village in Bali in front of a house that preserves the traditional architecture with earthen wall on the front.

Indonesian architect presses vision for low-cost homes from nature

Moh. Tamimi 29 Jun 2023
A gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Big potential and immense challenges for great ape conservation in the Congo Basin, experts say

Mike DiGirolamo 28 Jun 2023

What’s in store for Colombia’s forests? New modeling tries to predict.

Maxwell Radwin 28 Jun 2023

Microbes play leading role in soil carbon capture, study shows

Liz Kimbrough 27 Jun 2023

In the land of honey and nuts: Indigenous solutions to save Brazil’s Cerrado

Elizabeth Oliveira 27 Jun 2023
Fish farm in Saronic Gulf, off the Greek coast.

At sea as on land? Activists oppose industrial farming in U.S. waters

Edward Carver 26 Jun 2023

Indonesia to expand ‘smart fisheries’ program aimed at empowering communities

Basten Gokkon 22 Jun 2023
A Miyawaki forest in Hyderabad.

Miyawaki forests are a global sensation, but not everyone’s sold on them

Annelise Giseburt 21 Jun 2023
A park blooming with more blue camas.

Volunteers, First Nations work to bring back a disappearing oak prairie

Spoorthy Raman 19 Jun 2023
Convoy of four logging trucks in Gabon, following each other from right to left along a paved road out of the frame, green foliage on the hillside above the dry gray and brown of the road . Image by jbdodane via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Forests & finance: communities turn to tree-planting, zero-logging, and mushrooms to protect forests

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2023
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Rare Amazon dark soils could help forest restoration, study shows

Juliana Ennes 14 Jun 2023

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