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Ecuador: Waorani people map their rainforest to save it

Daniela Aguilar 6 Jun 2018

East Africa’s mountain gorilla population now numbers more than 1,000

Mongabay.com 5 Jun 2018

Field Museum honors Peruvian organization for its conservation work with indigenous groups

Mongabay.com 5 Jun 2018

To protect the Congolese peatlands, protect local land rights (commentary)

Bart Crezee 4 Jun 2018

Owner of South African hunting company indicted by US prosecutors over illegal elephant hunt

Mongabay.com 4 Jun 2018
● Guided by the indigenous people of Ecuador’s Sucumbíos province, which has been hit by oil exploitation, Waorani people from Pastaza province joined a “Toxic Tour” to learn how contamination has affected other communities in the Amazon.

Ecuador: Tribe sees how oil industry affects forest on ‘Toxic Tour’

Daniela Aguilar 1 Jun 2018

Private sector leaders seek to ramp up investment in sustainable landscapes with help of public partners

Lisa Palmer 1 Jun 2018

This tiny camera aims to catch poachers — before they kill

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Jun 2018

Latam Eco Review: Deforestation encircles Colombia’s Caquetá titi monkey

Mongabay.com 1 Jun 2018

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, June 1, 2018

Mongabay.com 1 Jun 2018

Raid fails to stop gold mining, death threats on Amazon’s Tropas River

Rosamaria Loures, Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 31 May 2018
Banner image: A blue coua (Coua caerulea) in Ranomafana National Park, about 30 miles west of Vohilava. Image by Rhett A. Butler.

Madagascar court upholds sentence for environmental activist

Edward Carver 31 May 2018

Norwegian government report sharply critical of funding for tropical forest conservation

Mike Gaworecki 31 May 2018

Indonesia targets illegal fishing vessel owners under new bill

Basten Gokkon 31 May 2018

Death by hippo poop: Scientists solve a fish massacre in the Mara River

Shreya Dasgupta 30 May 2018

Mexico’s ejidos find sustainability by including women and youth

Mike Gaworecki 30 May 2018

Bolivia’s Madidi National Park home to world’s largest array of land life, survey finds

Mongabay.com 30 May 2018

There may be hope for the extremely rare ‘sneezing monkey,’ report finds

Shreya Dasgupta 29 May 2018
Khanh Nguy Thi. Photo courtesy Goldman Environmental Prize.

Vietnam’s first Goldman Prize winner pushes for energy conservation

Michael Tatarski 29 May 2018

Geneticists: It’s time to mix the Sumatran rhino subspecies

Jeremy Hance 29 May 2018

Dutch support soy transport mega-project, posing major risk to Amazon

Karlijn Kuijpers 29 May 2018

Mining, erosion threaten Indian rhino haven

Sahana Ghosh 28 May 2018

Biomass study finds people are wiping out wild mammals

Mongabay.com 28 May 2018

Palm oil certification? No silver bullet, but essential for sustainability (commentary)

Anne Rosenbarger 25 May 2018

Latam Eco Review: Peru’s first environmental court

Mongabay.com 25 May 2018

Scientists tackling conservation problems turn to artificial intelligence

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 25 May 2018

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, May 25, 2018

Mongabay.com 25 May 2018

Researchers propose framework for designing PES programs that better deliver socioeconomic benefits

Mike Gaworecki 24 May 2018

Illegal loggers ‘cook the books’ to harvest Amazon’s most valuable tree

Jenny Gonzales 24 May 2018

Agroforestry gives Kenyan indigenous community a lifeline

Sophie Mbugua 24 May 2018

Guardians of India’s rhinos find it takes a village to fight poachers

Moushumi Basu 24 May 2018

Chinese giant salamander is at least five species — all nearly extinct

Shreya Dasgupta 24 May 2018

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