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The Pastaza Ecological Area of Sustainable Development has more than 2.5 million hectares. Photo courtesy of the Provincial Council of Pastaza

Ecuadorian province protects 90% of its land area

Joaquín Ortiz 27 Mar 2017

Sand mining ban lifted on beach in Suriname, causing public backlash

Rachel Fritts 27 Mar 2017

Yellow fever is killing howler monkeys in Brazil

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Mar 2017

Damage to Raja Ampat 12 times higher than previously thought

Basten Gokkon 25 Mar 2017

As Thailand ramps up its palm oil sector, peat forests feel the pressure

Demelza Stokes 24 Mar 2017

Will Madagascar lose its most iconic primate?

Matthew P. Reed 24 Mar 2017

A Czech zoo is dehorning its rhinos

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Mar 2017

New cave catfish threatened by deforestation, mining, pollution

Morgan Erickson-Davis 23 Mar 2017

Jokowi reiterates commitment to indigenous rights

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2017
Santurban moorlands in Colombia. Photo by Grupo Areas Protegidas CORPONOR via Wikimedia Commons

World Bank exits controversial Angostura goldmine project in Colombian moorland

Bram Ebus 23 Mar 2017

Marine protected areas suffer from lack of funds, staff

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Mar 2017

Plans to mine coal in South African protected area trigger conservation battle

Kim Harrisberg 22 Mar 2017

Probing rural poachers in Africa: Why do they poach?

Neha Jain 22 Mar 2017

In defining plantations as forest, FAO attracts criticism

Benji Jones 21 Mar 2017

Paul Simon on his new tour in support of E.O. Wilson’s Half-Earth initiative

Mike Gaworecki 21 Mar 2017

New ‘stone’ frog discovered in Vietnam

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Mar 2017

“Endangered species to declare?” Europe’s understudied bushmeat trade

Sean Mowbray 20 Mar 2017

Catching up to the Ruby Seadragon: new species raises new questions

Jacqueline Hernandez 20 Mar 2017

Indonesia’s indigenous peoples will have to keep waiting for a promised task force on their rights

Mongabay.com 18 Mar 2017

Saving orphaned baby rhinos in India

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Mar 2017

Stepping on their paws: study explores recreation’s unfun impacts on wildlife

Maxine Chen 17 Mar 2017

World’s first fluorescent frog discovered

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Mar 2017

Clothing giant VF Corporation adopts sustainable forestry policy

Mike Gaworecki 16 Mar 2017

Communities in Mexico step up to protect a disappearing forest

Jonathan Levinson 16 Mar 2017

Drones and artificial intelligence image processing improving the ‘koality’ of wildlife monitoring

Lalini Pedris 16 Mar 2017

13,000 acres of cloud forest now protected in Colombia

Lillie Howell 16 Mar 2017

Jokowi cancels appearance at rare indigenous peoples congress

Mongabay.com 16 Mar 2017

Climate change-induced bleaching decimating Great Barrier Reef

John Cannon 15 Mar 2017

Among their many impacts, roads are driving rapid evolutionary adaptation in adjacent populations

Mike Gaworecki 15 Mar 2017

Crime and not enough punishment: Amazon thieves keep stolen public land

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 15 Mar 2017

Keeping up with the Juncos: How birds thrive or die in the suburbs

Jacqueline Hernandez 15 Mar 2017

Americans live increasingly far from forests — which is a problem for wildlife

Mike Gaworecki 14 Mar 2017

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