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Giraffes facing ‘silent extinction’: IUCN

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Dec 2016

Wildlife for sale: affected species and trade routes in Peru

Milton López Tarabochia 12 Dec 2016

Nepal’s extraordinary devotion to preserving its rhinos

William H. Funk 12 Dec 2016

Home for the holidays: Chimp exits war-torn Iraq, lands in Kenya

Geoffrey Kamadi 12 Dec 2016

Companies need to do more to avoid deforestation, study finds

John Cannon 10 Dec 2016

Community rights: A key to conservation in Central America

Sandra Cuffe 9 Dec 2016
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Green groups raise red flags over Jokowi’s widely acclaimed haze law

Mongabay Haze Beat 9 Dec 2016

FSC puts timber processor on probation after ‘scathing’ investigation

Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 Dec 2016

Brazil’s dispossessed: Belo Monte dam ruinous for indigenous cultures

Zoe Sullivan 8 Dec 2016

Brazil pledges ‘largest restoration commitment ever made’

John Cannon 8 Dec 2016

Expedition finds serious damage to Southeast Sulawesi’s marine ecosystem

Dyna Rochmyaningsih 8 Dec 2016

Reports that wild Sumatran rhinos may survive in Malaysia prompt hope, skepticism

Isabel Esterman 8 Dec 2016

Study points to El Niño-like global connections between forests

John Cannon 7 Dec 2016

The media megaphone: does it help curb bad infrastructure projects?

Daniel Pye, Alice Cuddy 7 Dec 2016

‘My spirit is there’: life in the shadow of the Mong Ton dam

Demelza Stokes 7 Dec 2016

Watch video of baby slow loris born to mother rescued from wildlife traffickers

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Dec 2016

Chimps help farmers ‘plant’ cacao in Guinea

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Dec 2016

From loathed to loved: Villagers rally to save Greater Adjutant stork

Diane Toomey 6 Dec 2016

Over 50% of sharks and rays in the Mediterranean Sea are at risk of extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Dec 2016

Mexico to get its largest ever protected area

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Dec 2016

Q&A with the creators of the ‘Amazonian Travels of Richard Evans Schultes’ story map

Mike Gaworecki 2 Dec 2016

Swallowing swimming pools: New sensory tags capture kinetics of lunge-feeding whales

Julia John 2 Dec 2016

Land reclamation in Malaysia puts environment, endangered turtle at risk

Kate Mayberry 2 Dec 2016

California court upholds ban on ivory and rhino horn

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Dec 2016

Grasslands in US Great Plains are being destroyed at “alarming rate”

Mike Gaworecki 1 Dec 2016

Field Notes: Boosting biodiversity by studying human values, gender

Elizabeth Devitt 1 Dec 2016

Sapphire boom propels thousands into Madagascar rainforest

John Cannon 1 Dec 2016
Orangutans Pongo spp. held at a Thai government-run rescue centre prior to repatriation to Indonesia. Photo credit: Claire Beastall/TRAFFIC.

Thailand failing to stop illegal trade in apes due to inadequate legislation

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Dec 2016

‘We need more knowledge and more control’: Palm oil expands in Ecuador

Daniela Aguilar 30 Nov 2016

Which tropical forest conservation strategies are proving most effective?

Mike Gaworecki 30 Nov 2016

A dam shame: the plight of the Mekong giant catfish

Claire Asher 30 Nov 2016

New drone analysis highlights conservation challenges in Myanmar

Ann Wang 30 Nov 2016

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