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“Species X:” The blue-eyed dove rediscovered in a global deforestation hotspot

Mike Gaworecki 9 Jun 2016
Oil-palm estate in Sabah, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Tracking assets for environmental advocacy work with Bloomberg

Dan Williams 9 Jun 2016
Marta Álvarez inspects xate palm fronds harvested in the Uaxactún community forest concession. Photo by Sandra Cuffe.

Communities lead the way in rainforest conservation in Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe 9 Jun 2016

Orangutan reintroductions could risk population survival, study warns

Claire Salisbury 8 Jun 2016

Is Brazil’s threatened bird situation Latin America’s future?

Bennett Hennessey 8 Jun 2016

Chinese villagers turn from logging to forest patrols, bees, and fish

Wang Yan 8 Jun 2016

How do we keep the oceans from becoming the world’s plastic trash can?

Annie Shapiro 8 Jun 2016

Can conservationists overcome their differences to save life on Earth?

Mongabay 7 Jun 2016

Arara Indians in Brazilian Amazon finally given right to their land

Sue Branford 6 Jun 2016

Two new rain frogs found in Ecuadorian Andes

Mike Gaworecki 6 Jun 2016

Dams threaten future of Amazonian biodiversity major new study warns

Claire Salisbury 6 Jun 2016

China’s Wanglang panda reserve, once an ecotourism model, faces new threats

Wang Yan 6 Jun 2016
Greenpeace protesting against a company's palm oil policy. Courtesy of Greenpeace

10 reasons to be optimistic for forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Jun 2016
Penas Blancas Forest, Costa Rica. Photo credit: George Powell

Online forest mapping made easy

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 4 Jun 2016

Ignoring scientists, Poland begins logging famous primeval forest  

Jeremy Hance 3 Jun 2016

Peruvian presidential candidates spur concerns among environmentalists

Milton López Tarabochia 3 Jun 2016

International treaty targeting illegal fishing takes effect

Alexandra Ossola 3 Jun 2016

U.S. to enforce strict elephant ivory ban

Mongabay.com 3 Jun 2016

Successes and many challenges in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 2 Jun 2016

Photos: the people of Indonesia’s marine protected areas

Mongabay 2 Jun 2016

Sharks have personalities just like you and me

Mike Gaworecki 1 Jun 2016

Cambodia declares new national park, plans to reintroduce tigers

Morgan Erickson-Davis 1 Jun 2016

New Rio Olympic golf course harmed environment, say critics

(Paloma Savedra contributed to this story), Carolina Torres 31 May 2016

SE Asia’s damaged peat swamps could release 8.7 gigatons of CO2

Loren Bell 31 May 2016

Reestablishing a wild population of American burying beetles

Mike Gaworecki 30 May 2016

New Cambodian protected forest offers hope for endangered wildlife

Daniel Pye 27 May 2016

The key to tropical conservation: scrap big projects, invest in people

Liz Kimbrough 27 May 2016

Indonesia’s birds being wiped out by pet trade

Shreya Dasgupta 27 May 2016

Video: Critically Endangered monkey ‘chatters’ for camera

Shreya Dasgupta 27 May 2016

Empowering smartphone users to bear witness to illegal wildlife trade

Julia John 26 May 2016

Norway commits to zero deforestation

Mike Gaworecki 26 May 2016

Thousands of Southeast Asian newts being collected from the wild for pet trade

Shreya Dasgupta 26 May 2016

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