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Conservation and birth control: a controversial mix?

Eaten to extinction? India’s purple frog faces another threat

How much water is in your shirt?

Ongoing overkill: loss of big herbivores leading to ’empty landscapes’

Jane Goodall: 5 reasons to have hope for the planet

Demand for rhino horn drops 38 percent in Vietnam after advertising campaigns

Demand for shark fin plunging

Booming populations, rising economies, threatened biodiversity: the tropics will never be the same

The beef with beef: how 12 strategies could drastically cut agricultural emissions

Indian food giant to source deforestation-free palm oil

35 pictures of the sharkfin trade that will shock and dismay you

China destroys 6 tons of elephant ivory

Average American consumes 50,000 pounds of raw materials annually for the stuff they buy

Renewable energy revolution will require better management of metals

‘Sustainable’ tropical timber trade a misnomer, says group

Advertising campaign changing minds in China on ivory trade

Organization proposes climate change warning labels at the gas pump

Humanity consumes this year’s resources 133 days too early

Foodies eat lab-grown burger that could change the world

Zoos call on governments to take urgent action against illegal wildlife trade (photos)

Over 500 scientists warn we ‘are causing alarming levels of harm to our planet’

Mining companies must turn to recycling as demand for metals grows

What if companies actually had to compensate society for environmental destruction?

China ‘looting’ Africa of its fish

Recycled paper gets high marks for low eco impact in use for publication-grade paper in magazines

China’s 80 billion-a-year chopstick habit impacts forests

Gucci launches ‘zero-deforestation’ handbag

Captive frogs may be spreading diseases to wild cousins across Southeast Asia

Saving forests by stemming agricultural sprawl

Scientists: stop treating population growth as a ‘given’ and empower women

Full Product Transparency: Cutting the Fluff Out of Sustainability – Book Review

Pity the pangolin: little-known mammal most common victim of the wildlife trade

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