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Oil palm plantations in Amazonia inhospitable to tropical forest biodiversity: Study

Mongabay.com 18 Jun 2018

In Peru, coca puts one of the world’s best coffee crops at risk

Vanessa Romo 18 Jun 2018

In a land hit by the resource curse, a new gold mine spooks officials

Basten Gokkon 17 Jun 2018

Latam Eco Review: Paddington Bear Captured on Camera in Peru

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2018

Footage of elusive Negros bleeding-heart dove captured in the wild

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2018

Primate-rich countries are becoming less hospitable places for monkeys, apes and lemurs

John Cannon 15 Jun 2018

Facebook video shows orangutan defending forest against bulldozer

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Jun 2018

Mariyady, the priest investigating the corporate takeover of indigenous peoples’ forests in Borneo

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 11 Jun 2018

Illegal logging persists in Borneo orangutan habitat despite government ban

Basten Gokkon 7 Jun 2018

Time is running out for palm oil certification (commentary)

Nusa Urbancic 6 Jun 2018

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

Mongabay.com 5 Jun 2018

Paper giant denies secretly owning ‘independent’ suppliers

Mongabay.com 5 Jun 2018

When palm oil meets politics, Indonesian farmers pay the price

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Jun 2018

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

Bart Crezee 4 Jun 2018

Can cryptocurrencies save Indonesia’s carbon forests? (commentary)

Peter Howson 4 Jun 2018

$29 million deforestation fines: game changer for Brazilian soy trade?

Alicia Prager 1 Jun 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

Mexico’s ejidos find sustainability by including women and youth

Mike Gaworecki 30 May 2018

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

Shreya Dasgupta 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

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

Anne Rosenbarger 25 May 2018

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

Jenny Gonzales 24 May 2018

Hunters are wiping out hornbills in Ghana’s forests

John Cannon 23 May 2018

Trio of studies challenges Indian government claim of increasing forest cover

T. V. Padma 23 May 2018

Roads might pose even bigger threat to Southeast Asian forests, biodiversity than previously understood

Mike Gaworecki 22 May 2018

Tiny marsupials that practice ‘suicidal’ mating declared endangered

Mongabay.com 21 May 2018

Brazil has the tools to end Amazon deforestation now: report

Giovanni Ortolani 18 May 2018

Latam Eco review: Coca threatens world’s best organic coffees

Mongabay.com 18 May 2018

Humans are leaving their mark on the world’s protected areas, study finds

John Cannon 17 May 2018

Brazilian Amazon oil palm deforestation under control, for now

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 17 May 2018

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