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Researchers urge sustainability as palm oil tightens its grip on Latin America

Antonio José Paz Cardona 20 Nov 2019

Brazil works behind scene to greenlight Manaus-Boa Vista transmission line

Caio de Freitas Paes 20 Nov 2019
PORTO VELHO, RONDÔNIA, BRAZIL. Aerial view of burned areas in the Amazon rainforest, in the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia state. (Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace)

Brazil’s new deforestation numbers confirm the “Bolsonaro Effect” despite denials (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 20 Nov 2019

Illegal logging persists in Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary: Report

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Nov 2019

Indonesian politician at heart of permit scandal dies ahead of graft trial

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Nov 2019

Madagascar regulator under scrutiny in breach at Rio Tinto-controlled mine

Malavika Vyawahare 20 Nov 2019
Inspecting a confiscated truck belonging to illegal loggers. Image courtesy Peace Parks Foundation.

Mozambique’s newly empowered rangers, courts catch up with poachers, loggers

Fred Kockott 19 Nov 2019

Rabbit-sized, deer-like species of fanged ungulate rediscovered in Vietnam

Mongabay.com 18 Nov 2019
CANDEIRAS DO JAMARI, RONDÔNIA, BRAZIL: Aerial view of a large burned area in the city of Candeiras do Jamari in the state of Rondônia. (Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace)

Amazon deforestation rises to 11 year high in Brazil

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Nov 2019

Sugarcane threatens Amazon forest and world climate; Brazilian ethanol is not clean (commentary)

Lucas Ferrante, Philip M. Fearnside 18 Nov 2019

Indigenous-wildlife ranger collaboration conserves rare Australian rainforests

Nick Rodway 18 Nov 2019

‘Timebomb’: Fires devastate tiger and elephant habitat in Sumatra

Michael Standaert 15 Nov 2019

Mexico plans huge increase in palm oil production in sensitive ecosystems

Rodrigo Soberanes 14 Nov 2019

Rapid expansion of protected areas around the world failing to reduce human pressures on land

Mongabay.com 14 Nov 2019

Brazil adds deforestation monitoring for all biomes, so long as money lasts

Jenny Gonzales 14 Nov 2019

Deforestation preceded fires in ‘massive’ area of Amazon in 2019

John Cannon 14 Nov 2019

In surprise move, Brazil has removed restrictions on Amazon sugarcane production

Naira Hofmeister 13 Nov 2019

Brazil’s ‘coconut breakers’ feel the squeeze of Cerrado development

Sarah Sax, Maurício Angelo 12 Nov 2019

New honeyeater species described from Indonesia’s Alor Island

Basten Gokkon 12 Nov 2019

Fires and greenhouse gases fuel drying of the Amazon

Mongabay.com 11 Nov 2019

FSC report on palm giant Korindo lists litany of violations, even with redactions

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Nov 2019

Colombian town faces earthquakes, pollution, water shortage as industry expands

Álvaro Avendaño, Diana Velasco 8 Nov 2019

Philippine officials not spared as attacks on environmental defenders persist

Mongabay.com 8 Nov 2019

Healthy ecosystems, healthy humans: ‘One Health’ broadens its scope

John Cannon 7 Nov 2019

Makers of Oreos, KitKats among brands linked to Indonesia forest fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Nov 2019

Saving the Gran Chaco: Conservationists demand protection before it’s too late

Rodolfo Chisleanschi 5 Nov 2019

A Philippine tribe that defeated a dam prepares to fight its reincarnation

Leilani Chavez 5 Nov 2019

Enforce Brazilian laws to curb criminal Amazon deforestation: study

Karla Mendes, Elisângela Mendonça 4 Nov 2019

Research points to low forensic capacity to tackle timber fraud in U.S.

John Cannon 4 Nov 2019

RSPO questions effectiveness of Indonesian palm plantation moratorium

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Nov 2019

Indonesia protests: Land bill at center of unrest

Basten Gokkon, Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Nov 2019

‘Guardian of the Forest’ ambushed and murdered in Brazilian Amazon

Karla Mendes 2 Nov 2019

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