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Fires tear through East Java park, threatening leopard habitat

Eko Widianto 5 Sep 2018

Monitoring the ambitious land restoration commitments in Africa

Sophie Mbugua 3 Sep 2018

Farmers see promise and profit for agroforestry in southern Kenya

David Njagi 31 Aug 2018

Indonesian government appeals ruling on tighter peat fire regulations

Basten Gokkon 30 Aug 2018

The forested path to climate stability (commentary)

Belinda Morris, Frances Seymour 30 Aug 2018

Will protecting half the Earth save biodiversity? Depends which half

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Aug 2018
River in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

California’s big climate change opportunity: tropical forests (commentary)

Daniel Nepstad, Chris Field, Jonah Busch 29 Aug 2018

Fires and haze return to Indonesia as peat protection bid falls short

Aseanty Pahlevi, Hans Nicholas Jong, Zamzami 29 Aug 2018

Q&A: Esther Mwangi on why voices of local community members will be featured at GLF Africa conference

Mike Gaworecki 28 Aug 2018
Planet Labs satellite image showing deforestation around the Xingu Basin in Brazil in June 2018.

Deforestation continues upward trend in Brazil, says NGO

Mongabay.com 28 Aug 2018

Brazil’s pesticide poisoning problem poses global dilemma, say critics

Anna Sophie Gross 27 Aug 2018

Indonesia’s land swap program puts communities, companies in a bind

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Aug 2018

Study finds widespread degradation, deforestation in African woodlands

John Cannon 27 Aug 2018

Rare bird, feared extinct after hurricane, is spotted in Bahamas again

Mongabay.com 27 Aug 2018

Latam Eco Review: Land trafficking in Lima’s hill ecosystems, oil spills in Venezuela, floods in Colombia

Mongabay.com 25 Aug 2018

Colombia’s new president faces daunting environmental challenges

Antonio José Paz Cardona 24 Aug 2018

REDD+ projects database: where forest carbon emissions reduction projects are underway

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 24 Aug 2018
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A river runs through it — and keeps the Amazon’s bird species diverse

Claire Asher 24 Aug 2018

Community-run trading posts help Amazon forest people reverse rural exodus

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 23 Aug 2018

Brazil hits emissions target early, but rising deforestation risks reversal

John Cannon 23 Aug 2018

Murder of activist in India highlights growing risk to environmental defenders

Karthikeyan Hemalatha 23 Aug 2018
Rainforest in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Environmental issues to be a focus of Indonesian presidential debates: official

Basten Gokkon, Indra Nugraha 21 Aug 2018

The superb mimicry skills of an Australian songbird

Mike Gaworecki 21 Aug 2018

Fight to protect the world’s most threatened great ape goes to court

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Aug 2018

Report finds APP and APRIL violating zero-deforestation policies with wood purchases from Djarum Group concessions in East Kalimantan

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Aug 2018

Scientists call on California governor to OK carbon credits from forest conservation

Mongabay.com 21 Aug 2018

Komodo protesters say no to development in the dragons’ den

Basten Gokkon 21 Aug 2018

‘Empty pocket season’: Dayak women farmers grapple with the impacts of oil palm plantations

Tessa Toumbourou 20 Aug 2018

Fake logging permits undermine Amazonian conservation, say experts

Genevieve Belmaker 17 Aug 2018

Latam Eco Review: Hunger for wildlife, mercury rising, and a black jaguar sighting

Mongabay.com 17 Aug 2018

Colombia: Govt rushes to save national park from rampant deforestation

Maria Fernanda Lizcano 16 Aug 2018

Earth has more trees now than 35 years ago

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Aug 2018

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