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Participatory Mapping in the Mobile Age

Nathan Hahn 6 Apr 2016

Maroon 5 musicians voice support for community forestry in Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe 6 Apr 2016

Unilever, Kellogg, Mars drop palm oil giant IOI over RSPO suspension

Mongabay.com 5 Apr 2016

DiCaprio won’t be deported over palm oil comments: Indonesian minister

Mongabay.com 4 Apr 2016

Malaysian palm oil giant IOI suspended from RSPO

Mongabay.com 25 Mar 2016

France imposes new palm oil tax; Indonesia, Malaysia protest

Mongabay.com 24 Mar 2016

Indonesia’s oil palm maps remain hidden from public view. Why?

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2016

Ecuadorean government aims to stop one road from going into Amazon

Ruxandra Guidi 21 Mar 2016

10 facts about forests for International Forest Day

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Mar 2016

Illegal deforestation for ‘sustainable’ chocolate continues in Peru

Morgan Erickson-Davis 17 Mar 2016
Not for republication. Image by Rod Harbinson/Rodharbinson.com

Indigenous forest activist released from prison amid Cambodian crackdown

Rod Harbinson 17 Mar 2016

Scientists blame Smokey Bear for making U.S. forests less resilient

Morgan Erickson-Davis 15 Mar 2016

Two forest countries, two very different conservation finance outlooks

Mike Gaworecki 14 Mar 2016

Despite population revision, Sumatran orangutans still ‘on the road to extinction’

Mongabay.com 11 Mar 2016

Nigerian government urged to halt “land grab” in Ekuri community forest

Mike Gaworecki 11 Mar 2016

Gold mining in Venezuela: a “perfect storm” of illegality, deforestation and mafias

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 11 Mar 2016

Drop in timber smuggling gives ‘breathing space’ to Myanmar’s forests

Morgan Erickson-Davis 10 Mar 2016

A plane survey of Central America’s last remaining forests

Ruxandra Guidi 10 Mar 2016

Perverse outcomes: Can conservation aid spur deforestation?

Loren Bell 9 Mar 2016
Deforestation in Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

World’s largest sovereign wealth fund just dropped 11 companies over deforestation

Mike Gaworecki 9 Mar 2016

Forest restoration: from Stone Age to drone age

Giovanni Ortolani 9 Mar 2016

Hunt for rare fragrance is pushing one of world’s most expensive trees towards extinction: Al Jazeera documentary

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Mar 2016

Gorillas in threatened Cameroon forest caught on film for first time

Mike Gaworecki 7 Mar 2016

Convicted Indonesian police officer and illegal logger on the run once again

Mike Gaworecki 7 Mar 2016

Humans torched Madagascar’s forests 1,000 years ago, driving mass extinction

Mongabay.com 7 Mar 2016

Greenpeace rates consumer goods giants’ no-deforestation progress

Mongabay.com 7 Mar 2016

Laos could be the ‘most important’ home for the elusive Owston’s civet

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Mar 2016

DRC announces intent to reopen its rainforests to logging companies

Morgan Erickson-Davis 4 Mar 2016

Want to keep tabs on that new logging road in Peru? Well, now you can

Morgan Erickson-Davis 2 Mar 2016

Smallest of giant flowers ‘accidentally’ discovered in the Philippines

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Mar 2016

The African palm oil frontier expands deeper into the Peruvian Amazon, impacting indigenous communities’ territories

Barbara Fraser 1 Mar 2016

‘Sitting on the edge of a knife’: Deforestation ramps up in Queensland

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Feb 2016

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