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Global brands’ beef is putting South America’s tropical forests at risk: report

Mike Gaworecki 13 Sep 2016

Deforestation has been occurring continuously in New England since the 1980s

Mike Gaworecki 19 Aug 2016

How to use the Bloomberg Terminal for advocacy work: advanced tools

Dan Williams 8 Aug 2016

Facing controversy, Peruvian palm oil firm seeks sale of its Amazon rainforest holdings

Mongabay.com 28 Jun 2016
Oil-palm estate in Sabah, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Tracking assets for environmental advocacy work with Bloomberg

Dan Williams 9 Jun 2016

Can conservationists overcome their differences to save life on Earth?

Mongabay 7 Jun 2016

Here’s what’s driving deforestation in South America

Mike Gaworecki 31 May 2016

How “due diligence” is helping curb the illegal timber trade in key markets

Mike Gaworecki 12 May 2016

How big donors and corporations shape conservation goals

Jeremy Hance 3 May 2016

Cambodia declares protected area in hotly contested Prey Lang forest

Daniel Pye 2 May 2016

Has big conservation gone astray?

Jeremy Hance 26 Apr 2016

Grim forecast for paper giant’s wood supply raises deforestation fears

Jonathan Vit 22 Apr 2016

One ape, two ape: why counting apes is so difficult — but crucial

Jennifer Huizen 19 Apr 2016

Designing the ideal wildlife corridor for Malaysia’s orangutans

Becca Cudmore 18 Apr 2016

Tripa’s Trials: protecting key orangutan habitat through the courts

Laurel Neme 13 Apr 2016

West African countries come together to stop the illegal rosewood trade

Mike Gaworecki 12 Apr 2016

An agribusiness revolution is needed to save Africa’s last great apes

William H. Funk 12 Apr 2016

Palm oil’s new frontier: averting a Great Ape catastrophe in Cameroon

Claire Salisbury 1 Apr 2016

Major legal system breakdowns threaten great apes of Africa, Asia

William H. Funk 31 Mar 2016

Leuser’s Legacy: how rescued orangutans help assure species survival

Laurel Neme 30 Mar 2016
Mahi mahi. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

$90M to decouple food production from negative environmental impacts

Mongabay.com 27 Mar 2016

Oil palm company takes lead on sustainable agriculture in Gabon

John Cannon 15 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

Even minor forest disturbance can cause great ape population crashes

Rachel Nuwer 7 Mar 2016

China’s log imports fall sharply

Mongabay.com 3 Mar 2016

A mangrove forest in Cancun that was home to many crocodiles, boas, eagles, herons, frogs, squirrels and iguanas is destroyed

Pablo Hernández Mares 29 Feb 2016

Indonesia’s peat peninsula being drained into oblivion, study finds

Loren Bell 24 Feb 2016

Republic of Congo awards two million hectares of timber concessions

John Cannon 11 Feb 2016

Is intensification helping the cattle industry go Amazon deforestation-free?

Mike Gaworecki 14 Jan 2016

What’s ahead for rainforests in 2016? 10 things to watch

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2016
Chevron's Duri oil field in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

How does the global commodity collapse impact forest conservation?

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Dec 2015

Illegal gold miners in Madre de Dios, Peru, paralyze the region with protests

Ruxandra Guidi 4 Dec 2015

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