Ecological restoration News

RSS
302 stories

Australia’s rainforest species gain ground through landscape linkages

Amanda Freeman 24 Dec 2021

Global ecosystem restoration progress: How and who’s tracking it?

Mike Gaworecki 22 Dec 2021

Indigenous leader sues over Borneo natural capital deal

John Cannon 17 Dec 2021
Smoke rising from smoldering peatland in PT Raja Garuda Mas Sejati. Photo courtesy of Greenpeace Media Library.

Indonesian peat restoration has more benefits than it costs, study finds

Basten Gokkon 15 Dec 2021
A reindeer strolls through a bog in northern Sweden. Image by Alexandre Buisse via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

‘Cooling the climate for 10,000 years’: How saving wetlands can help save the world

Mark Hillsdon 14 Dec 2021
These women, who are part of the Mam indigenous community, are harvesting pine nuts in a forest in Cajolá, Quetzaltenango, to be sold later at a local market. Our work supports reforestation efforts and helps local families sustain themselves economically. Photo credit: Sergio Izquierdo

Conservation and food production must work in tandem, new study says

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 13 Dec 2021
Great barrier reef. Image by Ayanadak123 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Restoring coastal forests can protect coral reefs against sediment runoff: Study

Aimee Gabay 7 Dec 2021
Planted mangrove seedlings. Image by Irwandi wancaleu via Wikimedia Commons (CC 4.0)

Tree-planting goals miss the forest for the lack of diverse, good-quality seeds

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 7 Dec 2021

Hold the tree planting: Protect ecosystems first for maximum carbon storage, study says

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Dec 2021
A pastoralist’s cattle herd. Image courtesy of the Oakland Institute.

Allegations of displacement, violence beleaguer Kenyan conservancy NGO

John Cannon 30 Nov 2021

Conflict and climate change are big barriers for Africa’s Great Green Wall

Malavika Vyawahare 26 Nov 2021

Indonesia slashes 2021 mangrove restoration target, vows to make up in 2022

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Nov 2021

Ambitious English rewilding project aims to give 20% of land ‘back to nature’

Rebecca Branford and Sue Branford 15 Nov 2021

After a pandemic reprieve, loggers return to a unique Madagascar forest

Rivonala Razafison 10 Nov 2021
primary forest in Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, by John C. Cannon/Mongabay

Bornean communities locked into 2-million-hectare carbon deal they don’t know about

John Cannon 9 Nov 2021

Study shows ‘encouraging’ results of China’s bid to protect coastal wetlands

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 5 Nov 2021

Hungry like the maned wolf pup: Clips give rare glimpse of elusive canine

Mongabay.com 26 Oct 2021
Planting mangroves at Junda village, near Mombasa, Kenya. Image by Kang Chun Cheng.

Mangrove conservation takes root with local communities on Kenya’s coast

Kang-Chun Cheng 22 Oct 2021

Beyond tree planting: When to let forests restore themselves

Mike Gaworecki 18 Oct 2021

Women on storm-hit Philippine island lead Indigenous effort to restore mangroves

Keith Anthony Fabro 7 Oct 2021

Look beyond carbon credits to put a price on nature’s services, experts say

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 4 Oct 2021

Project works with farmers to restore Brazilian pine forests

Luís Patriani 13 Sep 2021

Mangrove restoration done right has clear economic, ecological benefits

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 31 Aug 2021
Community Conservation. photo credit: Monica Dalmasso for Honeyguide

Convergence, community and justice: Key emerging conservation trends of the pandemic era (commentary)

Fred Nelson 24 Aug 2021

Underwater gardeners restore seagrass meadows to keep oceans healthy

Lucrezia Lozza 19 Aug 2021

In a drier Amazon, Indigenous people recalibrate their relationship with fire

Suzana Camargo 6 Aug 2021

Global restoration now has an online meeting point

Liz Kimbrough 23 Jul 2021

Nine principles for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (commentary)

Cara Nelson, Jim Hallett 15 Jul 2021

In Scotland, the rewilding movement looks to the past to plan its future

Kieran Dodds 21 Jun 2021

U.N. declares decade of ecosystem restoration to ‘make peace with nature’

Liz Kimbrough 11 Jun 2021

A novel tree nursery gives the Caatinga a fighting chance against desertification

Luís Patriani 4 Jun 2021
Paula with Floreana racer. Photo credit: Luis Ortiz Catedral

DiCaprio, conservationists launch $43M effort to restore Galápagos Islands

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 May 2021

you're currently offline