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Peru slashes environmental protections to attract more mining and fossil fuel investment

Jeremy Hance 23 Jul 2014

Too much of a good thing: fertilizer ‘one of the three major drivers of biodiversity loss this century’

Paul Sutherland 14 Jul 2014

Booming populations, rising economies, threatened biodiversity: the tropics will never be the same

Jeremy Hance 7 Jul 2014

Price of ivory triples in China

Jeremy Hance 7 Jul 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Playing games to understand what drives deforestation

Dr Liz Kimbrough 26 Jun 2014

Global warming puts trillions at stake, but mitigation offers big economic gains

Jeremy Hance 25 Jun 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Learning from innovations to make REDD+ work

Dr Liz Kimbrough 12 Jun 2014

EPA carbon proposal may be crucial step in addressing global climate change

Owen Reynolds 10 Jun 2014

Mountain forests store 40 percent more carbon than expected

Jeremy Hance 10 Jun 2014

New study finds environmental damage globally may cost more than U.S. GDP

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Jun 2014

Tipping the scale: how a political economist could save the world’s forests

Wendee Nicole 29 May 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Making community protection economically viable

Nika Levikov 29 May 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Linking public health and environmental degradation

Dr Liz Kimbrough 22 May 2014

Dams be damned: study finds large dams are too expensive

Paul Sutherland 19 May 2014

China pledges $10 million to combat poaching in Africa

Jeremy Hance 8 May 2014

Stanford kicks coal out of its $18 billion endowment

Jeremy Hance 7 May 2014

Seeing the Forest for the Trees: How ‘One Health’ Connects Humans, Animals, and Ecosystems

Wendee Nicole 5 May 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Connecting deforestation to disease

Dr Liz Kimbrough 3 Apr 2014

Chile turns to owls to combat fatal disease

Franziska Green 1 Apr 2014

Apocalypse now? Climate change already damaging agriculture, acidifying seas, and worsening extreme weather

Jeremy Hance 31 Mar 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Quantifying the cost of forest degradation

Dr Liz Kimbrough 27 Mar 2014

Deforestation makes Indonesia hotter, reduces quality of life

Erik Meijaard 26 Mar 2014

The best of the worst: fossil-fuel extractors pave the way for the low-carbon revolution

Owen Reynolds 26 Mar 2014

Cocaine: the new face of deforestation in Central America

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 11 Mar 2014

The price of gold: winners and losers in Latin America’s mining industry

Meghan Walsh 5 Mar 2014

Ecotourism pays: study finds lower poverty where nature-based tourism is prevalent

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2014

Handful of species key to ecosystem health, finds study

Ariel Mark 20 Jan 2014

Environmental groups: top secret Pacific trade agreement to sacrifice wildlife, environment

Jeremy Hance 16 Jan 2014

Tree growth accelerates with age

Jeremy Hance 15 Jan 2014

Over 75 percent of large predators declining

Jeremy Hance 9 Jan 2014

Environmental degradation leads to public health crises

Nicholas Barrett 7 Jan 2014

Rainforest news review for 2013

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Dec 2013

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