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Higher incomes, not higher carbon dioxide levels, drive forest gains, study finds

Mongabay.com 15 May 2018

Indonesia may achieve renewables target, but still favors coal for power

Basten Gokkon 29 Mar 2018

Carbon pricing could save millions of hectares of tropical forest: new study

John Cannon 5 Feb 2018

Roads, dams and railways: Ten infrastructure stories from Southeast Asia in 2017

Mongabay.com 27 Dec 2017

Kenyan farmers reap economic, environmental gains from ABCDs of agroforestry

Sophie Mbugua 4 Dec 2017

Leading US plywood firm linked to alleged destruction, rights violations in Malaysia

John Cannon 19 Oct 2017

Birdwatching poised to take flight in Colombia, study reveals

John Cannon 10 Oct 2017

‘SALT’ alliance aims to tackle illegal fishing on a global scale

Mongabay.com 6 Oct 2017

Activists spy silver lining as officials warn of financial clouds over coal-fueled grid

Basten Gokkon 4 Oct 2017

CETA: environmentally friendly trade treaty or corporate Trojan horse?

Jennifer Huizen 18 Sep 2017

The financial case against coal power in Indonesia

Keith Schneider 6 Sep 2017

Amazonian city drags down fish stocks in 1,000-kilometer shadow

John Cannon 28 Jul 2017

Probing rural poachers in Africa: Why do they poach?

Neha Jain 22 Mar 2017

Environmental costs, benefits and possibilities: Q&A with anthropologist Eben Kirksey

John Cannon 28 Feb 2017

Trophy hunters overstate contribution of big game hunting to African economies: Report

Mike Gaworecki 10 Feb 2017

Deforestation rises with incomes in developing economies

John Cannon 30 Jan 2017

How local elites earn money from burning land in Indonesia

Alice Cuddy 16 Jan 2017

Elephant poaching costs African nations $25 million a year in lost tourism revenue

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Nov 2016

Failed economic development plans drive deforestation in Andean Amazon

Mike Gaworecki 20 Oct 2016

Mother Nature and a hydropower onslaught aren’t the Mekong Delta’s only problems

David Brown 13 Oct 2016

A cost-benefit analysis of securing indigenous land rights in the Amazon

Mike Gaworecki 11 Oct 2016

Indonesia exploring new model to fund national parks

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 30 Sep 2016

Scientists say Amazon biodiversity could help fuel Fourth Industrial Revolution

Mike Gaworecki 20 Sep 2016

Revealed: Australian miner used arbitration threat to upend Indonesian environmental law

Philip Jacobson 15 Sep 2016

The 101 on how global trade treaties came to threaten the environment

Jennifer Huizen 8 Sep 2016

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

Mike Gaworecki 19 Aug 2016

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

Jonathan Vit 22 Apr 2016

Spanish enviros threatened by government and economically stressed citizens

Santiago Sáez Moreno 15 Apr 2016

Study finds link between RSPO certification and profitability for palm oil companies

Pek Shibao 11 Apr 2016

Indonesia’s antigraft agency strives to rein in the mining sector

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 27 Feb 2016

Can privatization save parks?

Josh Davis 26 Feb 2016

Jakarta governor proposes lighter environmental permitting

Melati Kaye 15 Feb 2016

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