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One of the major goals of protected areas is to conserve biodiversity. Photo of knobbed hornbill by Rhett A. Butler.

Group helps illegal bird traders transition into different lines of business

Nadine Freischlad 3 Dec 2018

Forestry reforms could fall short without PM’s backing in Ukraine

John Cannon 28 Nov 2018

California’s Tropical Forest Standard could be the state’s most important climate action (commentary)

Steve Schwartzman and Christina McCain 14 Nov 2018

Study games out oil palm development scenarios in Borneo

Loren Bell 17 Sep 2018

The crisis in the European tropical timber sector in Central Africa (commentary)

Alain Karsenty 1 Aug 2018

Tracking the shift of tropical forests from carbon sink to source

Mongabay.com 31 Jul 2018

Forest communities pay the price for conservation in Madagascar

John Cannon 25 Jul 2018

EU demand siphons illicit timber from Ukraine, investigation finds

John Cannon 17 Jul 2018

Indonesia turns to green finance for development projects

Basten Gokkon 25 Jun 2018

Hunting, fishing causing dramatic decline in Amazon river dolphins

Claire Asher 13 Jun 2018

Government subsidies serving to prop up destructive high-seas fishing: study

Basten Gokkon 8 Jun 2018

Natural gas project that promised economic boom leaves PNG in ‘worse state’: report

Isabel Esterman 17 May 2018

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

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