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Bringing back large mammals boosts restoration of entire ecosystems: Study

Carolyn Cowan 17 Feb 2022

Malaysian officials dampen prospects for giant, secret carbon deal in Sabah

John Cannon 10 Feb 2022

Indonesia on track with peatland restoration, but bogged down with mangroves

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Feb 2022

Here’s how science is trying to conserve the monarch butterfly’s forests

Thelma Gómez Durán 17 Jan 2022

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

Decline of threatened bird highlights planning importance of bison releases

John Cannon 21 Dec 2021
Mushrooms

Scientists on a quest to map worldwide web of fungi beneath our feet

Carolyn Cowan 17 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
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
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
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

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

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 4 Oct 2021
Rainforest in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Jane Goodall launches effort in support of planting 1 trillion trees by 2030

Mongabay.com 23 Sep 2021

Project works with farmers to restore Brazilian pine forests

Luís Patriani 13 Sep 2021

Should tree plantations count toward reforestation goals? It’s complicated

Gianluca Cerullo 10 Sep 2021

Mangrove restoration done right has clear economic, ecological benefits

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 31 Aug 2021

Underwater gardeners restore seagrass meadows to keep oceans healthy

Lucrezia Lozza 19 Aug 2021

Global restoration now has an online meeting point

Liz Kimbrough 23 Jul 2021

Indonesia eyes less severe fire season, but COVID-19 could turn it deadly

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Jul 2021

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

Cara Nelson, Jim Hallett 15 Jul 2021

Building back Miami’s Biscayne Bay: Do natural solutions hold hope?

Marlowe Starling 14 Jul 2021

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

Liz Kimbrough 11 Jun 2021

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