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The year in rainforests: 2015

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Dec 2015

Why are Southeast Asia’s mangroves being destroyed? Hint: it may be your diet

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Dec 2015

Wildlife catastrophe at Amazon dam a warning for future Tapajós dams

Jennifer Huizen 28 Dec 2015

Giant squid caught on video in Japanese harbor

Mongabay.com 28 Dec 2015
Critically endangered Sumatran Rhino

Mongabay’s 10 most popular conservation news stories in 2015

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Dec 2015
Young orangutan in Sabah, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Christmas gift to the planet: massive rainforest reserve created in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Dec 2015

Photo Essay: Paraguay’s last remnant of intact Atlantic Forest

Mike Gaworecki 23 Dec 2015

Creating a commons: sustainable fishing and hunting in the Colombian Amazon

David Barton Bray 23 Dec 2015

China’s demand for rosewood is destroying forests in Southeast Asia and, increasingly, In Africa

Mike Gaworecki 23 Dec 2015

U.S. adds lions to endangered species list, makes it harder to import lion trophies

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Dec 2015

Guatemala’s Christmas season isn’t nice to the native pinabete tree

Carlos Chávez 22 Dec 2015

Mapping the evidence: Researchers urge use of new tools to better understand impacts of conservation and sustainability programs

Mike Gaworecki 22 Dec 2015

An unconventional trinity: conservation, religion, and evolution

Fred Bercovitch 22 Dec 2015
Chevron's Duri oil field in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

How does the global commodity collapse impact forest conservation?

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Dec 2015

Large-scale copper mine project in Ecuador mired in allegations of abuse

Beth Wald 21 Dec 2015

Bolivia’s domestic parrot trade supplied by birds seen as “crop pests”

Sean Mowbray 21 Dec 2015

Loss of big animals reduces forests’ carbon-storing capacity

Loren Bell 19 Dec 2015

The week in environmental news – Dec 18, 2015

Brittany Stewart 19 Dec 2015

New research sheds light on how to help birds in the vanishing Atlantic Forest

Apoorva Joshi 18 Dec 2015

Belize bans offshore oil drilling along barrier reef system

Sandra Cuffe 18 Dec 2015

Big increase in little farms is whittling away Angola’s woodlands

Apoorva Joshi 17 Dec 2015

One of Brazil’s worst environmental crimes brings into question whether the country’s environmental policies are influenced by large mining companies

Renata Leite Pitman 17 Dec 2015

Bellavista no more: Peru’s infamous wildlife market reduced to rubble

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 17 Dec 2015

Aceh official takes chainsaw to illegal oil palm trees

Junaidi Hanafiah 17 Dec 2015

The state of the market for ecosystem services

John Cannon 17 Dec 2015

El Niño vs. the Amazon: researchers worry Brazil is not prepared

Ethan Harfenist 16 Dec 2015

Damming the Amazon: new hydropower projects put river dolphins at risk

Claire Salisbury 15 Dec 2015

The most recent seizure shows the scale and extent of illegal timber trafficking in Peru

Ruxandra Guidi 14 Dec 2015

After Paris: Charting the ‘psychological distance’ of climate change

Simon Pollock 14 Dec 2015

Norway extends forest conservation initiative

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Dec 2015

COP21 agreement prominently addresses protection of earth’s forests

Justin Catanoso 12 Dec 2015

The week in environmental news – Dec 12, 2015

Brittany Stewart 12 Dec 2015

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