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Agroforestry in spotlight ahead of Jokowi’s trip to New York

Ethan Harfenist 19 Sep 2015

Cargill commits to removing deforestation from supply chain by 2030

Mike Gaworecki 18 Sep 2015

Illegal timber trade destroying Myanmar’s forests uncovered in new report

Mike Gaworecki 18 Sep 2015

Local stewardship: conservation’s ‘vast blind spot’

Mike Gaworecki 17 Sep 2015
Quadcopter drone. Photo courtesy of ConservationDrones.org

Conservation Drones Summit streaming live

17 Sep 2015

Will community management help save the black rhino from extinction? (Photos)

Nika Levikov 17 Sep 2015

Arctic sea ice reached fourth lowest extent on record this summer

Mike Gaworecki 17 Sep 2015

Reduced deforestation in Brazil saves thousands of lives

Mike Gaworecki 16 Sep 2015

The jig is up: copycat woodpecker unmasked by genetics

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 Sep 2015

How much water is in your shirt?

Mike Gaworecki 16 Sep 2015
Rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia. Malaysia has reported a steep increase in forest cover to FAO, a result of changing how it classifies forest cover.

Indonesia’s new emissions target actually a step back: Greenpeace

16 Sep 2015
Borneo orangutan. Orangutan habitat is being destroyed for oil palm plantations in Indonesian Borneo.

Target, Costco, Grupo Bimbo adopt new palm oil policies

Mongabay.com 16 Sep 2015

Norway pays Brazil $1B to fulfill pledge for curbing deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Sep 2015

Scientists capture first ever footage of rare, threatened bird in Peru’s Cerros del Sira

Mike Gaworecki 15 Sep 2015

Activist arrested while illegal loggers chop away at Madagascar’s forests

Rowan Moore Gerety 15 Sep 2015

‘Measured in human lives’: report finds EU and logging companies complicit in funding war

John Cannon 15 Sep 2015

From conflict to partnership, a Kalimantan community and logging company manage the forest together

Indra Nugraha 15 Sep 2015

After crackdown, protesters to march again against Ecuador’s ‘extractivism’

Sandra Cuffe 14 Sep 2015

Children are dying from respiratory ailments as haze blankets Sumatra

Made Ali 14 Sep 2015

Rogue oil palm company must pay $26m, rules Indonesia’s Supreme Court

Chik Rini, Indra Nugraha 14 Sep 2015
Giraffes at sunset. Photo by Francois Deacon.

Disappearing giraffes

Fred Bercovitch 13 Sep 2015
Elephants at water hole, Chobe, Botswana

In defense of wildlife: the realities of using drones for anti-poaching

Max Ciaglo 11 Sep 2015

Studying the unloved through the wisdom of crowds

Roz Evans 11 Sep 2015

Big reserve expansion gives tigers a boost in Nepal

Morgan Erickson-Davis 11 Sep 2015

Agrarian settlements causing massive deforestation in Brazil: ‘Much more damage may be done’

Mike Gaworecki 10 Sep 2015

Blinded by the light: simple devices help protect farms and reduce human-wildlife conflict

Sammi Dowdell 10 Sep 2015

Powered by the land: The Sumatran village that conserves forest for electricity

Ayat S. Karokaro 10 Sep 2015

Oil palm firm in hot water after Jokowi drops in on forest fires

Taufik Wijaya 10 Sep 2015
Illegal logging in Madagascar's Masoala Peninsula, a protected area where rosewood is commonly targeted

5 African countries agree to combat illegal timber trade

Mongabay.com 10 Sep 2015

Cacao plantation ramping up forest clearing in Peru

John Cannon 9 Sep 2015

Investment in small-scale farmers ‘could have big payoff’ in the fight against climate change, poverty

John Cannon 9 Sep 2015

Does conservation work? Using the IUCN Red List to evaluate groups’ performance

John-Rob Pool 9 Sep 2015

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