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Daring activists use high-tech to track illegal logging trucks in the Brazilian Amazon

Jane Goodall joins mongabay

The only solution for polar bears: ‘stop the rise in CO2 and other greenhouse gases’

What makes the jaguar the ultimate survivor? New books highlights mega-predator’s remarkable past and precarious future

Leonard DiCaprio to UN Climate Summit: ‘You can make history or you will be vilified by it’

‘The green Amazon is red with indigenous blood’: authorities pull bodies from river that may have belonged to slain leaders

Mongabay founder, Rhett Butler, wins Field Museum’s top conservation prize

Featured video: new Netflix documentary highlights the work of Sylvia Earle to save the oceans

Why conservationists need a little hope: saving themselves from becoming the most depressing scientists on the planet

World Ranger Day: honoring our wildlife protectors

Pope Francis: ‘if we destroy Creation, Creation will destroy us!’

Lemur expert becomes first woman to win top conservation prize

53 indigenous activists on trial for police-protester massacre in Peru

Indonesian activist wins Goldman Prize for fighting palm oil, deforestation

The remarkable story of how a bat scientist took on Russia’s most powerful…and won

Mother of God: meet the 26 year old Indiana Jones of the Amazon, Paul Rosolie

Assassination 25 years ago catalyzed movement to protect the Amazon

UN talks tough to global coal industry

David Attenborough: someone who believes in infinite growth is ‘either a madman or an economist’

Unlikely success: how Zimbabwe has become a global leader in rhino conservation

Celebrities aim to raise $1.6 million to keep orangutan forests from the the chopping block in Borneo

Clinton Global Initiative pledges $80 million to combat elephant poaching

A year after devastating attack, security returns to the Okapi Wildlife Reserve (photos)

Sea Shepherd to name new ship after slain sea turtle activist

Decades-long fight leads to old-growth forest protection in Tasmania

Why endangered species need conservation champions

Costa Rican environmentalist pays ultimate price for his dedication to sea turtles

Loris champion: conserving the world’s most surprising primate family

Saving Gorongosa: E.O. Wilson on protecting a biodiversity hotspot in Mozambique

Conservation without supervision: Peruvian community group creates and patrols its own protected area

Iraqi who is bringing back the Garden of Eden wins top environment award

Anti-mining activist from Indonesia wins top green honor

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