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Indonesian fishers seize dredging boat in protest against offshore tin mining

Basten Gokkon 13 Jul 2021

The science of forest biomass: Conflicting studies map the controversy

Justin Catanoso 12 Jul 2021

Sri Lanka banks on the ocean to chart a green path toward a blue economy

Dennis Mombauer 28 Jun 2021

Forest advocates press EU leader to rethink views on biomass and energy

Justin Catanoso 15 Jun 2021
An orangutan in Sabah, Borneo

‘Conservation litigation’ tries to put a true price on wildlife crime

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 10 Jun 2021

Brazil ‘Adopt-a-Park’ program may negatively impact traditional peoples

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 8 Jun 2021

Unregulated by U.S. at home, Facebook boosts wildlife trafficking abroad

Ian Morse 8 Jun 2021

Brazil’s environment minister faces second probe linked to illegal timber

Shanna Hanbury 4 Jun 2021

New Attenborough film sounds alarm on planetary boundaries, but offers hope

Mongabay.com 4 Jun 2021

Can Biden’s 30×30 plan put U.S. on a positive conservation track?

Mike Gaworecki 3 Jun 2021

In the International Year of Caves and Karst, Brazilian caves are at high risk (Commentary)

Enrico Bernard | Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira | Francisco W. Cruz | Luís Piló | Allan Calux 31 May 2021

Specter of tailings disaster looms after spill at Canadian firm’s Brazil mine

Maurício Angelo 27 May 2021
Global Forest Watch tree cover loss 2001-2021 set on Planet imagery from Jun-Sep 2020.

Science refutes United Cacao’s claim it didn’t deforest Peruvian Amazon

John Cannon 25 May 2021

Study: Brazil govt undercounts Indigenous deaths from COVID-19 by half

Maurício Angelo 18 May 2021

Wealth inequality fuels flow of wildlife from poor countries to rich: Study

Malavika Vyawahare 18 May 2021

As the rest of world tackles plastics disposal, the U.S. resists

Charles Pekow 17 May 2021

Is planting trees as good for the Earth as everyone says?

Mike Gaworecki 13 May 2021

ADB declares coal exit in Asia Pacific, but gas remains in play

Imelda Abano 11 May 2021

New paper urges shift to ‘nature positivity’ to restore Earth

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 May 2021
Redwood trees in California. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Biden lays out vision for protecting 30% of US land, waters by 2030

Mongabay.com 6 May 2021

In Project Amazônia 2.0, communities and technology team up for nature

Débora Pinto 30 Apr 2021

Reversing warming quickly could prevent worst climate change effects: Study

Claire Asher 28 Apr 2021

Hits and misses for a legal tool to protect the environment in Philippines

Purple Romero 28 Apr 2021

Leaders make bold climate pledges, but is it ‘all just smoke and mirrors?’: Critics

Justin Catanoso 23 Apr 2021

With British Columbia’s last old-growth at risk, government falters: Critics

Justin Catanoso 20 Apr 2021

‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits

Leilani Chavez 15 Apr 2021
Layang Layang Atoll, Spratly Islands, South China Sea.

‘We’re at a tipping point with coal’: Q&A with Bloomberg’s Antha Williams

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Apr 2021

The nine boundaries humanity must respect to keep the planet habitable

Claire Asher 30 Mar 2021

Oceans helped absorb our CFCs. They’re now going to emit them back out

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 22 Mar 2021

Freight train project that railroads Indigenous rights still on track

Jennifer Ann Thomas 16 Mar 2021

First female leader signals new day for WTO (commentary)

Isabel Jarrett 10 Mar 2021

Dutch to limit forest biomass subsidies, possibly signaling EU sea change

Justin Catanoso 9 Mar 2021

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