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Investing in conservation could save global economy trillions of dollars annually

Political heat rising on climate change, but does the United States feel it?

Penan tribe to continue blockade against loggers with blowpipes and spears

Maldives president tells world: ‘please, don’t be stupid’ on climate change

The Pope: “creation is under threat”

A new effort to save global biodiversity? Just ask E.O. Wilson

Gold mining threatens world’s most infamous reptile, the Komodo dragon

Environmental disappointments under Obama

Little hydroelectric dams become all the rage, but do they harm the environment?

Brazil’s ‘Obama’ weighs presidential bid

Idaho to allow 25 percent of its wolf population to be killed in one season

Economic crisis threatens conservation programs and endangered species, an interview with Paula Kahumbu of WildlifeDirect

China moves forward on global warming: top scientists recommend emissions peak in 2030

Brazil’s environment minister Minc to step down

Ban Ki-Moon: climate change ‘greatest collective challenge we face’

Are we on the brink of saving rainforests?

Smart biofuels that don’t hurt people or the environment are possible

G8 leaders declare support for REDD forest conservation initiative

A Tasmanian tragedy? : How the forestry industry has torn an island apart

Brazil’s minister of ideas, nemesis of former environmental minister, resigns

Implications of the American Clean Energy and Security Act for conservation

Global warming bill passes the House

Proving the ‘shifting baselines’ theory: how humans consistently misperceive nature

New Yangtze River dam could doom more endangered species

War and conservation in Cambodia

Fate of world’s rainforests likely to be determined in next 2 years

Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests forms to advise Congress, Obama on forest conservation

New report predicts dire consequences for every U.S. region from global warming

Canada expands park: over three times larger than Yellowstone

UN calls for global ban on plastic bags to save oceans

Brazil to sanction illegal colonization in 230,000 sq mi of Amazon rainforest

Another milestone in Afghanistan: listing of endangered species

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