New satellite data shows that human actions are wiping out mangrove forests even faster than previous bleak estimates. Conducted by the US Geological Survey and NASA, the researchers found that…
Kristian Teleki, Vice President for Science Initiatives for SeaWeb and former Director of the International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN), spoke with Laurel Neme on her "The WildLife" radio show…
Laporan terbaru dari Chatham House mengungkapkan pembalakan liar di hutan tropis nasional di seluruh dunia secara umum menurun. Temuan ini membuktikan regulasi-regulasi baru dan usaha internasional dalam memerangi pembalakan liar…
Investments in protecting and managing biodiversity are key to helping the world slow and adapt to climate change, said a World Bank ecologist speaking last month at the Association for…
Scientists with the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) have released a resolution opposing the current development plan for a road and bridge crossing Balikpapan Bay in the Indonesian…
A new report by the United Nation Environment Program (UNEP) and the Nature Conservancy has found that mangrove forests are being lost at staggering rates worldwide: since 1980 one fifth…
Global production of illegal timber down by 22 percent from 2002. A new report by the Chatham House finds that illegal logging in tropical forest nation is primarily on the…
Sejak manusia masuk ke dunia, alam telah memberikan pada kita berbagai ragam yang luas pelayanan esensial dan 'gratis': beberapa di antaranya adalah produksi pangan, penyerbukan, kesehatan tanah, penyaringan air, dan…
Ever since humans entered the stage, nature has been providing us with a wide-variety of essential and 'free' services: food production, pollination, soil health, water filtration, and carbon sequestration to…
Most of the US's large ecosystems are but shadows of their former selves. The old-growth deciduous forests that once covered nearly all of the east and mid-west continental US are…
Oil disaster could cripple the Gulf's ecosystem services. According to a new analysis by the World Resources Institute (WRI), the many ecosystem services provided by the Gulf of Mexico will…
Asosiasi Biologi dan Konservasi Tropis (ATBC) mengutuk peningkatan praktek mengonversi hutan tropis menjadi perkebunan karet di Malaysia, dengan alasan bahwa konversi tersebut mengancam keanekaragaman hayati Malaysia, spesies terancam punah, dan…
The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) has condemned Malaysia's booming practice of converting tropical forests into rubberwood plantations, arguing that the conversion threatens Malaysia's biodiversity, endangered species, and…
Not surprisingly, a US report released last week which argued that saving forests abroad will help US agricultural producers by reducing international competition has raised hackles in tropical forest counties.…
Obat yang diperoleh dari tumbuhan asli hutan hujan Australia bisa saja menjadi senjata baru melawan kanker, menurut AFP. QBiotics Ltd telah mengeluarkan pernyataan yang mengumumkan bahwa sebuah obat yang terbuat…
A drug derived from a plant native to the Australian rainforest may prove to be a new weapon against cancer, according to the AFP. QBiotics Ltd has released a statement…
In South Korea last week 230 delegates from 85 nations approved a new UN science panel focusing on saving life on Earth, known as the Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on…
It has been estimated that as many as 300 million farmers in tropical countries may take part in slash and burn agriculture. A practice that is environmentally destructive and ultimately…
Pemerintah Indonesia telah menyebutkan empat hutan yang bisa digunakan sebagai proyek pertama untuk kesepakatan pelestarian mereka dengan Norwegia, menurut Jakarta Post. Kesepakatan tersebut, melibatkan milyaran dolar Amerika dari Norwegia, diharapkan…
Dengan empat milyar dolar Amerika Serikat yang dijanjikan minggu lalu untuk memulai Pengurangan Emisi dari Penggundulan Hutan dan Degradasi Hutan (REDD), laporan baru dari Global Witness memperingatkan bahwa dana tersebut…
A number of reports over the last decade have shown amphibians, lizards, fish, and birds facing steep population declines across species and continents, providing further evidence that the planet is…
Membeli buku anak-anak kemungkinan sebabkan penggundulan hutan di hutan hujan padat karbon dan keragamanhayati secara langsung, menurut laporan baru dari Rainforest Action Network (RAN). Dalam penemuan yang menggarisbawahi ironi masalah…
The government of Indonesia has named four forests which could serve as pilot projects for its conservation deal with Norway, according to the Jakarta Post. The deal, including a billion…
Sebagai pemilik salah satu tingkat tertinggi penggundulan hutan di dunia, emisi ketiga terbesar di dunia sebagian besar karena hilangnya hutan, dan kekayaan keragaman hayati yang berjuang untuk bertahan hidup di…
Nestle berusaha menghilangkan produk dengan "footprint penggundulan hutan". Setelah kampanye dua bulan yang dipelopori oleh Greenpeace melawan Nestle karena mereka menggunakan minyak kelapa yang terkait dengan perusakan hutan, raksasa pangan…
Last week the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) program received a jump start with a four billion US dollar pledge from a number of industrialized nations. Under…
With four billion US dollars pledged last week to kick-start the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), a new report by Global Witness warns that the funds could…
Radical, controversial, ahead-of-his-time, brilliant, or extremist: call Dr. Glen Barry, the head of Ecological Internet, what you will, but there is no question that his environmental advocacy group has achieved…
Purchasing a children's book may be directly causing deforestation of biodiverse and carbon-heavy rainforests, according to a new report by the Rainforest Action Network (RAN). In a discovery that highlights…
Hingga saat ini, menyelamatkan hutan hujan seperti sebuah misi yang mustahil. Namun saat ini dunia telah mulai menerima ide bahwa solusi yang ditawarkan untuk membantu menghadapi perubahan iklim dapat memberikan…
