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Creating wild edges on fields boosts wildlife numbers and crop yield

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Oct 2015

New study argues ‘land sparing’ is better for the birds

Jeremy Hance 12 Oct 2015

Lombok’s blooming community forest bears fruit and raises livelihoods – and haj trips

Jay Fajar 7 Oct 2015

‘Land sparing’ vs. ‘land sharing’: scientists weigh in on how to improve biodiversity on farms

Philip Rothrock 6 Jul 2015

Bolivia’s aggressive agricultural development plans threaten forests

Alexandra Ellerbeck 8 Jun 2015

Empowering women in order to save the harvest

Rachel Cernansky 16 Apr 2015

Low crop prices means time is ripe for new forest protection programs

Heather D'angelo 27 Mar 2015

Humans cause erosion one hundred times faster than normal

Alexander Montoro 5 Mar 2015

To keep big cats out, use a cat door

Michael Buelna 26 Feb 2015

How termites hold back the desert

Jeremy Hance 5 Feb 2015

Brazil’s soy moratorium dramatically reduced Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jan 2015

Success of ‘land sparing’ will depend on global economics, regulations

Erin Kitchell 16 Dec 2014

Ending deforestation won’t stop carbon emissions from land use change

Jeremy Hance 17 Nov 2014

Shifting the way the world shops (commentary)

Alex Diment 17 Nov 2014

Brazil unlikely to sustain gains in reducing deforestation without new incentives for ranchers, says study

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Oct 2014

Cargill commits to zero deforestation across entire global supply chain: all commodities

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Sep 2014

China and Europe’s outsourcing of soy production impacts the Amazon

Mongabay.com 14 Aug 2014

Brazil could meet all its food demand by 2040 without cutting down another tree

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2014

‘Stop using the bloody things’: pesticides linked to bee collapse now blamed for bird declines

Jeremy Hance 15 Jul 2014

Forests as important as farming for some rural communities

Diana Parker 14 Jul 2014

Booming populations, rising economies, threatened biodiversity: the tropics will never be the same

Jeremy Hance 7 Jul 2014

A taste for wildlife: what’s driving bushmeat hunting in Tanzania?

Julian Moll-rocek 25 Jun 2014

Commodity eco-certification skyrockets, but standards slip

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 May 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Integrating demand for food with the need to save wild areas

Dr Liz Kimbrough 28 Feb 2014

Migrating monarch butterflies hit shockingly low numbers

Jeremy Hance 31 Jan 2014

Bee-harming pesticides may impact human nervous system

Jeremy Hance 23 Dec 2013

Asian elephants depend on shifting cultivation during the dry season

Andrew Mann 16 Dec 2013

Humans are not apex predators, but meat-eating on the rise worldwide

Jeremy Hance 5 Dec 2013

Brazil could boost agriculture without destroying forests

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2013

Mangrove ecosystems being obliterated in Myanmar

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2013

Scientists’ beef with land use decisions

Emily Eggleston 25 Nov 2013

Bornean elephant meets palm oil: saving the world’s smallest pachyderm in a fractured landscape

Jeremy Hance 1 Oct 2013

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