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Gold mining shifts course of Peruvian river, ‘will destroy’ ecosystems

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 May 2016

How to use the Bloomberg Terminal for advocacy work: the basics

Dan Williams 6 May 2016

Kenya’s forests squeezed as government pressures environment groups

David Njagi 6 May 2016

How big donors and corporations shape conservation goals

Jeremy Hance 3 May 2016

Has big conservation gone astray?

Jeremy Hance 26 Apr 2016

A bleak future for the U.S. ‘wood basket’? Southern forests under threat

Apoorva Joshi 6 Apr 2016

Orangutan refugees: weighing when to rescue the apes

Melati Kaye 30 Mar 2016

Illegal deforestation for ‘sustainable’ chocolate continues in Peru

Morgan Erickson-Davis 17 Mar 2016
Not for republication. Image by Rod Harbinson/Rodharbinson.com

Indigenous forest activist released from prison amid Cambodian crackdown

Rod Harbinson 17 Mar 2016

Scientists blame Smokey Bear for making U.S. forests less resilient

Morgan Erickson-Davis 15 Mar 2016
Deforestation in Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

World’s largest sovereign wealth fund just dropped 11 companies over deforestation

Mike Gaworecki 9 Mar 2016

Some Indigenous groups wary of REDD+ following Paris Climate Agreement

Mitch Paquette 12 Feb 2016

Republic of Congo awards two million hectares of timber concessions

John Cannon 11 Feb 2016

Deforestation and death threats: activist and family threatened in Peru

John Cannon 24 Nov 2015

Gold mining boom threatens communities in Suriname

Apoorva Joshi 4 Nov 2015

Gold mining explodes in Suriname, puts forests and people at risk

Apoorva Joshi 30 Oct 2015

Reduced Amazon deforestation may be saving thousands of human lives

Morgan Erickson-Davis 28 Oct 2015

Conservation groups buy land from 109 coffee farmers, create reserve for rare salamanders

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Oct 2015

Road creeps into Peru’s Sierra del Divisor as it awaits national park designation

John Cannon 2 Oct 2015

UN study warns agricultural subsidies are threatening forests and conservation programs

John Cannon 24 Sep 2015

Amazon gold rush destroying huge swaths of rainforest

John Cannon 14 Jan 2015

Palawan palm oil presence likely to grow, industry rep denies harmful impact

Shaira Panela 23 Dec 2014

Advocacy group lashes out against palm oil expansion on Philippine island

Shaira Panela 23 Dec 2014

Deforestation taking toll on nesting birds in Cameroon

Ariel Mark 17 Dec 2014

Bamboo could help fight global warming

Julian Moll-rocek 11 Dec 2014

World’s rarest gorilla gets a new protected home

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Oct 2014

India plans huge palm oil expansion, puts forests at risk

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Oct 2014

Scientists use genes, feces to study disappearing monkeys

Morgan Erickson-Davis 24 Sep 2014

Dissolving pulp: the threat to Indonesia’s forests you’ve probably never heard of

Mike Gaworecki 23 Sep 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Quantifying the cost of forest degradation

Dr Liz Kimbrough 27 Mar 2014

Zero net deforestation is the wrong target, warn experts

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2013

80% of rainforests in Malaysian Borneo logged

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jul 2013

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