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Timber from Peru 90 percent illegal, finds report issued by U.S. gov’t

Morgan Erickson-Davis 18 Aug 2016

‘All they need is a head start’: reforesting India’s Western Ghats

Sibi Arasu 16 Aug 2016
A mural of murdered activists Berta Cáceres in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Photo by disoniador via Pixabay.

In Latin America, environmentalists are an endangered species

Lindsay Fendt 11 Aug 2016

Deforestation: a lingering legacy

John Cannon 10 Aug 2016

How to use the Bloomberg Terminal for advocacy work: advanced tools

Dan Williams 8 Aug 2016
Blue color form of Dendrobates auratus dart frog. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

10 conservation “fads”: how have they worked in Latin America?

Aldo Orellana López, Alan Forsberg 17 Jun 2016
La Danta pyramid in the Mayan city of Mirador, as seen from a distance. Photo by Ronyrocael/Wikimedia Commons.

Controversial park plans in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 17 Jun 2016
Oil-palm estate in Sabah, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Tracking assets for environmental advocacy work with Bloomberg

Dan Williams 9 Jun 2016
Marta Álvarez inspects xate palm fronds harvested in the Uaxactún community forest concession. Photo by Sandra Cuffe.

Communities lead the way in rainforest conservation in Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe 9 Jun 2016

Can conservationists overcome their differences to save life on Earth?

Mongabay 7 Jun 2016

Successes and many challenges in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 2 Jun 2016

Conservation’s people problem

Jeremy Hance 17 May 2016

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

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