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Peruvian gov’t affirms illegal plantation activity in Amazon rainforest

Morgan Erickson-Davis 25 May 2016

Dams flood 36,000 hectares of Brazilian rainforest

Morgan Erickson-Davis 23 May 2016

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

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 May 2016

United Cacao responds to bid to remove company from London Stock Exchange

Morgan Erickson-Davis 12 May 2016

Unprecedented deforestation in old Herakles plantation, now under new management

John Cannon 6 May 2016

Kenya’s forests squeezed as government pressures environment groups

David Njagi 6 May 2016
Not for republication. Image by Rod Harbinson/Rodharbinson.com

REDD+ project struggles to find feet as Cambodian national park burns

Rod Harbinson 22 Apr 2016

Gold mining ramps up, pushes deeper into Peruvian reserve

Morgan Erickson-Davis 22 Apr 2016

NGOs and oil-palm growers team up to help orangutans, but progress is slow

Melati Kaye 21 Apr 2016

India’s “environmentalism of convenience” threatens forest-dwellers’ rights

Arpitha Kodiveri 14 Apr 2016

Lessons from Herakles: sorting out a road map for palm oil in Africa

John Cannon 7 Apr 2016

China’s forests are growing back – but at a cost

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Apr 2016

Orangutan refugees: weighing when to rescue the apes

Melati Kaye 30 Mar 2016

Local communities rush to save Kenya’s only lowland rainforest

Isaiah Esipisu 29 Mar 2016

Snake photographed in Ethiopia may be new species of venomous viper

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Mar 2016

Massive wildfire rips through Congo rainforest – is logging to blame?

Morgan Erickson-Davis 23 Mar 2016

Illegal deforestation for ‘sustainable’ chocolate continues in Peru

Morgan Erickson-Davis 17 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

As the U.S. bans trans fats, palm oil is poised to take over – but at what cost?

Sarah Hucal 11 Feb 2016

Republic of Congo awards two million hectares of timber concessions

John Cannon 11 Feb 2016

Why is Tasmania burning, and why are scientists worried?

Shreya Dasgupta 10 Feb 2016

Illegal gold mining pushes deeper into protected Peruvian reserve

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Feb 2016

Does sustainable forest management actually protect forests?

John Cannon 27 Jan 2016

Most ‘frontiers of plantation expansion’ are losing far more trees to deforestation than harvesting

John Cannon 26 Jan 2016

Rediscovered tree frogs get their own genus, eat their own eggs

Morgan Erickson-Davis 20 Jan 2016

A new reserve for the world’s smallest deer

Ethan Harfenist 19 Jan 2016

India, China, Indonesia score lowest when it comes to tropical forest protection

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Jan 2016

Illegal gold mining spreads to protected Peruvian reserve

Apoorva Joshi 7 Jan 2016

Will Uganda be able to fulfill its pledge to protect its forests?

Arnest Tumwesige 6 Jan 2016

Cocaine-linked airstrip appears in Peruvian national park

Ethan Harfenist 29 Dec 2015

El Niño vs. the Amazon: researchers worry Brazil is not prepared

Ethan Harfenist 16 Dec 2015

New mapping platform sees the forest for the carbon

Morgan Erickson-Davis 2 Dec 2015

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