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Colombia pledges to produce deforestation-free chocolate

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2018
Pardalis chameleon (Furcifer pardalis), a resident of the Masoala Peninsula in northeastern Madagascar, where illegal rosewood logging has taken a heavy toll on forests. Image by Rhett A. Butler.

Madagascar: Yet another anti-trafficking activist convicted

Edward Carver 19 Jun 2018

Papuan chef Charles Toto serves up sustainability and environmental protection in a platter

Luh De Suriyani 24 Apr 2018
Founder of Camino Verde, Robin Van Loon, holding a leaf from a Moena tree. Photo courtesy Shahrzade Ehya.

Tambopata: Where forest conservation and opportunity meet

Heather D'angelo 19 Apr 2018
A luxury yacht at the London Boat Show in January 2018. Photo by Sophie Cohen/Mongabay.

Luxury British yacht makers vow to examine supply chains

Sophie Cohen 23 Jan 2018
A yacht on the River Thames in London. Photo by Gary Knight via Flickr.

Illegal Burmese wood used in British boats, says organization

Lauren Crothers 9 Jan 2018
Heather D'Angelo in front of a Moena Alcanfor grove in Peru. Photo by Shahrzade Ehya with permission.

Former Mongabay intern, now pop star, launches Amazon-friendly perfume

Genevieve Belmaker 2 Jan 2018
Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra), a species that lives in northeastern Madagascar, where rosewood logging has been severe. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

CITES rejects Madagascar’s bid to sell rosewood and ebony stockpiles

Edward Carver 12 Dec 2017
Franco Rajaonarison, a guide, shows a rosewood stump in Marojejy National Park. Photo by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor for Mongabay.

Madagascar petitions CITES to sell millions in stolen rosewood

Dan Ashby, Lucy Taylor 13 Nov 2017
A fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox), a species that lives in Marojejy National Park, which was ground zero for Madagascar’s rosewood logging crisis in 2009. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Logjam: Inside Madagascar’s illegal-rosewood stockpiles

Rowan Moore Gerety 8 Nov 2017

Another Madagascar environmental activist imprisoned

Edward Carver 20 Oct 2017
Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) in Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Anti-trafficking activist held without trial in Madagascar

Fabienne Rafidiharinirina 8 May 2017
A bag of charcoal for sale in Namanga border point. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay

Despite delays, Kenya and Tanzania continue to push against illegal logging

Nathan Siegel 29 Jan 2017
Amone Ayesa collects wood in the Entoto forest outside of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo by Maheder Haileselassie Tadese

The people of Ethiopia’s forests

Maheder Haileselassie Tadese 15 Nov 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
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

Successes and many challenges in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 2 Jun 2016

Leonardo DiCaprio invests in company, donates shares to Amazon indigenous organization

Mike Gaworecki 3 May 2016

Could conservation education in virtual reality help change the real world?

Julia John 3 May 2016

Sustainable non-timber forest products failing to meet conservation promise

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2012

How fruit defines Borneo

Janie Dubman 1 Aug 2011

90% of tropical forests managed poorly or not at all

Mongabay.com 7 Jun 2011

Good stewards of forests at home outsource deforestation abroad

Jeremy Hance 24 Nov 2010

New tree species discovered in Guyana is rich source of oil

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Dec 2009

Eco-label for rainforest products could boost sustainability

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Dec 2009
Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest canopy. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Is Amazon conservation worth more than clearing for cattle or soy?

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Oct 2007

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