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Huge logs are delivered daily to the Koh Kong provincial prison in Cambodia

Forest behind bars: Logging network operating out of Cambodian prison in the Cardamoms

Gerald Flynn 26 May 2023
David Antonioli at COP15 in 2009.

Head of Verra, top carbon credit certifier, to leave in June

John Cannon 25 May 2023
White-handed gibbon

U.S. traders flouting sanctions on buying Myanmar teak, report says

Carolyn Cowan 22 May 2023
Brightly-coloured seals and white stenciled writing on the ends of logs at Gabon's Nkok SEZ. Image courtesy GSEZ.

Corruption threatens timber traceability in Nkok, Gabon

Elodie Toto 10 May 2023
The Bungule Women's Group, where women engage in entrepreneurial activities like producing arts and crafts.

Indigenous groups voice support for REDD+, despite flaws

John Cannon 9 May 2023
Victor Emata, a SEAMANCOR-trained tour guide, rowing a boat.

A Philippine town and its leaders show how mangrove restoration can succeed

Mavic Conde 4 May 2023
CI-Brazil and partners mixing the muvuca seeds.

World’s ‘largest’ tropical reforestation project slowed by Covid, Bolsonaro, fires

Jeremy Hance 4 May 2023
Graine de Vie’s reforestation site in Ambohitantely prior to the October 2022 fire.

Madagascar bush fires prompt exasperated NGO to curtail tree planting

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 1 May 2023
Dominick DellaSala, chief scientist with Oregon-based NGO Wild Heritage walks on a trail.

The U.S. has cataloged its forests. Now comes the hard part: Protecting them

Justin Catanoso 27 Apr 2023
Shigeatsu Hatakeyama at a tree-planting festival

Saving forests to protect coastal ecosystems: Japan sets historic example

Annelise Giseburt 27 Apr 2023
Eurasian lynx mother and cub.

Could biodiversity be a key to better forest carbon storage in Europe?

Mark Hillsdon 13 Apr 2023

Flawed count puts ‘glorified’ Javan rhinos on path to extinction, report says

Basten Gokkon 11 Apr 2023

Newly described leafless orchid in Sri Lanka named after a precious yellow sapphire

Malaka Rodrigo 31 Mar 2023
A Baird's tapir walking at night through her natural habitat.

Rewilding animals could be key for climate: Report

Liz Kimbrough 30 Mar 2023
The endangered golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia).

Reconnecting ‘island habitat’ with wild corridors in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest

Jeremy Hance 30 Mar 2023
A resplendent quetzal.

Mountain islands: Restoring a transitional cloud forest in Costa Rica

Jeremy Hance 29 Mar 2023
The vulnerable ʻiʻiwi (Drepanis coccinea).

From ukuleles to reforestation: Regrowing a tropical forest in Hawai‘i

Jeremy Hance 28 Mar 2023
A river flows through the Amazon Rainforest.

Tropical forest regeneration offsets 26% of carbon emissions from deforestation

Jaqueline Sordi 23 Mar 2023
Mangrove planting on the coast of Ambon Island.

Indonesia’s mangrove restoration will run out of land well short of target, study warns

Cassie Freund 9 Mar 2023
Children relaxing in the clear water of a shallow river in Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo. Image by Pieter Henket (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Deforestation threatens local populations in Republic of Congo’s Sangha

Lawon Olalekan 6 Mar 2023

Orangutan death in Sumatra points to human-wildlife conflict, illegal trade

Ayat S. Karokaro, Sri Wahyuni 6 Mar 2023
Michellejean with a GPS device with elders in the forest.

Indigenous youths keep ancient forestry traditions alive in the Philippines

Keith Anthony S. Fabro 6 Mar 2023
A farmer embracing agroecological approaches in Haiti. Photo credit: Ben Depp

Agroecology is a poverty solution in Haiti (commentary)

Cantave Jean-Baptiste, Steve Brescia 6 Mar 2023
A lowland tapir with its calf.

Restoration turns pastures into wildlife haven in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest

Sarah Brown 3 Mar 2023
Aerial image of a reforestation program in the DRC.

Carbon market intermediaries act with little transparency, according to report

John Cannon 24 Feb 2023

Bolivia has a soy deforestation problem. It’s worse than previously thought.

Maxwell Radwin 21 Feb 2023
Local women participating in the economic value conservation activities.

Failed mangrove tourism project in Sumatra highlights need for community collaboration

Barita News Lumbanbatu 16 Feb 2023
Two researchers measuring a Victoria boliviana leaf.

Kew Gardens joins local partners to save tropical plants from extinction

Sue Branford 15 Feb 2023
Ismail in Mount Gede, Indonesia, cutting dead twigs to be used as firewood.

Updated guide gives practical advice for buyers of tropical forest carbon credits

John Cannon 9 Feb 2023
A black bear stands onshore looking at four tundra swans on the water.

Peatland restoration in temperate nations could be carbon storage bonanza

Jeremy Hance 9 Feb 2023
Karen Kimani waters her tree nursery.

Kenya’s youngest environmental ambassador: Q&A with 10-year-old Karen Kimani

Mactilda Mbenywe 3 Feb 2023
Kelly Banda (center, standing) with volunteers and community members.

‘The Mangrove Guy’: Q&A with Kelly Roberts Banda, Kenya’s lawyer-conservationist

Calvin Rock Odhiambo 2 Feb 2023

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