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A lingering ‘legacy’: Deforestation warms climate more than expected

Mongabay.com 8 Sep 2017

Three years after the tragedy of Saweto, where is the justice and security? (commentary)

David S. Salisbury 8 Sep 2017

Zero tolerance of deforestation likely only way to save Amazon gateway

Claire Asher 7 Sep 2017

Technologies that boost conservation efforts right now and in the future

Mike Gaworecki 6 Sep 2017

A global view from a mountain town: how conservation became ingrained in Monteverde

Caitlin Looby 6 Sep 2017

Indigenous communities resist Chinese mining in Amazonian Ecuador

Max Nathanson 5 Sep 2017

Saving the Serranía de San Lucas, a vital link in the ‘jaguar corridor’

Sean Mowbray 1 Sep 2017

Philippine palm oil plan ‘equals corruption and land-grabbing,’ critics say

Brad Miller 31 Aug 2017

‘Ecological disaster’: controversial bridge puts East Kalimantan’s green commitment to the test

Basten Gokkon 30 Aug 2017

Temer’s Amazon mining decrees derided by protestors, annulled by judge

Zoe Sullivan 30 Aug 2017

Bats and viruses: Beating back a bad reputation

John Cannon 29 Aug 2017

Rhino horn confiscated, three alleged traffickers arrested in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 28 Aug 2017
Moises Padilla near his community's nature reserve. Photo by Johnny Magdaleno/Mongabay

Indigenous farmers fight eucalyptus damage to water source in Ecuador

Johnny Magdaleno 28 Aug 2017

Intact forests crucial to Amazon ecosystem resilience, stable climate

Claire Salisbury 28 Aug 2017

Re-peeling the effects of degradation: low-tech application of orange crop waste shows potential to restore tropical forests

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 25 Aug 2017

Quilombolas’ community land rights under attack by Brazilian ruralists

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 25 Aug 2017
A pile of wood that has been prepared to be burned in land controlled by Korindo in Papua. Photo courtesy of Mighty Earth

Samsung under fire for partnership with forest-burning Korindo

Mongabay.com 25 Aug 2017

Temer pays back ruralists: opens Brazil, Amazon to mining, say critics

Zoe Sullivan 24 Aug 2017

Good quality monitoring surveys key to wildlife conservation: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Aug 2017

‘Yoda bat’ happy to be recognized as new species

Mike Gaworecki 23 Aug 2017

These 3 companies owe Indonesia millions of dollars for damaging the environment. Why haven’t they paid?

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Aug 2017

Deforestation from gold mining in Peru continues, despite gov’t crackdowns

John Cannon 22 Aug 2017
An endangered Sambirano mouse lemur (Microcebus sambiranensis), which is found only in two or three small populations in northwest Madagascar, including one on the Ampasindava peninsula. Photo by Leslie Wilmet.

A rare earth mine in Madagascar triggers concerns for locals and lemurs

Mike Gaworecki 22 Aug 2017

Massive highway planned for Philippines’ Palawan Island

Matthew P. Reed 22 Aug 2017
A golden tamarin monkey, a species known to use forest corridors. Photo courtesy of Stuart Pimm/SavingSpecies.

Identifying the world’s top biodiversity investment returns

Genevieve Belmaker 21 Aug 2017

Doubts cloud Kenya’s renewed palm oil ambitions

David Njagi 21 Aug 2017
A male indigo bunting pauses in Texas during

Scientists combine crowd-sourced field observations with land-use and climate models to identify steps for migratory bird protection

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 18 Aug 2017

Indigenous groups win key land rights victory in Brazil’s Supreme Court

Sue Branford 17 Aug 2017

A clouded future: Asia’s enigmatic clouded leopard threatened by palm oil

Sean Mowbray 17 Aug 2017

New study: Bird species blossom in stable climates

John Cannon 17 Aug 2017

Mammal numbers high in logged tropical forests, study finds

John Cannon 16 Aug 2017

International investment blamed for violence and oppression in Sarawak

Jenny Denton 15 Aug 2017

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