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The real cost of conservation: cheap protection rarely succeeds

Nika Levikov 3 Mar 2014

Can palm oil move past its bad reputation?

Diana Parker 2 Mar 2014

NASA photo reveals ongoing haze problem in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 1 Mar 2014

Sharp jump in deforestation when Amazon parks lose protected status

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Mar 2014

Palm oil plantations allegedly poison seven Critically Endangered elephants in Sumatra

Jeremy Hance 28 Feb 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Integrating demand for food with the need to save wild areas

Dr Liz Kimbrough 28 Feb 2014

Palm oil’s climate impact worse than thought due to methane emissions

Mongabay.com 27 Feb 2014

Procter & Gamble’s palm oil suppliers linked to deforestation (photos)

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Feb 2014

Illegal logging surges in Mozambique

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2014

Is Brazil’s epic drought a taste of the future?

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2014

Will tigers march ahead? Scientists find surprising connections between isolated populations in Central India

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Feb 2014

Borneo monkeys lose a tenth of their habitat in a decade

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2014

Ecotourism pays: study finds lower poverty where nature-based tourism is prevalent

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2014

New forest map for Sarawak reveals large-scale deforestation, encroachment on indigenous territories

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Feb 2014

Why are the tropics so rich with life?

Chris Samoray 24 Feb 2014

If Indonesia can’t protect its orangutans, why doesn’t it just ‘sell’ them?

Erik Meijaard 23 Feb 2014

Indonesian cop caught smuggling rare timber worth millions escapes with 2-year sentence

Diana Parker 21 Feb 2014

Traditional palm knowledge at risk of becoming lost forever

Ariel Mark 21 Feb 2014

New $20,000 reporting grant explores benefits of Amazonian protected areas

Mongabay.org 21 Feb 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Applying genomics to conservation issues

Dr Liz Kimbrough 21 Feb 2014

The lemur end-game: scientists propose ambitious plan to save the world’s most imperiled mammal family

Jeremy Hance 20 Feb 2014

Nicaragua Canal could cause ecological disaster, warn experts

Mongabay.com 20 Feb 2014

Revolutionary Google-backed system unlocks power of ‘big data’ to save forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Feb 2014

APP, environmentalists talk future of Indonesia’s forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Feb 2014

The making of Amazon Gold: once more unto the breach

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 19 Feb 2014

Conservation groups launch new whistleblower site for wildlife and forest crimes

Jeremy Hance 18 Feb 2014

Next big idea in conservation? Recognizing we are our own obstacles

Dr Liz Kimbrough 14 Feb 2014

Featured video: camera traps catch jaguars, anteaters, and a sloth eating clay in the Amazon rainforest

Jeremy Hance 13 Feb 2014

Ivory trade’s shocking toll: 65% of world’s forest elephants killed in 12 years (warning: graphic image)

Jeremy Hance 12 Feb 2014

Helping the Amazon’s ‘Jaguar People’ protect their culture and traditional wisdom

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Feb 2014

Cambodia protects forest for giant ibis

Jeremy Hance 10 Feb 2014

Reduced impact logging failing to cut emissions in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Feb 2014

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