Forest fires displacing wildlife, endangering human lives across Southeast Asia Every year, thousands of hectares of Indonesian forest are illegally burned by development companies. However, Indonesia’s Minister of Environment, Balthasar…
Nearly a quarter of two reserves' forest cover lost within the last 13 years In southeastern Nicaragua, abutting the coastal Caribbean town of Bluefields, lie two nature reserves - Cerro…
Peru lost nearly a quarter-million hectares of forest in 2012 In 1988, when British environmentalist Norman Myers first described the concept of a “biodiversity hotspot” - an area with at…
Belitung Island has lost 10 percent of its remaining forests in 13 years, few protections in place despite biological importance Belitung, a picturesque island off the east coast of Sumatra,…
Researchers working with local communities in effort to stymie environmental damage Namdapha National Park, the third largest in India at 200,000 hectares, is located in the northeastern state of Arunachal…
All logging now banned, but illegal logging rampant; government implements tree-planting program to stymie damage Ongoing loss of forest cover in the Philippines places it among the top ten most…
Sankuru Nature Reserve draws ire from some conservationists, other protections planned Bonobos (Pan paniscus) are often touted by scientists as a peace-loving great ape species, opting to solve social conflicts…
Satellite data shows recent increase in forest loss alerts in areas near oil development Yasuni National park has been in the conservation spotlight in recent years, with oil drilling threatening…
New research shows African apes likely to be affected by palm oil, but there’s hope, says the author As palm oil producers increasingly look to Africa’s tropical forests as suitable…
Conservation organizations, government reintroducing wildlife from other countries The story of Kissama National Park is one of perseverance, vision and disaster in waiting. The only functional national park in Angola,…
Road development in Brazilian Amazon states surges, 95 percent of deforestation occurs within 50km of roads When a new road centipedes its way across a landscape, the best of intentions…
This is the third part of a series. Part 1 discusses the formation of Sankuru Nature Reserve and the general state of bonobos. Part II discusses the specific threats faced…
This is the second part of a series, Part 1 of which discusses the formation of Sankuru Nature Reserve and the general state of bonobos. The bonobo (Pan paniscus) is…
Is there hope for Africa’s most threatened ape subspecies? The mountain forests at the Nigeria-Cameroon border are home to one of the rarest and most threatened subspecies of African apes…
This is the first part of a series, Part II of which discusses the specific threats faced by bonobos and Sankuru Nature Reserve. The bonobo, or pygmy chimpanzee (Pan paniscus),…
Human-elephant conflicts on the rise, some conservation initiatives planned by government In 1983, Sri Lanka became embroiled in a 26-year-long civil war in which a rebel militant organization fought to…
Forest loss increased nearly three-fold in some areas since 2011 Road construction, the promise of employment, and the conversion of forest to farmland – the effects of logging tropical forests…
Chimp habitat disappearing as river basin loses forest cover Uganda's Kafu River, which is about 180 kilometers (110 miles) long, is part of a vast chimpanzee habitat that includes Budongo…
Unregulated mining ended lives, trashed environment, may be up for renewal in August Meghalaya, a state in India’s northeast, has thick forests above ground and valuable minerals below. Coal occurs…
Tiger habitat under threat Illegal logging is taking a huge toll on forests around the world. Accurate estimates are hard to come by since governments tend to underestimate volumes harvested…
New city to house up to 200,000 people, thousands of hectares of forest being cleared Like eerie ghosts of the trees and animals driven away, thick clouds of smoke and…
New threat is reducing the food supply of one of the world's rarest animals The last of Indonesia's critically endangered Javan rhinoceroses have survived poachers, rapid deforestation and life in…
Total profit from environmental crime may exceed $200 billion per year Deforestation has many harmful consequences, from loss of wildlife habitat to degradation of water and air quality, and many…
New forestry laws in the works, but may not be enough Oil palm nursery in a Herakles Farm’s concession area. Photo: © Greenpeace/Alex Yallop. The potential for new laws governing…
Local communities playing a big role in protecting forest habitat Researchers have discovered a new population of banteng (Bos javanicus), a species of wild cattle, in northwestern Cambodia. The discovery…