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Amazon soy boom poses urgent existential threat to landless movement

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 20 Dec 2018

COP24: Summit a step forward, but fails to address climate urgency

Justin Catanoso 17 Dec 2018

COP24: Will they stay or will they go? Brazil’s threat to leave Paris

Justin Catanoso 14 Dec 2018

COP24: Nations complicit in ignoring bioenergy climate bomb, experts say

Justin Catanoso 13 Dec 2018

In the belly of the beast: journalist delves into wildlife trafficking

Gloria Dickie 4 Dec 2018

Traditional groups sowing sustainable crops could save Venezuelan park

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 24 Sep 2018
Wood that was cut for charcoal production near Katha, northern Myanmar. Villages in this area used to cut teak and other valuable trees for export, but have since started producing charcoal. The charcoal being exported to China can be made from any tree, regardless of size or kind. This amount of trees could produce about 150 bags of charcoal. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

‘Single-minded determination’: China’s global infrastructure spree rings alarm bells

Basten Gokkon 17 Jul 2018

Another Cecil? Secrecy surrounds June trophy lion hunt

Jeremy Hance 13 Jul 2018

UN forest accounting loophole allows CO2 underreporting by EU, UK, US

Justin Catanoso 2 May 2018

China’s Belt and Road poised to transform the Earth, but at what cost?

Giovanni Ortolani 24 Apr 2018

A wish list for an environmentally friendly NAFTA

Jennifer Huizen 11 Apr 2018

Trump to allow elephant and lion trophies on case-by-case basis

Jeremy Hance 8 Mar 2018
Bison in the Janos Valley of Chihuahua, Mexico. A population of about 100 bison lives in Mexico, where they are listed as a species in danger of extinction. The herd’s trips from the U.S. to Mexico have been curtailed by a hardening of the border in the Janos Valley. Photo by Rurik List courtesy of CONABIO.

Rewriting biological history: Trump border wall puts wildlife at risk

Rebecca Kessler 12 Feb 2018

Trumping Colombia’s peace: U.S. drug war threatens fragile accord, forests

Sean Mowbray 5 Feb 2018

Trump threatens NASA climate satellite missions as Congress stalls

Giovanni Ortolani 12 Jan 2018

IUCN, UN, global NGOs, likely to see major budget cuts under Trump

Sean Mowbray 8 Jan 2018

So long, UNESCO! What does U.S. withdrawal mean for the environment?

Giovanni Ortolani 26 Dec 2017

U.S. subnationals shoulder climate role in Bonn, Trump sidelined

Justin Catanoso 13 Nov 2017

Trump family planning policy may increase population, hurt women and environment

Tina Deines 10 Nov 2017

Trump budget undercuts U.S. commitment to global wildlife conservation

William H. Funk 30 Oct 2017

Unfair trade: US beef has a climate problem

Sean Mowbray 18 Oct 2017

Trump’s global resorts put profit first, environment last, critics say

Giovanni Ortolani 11 Oct 2017

Even as Trump and Modi clash on energy, India and U.S. are partnering

Raksha Kumar 3 Oct 2017

‘Ships, sonar and surveys’: Film explores impacts of a noisy ocean

John Cannon 21 Sep 2017

CETA: environmentally friendly trade treaty or corporate Trojan horse?

Jennifer Huizen 18 Sep 2017

Kenyans fear proposed Trump cuts could threaten elephants, ranger jobs

Gitonga Njeru 18 Aug 2017

Trump budget threatens Zimbabwe climate change resilience programs

Andrew Mambondiyani 31 Jul 2017

Trump’s policies could put Cambodia’s environment on chopping block

Logan Connor 11 Jul 2017

People of all faiths face climate change with hope, action, urgency

Justin Catanoso 13 Jun 2017

Trump withdraws U.S. from Paris Climate Accord; scientists respond

U.S. and global scientists 1 Jun 2017

Trump: the biggest threat to Earth’s climate balance (commentary)

Carlos Nobre, Rachel Biderman 23 May 2017

Leaked docs reveal TTIP unfriendly to environment, consumers, democracy

Jennifer Huizen 11 May 2016

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