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Environmental groups to Japan: stop importing illegally logged timber

Mixed reactions to the Durban agreement

Yasuni ITT: the virtues and vices of environmental innovation

Brazil passes controversial Forest Code reform environmentalists say will be ‘a disaster’ for the Amazon

Wolverines live up to tough reputation

World’s most endangered primate still losing habitat

Protections for indigenous rights, biodiversity weakened in latest REDD+ text

Community mapping of African rainforests could show way forward for preservation, REDD

Brazil’s Forest Code vote delayed

Carbon piracy, lack of recognition of indigenous rights undermining REDD in Peru, alleges report

Indigenous religious leader murdered in front of his tribe in Brazil

Concerns standoff between Borneo forest community and Malaysian palm oil developer may turn violent

Dole abandons banana plantation in National Park

Palm oil giant misled the public on violent conflict with local communities

10,000 dead songbirds headed to Italian restaurants confiscated

Civilization shifting: a new leaderless era

Forest elephant populations cut in half in protected area

Indigenous do not have right to free, prior and informed consultation on Amazon dam, rules Brazilian court

Peruvian authorities raid illegal gold mining operations

12,000 surround White House to protest tar sands pipeline

Greenpeace legally registered in Indonesia, despite assertions to the contrary

Cooper-Blackburn bill seeks exemptions for illegal wood imports

South Africa hits record poaching of rhinos—again

Indigenous community forcibly evicted for palm oil in Indonesian Borneo

Unsung heroes: the life of a wildlife ranger in the Congo

Group forms to establish standard for Lacey Act compliance

Occupy Belo Monte: indigenous stage “permanent” protest against Amazon dam in Brazil

Brazil boycotts OAS meeting after sharp human rights rebuke over giant Amazon dam

Peru’s real test is a 200km pipeline

Vietnamese rhino goes extinct

Bolivian road project through Amazon reserve canceled

Malaysian sustainable timber certification fails Dutch standards

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