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New research teases apart complex effects of naval sonar on whales

Mongabay.com 28 Mar 2019

Citigroup limits financing for mines that dump tailings at sea

Jim Tan 12 Jun 2018

Norwegian government report sharply critical of funding for tropical forest conservation

Mike Gaworecki 31 May 2018

Religious leaders mobilize to protect indigenous people and forests

Liz Kimbrough 2 May 2018

Rainforests: the year in review 2017

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2018
Female bear with cubs observe a visitor

Spot the pattern: Whisker-prints and citizen science

Lalini Pedris 15 Sep 2017

Warnings and protests mark Brazilian President Temer’s trip to Norway

Mike Gaworecki 22 Jun 2017

Religious leaders: Rainforest protection a ‘moral imperative’

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2017

Norway bans government purchasing of palm oil biofuel

Morgan Erickson-Davis 13 Jun 2017

More than 300 reindeer killed by lightning in Norway

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Aug 2016
An atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), at the Atlanterhavsparken aquarium in Ålesund, Norway. Photo by Hans-Petter Fjeld via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA).

Fish-farm escapees are weakening Norwegian wild salmon genetics

Melati Kaye 10 Aug 2016

Norway, U.S. pledge to coordinate forest protection efforts

Mongabay.com 16 Jun 2016
Rainforest tree in Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Norway pledges $14M to strengthen forest monitoring platform

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2016

Norway commits to zero deforestation

Mike Gaworecki 26 May 2016
Deforestation in Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

World’s largest sovereign wealth fund just dropped 11 companies over deforestation

Mike Gaworecki 9 Mar 2016
Burning peat forest and oil palm in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Norway pledges $50m to fund Indonesia’s peat restoration

Mongabay Haze Beat 5 Feb 2016

The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund just announced a groundbreaking human rights policy

Mike Gaworecki 4 Feb 2016

Norway extends forest conservation initiative

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Dec 2015

Personalizing climate change: spy cameras document polar bear behaviors on and off sea ice

Hina Alam 2 Nov 2015

Norway pledges $47M/yr to help Congo countries save forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Sep 2015

Surprise! Animals are active and plentiful during harsh, dark Arctic winters

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Sep 2015

Norway pays Brazil $1B to fulfill pledge for curbing deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Sep 2015

Arctic countries prohibit commercial fishing in North Pole

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Aug 2015

Norway, Colombia target partnership to save rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jun 2015

Aru, Mentawai peoples hit the big screen in Oslo

Ridzki R. Sigit 6 May 2015

World’s largest sovereign wealth fund takes stand against deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Apr 2015

‘How about that extension?’ activists ask as forest exploitation moratorium deadline nears

Sapariah Saturi 24 Mar 2015

Arctic upheaval: new book outlines challenges at the top of the world

Jeremy Hance 16 Feb 2015

Norway sovereign fund drops coal, tar sands, gold-mining companies

Jeremy Hance 9 Feb 2015

Norway asked to divest from company linked to Malaysian official

Mongabay.com 3 Feb 2015

Accounting for natural capital on financial exchanges

Sarah Friedman 26 Jan 2015

Despite high deforestation, Indonesia making progress on forests, says Norwegian official

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Oct 2014

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