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Current regulations unable to control trade in products from slave labor, expert says

Ana Aranha, João Diaz, from Repórter Brasil 13 Mar 2017

Suppliers of Lowe’s in the US and Walmart in Brazil linked to slave labor in the Amazon

André Campos - Repórter Brasil 13 Mar 2017

Slave labor in the Amazon: Risking lives to cut down the rainforest

Tania Caliari, Ana Aranha, from Repórter Brasil 13 Mar 2017

Investigation reveals slave labor conditions in Brazil’s timber industry

Thais Lazzeri, from Repórter Brasil 13 Mar 2017

Many tree species in eastern US may be unable to adapt to changing climate, study finds

Justin Catanoso 6 Mar 2017

Study finds more than 350k trees illegally felled in Madagascar’s protected areas in five-year span

Mike Gaworecki 23 Feb 2017

Trees need a little help to reclaim deforested land, study finds

Mike Gaworecki 13 Feb 2017

Increasing tree cover threatens world’s most endangered antelope

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Feb 2017

Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2016

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Dec 2016

Newscast #8: Top new species discoveries of 2016, and how fig trees can save rainforests

Mike Gaworecki 27 Dec 2016

Photos: Top 20 new species of 2016

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Dec 2016

Q&A with the creators of the ‘Amazonian Travels of Richard Evans Schultes’ story map

Mike Gaworecki 2 Dec 2016

Newscast #6: Carl Safina on marine conservation and Trump

Mike Gaworecki 29 Nov 2016

Protests against Bangladesh power plant begin in Dhaka and Cambridge

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Nov 2016

Over-fertilization diminishes the biodiversity of global grasslands

Emma Hiolski 21 Nov 2016

Large branches fall from the western Amazon rainforest canopy at a surprising rate

Sarah McQuate 18 Nov 2016

Mongabay Newscast episode 5: UN Climate talks and the impending Trump presidency, conserving salamanders in Mexico, and more

Mike Gaworecki 15 Nov 2016

Sweden sets legal precedent with prosecution of Myanmar teak trader

Mike Gaworecki 15 Nov 2016

Climate change is impacting all aspects of life on Earth: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Nov 2016

World’s tallest tropical tree discovered, along with nearly 50 other record-breakers

Mike Gaworecki 10 Nov 2016

UNESCO urges Bangladesh to cancel or relocate Sundarbans coal plant

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Oct 2016

New parasitic plant doesn’t use photosynthesis; its flowers never bloom

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Oct 2016

Victory for forests: Rosewood gets enhanced protection at wildlife summit

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Oct 2016
Young boys labor outside a saw mill in the town of Njoro in Kenya’s Rift Valley. Photo by David Njagi

Youth, women, indigenous group pay the price of logging in Kenya

David Njagi 16 Sep 2016

Can ‘plant blindness’ be cured?

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Sep 2016

Good news for Giant Panda, Tibetan Antelope in updated IUCN Red List

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Sep 2016

US creates world’s largest marine reserve off Hawaii

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Aug 2016

Endangered species often wait 12 years or more to be listed for protection

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Aug 2016

Human impact on environment may be slowing down: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Aug 2016

Dams inevitably result in species decline, losses on reservoir islands

Claire Salisbury 23 Aug 2016

Field Notes: Saving America’s last wild meat-eating Venus flytraps

Elizabeth Devitt 15 Aug 2016

Trees share carbon: new discovery may be key to saving trees in a warming world

Christina Selby 10 Aug 2016

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