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Canada’s eastern boreal forest could become a climate change refuge

William H. Funk 16 Sep 2016

IUCN to create new category of membership for Indigenous peoples’ organizations

Mike Gaworecki 13 Sep 2016
Flowers in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Photo by Jeremy Hance

Ecuador begins pumping oil from famed ITT-block in Yasuní

Jeremy Hance 13 Sep 2016

‘A major concern’: plantation-driven deforestation ramps up in Borneo

Morgan Erickson-Davis 10 Sep 2016

Korean palm oil firm burned large tracts of forestland in Indonesia, NGOs allege

Alice Cuddy 1 Sep 2016

Logging roads have long-lasting impacts on forests

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Aug 2016

Raging Amazon forest fires threaten uncontacted indigenous tribe

Mike Gaworecki 23 Aug 2016

Hundreds of unexpected species found in Mexican UNESCO site slated for gold mine

Martha Pskowski 5 Aug 2016

Cattle driving big forest loss in Peru’s ‘under-appreciated’ Amazon

Jeremy Hance 19 Jul 2016

Ignoring scientists, Poland begins logging famous primeval forest  

Jeremy Hance 3 Jun 2016

Old-growth forests can help preserve biodiversity in a warming world

Mike Gaworecki 6 May 2016

RSPO orders Peruvian palm oil plantation to stop development

Apoorva Joshi 5 May 2016

How effective will Indonesia’s palm oil permit freeze really be?

Mongabay Haze Beat 4 May 2016

Cambodia declares protected area in hotly contested Prey Lang forest

Daniel Pye 2 May 2016

Gold mining ramps up, pushes deeper into Peruvian reserve

Morgan Erickson-Davis 22 Apr 2016

Kenya aims to reverse deforestation, plant 20 million new trees

Mike Gaworecki 18 Apr 2016

Half of Sumatra’s forests within reach of the average bird trapper

Mongabay.com 18 Apr 2016

New study finds insufficient degraded land for further strong oil palm expansion in Kalimantan

Azarja Harmanny 5 Apr 2016

Massive wildfire rips through Congo rainforest – is logging to blame?

Morgan Erickson-Davis 23 Mar 2016

Illegal deforestation for ‘sustainable’ chocolate continues in Peru

Morgan Erickson-Davis 17 Mar 2016

A forest full of beetles: an interview with bug researcher Caroline Chaboo

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Mar 2016

Conservationists part ways on primary forest logging

Saul Elbein 29 Feb 2016

Indonesia could collaborate with RSPO, official study finds

Jonathan Vit 19 Feb 2016

Secondary forests offer big opportunity to fight global warming

Mike Gaworecki 12 Feb 2016

Republic of Congo awards two million hectares of timber concessions

John Cannon 11 Feb 2016

Most ‘frontiers of plantation expansion’ are losing far more trees to deforestation than harvesting

John Cannon 26 Jan 2016

Romania struggles to turn the tide of illegal logging

Greg Norman 4 Dec 2015

Rainforests could provide half global climate solution by 2050

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Nov 2015

Cameroon convicts activist campaigning against palm oil company

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 Nov 2015
Rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia. Malaysia has reported a steep increase in forest cover to FAO, a result of changing how it classifies forest cover.

U.N. data suggests slowdown in forest loss

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Sep 2015

Primary rainforest cleared for massive palm oil plantations in Peru

John Cannon 20 May 2015

Researchers find treasure trove of unique, threatened animals in Philippine forest

Shaira Panela 8 May 2015

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