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Javan rhino population holds steady amid ever-present peril

Basten Gokkon 1 Mar 2018

Five-year sentences for elephant poachers in Republic of Congo

Mongabay.com 28 Feb 2018

African Parks to manage gorges, rock art and crocodiles of Chad’s Ennedi

Mongabay.com 27 Feb 2018

Detecting disasters on community lands in the Amazon: film highlights indigenous struggle

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 27 Feb 2018

Cambodia’s banteng-eating leopards edge closer to extinction, new study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Feb 2018

Easter Island votes for world’s newest marine reserve

Jack Elliot Marley 27 Feb 2018

Seychelles announces two new marine protected areas the size of Great Britain

Mongabay.com 22 Feb 2018

‘Photo Ark’ a quest to document global biodiversity: Q&A with photographer Joel Sartore and director Chun-Wei Yi

Mongabay.com 21 Feb 2018

Exploring the minds and inner lives of animals

Mike Gaworecki 20 Feb 2018
An indri (Indri indri), another critically endangered lemur that lives in Makira Natural Park. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Study delves into overlooked community perceptions of conservation impact

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Feb 2018

‘It’s our home’: Pygmies fight for recognition as forest protectors in new film

John Cannon 20 Feb 2018

As Indonesia gears up for elections, activists brace for an environmental sell-off

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Feb 2018

Protected areas with deforestation more likely to lose status in Brazilian state

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2018

Queen conch dying out in the Bahamas despite marine parks

Jim Tan 16 Feb 2018

East Africa’s Albertine Rift needs protection now, scientists say

Mongabay.com 15 Feb 2018

Ecuador votes to reduce oil exploitation in Yasuní National Park

Daniela Aguilar 12 Feb 2018

Scientists discover 18 new spider-hunting spiders from Madagascar

Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 Feb 2018

Ecuador announces a new national park in the Andes

Valeria Sorgato 7 Feb 2018

Earthquake triggers spawning in world’s rarest fish a few thousand miles away

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Feb 2018

The cutting-edge technologies allowing us to monitor ecosystems like never before

Mike Gaworecki 6 Feb 2018

Indonesian palm, pulp companies commit to peatland restoration

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Feb 2018

Powering cameras and empowering people

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 1 Feb 2018

$23.5 million funding pledge aims to protect critical West African national park

Mongabay.com 1 Feb 2018

More murders: Conservationists allegedly killed by soldiers in Cambodia

Morgan Erickson-Davis 31 Jan 2018
Buttress roots of a rainforest tree in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Is a plantation a forest? Indonesia says yes, as it touts a drop in deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 Jan 2018

Camera trap captures spotted hyena in Gabon national park, the first in 20 years

Mongabay.com 29 Jan 2018

Indonesian ruling rings alarms over criminalization of environmental defenders

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Jan 2018

The ups and downs of marine protected areas: Examining the evidence

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Jan 2018

No more elephants? Poaching crisis takes its toll in the Central African Republic

Alexandra Popescu 24 Jan 2018

After exporting baby elephants, Zimbabwe pledges to turn over new leaf on conservation

Jeremy Hance 23 Jan 2018

David Suzuki on why indigenous knowledge is critical for human survival

Mike Gaworecki 23 Jan 2018

Legal recognition in the works for communities occupying Indonesia’s conservation areas

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Jan 2018

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