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Aceh governor eyes geothermal project in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem

Junaidi Hanafiah 26 Aug 2016

New ‘sleeping beauty’ frog discovered in fragmented Peruvian forest

Apoorva Joshi 25 Aug 2016

Study explores how new technologies can be linked to benefit conservation efforts

Mike Gaworecki 24 Aug 2016

Sarawak establishes 2.2M acres of protected areas, may add 1.1M more

Mike Gaworecki 19 Aug 2016
Drainage canal dug through peat swamp in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Indonesia’s peat restoration chief calls for protection of all peat domes

Lusia Arumingtyas, Sapariah Saturi 18 Aug 2016
Lar National Park in northern Iran, about 100 kilometers from Tehran. Photo by Mahdi Kalhor via Panoramio

Three murders highlight troubles of Iran’s park rangers

Jennifer Huizen 18 Aug 2016
A family of Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo. The mother was rescued from a palm oil development and re-released as a juvenile here, but unable to survive in the wild because she lacked the careful upbringing required to find food throughout the year. Photo by Matthew Luskin / NGS.

10 orangutans released into the wild in Borneo

Indra Nugraha 15 Aug 2016

Illegal gold mining eats up more protected Peruvian rainforest

Morgan Erickson-Davis 12 Aug 2016

Borneo conservationists and top oil palm firm work to help orangutans

Deirdre Leowinata 9 Aug 2016

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

Martha Pskowski 5 Aug 2016

India floods kill more than 200 animals, including rare rhinos

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Aug 2016

Indonesia declares national park in top palm oil-producing province

Mongabay.com 27 Jul 2016

Sri Lanka set to become first nation to protect all mangroves

Malavika Vyawahare 26 Jul 2016

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

Jeremy Hance 19 Jul 2016

DRC declares first new national park in 40 years

Morgan Erickson-Davis 12 Jul 2016

Putting the ‘evidence’ in evidence-based forest conservation

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jul 2016

Bolivian expedition discovers 1,000th bird species

Morgan Erickson-Davis 8 Jul 2016

Illegal gold mining causing mercury contamination in indigenous groups

Carolina Torres 7 Jul 2016

Can public-private partnerships preserve the dwindling biodiversity of Lagos?

Kolawole Talabi 5 Jul 2016
Photo credit: David Olson.

A World of Tings

Taylor Robb-McCord 28 Jun 2016

Reserve with rare gorillas finally protected

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Jun 2016

Cambodia declares first-ever marine protected area

Mike Gaworecki 24 Jun 2016
Blue color form of Dendrobates auratus dart frog. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

10 conservation “fads”: how have they worked in Latin America?

Aldo Orellana López, Alan Forsberg 17 Jun 2016
La Danta pyramid in the Mayan city of Mirador, as seen from a distance. Photo by Ronyrocael/Wikimedia Commons.

Controversial park plans in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 17 Jun 2016
A still of juvenile blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) from the baited Go-Pro rig that researchers set in the waters of the Daram no-take zone in West Papua, Indonesia. Photo by Vanessa Jaiteh.

Protected areas grow populations of shark — and disenfranchised fishers

Melati Kaye 15 Jun 2016

Private conservation area in northern Peru will protect 30 percent of region’s montane forests

Mike Gaworecki 14 Jun 2016
Zou Huagang, head of Lianhe village, poses in front of a local kiwi farm. Zou's family owns about three acres of kiwi farmland. Photo by Wang Yan.

Making a living inside a reserve: an interview with village head Zou Huagang

Wang Yan 14 Jun 2016

Ecological corridor to provide connectivity for endangered, range-restricted Andean species

Anton Sorokin, Emma Steigerwald 13 Jun 2016

Malaysia gets its largest marine park

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Jun 2016
A golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana), caught on camera trap inside the reserve. Photo courtesy of Laohegou Nature Reserve Center.

Can China’s first private nature reserve become truly sustainable?

Wang Yan 10 Jun 2016

e-Eye of the tiger: Complex surveillance system extends watch over India’s wildlife sanctuaries

Julia John 10 Jun 2016
Marta Álvarez inspects xate palm fronds harvested in the Uaxactún community forest concession. Photo by Sandra Cuffe.

Communities lead the way in rainforest conservation in Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe 9 Jun 2016

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