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Community plants green shoots of hope in the land of the lost Javan tiger

Petrus Riski 11 Nov 2015

‘A critical gift’: Peru rejoices as a new national park is born

Apoorva Joshi, Morgan Erickson-Davis 10 Nov 2015
Sierra del Divisor's famed cone. Photo by Diego Pérez / El Taller.pe

Peru creates ‘Yellowstone of the Amazon’: 3.3M acre reserve home to uncontacted tribes, endangered wildlife

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Nov 2015

Private conservation lands under threat in Peruvian Amazon

Barbara Fraser 30 Oct 2015

Jokowi pledges Indonesia peatland ‘revitalization’ to stop the burning

Mongabay Haze Beat 30 Oct 2015
Sungai Utik elder Bandi in 2019. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

The indigenous community whose forest is their supermarket

Andi Fachrizal 28 Oct 2015

World’s protected forests lost 3 percent of their tree cover in 13 years

Morgan Erickson-Davis 27 Oct 2015

Large-sized protected areas at greater risk of losing protection

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Oct 2015

Could canned fish soup stop government-community conflict in Sumatra?

Taufik Wijaya 9 Oct 2015

Chile announces one of the largest marine parks in the world off the coast of Easter Island

Mike Gaworecki 6 Oct 2015

Road creeps into Peru’s Sierra del Divisor as it awaits national park designation

John Cannon 2 Oct 2015

‘Maybe that’s why there’s so many fires’: Was a peat swamp illegitimately stripped of protected status in Indonesia?

Jay Fajar, Sapariah Saturi 2 Oct 2015

Photos: watch Africa’s annual wildebeest migration live online

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Oct 2015

Could a new map save the Sumatran rhino?

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Sep 2015

Local stewardship: conservation’s ‘vast blind spot’

Mike Gaworecki 17 Sep 2015

Will community management help save the black rhino from extinction? (Photos)

Nika Levikov 17 Sep 2015

Rogue oil palm company must pay $26m, rules Indonesia’s Supreme Court

Chik Rini, Indra Nugraha 14 Sep 2015

Indonesian villagers transform ailing forests into oasis of fruit

Sapariah Saturi 8 Sep 2015

Researchers find many, many moths in Bolivian national park (Photos)

Morgan Erickson-Davis 4 Sep 2015

Indonesian village opts to protect mangroves, preserve livelihoods

Themmy Doaly 28 Aug 2015

Industrial concessions causing massive deforestation in Cambodia

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Aug 2015

Oil exploration plans in Argentine national park fuel local anger

Greg Norman 26 Aug 2015

Bolivia’s Morales pushes controversial TIPNIS highway forward

Alexandra Ellerbeck, Benjamin Soloway 18 Aug 2015

A diamond in the marsh: Saving the Lake Alaotra Gentle Lemur

Claire Salisbury 17 Aug 2015

After long battle, big swath of Sumatran rainforest wins protection

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Aug 2015

Indigenous miners, leaders under threat in Colombia following killing

Sandra Cuffe 10 Aug 2015

Meet Peru’s new fleshbelly frog

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Aug 2015

Mining the heart of the Mother of God: Peru’s gold rush claims more forest

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 4 Aug 2015

Palm oil a mixed blessing in Indonesia’s peat peninsula

Zamzami 4 Aug 2015

Govt asked to guard Aceh wildlife corridor’s slow recovery

Chik Rini 29 Jul 2015

How do Sumatra’s wild cats coexist?

John-Rob Pool 29 Jul 2015

With assault rifles and legal hijinks, Harper’s government takes on the Canadian environment

Peter Mellgard 27 Jul 2015

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