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91% of Kenya’s protected areas shrank in 100 years

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 4 Nov 2014

Russia and China blamed for blocking Antarctic marine reserve

Jeremy Hance 3 Nov 2014

De-protection of Protected Areas ramps up in Brazil, ‘compromises the capacity’ of ecosystems

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 31 Oct 2014

Local communities rise to the forefront of global conservation practice (commentary)

Fred Nelson 29 Oct 2014

Tigers vs. diamonds: India’s protected areas rampantly downgraded to make room for people, industry

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 29 Oct 2014

World’s rarest gorilla gets a new protected home

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Oct 2014

How protected are they? Report finds world’s Protected Areas may relax, shrink, even completely disappear

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 28 Oct 2014

Scientific association calls on Nicaragua to scrap its Gran Canal

Jeremy Hance 27 Oct 2014

Conservationists propose Dracula Reserve in Ecuador

Morgan Erickson-Davis 24 Oct 2014

Brazil declares new protected area larger than Delaware

Morgan Erickson-Davis 23 Oct 2014

What makes the jaguar the ultimate survivor? New books highlights mega-predator’s remarkable past and precarious future

Jeremy Hance 2 Oct 2014

Studying common birds could help save rare species in Vietnam

Brendan D. Bane 30 Sep 2014

Armed conflict decimates tigers, rhinos, and swamp deer in Indian park

Jose Hong 30 Sep 2014

Protected areas do work, concludes study

Jeremy Hance 15 Sep 2014

The Gran Canal: will Nicaragua’s big bet create prosperity or environmental ruin?

Jeremy Hance 27 Aug 2014

Featured video: new Netflix documentary highlights the work of Sylvia Earle to save the oceans

Jeremy Hance 25 Aug 2014

Have scientists discovered a new primate in the Philippines?

Jeremy Hance 21 Aug 2014

Bali uprising: Plan to convert protected area into golf courses, mall spurs outrage

Loren Bell 16 Aug 2014

Nothing else left to log: are eco-certified timber companies stripping Russia of its last old growth forests?

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Aug 2014

Unreal Thailand: stunning wildlife photographed in flooded Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary

Gregory McCann 13 Aug 2014

2 prize-winning journalists will report on Amazon, 2 new prizes announced

Mongabay.org 1 Aug 2014

World Ranger Day: honoring our wildlife protectors

Laurel Neme 31 Jul 2014

Conservation controversy: are bonobos protected in the right ways and in the right places?

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Jul 2014

Stunning high-resolution map reveals secrets of Peru’s forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jul 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation: Reconnecting faith and forests

Dr Liz Kimbrough 24 Jul 2014

Rare bird paradise protected in war-torn Colombian mountain range (photos)

Jeremy Hance 22 Jul 2014

Setting the stage: theater troupe revives tradition to promote conservation in DRC

Anna Ikarashi 22 Jul 2014

Coastal wildlife paradise declared biosphere reserve in Argentina (PHOTOS)

Jeremy Hance 15 Jul 2014

Stuff of fairy tales: stepping into Europe’s last old-growth forest

Jeremy Hance 9 Jul 2014

Booming populations, rising economies, threatened biodiversity: the tropics will never be the same

Jeremy Hance 7 Jul 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? The ‘double-edged sword’ of democracy

Dr Liz Kimbrough 3 Jul 2014

‘Exciting implications’ for conservation: new technology brings the lab to the field

Morgan Erickson-Davis 26 Jun 2014

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