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Brazil might be a good candidate for increased feedlot production of beef. Photo by A.C. Moraes.

Europe’s richest countries importing Brazilian beef linked to millions of tons of emissions: Report

Mongabay.com 3 Sep 2020

In the Amazon, women are key to forest conservation

Mike Gaworecki 2 Sep 2020

Ex-Wall Street ‘quant’ wields data to replant charred Madagascar rainforests

Erica Tennenhouse 31 Aug 2020
Indigenous Waorani marching to the judicial office Friday April 26 to hear the ruling for their lawsuit against the government. Photo by Mitch Anderson/Amazon Frontlines.

Latin America unites to fight global inequalities in new regional pact

Kimberley Brown 27 Aug 2020

Fight rages on to save centuries-old giant Philippine rosewood tree

Bong S. Sarmiento 26 Aug 2020

Indonesia dam builder refuses new study to assess impact on orangutans

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Aug 2020

Cameroon halts logging plans in Ebo Forest, home to tool-using chimps

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 14 Aug 2020

Climate change could put tropical plant germination at risk: Study

Claire Asher 12 Aug 2020

New Indigenous storytelling platform brings community perspectives to the world

Liz Kimbrough 10 Aug 2020

‘Meaningless certification’: Study makes the case against ‘sustainable’ palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Aug 2020

From parks to payments, which conservation strategies work best?

Mike Gaworecki 4 Aug 2020

Ornithologists discover more rare hornbills than thought on Philippine island

Leilani Chavez 31 Jul 2020

For tool-wielding chimps of Ebo Forest, logging plan is a ‘death sentence’

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 30 Jul 2020

In syntropic agriculture, farmers stop fighting nature and learn to embrace it

Sandra Weiss 30 Jul 2020
Oil palm plantation in West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Upgrade of Indonesian palm oil certification falls short, observers say

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Jul 2020

Sounding the alarm about illegal logging? There’s an app for that

Liz Kimbrough 17 Jul 2020
Glass frog in Costa Rica. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Rainforest Alliance Certification gets a 2020 upgrade

Liz Kimbrough 15 Jul 2020

Dam that threatens orangutan habitat faces three-year delay

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Jul 2020

Perfume coalition’s conservation-first approach: Q&A with Heather D’Angelo

Mongabay.org 13 Jul 2020

Marcellus Adi Riyanto: The Indonesian vet who lived for the Sumatran rhino

Julia John 19 Jun 2020

A Sri Lankan herp mystery solved: The snake species that was two

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 18 Jun 2020

Indonesia to receive $56m payment from Norway for reducing deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 May 2020
Teak decking on a luxury yacht at the London Boat Show, January 2018. Photo by Sophie Cohen/Mongabay.

Investigation exposes European firms exploiting loophole to import Myanmar teak

Mongabay.com 28 May 2020
A calf attempts to sneak its trunk into a mineral pit that mom is drinking from. Protest calls are often heard from calves during these behavioral contexts, as mom sometimes pushes them away and they in turn express their displeasure with a little yell. Photo © Ana Verahrami, Elephant Listening Project.

Listening to elephants to protect Central Africa’s tropical forests

Mike Gaworecki 27 May 2020

Tigers threatened by a vast network of planned roads across Asia

Liz Kimbrough 21 May 2020

Amazon fires may be worse in 2020 as deforestation and land grabbing spikes

Caio de Freitas Paes 18 May 2020

Large indigenous territories are necessary for culture and biodiversity in Brazil, study says

Liz Kimbrough 13 May 2020
Yanomami community in northern Brazil saying ‘Go away, mining companies’. Image by Victor Moriyama/ISA.

The mining map: Who’s eyeing the gold on Brazil’s indigenous lands?

Agência Pública, Anna Beatriz Anjos, Bruno Fonseca, Ciro Barros, José Cícero da Silva, Rafael Oliveira, Thiago Domenici 7 May 2020

From a Sri Lankan rainforest, a new species of orchid blooms

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 1 May 2020

No tourism income, but this Philippine community still guards its environment

Keith Anthony Fabro 30 Apr 2020

Birds in Amazon forest fragments: New study summarizes 40 years of research

Liz Kimbrough 29 Apr 2020
Rainforest canopy in Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Obstacles abound in bid to protect Indonesia’s forests and cut emissions

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Apr 2020

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