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Temer seeks to privatize Brazil’s deforestation remote sensing program

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 26 May 2017

Brazil agribusiness company accuses ally Temer in secret bribe taping

Jenny Gonzales 23 May 2017
Not for republication. Image by Rod Harbinson/Rodharbinson.com

Indigenous groups, activists risk arrest to blockade logging in Malaysia

Rod Harbinson 8 May 2017

Delicate Solomon Island ecosystem in danger of heavy logging

Elliot Dawea, John Cannon 1 May 2017

Corruption drives dealings with logging companies in the Solomon Islands

Elliot Dawea, John Cannon 1 May 2017

Amazon’s fate hangs on outcome of war between opposing worldviews

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 27 Apr 2017
Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema), a species threatened by the Madagascar rosewood trade. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Singapore convicts rosewood trader in historic CITES seizure

Edward Carver 26 Apr 2017

Brazil moves to cut Amazon conservation units by 1.2 million hectares

Sue Branford 19 Apr 2017

Deforestation has become big business in the Brazilian Amazon

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 18 Apr 2017

Amazon land speculators poised to gain control of vast public lands

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 27 Mar 2017

Crime and not enough punishment: Amazon thieves keep stolen public land

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 15 Mar 2017

Big data timber exchange partners with FSC in Brazil

Mongabay.com 13 Mar 2017

Forests provide a nutritional boon to some communities, research shows

Mongabay.com 2 Mar 2017

Environmental costs, benefits and possibilities: Q&A with anthropologist Eben Kirksey

John Cannon 28 Feb 2017

The Republic of Congo: on the cusp of forest conservation

John Cannon 27 Feb 2017

Loving apes celebrated this Valentine’s Day

Mongabay.com 14 Feb 2017
A chainsaw cuts through a tree. Photo by Mark Franckart/Pixabay

Chain saw injuries in Myanmar tied to illegal logging

Poppy McPherson 12 Feb 2017

Birds wanted: Recovering forests need avian assist 

Mongabay.com 2 Feb 2017

Forest protection funds flow to DRC despite ‘illegal’ logging permits

Mongabay.com 1 Feb 2017

‘Revolutionary’ new biodiversity maps reveal big gaps in conservation

John Cannon 27 Jan 2017
Logging concession in Kwakwani, Guyana. Photo by Akola Thompson for Mongabay

UK greenheart restriction could put pressure on Guyana’s logging economy

Akola Thompson 15 Dec 2016

Tracking down logging roads in the Congo Basin

John Cannon 20 Nov 2016

Papua New Guinea activist receives prestigious award for protecting forests

Mike Gaworecki 18 Oct 2016

Search warrant executed at Global Plywood over alleged Lacey Act violations

Mike Gaworecki 20 Jun 2016

Proposed Amazon dam attracts illegal loggers, threatens local farmers

Tatiana Farah – Repórter Brasil 19 May 2016

No logging ban for Myanmar despite reported announcement

Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 May 2016

Malaysian assets in US allegedly tied to corrupt logging operations

Mike Gaworecki 3 May 2016

Cambodia declares protected area in hotly contested Prey Lang forest

Daniel Pye 2 May 2016

Illegal logging “mafia” arrested in Peru

Mike Gaworecki 27 Apr 2016

Grim forecast for paper giant’s wood supply raises deforestation fears

Jonathan Vit 22 Apr 2016

Maroon 5 musicians voice support for community forestry in Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe 6 Apr 2016

Convicted Indonesian police officer and illegal logger on the run once again

Mike Gaworecki 7 Mar 2016

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