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Search warrant executed at Global Plywood over alleged Lacey Act violations

Mike Gaworecki 20 Jun 2016

Dams threaten future of Amazonian biodiversity major new study warns

Claire Salisbury 6 Jun 2016

Peruvian presidential candidates spur concerns among environmentalists

Milton López Tarabochia 3 Jun 2016
Red-eyed tree frog. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

The top 10 most biodiverse countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 May 2016

Conservation’s people problem

Jeremy Hance 17 May 2016

Gold mining shifts course of Peruvian river, ‘will destroy’ ecosystems

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 May 2016

United Cacao responds to bid to remove company from London Stock Exchange

Morgan Erickson-Davis 12 May 2016

Conservation today, the old-fashioned way

Jeremy Hance 10 May 2016

RSPO orders Peruvian palm oil plantation to stop development

Apoorva Joshi 5 May 2016

Indigenous and forest community leaders tour the EU to call for conflict-free palm oil

Mike Gaworecki 4 May 2016

Ethics, sustainability, and Amazon hydropower: mission impossible?

Claire Salisbury 4 May 2016

Peru’s climate commitments threatened by advancing oil palm

Milton López Tarabochia 28 Apr 2016

Illegal logging “mafia” arrested in Peru

Mike Gaworecki 27 Apr 2016

Gold mining ramps up, pushes deeper into Peruvian reserve

Morgan Erickson-Davis 22 Apr 2016

Conservation giant puts $100M into Amazon protected areas

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Mar 2016

Illegal deforestation for ‘sustainable’ chocolate continues in Peru

Morgan Erickson-Davis 17 Mar 2016

Want to keep tabs on that new logging road in Peru? Well, now you can

Morgan Erickson-Davis 2 Mar 2016

A forest full of beetles: an interview with bug researcher Caroline Chaboo

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Mar 2016

The dangers of China’s ‘thumb monkey’ trend

Morgan Erickson-Davis 25 Feb 2016

77 inspiring rainforest pictures

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Feb 2016

Peruvian Amazon will get wetter and experience more severe floods, threatening wildlife

Mike Gaworecki 11 Feb 2016

A railroad that crosses the Amazon could be an infeasible, expensive dream for Peru

Barbara Fraser 4 Feb 2016

New deforestation hotspot threatens southern Peru’s tremendous biodiversity

Mike Gaworecki 2 Feb 2016

Peru terminates head of forest watchdog agency

Ruxandra Guidi 15 Jan 2016

Gold mining revs up, eats away more Peruvian rainforest

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 12 Jan 2016

New military base planned for Peru’s Madre de Dios region in an effort to fight illegal mining

8 Jan 2016

Illegal gold mining spreads to protected Peruvian reserve

Apoorva Joshi 7 Jan 2016

What’s ahead for rainforests in 2016? 10 things to watch

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2016

Cocaine-linked airstrip appears in Peruvian national park

Ethan Harfenist 29 Dec 2015

The year in rainforests: 2015

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Dec 2015
Critically endangered Sumatran Rhino

Mongabay’s 10 most popular conservation news stories in 2015

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Dec 2015
Chevron's Duri oil field in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

How does the global commodity collapse impact forest conservation?

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Dec 2015

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