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’Unprecedented’ loss of biodiversity threatens humanity, report finds

Mongabay.com 7 May 2019
A butterfly in the forests of Vietnam. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Questions remain as Vietnam reaches major REDD+ milestone

Michael Tatarski 1 Apr 2019

Ten years on, Amazon Fund receives applause, criticism, faces new tests

Fabíola Ortiz 21 Dec 2018

How the social sciences can help conservationists save species

Mike Gaworecki 18 Sep 2018

Latam Eco Review: Harlequin frogs, sustainable ranching, and miracle coral

Mongabay.com 3 Aug 2018

Forest communities pay the price for conservation in Madagascar

John Cannon 25 Jul 2018

Peru: How chocolate saved a community and a protected area from the drug trade

Vanessa Romo 6 Jul 2018

Payments for ecosystem services can boost social capital in addition to forest management: Study

Mike Gaworecki 3 Jul 2018

To protect the Congolese peatlands, protect local land rights (commentary)

Bart Crezee 4 Jun 2018

Maroon 5’s James Valentine on why he’s working to stop illegal logging

Mike Gaworecki 3 Apr 2018

Report finds projects in DRC ‘REDD+ laboratory’ fall short of development, conservation goals

John Cannon 16 Mar 2018

NGOs seek suspension of forest-related funding to DRC in response to proposed end to logging moratorium

John Cannon 8 Mar 2018

Maps tease apart complex relationship between agriculture and deforestation in DRC

John Cannon 2 Feb 2018
An indri (Indri indri), another critically endangered lemur that lives in Makira Natural Park. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Carbon dreams: Can REDD+ save a Yosemite-size forest in Madagascar?

Rowan Moore Gerety 29 Nov 2017

COP23: Leaders vie for protection of ‘incredibly important’ African peatland

Justin Catanoso 17 Nov 2017
Adult male orangutan in Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesia tries to learn from Brazil’s success in REDD+

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Nov 2017

Religious leaders: Rainforest protection a ‘moral imperative’

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2017
From the series "The Blood Forest" by photographer Philippe Echaroux.

Indigenous peoples in Colombia play crucial role in the fight against climate change

Bart Crezee 30 Mar 2017

New study provides a blueprint for engaging indigenous peoples in REDD+ forest monitoring

Mike Gaworecki 28 Mar 2017

Successful forest protection in DRC hinges on community participation

John Cannon 12 Mar 2017

From conflict to communities: Forests in Liberia

John Cannon 10 Mar 2017
Soda volcano in Oromia region, Ethiopia. Photo by Katy Anis/UNESCO

Ethiopia looks to carbon trading as it gears up to be net carbon neutral by 2025

Elias Gebreselassie 6 Mar 2017

The Republic of Congo: on the cusp of forest conservation

John Cannon 27 Feb 2017
La Chorrera is an administrative district located in the department of the Amazon, part of the Predio Putumayo reservation. Photo courtesy of WWF Colombia

Amazon Indigenous REDD+: an innovative approach to conserve Colombian forests?

Eliana Garzón 6 Jan 2017
Ezekiel Philipo, a member of the Hadzabe tribe, works as a village game scout for Carbon Tanzania. The Hadzabe are considered one of the last hunter-gatherer tribes in the world and are the only remaining hunter-gatherer tribe in Tanzania. They use homemade bows and poison arrows to hunt animals like antelope, gazelles, baboons and quail. Photo by Willy Lowry for Mongabay.

Ancient hunter-gatherer tribe protects traditional forest with help from carbon trading

Sophie Tremblay, Willy Lowry 28 Nov 2016
Mountains near Machu Picchu in Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Peru’s REDD+ conservation efforts paying off

Dan Collyns 6 Oct 2016

Alec Baldwin, Helen Clark join Indigenous leaders calling for forest protections and land rights to combat climate change

Mike Gaworecki 21 Apr 2016

Some Indigenous groups wary of REDD+ following Paris Climate Agreement

Mitch Paquette 12 Feb 2016

World Bank’s forest carbon program falls short on indigenous peoples’ rights, argues report

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2015

Deforestation puts cultural survival of forest-dependent peoples at risk

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2014

Balu Wala, or the Kuna ‘good life’: how one indigenous tribe is passing on its traditions (photos)

Ruxandra Guidi 3 Oct 2014

Governors pledge massive cuts in deforestation

Mongabay.com 12 Aug 2014

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