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‘Revolutionary’ new biodiversity maps reveal big gaps in conservation

John Cannon 27 Jan 2017

NASA and NOAA: 2016 hottest recorded year ever

John Cannon 23 Jan 2017

‘Last frontiers of wilderness’: Intact forest plummets globally

John Cannon 13 Jan 2017

NASA releases images of dramatic deforestation in Cambodia

Morgan Erickson-Davis 13 Jan 2017

Indonesia adds more than 1,100 to the official tally of its islands

M Ambari 12 Jan 2017

Free online analysis of forest change

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 6 Jan 2017

What to expect for rainforests in 2017

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2017

The year in tropical rainforests: 2016

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2016

Brazil: deforestation in the Amazon increased 29% over last year

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Nov 2016

KEDR: Watching over the cedar forests of the Russian Far East

Julia John 23 Nov 2016

Endangered species database ‘outdated’, underestimates risk of extinction: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 10 Nov 2016

Company poised to destroy critical orangutan habitat in breach of Indonesia’s moratorium

Erik Meijaard 24 Oct 2016
Auyna Tepui in Parque Nacional Canaima, part of the Guiana Shield. Photo by Christoph Kühnhanss via Wikimedia Commons.

The Guiana Shield, the ‘greenhouse of the world’

Akola Thompson 19 Oct 2016

Study finds Brazil isn’t counting all deforestation in official estimates

Mike Gaworecki 19 Oct 2016

Airbus to marshal its satellites against deforestation

Philip Jacobson 12 Oct 2016
Tiputini River in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadoran Amazon. Photo by Jeremy Hance

Exclusive: New satellite images show Ecuador drilling in Yasuni’s ITT

Jeremy Hance 9 Oct 2016

Brazil revises Amazon deforestation 6% upward

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Oct 2016

Indonesia seeks foreign funds to aid peat restoration drive

Mongabay Haze Beat 26 Sep 2016

The good, the bad, and the ugly in palm oil (commentary)

Erik Meijaard, Douglas Sheil 9 Sep 2016

Rainforest destruction rises in the Brazilian Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Sep 2016

Korean palm oil firm burned large tracts of forestland in Indonesia, NGOs allege

Alice Cuddy 1 Sep 2016

Five tools are better than one: determining deforestation drivers from above

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 19 Aug 2016

Why is Brazil regressing in its fight against deforestation?

Paulo Barreto 12 Aug 2016

Understanding the ghost of the mountain

Julia John 10 Aug 2016

Identifying the drivers of Amazon deforestation through high-tech maps and stories

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 5 Aug 2016

On eve of Olympics, Amazon deforestation surges in Brazil

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jul 2016

Piloting PALM Risk to detect palm oil-driven deforestation

Julia John 20 Jul 2016
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Fires begin to appear en masse as Indonesia’s burning season gets going

Mongabay Haze Beat 8 Jul 2016
Olarro Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya flickr ninara

Bridging the Gap between Land and Space

Taylor Robb-McCord 1 Jul 2016

Combining high-tech and low-tech to turn satellite images into action

Nathan Hahn 24 Jun 2016
Rainforest tree in Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Norway pledges $14M to strengthen forest monitoring platform

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2016
Greenpeace protesting against a company's palm oil policy. Courtesy of Greenpeace

10 reasons to be optimistic for forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Jun 2016

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