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New carbon maps of Sabah’s forests guide conservation in Borneo

John Cannon 29 Nov 2017

Long-term droughts are throttling growth in Hawaiian forests, finds airborne laser-based study

Alex Fox 27 Nov 2017

An early warning system for locating forest loss

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 16 Nov 2017

More big mammals found in high-carbon forests, says new study

John Cannon 15 Nov 2017

Mining activity causing nearly 10 percent of Amazon deforestation

Zoe Sullivan 2 Nov 2017

Parks and reserves ‘significant’ force for slowing climate change

Mongabay.com 30 Oct 2017

Suite of free, open-source tools to help even non-experts monitor large-scale land use change

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 20 Oct 2017

Deforestation drops 16% in the Brazilian Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Oct 2017

Amazonian manatee migration at risk from disruption by proposed dams

Claire Salisbury 19 Oct 2017

Trending tree cover loss spikes again in Queensland

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2017

At 2017 minimum, scientists ask: Is Arctic entering the Thin Ice Age?

Gloria Dickie 25 Sep 2017

Ecologist wins Heinz environment prize for airborne mapping that informs policy

Mongabay.com 14 Sep 2017

Deforestation from gold mining in Peru continues, despite gov’t crackdowns

John Cannon 22 Aug 2017

Five instances in which Peru won the battle against deforestation

Milton López Tarabochia 2 Aug 2017

Brazil’s Temer threatens constitutional indigenous land rights

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 1 Aug 2017

First ‘intrusions’ into unbroken forests drive pulses of biodiversity loss

John Cannon 28 Jul 2017

Study links most Amazon deforestation to 128 slaughterhouses

Eduardo Pegurier 27 Jul 2017

Charcoal and cattle ranching tearing apart the Gran Chaco

John Cannon 19 Jul 2017

Amazon infrastructure EIAs under-assess biodiversity; scientists offer solutions

Claire Salisbury 6 Jul 2017

Is Brazil’s Forest Code failing to reduce deforestation?

John Cannon 6 Jul 2017

Study: Brazilian mega-dams caused far more flooding than EIA predicted

Claire Salisbury 5 Jul 2017

From cryosphere to blogosphere, sea ice enthusiasts track Arctic melt

Gloria Dickie 26 Jun 2017

As Arctic sea ice shows record decline, scientists prepare to go blind

Gloria Dickie 25 May 2017

Drylands greener with forests than previously thought

John Cannon 12 May 2017
Carnegie Airborne Observatory (CAO) forest scan in the Peruvian Amazon. The CAO uses advanced optical and chemical sensors in combination with Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technologies to map forest carbon, chemistry, and other features. Image courtesy of the Carnegie Airborne Observatory/Greg Asner.

Indigenous lands ‘critical’ to forest protection in Peru, biodiversity maps show

John Cannon 5 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
Proboscis monkeys grooming.

An interactive map connects landowners and forest change in one of the world’s most biodiverse places

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 28 Apr 2017

Crystal Davis, director of Global Forest Watch, on conservation and Big Data

Mike Gaworecki 18 Apr 2017

Military base-building destroys coral reefs in the South China Sea

Greg Asner 26 Mar 2017

In defining plantations as forest, FAO attracts criticism

Benji Jones 21 Mar 2017
Hydropower in Asia

Building environmental community and transparency through maps

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 7 Mar 2017

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