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Jaguars in Suriname’s protected parks remain vulnerable to poaching

Vanessa Romo 26 Feb 2021

Is Chinese investment driving a sharp increase in jaguar poaching?

Rebecca Branford 11 Aug 2020

Vatican calls landmark meeting to conserve Amazon, protect indigenous peoples

Justin Catanoso 4 Oct 2019

Shocking news: There are actually three species of electric eel in the Amazon, not one

Mongabay.com 13 Sep 2019

New nets make shrimp trawling more sustainable in Latin America and Caribbean

Michelle Carrere 3 Jun 2019
Mantis in Suriname's rainforest.

Seeing Suriname: A visit to the rainforest goes awry (insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Dec 2018
Pair of jaguar in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Progress on jaguar conservation in Suriname

Mark J. Plotkin 20 Nov 2018

Latam Eco Review: Killing jaguars for arthritis creams and wine

Mongabay.com 2 Nov 2018
The Maasai people in Kenya pass down environmental knowledge through storytelling. Photo courtesy of Joan de la Malla.

Storytelling empowers indigenous people to conserve their environments

Nicoletta Lanese 27 Nov 2017

Booming legal Amazon wildlife trade documented in new report

Claire Salisbury 6 Oct 2017

Sand mining ban lifted on beach in Suriname, causing public backlash

Rachel Fritts 27 Mar 2017

The year in tropical rainforests: 2016

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2016

Conservation’s people problem

Jeremy Hance 17 May 2016

Indigenous rights win big against mining in Suriname

Ruxandra Guidi 10 Mar 2016

Gold mining boom threatens communities in Suriname

Apoorva Joshi 4 Nov 2015

Gold mining explodes in Suriname, puts forests and people at risk

Apoorva Joshi 30 Oct 2015
Map of historic deforestation in the Amazon rainforest since 1970

Deforestation declines in the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Oct 2015

What’s the current deforestation rate in the Amazon rainforest?

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 May 2015

Indigenous leaders present plan to gov’t for Suriname’s largest official protected area

John Cannon 13 Mar 2015

Rainforest loss increased in the 2000s, concludes new analysis

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2015

Rainforests: 10 things to watch in 2015

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jan 2015

Gold mining expanding rapidly along Guiana Shield, threatening forests, water, wildlife

Dr Liz Kimbrough 22 Oct 2014

How do we save the world’s vanishing old-growth forests?

Jeremy Hance 26 Aug 2014

No longer ‘deaf as a stump’: researchers find turtles chirp, click, meow, cluck

Morgan Erickson-Davis 25 Jul 2014

Emissions from rainforest logging average 16% of those from deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Apr 2014

Scientists discover cocoa frog and 60 other new species in remote Suriname (photos)

Jeremy Hance 11 Oct 2013

Featured video: Home is “slothified” after taking in 200 of these adorable rescued creatures

Phyllis Sena 1 Jul 2013

Deforestation rates for Amazon countries outside Brazil

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Jun 2013

Deforestation rate falls across Amazon rainforest countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Dec 2012

New forest map shows 6% of Amazon deforested between 2000 and 2010

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2012

Jaguar v. sea turtle: when land and marine conservation icons collide

Jeremy Hance 16 May 2012

Photos: 46 new species found in little-explored Amazonian nation

Jeremy Hance 25 Jan 2012

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