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Agriculture: profitability determines land use | Chapter 3 of “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon”

Timothy J. Killeen 10 Oct 2023
A kipunji.

World owes it to Tanzania to keep Eastern Arc forests standing, study shows

Ryan Truscott 6 Oct 2023

Sustainable infrastructure in the Pan Amazon: In search of an oxymoron

Timothy J. Killeen 5 Oct 2023

Investing in the Pan Amazon: How China’s investment operates

Timothy J. Killeen 4 Oct 2023
Ismael Nobre

Cacao and cupuaçu emerge as Amazon’s bioeconomy showcases

Sarah Brown 4 Oct 2023

Rechargeable battery industry needs better mining regulations, report says

Maxwell Radwin 29 Sep 2023

Infrastructure in the Pan Amazon: Public-private partnerships

Timothy J. Killeen 27 Sep 2023

Infrastructure in the Pan Amazon – Finance: What is new and what is not

Timothy J. Killeen 26 Sep 2023
Rainbow over the rainforest and oil palm plantations in the midst of a tropical downpour in Jambi on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

As fires threaten Indonesian forests, actions like agroforestry promotion are needed (commentary)

Andrean Rifaldo 25 Sep 2023

Infrastructure in the Pan Amazon: Railroad development

Timothy J. Killeen 21 Sep 2023

Infrastructure in the Pan Amazon: Waterway options

Timothy J. Killeen 20 Sep 2023
A wildlife crossing over Highway 1 in Israel. Image by Hagai Agmon-Snir via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Can ‘road ecology’ save millions of animals?

Mike DiGirolamo 19 Sep 2023
Plantation workers loading oil palm fruit off a truck in Sabah, Malaysia.

Group certification helps Malaysia’s Sabah aim for palm oil sustainability

Louise Hunt 19 Sep 2023
Tailors are seen working on a production line in a local garment factory in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh apparel industry makes progress in ‘eco-friendly’ manufacturing

Ibrahim Hossain Ovi 19 Sep 2023
Aldenísio Pereira da Silva, a teacher of Indigenous education in the Tabalascada Indigenous Community.

In Roraima, Indigenous communities forge sustainable solutions amid threats

Amanda Magnani 19 Sep 2023
A biodiverse island in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

For the oceans, global community must fund Sustainable Development Goal 14 (commentary)

Eric Schwaab 18 Sep 2023

In the Amazon, global competition drives bulk transport systems

Timothy J. Killeen 13 Sep 2023

The future of hydropower in the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 12 Sep 2023
Aerial view of a road.

Study: Tricky balancing act between EV scale-up and mining battery metals

Liz Kimbrough 8 Sep 2023
Hydroelectric dam in Baños, Ecuador. Photo by Eric Chan/Flickr.

Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: An overview of the private energy sector in Ecuador and China’s role

Timothy J. Killeen 6 Sep 2023
The Philippine-endemic JC’s Vine.

Global green growth stalled by climate finance shortfalls (commentary)

Justin Jin Soong Liew 5 Sep 2023

Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: A look at the private energy sector in Peru

Timothy J. Killeen 5 Sep 2023

Road upgrade through remote Tanzanian park threatens wildlife (commentary)

Tim Caro 31 Aug 2023

Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: Bolivia seeks an energy export model

Timothy J. Killeen 30 Aug 2023
Rainforest in Gabon. Photo credit: ZB

What would it cost to protect the Congo Rainforest?

Mike DiGirolamo 29 Aug 2023

Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: Río Trombetas and Calha Norte

Timothy J. Killeen 29 Aug 2023

Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: The Tapajós Basin and the prevalence of Indigenous rights

Timothy J. Killeen 25 Aug 2023

Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: Belo Monte and the Río Xingu

Timothy J. Killeen 24 Aug 2023
Tires by the road.

Rolling car tires into the global circular economy

Sean Mowbray 21 Aug 2023

Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: The Madeira Hydropower Complex

Timothy J. Killeen 17 Aug 2023

Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: Tucuruí and the Tocantins Cascade

Timothy J. Killeen 16 Aug 2023
A farmer in a rice paddy field.

Bali rice experiment cuts greenhouse gas emissions and increases yields

Claire Turrell 11 Aug 2023

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