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Military sent to clear fish farms in Indonesia’s Lake Toba

Aria Danaparamita 22 Jul 2016
La Danta pyramid in the Mayan city of Mirador, as seen from a distance. Photo by Ronyrocael/Wikimedia Commons.

Controversial park plans in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 17 Jun 2016
Zou Huagang, head of Lianhe village, poses in front of a local kiwi farm. Zou's family owns about three acres of kiwi farmland. Photo by Wang Yan.

Making a living inside a reserve: an interview with village head Zou Huagang

Wang Yan 14 Jun 2016
A golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana), caught on camera trap inside the reserve. Photo courtesy of Laohegou Nature Reserve Center.

Can China’s first private nature reserve become truly sustainable?

Wang Yan 10 Jun 2016

Chinese villagers turn from logging to forest patrols, bees, and fish

Wang Yan 8 Jun 2016

China’s Wanglang panda reserve, once an ecotourism model, faces new threats

Wang Yan 6 Jun 2016

Another tiger perishes at Indonesia’s ‘Death Zoo’

Loren Bell 20 Apr 2016

The week in environmental news – April 01, 2016

Brittany Stewart 1 Apr 2016

Primate-Watching: In the Year of the Monkey, let’s build a Conservation Movement

Russell A. Mittermeier 3 Feb 2016
A Bornean tarsier. Photo by Russ Mittermeier.

Potential crisis in Sabah’s amazing Kinabatangan rainforest

Russell A. Mittermeier 13 Jan 2016

Komodo dragon: one of Indonesia’s rare conservation success stories

Jeremy Hance 30 Dec 2015

Creating a commons: sustainable fishing and hunting in the Colombian Amazon

David Barton Bray 23 Dec 2015
Tourists can spread invasive species on unwashed fishing kits. Photo courtesy of Paula Rosewarn.

Invasive species hop on tourists worldwide

Amy McDermott 20 Nov 2015

Bali’s mountain dwellers govern with ancient palm leaf treatises

Luh De Suriyani 29 Oct 2015

Indonesian villagers transform ailing forests into oasis of fruit

Sapariah Saturi 8 Sep 2015

Zimbabweans near protected areas feel good about wildlife. Tourists? Not so much.

Kolawole Talabi 10 Jul 2015

In Sumatra, an oasis in a sea of oil palm

Quino Alonso 8 Jun 2015

The triumph of the bison: Europe’s biggest animal bounces back a century after vanishing

Jeremy Hance 12 May 2015

Zimbabwe selling baby elephant calves to China, says environmental group

Alexander Montoro 17 Apr 2015

Chocolate company, NGO work together to save lemurs

Andrew Mann 30 Mar 2015

Conservationists announce program to protect East Africa’s largest elephant population

William Freedberg 12 Mar 2015

Protected areas receive 8 billion visits a year, but still underfunded

Jeremy Hance 25 Feb 2015

Partnering for conservation benefits Tacana people, Bolivian park

Barbara Fraser 25 Feb 2015

How do parks affect the poor? Jury’s still out, some experts say

Barbara Fraser 13 Feb 2015

Innovating Brazil nuts: a business with roots in the rainforest

Barbara Fraser 11 Feb 2015

Video: innovative tourism helps protect forests in Amazonian Peru

Jeremy Hance 5 Feb 2015

Community tourism fills niche around Tambopata National Reserve

Barbara Fraser 29 Jan 2015

How black rhinos and local communities help each other in Namibia

Jeremy Hance 7 Jan 2015

Stuff of fairy tales: stepping into Europe’s last old-growth forest

Jeremy Hance 9 Jul 2014

Broken promises no more? Signs Sabah may finally uphold commitment on wildlife corridors

Jeremy Hance 23 Jun 2014

Bears, cats, and mystery mammals: camera traps in ‘paper park’ prove it’s worth protecting

Jeremy Hance 9 Jun 2014

Ecotourism pays: study finds lower poverty where nature-based tourism is prevalent

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2014

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