South African Airways bans all wildlife trophies from flights
Wildlife trophy room. Photo by: Fabio Venni/Creative Commons 2.0. Trophy hunters may need to find another flight home, as South African Airlines (SAA) has announced a new ban on any…
How black rhinos and local communities help each other in Namibia
Locals are key to Namibia's rhino success even in the midst of a poaching crisis A desert adapted black rhino in north-west Namibia. Photo by: Dave Hamman Photograph. Africa's rhinos…
Zambia ends trophy hunting ban, elephants fair game
Wild cats will remain protected from hunting for now. After 20 months, Zambia has lifted its ban on hunting, allowing trophy hunters to target numerous species in the wildlife-rich country…
Shoot to conserve: Corey Knowlton’s rhino hunt escalates the debate over trophy hunting and environmentalism
Corey Knowlton posing with a bongo he killed. Photo from Corey Knowlton's Facebook page. "After a long conversation with the FBI I have decided to temporarily suspend my activity on…
Predator appreciation: how saving lions, tigers, and polar bears could rescue ourselves
Lioness feeding. Photo by: Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson. In the new book, In Predatory Light: Lions and Tigers and Polar Bears, authors Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, Sy Montgomery, and John…
Trophy hunters auction off life of Critically Endangered black rhino
The Dallas Safari Club has auctioned off a permit to shoot-and-kill a Critically Endangered black rhino in Namibia for $350,000. The club says the proceeds from the auction will aid…
Controversial wolf hunt moves to the Midwest, 196 wolves killed to date
Many top predators worldwide remain hated and feared. Photo courtesy of the National Park Service. The hugely controversial wolf hunt in the U.S. has spread from the western U.S. (Montana,…
Photos: emperor penguins take first place in renowned wildlife photo contest
This was the image Paul had been so hoping to get: a sunlit mass of emperor penguins charging upwards, leaving in their wake a crisscross of bubble trails. The location…
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Forest Trackers
- Casinos, condos and sugar cane: How a Cambodian national park is being sold down the river
- Drugs and agriculture cause deforestation to skyrocket at Honduran UNESCO site
- Deforestation ramps up in Cambodia’s Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary
- Cattle-driven clearing continues in Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu protected area
Oceans
- On an island scarred by tin mining, mangrove planting preserves shrimp tradition
- Latest mass stranding raises concerns for endangered Caspian seals
- Popular opposition halts a bridge project in a Philippine coral haven
- Absorbent and yellow and … mobile? Sea sponges on the move in Arctic Ocean
Amazon Conservation
- Indigenous in Salvador: A struggle for identity in Brazil’s first capital
- Amazon deforestation jumps sharply in April
- Karipuna people sue Brazil government for alleged complicity in land grabs
- Brazil’s Bolsonaro vowed to work with Indigenous people. Now he’s investigating them
Land rights and extractives
- With British Columbia’s last old-growth at risk, government falters: Critics
- Total’s East African oil pipeline to go ahead despite stiff opposition
- Brazilian Cerrado savanna: Wildcat miners descend on Indigenous reserve
- Cambodia puts its arduous titling process for Indigenous land up for review
Endangered Environmentalists
- Brazil’s Bolsonaro vowed to work with Indigenous people. Now he’s investigating them
- Intimidation of Brazil’s enviro scientists, academics, officials on upswing
- Thailand’s Indigenous Peoples fight for ‘land of our heart’ (commentary)
- Brazilian woman threatened by Amazon loggers wins global human rights award
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- Why I stand for my tribe’s forest: It gives us food, culture, and life (commentary)
- Reforesting a village in Indonesia, one batch of gourmet beans at a time
- Restoring Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem, one small farm at a time
- Indigenous Iban community defends rainforests, but awaits lands rights recognition
Conservation Effectiveness
- ‘Bad science’: Planting frenzy misses the grasslands for the trees
- A Malagasy community wins global recognition for saving its lake
- Scientists in Costa Rica are growing new corals to save reefs
- Technology innovations look to change the cacao landscape in Colombia
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Relocating mangroves for Indonesian highway ‘not that easy,’ expert warns
- Indonesian governor’s arrest in road project points to more tainted contracts
- Papua deforestation highlights eastward shift of Indonesia forest clearing
- Podcast: Omens and optimism for Sumatran orangutans
