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Home for the holidays: Chimp exits war-torn Iraq, lands in Kenya

Geoffrey Kamadi 12 Dec 2016

Which tropical forest conservation strategies are proving most effective?

Mike Gaworecki 30 Nov 2016

NYT explores life and impact of Chico Mendes, “a Fighter for the Amazon”

Mike Gaworecki 28 Nov 2016

Top scientists: Amazon’s Tapajós Dam Complex “a crisis in the making”

Claire Salisbury 28 Nov 2016

If you’re in the U.S., your ramen noodles might become a lot safer for forests

Mike Gaworecki 21 Nov 2016

Where have all the lutungs gone? Mystery monkeys fast disappearing

William H. Funk 18 Nov 2016

Seven African countries pledge to protect their tropical forests from unsustainable oil palm development

Mike Gaworecki 16 Nov 2016

Industry, NGOs agree to single approach to eliminating deforestation from palm oil supply chain

Mike Gaworecki 10 Nov 2016

Are global commodities producers living up to their climate promises?

Mike Gaworecki 3 Nov 2016
Piles of confiscated wood can be seen surrounding the Forestry department’s office at Bogale in Ayeyarwady Division. Photo by Ann Wang

In Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Delta, a rapidly disintegrating mangrove forest

Ann Wang 22 Oct 2016

Mongabay Newscast episode 3: Crucial conservation votes at CITES CoP17 and the future of socio-ecological research

Mike Gaworecki 18 Oct 2016
Truck carrying logs across the river border Zizhi Yunnan in 2012. Photo courtesy Environmental Investigation Agency

Myanmar’s forests face myriad problems as logging ban continues

Jennifer Rigby 29 Sep 2016

Scientists say Amazon biodiversity could help fuel Fourth Industrial Revolution

Mike Gaworecki 20 Sep 2016

Here’s how much forest we’ll have to destroy to feed our growing junk food addiction

Mike Gaworecki 19 Sep 2016

Here’s where tropical forests have been destroyed for palm oil over the past 25 years

Mike Gaworecki 18 Aug 2016

The prosecutor who lassoed deforestation

Eduardo Pegurier 15 Jun 2016

Many commitments, little transparency in cutting deforestation from corporate supply chains

Mike Gaworecki 10 Jun 2016

Here’s what’s driving deforestation in South America

Mike Gaworecki 31 May 2016

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