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Logged forests support biodiversity after 15 years of rehabilitation, but not if turned into plantations

Emotional call for palm oil industry to address environmental problems

Present day tropical plant families survived in warmer, wetter tropics 58 million years ago

Malayan tiger rescued from poacher’s snare proves need for increased enforcement

Palm oil industry pledges wildlife corridors to save orangutans

Could agroforestry solve the biodiversity crisis and address poverty?, an interview with Shonil Bhagwat

Two of the world’s most endangered (and strangest) primates receive protection from new reserves in China and Vietnam

Will tropical trees survive climate change?, an interview with Kenneth J. Feeley

Working to save the ‘living dead’ in the Atlantic Forest, an interview with Antonio Rossano Mendes Pontes

Fashion labels drop APP after party highlights the plight of Indonesian forests

Heavy oil pollution remains in Amazon, despite company claiming clean-up is finished

Innovative reforestation project threatened by ‘regime change’ in Madagascar, an interview with Rainer Dolch

Saving gorillas by bringing healthcare to local people in Uganda, an interview with Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

Fifteen indigenous leaders arrested in Borneo for protesting dams that would flood their lands

Independent review finds logging company has abused rights of indigenous Penan in Borneo

Saving the last megafauna of Malaysia, an interview with Reuben Clements

Oil road transforms indigenous nomadic hunters into commercial poachers in the Ecuadorian Amazon

World’s only Sumatran rhino to give birth in captivity dies at Cincinnati Zoo

Crowned sifaka population on the verge of local extinction: dispatch from the field

New species everywhere in Papua New Guinea’s ‘lost’ volcano

Investing in conservation could save global economy trillions of dollars annually

New Amazonian reserve saves over a million acres in Peru

Photos reveal illegal logging near uncontacted natives in Peru

Largely unexplored rainforest slated to be leveled for gold mining in Colombia

Tropical plant expert Stephen P. Hubbell wins this year’s Eminent Ecologist Award

Lessons from the crisis in Madagascar, an interview with Erik Patel

A New Idea to Save Tropical Forests Takes Flight

Saving one of the last tropical dry forests, an interview with Edwina von Gal

First comprehensive study of insect endangerment: ten percent of dragonflies threatened

Photos: treasure trove of new species discovered in Ecuador

Range extended for world’s most mysterious gorilla

New rainforest reserve in Congo benefits bonobos and locals

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