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Thousands of radiated tortoises seized from traffickers in Madagascar

John Cannon 31 Oct 2018

Scientists, conservationists: Give Nobel Peace Prize to Jane Goodall

Mongabay.com 11 Oct 2018

Tracking the shift of tropical forests from carbon sink to source

Mongabay.com 31 Jul 2018

Global marine wilderness has dwindled to 13 percent, new map reveals

John Cannon 26 Jul 2018

To protect the Congolese peatlands, protect local land rights (commentary)

Bart Crezee 4 Jun 2018

Religious leaders mobilize to protect indigenous people and forests

Liz Kimbrough 2 May 2018

Suspected poisoning takes down 11 lions in Uganda park

John Cannon 17 Apr 2018

AI can ‘help us move mountains’ for people and planet, Watson developer says

Erik Hoffner 28 Mar 2018

Sarawak’s Penan now have detailed maps of their ancestral homeland

John Cannon 20 Mar 2018

Jaguar numbers rising at field sites, WCS says

Mongabay.com 7 Mar 2018

Carbon pricing could save millions of hectares of tropical forest: new study

John Cannon 5 Feb 2018

Maps tease apart complex relationship between agriculture and deforestation in DRC

John Cannon 2 Feb 2018

Roads, dams and railways: Ten infrastructure stories from Southeast Asia in 2017

Mongabay.com 27 Dec 2017

UN General Assembly adopts resolution to move forward with high seas treaty negotiations

Mike Gaworecki 26 Dec 2017

Temer uses controversial deforestation data in speech to UN

Sue Branford 21 Sep 2017

Pursuing a decent life for all on a sustainable planet (commentary)

Michael Painter and David Wilkie 18 Sep 2017

Central Africa’s ivory trade shifts underground, according to new report

Mongabay.com 12 Sep 2017

Religious leaders: Rainforest protection a ‘moral imperative’

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2017

Gabon pledges ‘massive’ protected network for oceans

Mongabay.com 6 Jun 2017

Trump failure to lead on climate doesn’t faze UN policymakers in Bonn

Justin Catanoso 8 May 2017

Successful forest protection in DRC hinges on community participation

John Cannon 12 Mar 2017

Science needed for more transparency in Paris climate projections

Mongabay.com 6 Mar 2017

Is Brazil green washing hydropower? The case of the Teles Pires dam

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 18 Jan 2017

Indonesia shifts emissions-reduction burden from energy to forestry sector

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 30 Nov 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

International treaty targeting illegal fishing takes effect

Alexandra Ossola 3 Jun 2016

Climate negotiators focus on carbon credits, underplay human rights

Justin Catanoso 23 May 2016

First round of UN negotiations to regulate high seas fishing concludes

Alexandra Ossola 8 Apr 2016

Indigenous Brazilians under threat from killings and resource projects: UN Rapporteur

Sandra Cuffe 4 Apr 2016
Not for republication. Image by Rod Harbinson/Rodharbinson.com

Indigenous forest activist released from prison amid Cambodian crackdown

Rod Harbinson 17 Mar 2016

Want to end illegal fishing? Make all ships trackable, say researchers

Mongabay.com 11 Mar 2016

Norway extends forest conservation initiative

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Dec 2015

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