For The GEF's Naoko Ishii, Sustainability Must be a Core Global Value The Global Environment Facility or "GEF" unites 182 government members, in partnership with multiple international institutions, nongovernmental organizations,…
Illegally logged tree in Indonesia. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Illegal logging has never been a high priority for criminal investigators, but a new report by the World Bank says…
Red ruffed lemurs live in forest areas that were particularly hard hit by illegal logging in 2009 and 2010. Confiscated timber stocks in Madagascar must be managed in a "transparent…
Groups funded by the palm oil industry lashed out at the World Bank's new framework to resume lending to the palm oil sector. World Growth International and the Initiative for…
Following years of criticism from environmentalists and some governments the World Bank has proposed new rules regarding carbon-intensive coal plants, reports the Guardian. The new rules would allow lending for…
Oil palm plantations on peatlands in Central Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler 2009 After an 18-month moratorium triggered by complaints over social conflict between local communities and palm oil…
Government plans to build a road through Serengeti National Park came up against more opposition this week as the Tanzanian Association of Tour Operators (Tato) came out against the project,…
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has legalized 15 logging concessions that were previously listed as illegal under an effort to clean up the industry of widespread corruption. The environmental…
Tanzania's President, Jakaya Kikwete, today gave promises that his proposed road project, which will bisect the Serengeti plains, would not hurt one of the world's most famed parks and one…
A new study finds that a proposed road cutting through Serengeti National Park would likely have devastating consequences for one of the world's last great migrations. According to the study…
The World Bank has offered to help fund an alternative route for a planned road project that would otherwise cut through Tanzania's world famous Serengeti National Park, according to the…
One hundred Kihansi Spray Toads have been flown to their native Tanzania after a close brush with extinction, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). The species, which last year was…
While Madagascar's current government has drawn sharp criticism from the international community for its failure to prevent the environmental destruction of recent months, France, Holland, Morocco, and the World Bank…
