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Indonesia urged to implement decision recognizing indigenous rights to land

Journalists win environmental news reporting prizes

Ecuador’s government shuts down indigenous rights organization over oil battle

Average American consumes 50,000 pounds of raw materials annually for the stuff they buy

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2013

China bans shark fin, bird’s nest soup from state banquets

Palm oil IPO presents environmental, financial risks

Conventional satellite imagery may underestimate forest clearing for subsistence agriculture

New mountain porcupine discovered in Brazil (photos)

Making cap-and-trade work: the history and future of a proven program

Like ancient humans, some lemurs slumber in caves

World’s biggest palm oil company makes zero deforestation commitment

Humans are not apex predators, but meat-eating on the rise worldwide

Green investors urge companies to clean up palm oil industry

APP’s Borneo expansion to be constrained by forest conservation policy

Microsoft founder funds Africa-wide elephant survey to measure ivory poachers’ toll

Sky islands: exploring East Africa’s last frontier

Sri Lankan elephant amnesty will lead to poaching, warn conservationists

86 percent of big animals in the Sahara Desert are extinct or endangered

Where have all the dugongs gone?

Brazil could boost agriculture without destroying forests

Plantations used as cover for destruction of old-growth forests in Myanmar

Reversing local extinction: scientists bring the northern bald ibis back to Europe after 300 years

22,000 elephants slaughtered for their ivory in 2012

Little dude takes the prize: rare dormouse wins BBC camera trap contest (photos)

New project works to raise the profile of the world’s littlest bear

Hedge fund downgrades stock over company’s links to illegal logging in Russian Far East

Palm oil company Bumitama under fire for clearing rainforest, endangering orangutans

Illegal timber, rhino horn, elephant ivory seized in raids across Africa

Journalism prizes explore community forestry, commodity supply chains, China’s seafood consumption

Scientists discover new cat species roaming Brazil

28 percent of potential bonobo habitat remains suitable

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