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Culture keeps cattle ranching going in the Brazilian Amazon

John Cannon 23 Nov 2017

Water sources under threat from mining in Ecuador’s mountains

Marlon Puertas 22 Nov 2017

Damming or damning the Amazon: Assessing Ecuador / China cooperation

Max Nathanson 22 Nov 2017

Peru: The river that will not flow

Jack Lo Lau 22 Nov 2017
A turtle at Shell Beach in Region 1 of Guyana. Photo courtesy of Guyana Marine Conservation Society.

Guyana seeks offshore oil wealth in a green economy

Carinya Sharples 21 Nov 2017

Experience or evidence: How do big conservation NGOs make decisions?

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Nov 2017

An early warning system for locating forest loss

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 16 Nov 2017
Arley Estupiñan walks towards his house at night. Photo by Ana Cristina Vallejo with permission.

The uncertain future of Bogotá’s shantytowns

Maximo Anderson 16 Nov 2017

A tranquilizer shortage is holding back rhino management plans in India

Moushumi Basu 16 Nov 2017

$2 billion investment in forest restoration announced at COP23

Mike Gaworecki 15 Nov 2017

Videos detail corruption in massive illegal Peruvian timber case

Genevieve Belmaker 14 Nov 2017

VaquitaCPR ends capture program in Gulf of California after vaquita dies in captivity

Mike Gaworecki 13 Nov 2017

From carbon sink to source: Brazil puts Amazon, Paris goals at risk

Claire Salisbury 9 Nov 2017

Global climate change increasing risk of crop yield losses and food insecurity in the tropical Andes

Justin Catanoso 8 Nov 2017
The Amazon rainforest along southeastern Peru's Tambopata River, seen from above.

Crowdsourcing the forest for the trees

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 7 Nov 2017

As negotiators meet in Bonn, Brazil’s carbon emissions rise

Jenny Gonzales 7 Nov 2017

Breeding-age female vaquita dies after being taken into captivity

Mike Gaworecki 6 Nov 2017

Indigenous lands at risk, as Amazon sellout by Brazil’s Temer continues (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 6 Nov 2017

Indigenous forests could be a key to averting climate catastrophe

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 6 Nov 2017

Recent report: Totoaba trafficking a conservation and security problem

John Cannon 6 Nov 2017

Betting on agroforestry in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest

Ignacio Amigo 3 Nov 2017
An orchid. Photo by Džoko Stach/Pixabay.

The lure of wild orchids persists in Colombia

Maximo Anderson 2 Nov 2017
Dani man in Indonesian papua. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Does community-based forest management work in the tropics?

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Nov 2017

Catastrophic fires sweep through iconic Brazilian national park

Anna Sophie Gross 2 Nov 2017

Mining activity causing nearly 10 percent of Amazon deforestation

Zoe Sullivan 2 Nov 2017

Environmental policy under the Kuczynski Administration: Steps forward for conservation efforts in Peru (commentary)

Haley Wiebel, Enrique Ortiz 2 Nov 2017

Will the bird that dodged a bullet pay the price of peace?

Mike Shanahan 2 Nov 2017

Interoceanic Highway incites deforestation in Peru, threatens more to come

Bart Crezee 1 Nov 2017

Impacts of gas drilling on wildlife in Peru and a Goldman Prize winner on mercury contamination

Mike Gaworecki 1 Nov 2017

Carbon sequestration role of savanna soils key to climate goals

Justin Catanoso 1 Nov 2017

Temer offers amnesty, erasing up to $2.1 billion in environmental crime fines

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 31 Oct 2017

Palm oil mounts ‘new offensive’ in Colombia while workers decry labor conditions

Bram Ebus 27 Oct 2017

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