Satellite data show burst of deforestation in Myanmar rare earth mining hotspots
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Myanmar’s Kachin state, near the border with China, is a global hub for rare earth minerals. But…Madagascar’s dry forests need attention, and Verreaux’s sifakas could help
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ANTANANARIVO — Which tropical habitats are worthy of conservation? Humid forests, with their…More deforestation leads to a drier dry season, Amazon study finds
Mon 8:05am By
In Brazil’s southern Amazonian region, where the notorious “arc of deforestation” has been…Australia approves the world’s first chlamydia vaccine for koalas
Mon 5:42am By
Australia’s veterinary medicine regulator has approved a vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia,…Hyped reports of soaring Sri Lanka elephant deaths don’t match data
Mon 4:39am By
Claims of a spike in elephant deaths in Sri Lanka this year — amplified by social media and public…How to smuggle a wild Galápagos iguana? Pretend it was bred in Africa
Mon 3:56am By
At least 60 wild iguanas have been captured, sold and exported from the Galápagos Islands in…Overcrowding threatens sustainability of jaguar ecotourism in Brazil’s Pantanal
Mon 3:49am By
The Brazilian Pantanal is the world’s largest wetland and home to the highest density of jaguars…The carbon market paradox: Steve Zwick on why financing forests is more complicated than it looks
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Carbon markets sit at the awkward junction of science, finance, and politics, where the appetite for…Finding optimism
Sep 14, 2025, 7:04 pm By
Since publishing my piece on optimism in conservation, I’ve heard from many who are finding it…Forests on Indigenous lands help protect health in the Amazon
Sep 12, 2025, 5:36 pm By
Healthy forests are more than climate shields; in the Amazon, they also serve as public-health…Floodwaters begin receding in a major Pakistani city but nearby towns face evacuations
Sep 12, 2025, 2:44 pm By
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say floodwaters that threatened a major town in eastern Punjab…Countries shorten tuna fishing closure at Pacific summit with few conservation ‘wins’
Sep 12, 2025, 1:39 pm By
2024 was a record year for tropical tuna catch in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, thanks to a big…Indonesia reopens Raja Ampat nickel mine despite reef damage concerns
Sep 12, 2025, 7:04 am By
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has allowed a controversial nickel mine to resume operating in…Conservationists split over greener ranching versus ditching beef
Sep 12, 2025, 6:43 am By
Beef production is a major driver of climate change. It fuels deforestation in crucial biomes, a…On World Dolphin Day, spotlight falls on threats to dolphins worldwide
Sep 12, 2025, 6:13 am By
September 12 is World Dolphin Day. Marine conservation and advocacy nonprofit Sea Shephard created…Indonesia flooding traced to corporate canals that drain peatlands: Report
Sep 11, 2025, 11:43 pm By
JAKARTA — Flooding disasters in Indonesia are increasingly traced not to natural causes, but to…Ebony’s uncertain future without elephants
Sep 11, 2025, 7:39 pm By
In 2017, when Vincent Deblauwe joined the Congo Basin Institute in Cameroon to study African…Photos: Indigenous elders push for comeback of the revered Philippine crocodile
Sep 11, 2025, 3:45 pm By
DUNOY, Philippines — In the dense, tropical rainforests of the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park,…Park guardians or destroyers? Study dissects 2 narratives of DRC’s Indigenous Batwa
Sep 11, 2025, 3:05 pm By
Long celebrated by some NGOs and Indigenous rights activists as the guardians of the forest, the…More than half the world’s forests fragmented in 20 years — but protection works: Study
Sep 11, 2025, 2:19 pm By
“If you can imagine walking into a huge, 1,000-kilometer square [386-square-mile] tropical forest…
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