Amazon deforestation starts 2022 on the fastest pace in 14 years
Mar 15, 2022, 12:03 am ByDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is off to its fastest pace to start a year since at least 2008…In Brazil, Indigenous Ka’apor take their territory’s defense into their own hands
Mar 14, 2022, 7:17 pm ByIn the Brazilian Amazon, the Indigenous peoples are as diverse as they are numerous. But one thing…Activists vow to take EU to court to fight its forest biomass policies
Mar 14, 2022, 6:24 pm ByA mounting stack of conclusive scientific studies failed. Letters signed by hundreds of top…Luxury wood market driving extinction of rare ipê trees, report warns
Mar 14, 2022, 8:00 am ByWhether walking along a beach boardwalk, installing new hardwood floors or sitting out on a…Nepal’s first bird sanctuary takes flight, raising hope for conservation
Mar 14, 2022, 5:27 am ByKATHMANDU — Conservationists have welcomed the declaration of Nepal’s first official bird…Record seizures mark Sri Lanka’s rise as a smuggling hub for star tortoises
Mar 13, 2022, 4:46 pm ByInside an opulent shopping mall in the Thai capital Bangkok, a casually clad man meets a potential…‘No planet B’: Groups call for $60bn increase in annual biodiversity funding
Mar 13, 2022, 3:30 am ByInternational conservation groups are calling on countries in the Global North to provide billions…Spectacular new fish species is first to be named by Maldivian scientist
Mar 11, 2022, 7:28 pm ByOut in the azure waters and colorful corals of the Maldives, a resplendent, rainbow-hued fish has…Vulnerable Antarctic reefs reveal wealth of life as rich as tropical corals
Mar 11, 2022, 5:11 pm ByOn March 9, a search expedition made a notable discovery: the 144-foot (44-meter) wooden ship known…Gold rush in Ecuador’s Amazon region threatens 1,500 communities
Mar 11, 2022, 4:00 pm ByIn Ecuador’s central Napo province, legal and illegal gold mining in rivers is expanding, causing…Patrols work, but community-based conservation needs a rethink, study shows
Mar 11, 2022, 8:03 am ByUganda’s Kibale National Park is a primate haven, home to 13 primate species, including…From teak farms to agroforestry: Panama tests reforestation strategies
Mar 10, 2022, 10:21 pm ByCOLÓN, Panama — Roughly 3 million years ago, a land mass arose from the ocean creating an isthmus…WWF report calls forests a vital public health solution
Mar 10, 2022, 5:21 pm ByDuring the pandemic, as researchers looked to wet markets and the animal trade in search of the…Moore Foundation pledges extra $300m to boost conservation of Amazon
Mar 10, 2022, 4:26 pm ByTo achieve earmarked conservation efforts in the Amazon, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has…Tiger and bear rescue spotlights captive wildlife tourism woes in Thailand
Mar 10, 2022, 1:45 pm ByThe future of Phuket Zoo was uncertain long before the COVID-19 pandemic closed Thailand’s borders…In West and Central Africa, palm oil investors buckle under community pressure
Mar 10, 2022, 11:33 am ByWhen commodity prices spiked in the late 2000s, multinational agribusiness giants smelled profits.…South America hosts nearly half of 9,000 tree species unknown to science
Mar 10, 2022, 10:56 am By“Since childhood I have always been fascinated by the diversity of living things on our planet and…Indonesian ex-minister gets sentence cut for ‘good work’ fueled by corruption
Mar 10, 2022, 10:30 am ByJAKARTA — Indonesia’s former fisheries minister has had his jail sentence for corruption slashed…Podcast: Are ‘nature based solutions’ the best fix for climate change?
Mar 9, 2022, 11:22 pm ByToday we look at mangrove restoration and the effectiveness of nature based solutions to climate…To cooperatively stop deforestation for commodities, navigating ‘legal’ vs ‘zero’ is key (commentary)
Mar 9, 2022, 7:25 pm ByIllegal deforestation represents an outsized share of global deforestation. Tropical forest loss is…
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