Where does your timber come from? Genetic analysis may soon tell you
Mar 8, 2018, 5:09 pm By MongabayResearchers have identified a genetic analysis technique that pinpoints the harvest location of…Carbon credit prices too low to protect forests from rubber, study finds
Mar 8, 2018, 5:04 pm By MongabayRubber plantations cover around 86,000 square kilometers (33,200 square miles) in Southeast Asia and…NGOs seek suspension of forest-related funding to DRC in response to proposed end to logging moratorium
Mar 8, 2018, 12:54 pm By MongabayMore than 50 conservation and human rights organizations have called on international donors to halt…Tropical Deforestation: the Need for a Strategy Adjustment (commentary)
Mar 8, 2018, 12:49 pm By MongabayWe are in the midst of the greatest global effort in history to end tropical deforestation, driven…Only 12 vaquita porpoises remain, watchdog group reports
Mar 8, 2018, 12:01 pm By MongabayThe International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita reported in 2017 that there were just 30…Public access to Indonesian plantation data still mired in bureaucracy
Mar 8, 2018, 11:40 am By MongabayJAKARTA — The Indonesian government has still not made publicly available its detailed maps and…Trump to allow elephant and lion trophies on case-by-case basis
Mar 8, 2018, 10:33 am By MongabayThe Trump administration has been mired in a controversy for months over its policy toward importing…Watch: Arkani, the Dayak known as Jenggot Naga — Dragon Beard
Mar 8, 2018, 7:05 am By Mongabay
Arkani, an elderly Dayak man, drew a telling comparison between the plight of his community and that…Beyond polar bears: Arctic animals share in vulnerable climate future
Mar 7, 2018, 4:15 pm By MongabaySnowy owls, once thought to migrate south in the winter, have been found to largely stay in the…Brazilian ‘quilombo’ community entitled with 220,000 hectares of rainforest
Mar 7, 2018, 4:14 pm By MongabayOn March 3, one community in Brazil descended from African slaves celebrated a victory they’ve…Jaguar numbers rising at field sites, WCS says
Mar 7, 2018, 12:55 pm By MongabayJaguar numbers at specific study sites in Central and South America are rising, based on surveys…How Tibetan Buddhism and conservation efforts helped Eurasian otters thrive in a city of 200,000 people (commentary)
Mar 7, 2018, 12:13 pm By MongabayIn China, where most rivers are deprived of large mammals due to habitat destruction and…Analysis: the Brazilian Supreme Court’s New Forest Code ruling
Mar 7, 2018, 11:06 am By MongabayBrazil’s Supreme Court. Photo by Nelson Jr. / SCO/STF The Supreme Court ruling on 28 February on…Climate change imperils tiny animal in the world’s most extreme continent
Mar 7, 2018, 7:06 am By MongabayEvery Antarctic summer between December and January, a group of biologists heads out into the vast…Honduras arrests alleged mastermind of Berta Cáceres’s murder
Mar 7, 2018, 12:17 am By Mongabay
On March 2 Honduran authorities arrested a hydroelectric company executive they say orchestrated the…In Colombia, a national park’s expansion announced as deforestation progresses
Mar 6, 2018, 4:20 pm By Mongabay
BOGOTA, Colombia – “I ordered Minister Murillo to return to Guaviare tomorrow with Mindefensa…Europe’s beetle species plummet as trees disappear
Mar 6, 2018, 2:39 pm By MongabaySaproxylic beetles live in and eat dead and decaying wood, and play important ecological roles such…Audio: How effective is environmental restoration?
Mar 6, 2018, 1:36 pm By Mongabay
How effective is environmental restoration? On today’s episode, we seek answers to that question…Bornean bearded pigs seen adapting to oil palm habitats, study finds
Mar 6, 2018, 10:04 am By MongabayBearded pigs in Malaysian Borneo appear to have adapted to oil palm plantations, a key driver of…Mexico City dwellers shoulder future of their urban ‘Water Forest’
Mar 6, 2018, 9:51 am By MongabayMEXICO CITY – Strolling through the forest under a canopy of pine trees along a path lined with…
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