Malaysia is a major transit point for ivory smugglers
Sep 9, 2016, 6:00 am By Shreya Dasgupta
Malaysia has become the primary transit country for illegal Africa-sourced elephant ivory, a new…How to increase REDD+ benefits to indigenous peoples and other traditional forest communities
Sep 9, 2016, 3:40 am By Mike Gaworecki
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]o meet the target of limiting global warming to 2-degrees-Celsius established…The good, the bad, and the ugly in palm oil
Sep 9, 2016, 12:00 am By Erik Meijaard / Douglas Sheil / David Gaveau
Among the World’s most controversial industries, palm oil production is once again in the…Based on available evidence, non-lethal predator control is more effective than lethal means
Sep 8, 2016, 5:00 pm By Mike GaworeckiIn 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program reportedly exterminated…The 101 on how global trade treaties came to threaten the environment
Sep 8, 2016, 3:20 pm By Jennifer Huizen
[caption id="attachment_189182" align="alignnone" width="768"] NAFTA Initialing Ceremony, October…From ‘Silverbacks’ to Systems Leaders: Rethinking African conservation leadership
Sep 8, 2016, 2:00 pm By Fred Nelson and Erin Myers Madeira
This commentary is part of a series that is running around the IUCN World Conservation Congress…These banks are pumping billions into Southeast Asia’s deforestation
Sep 8, 2016, 1:40 pm By Alice Cuddy
A new online database is shining light on the big banks and investors funding forest-risk sector…The alarming number of fires in the Brazilian Amazon
Sep 8, 2016, 10:20 am By Natália Girão Rodrigues de Mello
From the speeding boat, the jungle was a single block of green, its shades recycled across the…Indigenous peoples demand protection of sacred sites at World Conservation Congress
Sep 7, 2016, 5:20 pm By Aura Tegría
For the first time, the U’wa Nation participated in the world’s most important conservation…Indonesian government to investigate Korean palm oil giant over burning in Papua
Sep 7, 2016, 5:00 pm By Mongabay.com
The Indonesian government is investigating a Korean palm oil giant accused of burning land in the…Mountain lions in Santa Monica Mountains could disappear within 50 years
Sep 7, 2016, 4:20 pm By Mike Gaworecki
The mountain lion population in the Santa Monica Mountains, a coastal range outside of Los Angeles…Black, white and unique: the Malayan tapir struggles for recognition
Sep 7, 2016, 12:20 pm By Kate Mayberry
[caption id="attachment_189147" align="alignnone" width="768"] This baby Malayan tapir was rescued…Controversial dams on 5 Chilean rivers scrapped after years of campaign
Sep 7, 2016, 2:40 am By Shreya Dasgupta
Hydroelectric dams will not come up on five Chilean rivers, at least for now. On August 30, Spanish…IUCN motions to ban the pangolin trade
Sep 6, 2016, 7:00 pm By Fidelis E. Satriastanti
Governments and NGOs are pushing to ban the commercial trade in pangolins, the world’s most…Ocean warming is “greatest hidden challenge of our generation,” according to IUCN
Sep 6, 2016, 6:20 pm By Mike Gaworecki
Global warming is changing Earth’s oceans and those impacts will last for decades even if we rein…Are grassroots organizations our best hope for combating the illegal wildlife trade?
Sep 6, 2016, 4:00 pm By Natalie Kyriacou
Over the last 10 years, global wildlife NGOs have launched multi-million-dollar fundraising…Zimbabwe is dehorning its rhinos to curb poaching
Sep 6, 2016, 9:20 am By Shreya Dasgupta
In 2015, at least 1,338 rhinos were illegally killed for their horns across Africa. Of these 50…Negotiations and protests ongoing in wake of oil spills in Peruvian Amazon
Sep 5, 2016, 2:40 pm By Barbara Fraser
Negotiations on Aug. 31 between national government officials and leaders and residents of Nueva…Good news for Giant Panda, Tibetan Antelope in updated IUCN Red List
Sep 5, 2016, 5:40 am By Shreya Dasgupta
The latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species reports that species like the Giant…World’s largest gorilla now Critically Endangered
Sep 5, 2016, 2:40 am By Shreya Dasgupta
The world’s largest ape, the Grauer’s gorilla or the eastern lowland gorilla, is now on the…
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