On World Mangrove Day, 9 things to know about these tough plants
Jul 26, 2016, 4:20 pm By Melati Kaye1. Half lost, half survive Mangroves once covered much of the world’s tropical coastline, but half…Study concludes conservation NGOs might be better off working outside the RSPO
Jul 26, 2016, 2:40 pm By Mike Gaworecki
Agricultural expansion into tropical forests is an important driver of biodiversity loss — which…Mexico bans gillnets to protect rare vaquita porpoise
Jul 26, 2016, 3:20 am By Shreya Dasgupta
From September, Mexico will permanently ban the use of gillnets throughout the range of vaquita…Why helping civil society investigate illegal timber is about much more than protecting forests and forest peoples
Jul 25, 2016, 6:40 pm By Sam Lawson
My organization recently published a guidebook and online resource (www.timberinvestigator.info) for…Fish farms need not be outlawed in Indonesia’s Lake Toba: minister
Jul 25, 2016, 5:20 pm By Aria Danaparamita
After an Indonesian district deployed the military and police to enforce a controversial program to…Health concerns, food insecurity linger months after Peruvian oil spills
Jul 25, 2016, 2:20 pm By Kevin Floerke and Rebecca Wolff
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n June 24, reports surfaced that once again the Northern Peruvian Pipeline was…“Ecological recession”: Researchers say biodiversity loss has hit critical threshold across the globe
Jul 25, 2016, 11:40 am By Mike Gaworecki
An international team of researchers has concluded that biodiversity loss has become so severe and…Ivory poaching kingpin gets 20 years in jail
Jul 25, 2016, 2:00 am By Shreya Dasgupta
On Friday, a Kenyan court sentenced Feisal Ali Mohamed, an ivory poaching kingpin, to 20 years in…On eve of Olympics, Amazon deforestation surges in Brazil
Jul 24, 2016, 9:00 pm By Rhett A. ButlerPreliminary data suggests deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon may be on the rise after years of…Haze epicenter receives environmental award in Indonesia
Jul 23, 2016, 6:40 pm By Aria Danaparamita
The Indonesian government on Friday bestowed the annual Adipura Awards to 143 cities and districts…Military sent to clear fish farms in Indonesia’s Lake Toba
Jul 22, 2016, 4:40 pm By Aria Danaparamita
From the shore, the fish farmers looked on as soldiers dismantled their floating cages. These…Big city living doesn’t stop peregrine falcons from mating for life
Jul 22, 2016, 4:00 pm By Mike Gaworecki
As humans encroach more and more on their habitat, some peregrine falcons have become city-dwellers:…Vietnam is one of world’s biggest illegal ivory markets
Jul 22, 2016, 1:00 pm By Shreya Dasgupta
Illegal ivory markets are booming in Vietnam. The sale of ivory products has increased by over six…Luzon Island in the Philippines is an endemic mammalian hotspot
Jul 21, 2016, 10:20 am By Mike Gaworecki
A team of researchers has concluded that, in addition to being the Philippines’ largest and most…Massive relocation of 500 elephants begins in Malawi
Jul 21, 2016, 10:20 am By Shreya Dasgupta
African elephants are on the move. But this time it’s human-assisted. In one of the largest scale…Study: Drought impedes tree growth, shuts down Amazon carbon sink
Jul 21, 2016, 8:40 am By Claire Asher
[caption id="attachment_187703" align="alignnone" width="780"] The Amazon rainforest is a vital…Amazon, eBay involved in illegal wildlife trade: Indian government
Jul 20, 2016, 10:20 am By Shreya Dasgupta
On Monday, India’s environment minister Anil Madhav Dave accused 106 e-commerce sites of selling…Some global brands are getting creative to lower their carbon footprints
Jul 20, 2016, 9:40 am By Mike Gaworecki
Global name-brand companies are increasingly looking for ways to lower or offset their carbon…Cattle driving big forest loss in Peru’s ‘under-appreciated’ Amazon
Jul 19, 2016, 5:00 pm By Jeremy Hance
When one thinks of cattle ranchers destroying the Amazon rainforest, one usually thinks of Brazil.…Whale sharks inch closer to extinction
Jul 19, 2016, 12:20 pm By Shreya Dasgupta
The world’s largest fish, the whale shark, is in deep trouble. According to the latest IUCN…
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