Unclear if France will revisit ‘discriminatory’ palm oil tax
Jun 5, 2016, 10:40 pm By Loren Bell
Last month, the French Senate removed a proposed tax on palm oil from their version of the country's…10 reasons to be optimistic for forests on World Environment Day
Jun 4, 2016, 9:00 pm By Rhett A Butler
It's easy to be pessimistic about the state of the world's forests. Rates of forest loss remain…Ignoring scientists, Poland begins logging famous primeval forest
Jun 3, 2016, 3:40 pm By Jeremy Hance
The quiet of Europe's last old-growth lowland forest is being interrupted by the whirr whirr whirr…Peruvian presidential candidates spur concerns among environmentalists
Jun 3, 2016, 2:40 pm By Milton López Tarabochia
In less than a week, Peru will have a new president and, until now, the environment has not been one…1.6 million Brazilians struggle to recover from Fundão toxic waste spill
Jun 3, 2016, 1:00 pm By Zoe Sullivan
[caption id="attachment_186826" align="alignnone" width="768"] Some of the horrific damage done to…International treaty targeting illegal fishing takes effect
Jun 3, 2016, 12:20 pm By Alexandra Ossola
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] United Nations treaty aimed at preventing illegal fishing will enter into force…PanEco resigns from RSPO over ‘sheer level of inaction’
Jun 3, 2016, 5:40 am By Philip Jacobson
One of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil’s disgruntled NGO members officially called it quits…Indonesia’s Salim Group linked to ‘secret’ palm oil concessions in West Papua
Jun 3, 2016, 1:00 am By Daniel Pye
One of Indonesia’s largest conglomerates, the Salim Group, has likely acquired four palm oil…U.S. to enforce strict elephant ivory ban
Jun 2, 2016, 8:20 pm By Mongabay.com
The United States will enforce a "near-total ban" on the commercial trade of elephant ivory. The…Successes and many challenges in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve
Jun 2, 2016, 3:20 pm By Sandra Cuffe
Other stories in Mongabay’s series on the Maya Biosphere Reserve: Killing of Guatemalan activist…More remains seized, deeper issues revealed at Thailand ‘Tiger Temple’
Jun 2, 2016, 2:20 pm By Apoorva Joshi
Today, just a day after Department of National Parks (DNP) and Wildlife Conservation Office (WCO)…The dark side of China’s foreign fishing boom
Jun 2, 2016, 7:00 am By Cory Rogers
[dropcap type="2"]F[/dropcap]rom space, there is only one stretch of ocean that lights up at night,…Photos: the people of Indonesia’s marine protected areas
Jun 1, 2016, 10:40 pm By Monagbay.com
Indonesia: a vast archipelago, the world's largest maritime nation, home to the richest marine…Sharks have personalities just like you and me
Jun 1, 2016, 4:00 pm By Mike GaworeckiPersonality in humans defines who we are. It is the unique combination of qualities and traits that…Rising CO2 is reducing nutritional value of food, impacting ecosystems
Jun 1, 2016, 4:00 pm By Claire Salisbury[caption id="attachment_186754" align="alignnone" width="768"] Rice fields in Kashmir, India. Staple…Pictures: the top 10 new species of 2016?
May 31, 2016, 10:40 pm By Mongabay.com
Last week the State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry released…Cambodia declares new national park, plans to reintroduce tigers
May 31, 2016, 8:20 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Over the past 15 years, Cambodia has lost enough tree cover to fill the U.S. state of Connecticut as…Here’s what’s driving deforestation in South America
May 31, 2016, 5:00 pm By Mike Gaworecki
Halting deforestation is such a critical part of combating climate change that it was enshrined in…New Rio Olympic golf course harmed environment, say critics
May 31, 2016, 12:20 pm By (Paloma Savedra contributed to this story)Carolina Torres
[caption id="attachment_186716" align="alignnone" width="768"] Rio's new Olympic golf course. Photo…SE Asia’s damaged peat swamps could release 8.7 gigatons of CO2
May 31, 2016, 6:00 am By Loren Bell
Clear-cut rainforests and homeless orangutans make for powerful images, but it's what you don't see…
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