Opponents of Malaysian dam project cautiously optimistic about moratorium
Sep 23, 2015, 6:07 pm By Mike GaworeckiWhen Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem of Sarawak, a Malaysian state on the island of Borneo,…Scientists find a fix for a ‘frog’s worst nightmare’ in Borneo
Sep 23, 2015, 5:18 pm By Morgan Erickson-DavisA new study published this week in Biotropica finds palm oil is taking heavy tolls on amphibian…Pushing the boundaries
Sep 23, 2015, 3:31 pm By Caleb O'Brien[caption id="attachment_139644" align="alignright" width="440"] Vitus Pango and Albogast Mkude…Hungry planet: targeted fish populations cut in half since 1970
Sep 23, 2015, 2:09 pm By Rebecca Kessler[dropcap]I[/dropcap]ndustrial fisheries have depleted our oceans in just a few decades, according to…Pope’s encyclical draws support from Peru’s #1 environmental official
Sep 23, 2015, 11:56 am By Glenn SchererManuel Pulgar-Vidal is only the third person to hold the title of Minister of the Environment in…Regrown rainforests degrade after farm-fallow cycles take hold
Sep 23, 2015, 10:50 am By Brittany StewartLook up; look around. Look to the forests in your community. Odds are, they are secondary-growth…Could a new map save the Sumatran rhino?
Sep 23, 2015, 5:39 am By Shreya Dasgupta[caption id="attachment_139350" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Sumatran Rhinoceros photographed in…Many solutions to Southeast Asia’s haze problem proposed, but no end in sight
Sep 22, 2015, 5:44 pm By Mike GaworeckiTo boycott, or not to boycott? That seems to be the question many are asking as Southeast Asia’s…Seabird numbers down 70 percent since 1950
Sep 22, 2015, 5:13 pm By Brittany StewartSince seabirds rely on healthy oceans to feed and thrive, scientists consider them excellent…World Rhino Day arrives this year with a new cause for celebration
Sep 22, 2015, 3:47 pm By Brittany StewartJust in time for World Rhino Day comes an announcement out of South Sumatra, Indonesia. Way Kambas…Indian Court protects Greenpeace against government crackdown again
Sep 22, 2015, 1:53 pm By Shreya Dasgupta[caption id="attachment_139420" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Greenpeace India has been facing a…Pope and Peru’s top mining CEO agree and at odds on environment
Sep 22, 2015, 12:18 pm By Glenn SchererRoque Benavides, 60, is president and CEO of BuenaVentura Mining Company (NYS:BVN), Peru’s largest…Who’s responsible for Indonesia’s fires?
Sep 22, 2015, 12:06 pm By Philip JacobsonAs fires burn across Indonesia as badly as since the disaster of 1997, blanketing parts of the…2015 Equator Prize winners span 19 countries
Sep 21, 2015, 7:52 pm By Rhett ButlerThe United Nations today announced 21 winners of the 2015 Equator Prize, a prestigious award that…Second largest palm oil producer in Indonesia commits to zero deforestation
Sep 21, 2015, 7:32 pm By Mike GaworeckiAs Southeast Asia’s annual haze problem once again makes headlines, this time even leading to…Using art and technology to save the Amazon
Sep 21, 2015, 1:15 pm By Morgan Erickson-DavisAn interview with Lucy Dablin, a part of our on-going Interviews with Young Scientists series.…New study exposes true costs of converting mangroves in Southeast Asia
Sep 21, 2015, 6:13 am By Philip JacobsonThe world’s coastal mangroves are under pressure from increasing industrialization and growing…Agroforestry in spotlight ahead of Jokowi’s trip to New York
Sep 19, 2015, 6:47 am By Philip Jacobson[dropcap]A[/dropcap]head of Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s arrival with world leaders in New…Cargill commits to removing deforestation from supply chain by 2030
Sep 18, 2015, 4:49 pm By Mike GaworeckiCargill announced a new forest policy yesterday to establish guidelines for removing deforestation…Illegal timber trade destroying Myanmar’s forests uncovered in new report
Sep 18, 2015, 12:47 pm By Mike GaworeckiAn illegal timber trade has flourished for the past twenty years, extracting Myanmar’s frontier…
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