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…Looks like Casper: Expedition captures first-ever live footage of ghostlike fish
Jul 19, 2016, 10:20 am By Shreya DasguptaIn the mysterious depths of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument off of the Philippines in…California regulators approve plan to log 100-year-old redwoods
Jul 18, 2016, 8:40 pm By Mike Gaworecki
Regulators with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) approved a…Cargill suspends new purchase agreements with Malaysian palm oil giant IOI
Jul 18, 2016, 7:00 pm By Mongabay.com
Cargill is the latest palm oil user to suspend ties with IOI Group, the Malaysian company that has…Indonesia’s palm oil permit moratorium to last five years
Jul 18, 2016, 6:20 pm By Mongabay.com
In April, Indonesian president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo declared a moratorium on new licenses to…New video emerges of wildlife abuses by safari company in Tanzania
Jul 18, 2016, 5:40 pm By Mike Gaworecki
Green Mile, a safari company that was banned by the Tanzanian government just two years ago after…9 new natural sites added to World Heritage List
Jul 18, 2016, 4:20 pm By Shreya Dasgupta
The World Heritage Committee yesterday added nine new natural sites to the World Heritage List…Indonesia’s energy, agriculture targets could undermine its climate goals: report
Jul 15, 2016, 9:00 pm By Mongabay.com
Indonesia will have to address a number of inconsistencies between its climate policies and some of…Huge cacao plantation in Peru illegally developed on forest-zoned land
Jul 15, 2016, 8:20 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
A massive cacao plantation in the Amazon rainforest of northern Peru has been dealt another legality…NASA images show the Amazon could be facing an intense wildfire season this year
Jul 15, 2016, 4:20 pm By Mike Gaworecki
Conditions created by the strong El Niño event that warmed up Pacific waters in 2015 and early 2016…What future is there for Africa’s lions?
Jul 15, 2016, 2:20 pm By Bill KonstantRick Barongi
In 1716, exactly three hundred years ago, Bostonians were the first Americans to lay eyes upon an…Heavy toll for green and indigenous activists among Colombian killings
Jul 15, 2016, 1:40 pm By Camilo Mejia Giraldo
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the oil-rich department of Casanare in eastern Colombia, Daniel Abril Fuentes…India at heart of illegal otter trade
Jul 15, 2016, 2:40 am By Shreya Dasgupta
India is a hotspot of otter poaching, according to a new report by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade…South China Sea ruling slams China for poaching, reef destruction
Jul 14, 2016, 3:00 pm By David Brown
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n July 12, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea upheld the…Scientists have discovered six new dancing peacock spiders in Australia
Jul 14, 2016, 2:20 pm By Mike GaworeckiSix new species of peacock spiders have been discovered in Australia. The tiny spiders measure less…Scientists compile list of all known Amazon tree species, say it could take three centuries to find the rest
Jul 14, 2016, 9:20 am By Mike Gaworecki
Back in 2013, an international team of botanists estimated that there were about 16,000 species of…Warming seas causing massive die-off of Australia’s reef forests
Jul 14, 2016, 2:20 am By Shreya Dasgupta
Rising sea temperatures are destroying corals in Australia’s famous Great Barrier Reef. But…Illegal wildlife trade in Asia decimating species, warn scientists
Jul 13, 2016, 10:40 pm By Rhett A. ButlerAsia's burgeoning demand for wildlife is decimating wild populations around the planet, hastening…
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