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…Deep-rooted migration cycles challenge green growth in Vietnam
Sep 5, 2016, 1:05 am By Shanti Johnson
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]alking in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is not for the faint of heart. Motorbikes…Rainforest destruction rises in the Brazilian Amazon
Sep 3, 2016, 7:00 pm By Rhett A. ButlerNewly released data suggest that rainforest destruction in the Brazilian Amazon has reached the…African elephant population declining at 8% per year
Sep 3, 2016, 1:00 pm By Mongabay.comElephant populations across Africa's savannas are plummeting due to poaching for the ivory trade…U.S., China officially join Paris climate agreement
Sep 3, 2016, 12:00 pm By Mongabay.com
Today U.S. President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping of China formally joined the Paris…Indonesian military plans anti-haze operation in Sumatra
Sep 2, 2016, 4:40 pm By Mongabay Haze Beat
Two Indonesian military commanders in Sumatra said this week that they were seeing more fires…How humans create as well as destroy species
Sep 2, 2016, 11:40 am By Jack Peacock
It is often said that we are living through one of our planet's great mass extinction events, and…Deforestation reducing monsoon rainfall in India: new study
Sep 2, 2016, 6:20 am By Shreya Dasgupta
Large-scale conversion of forests to crop lands is disrupting India’s rainfall, a new study has…No fire, no food: tribe clings to slash-and-burn amid haze crackdown
Sep 1, 2016, 6:20 pm By Cory Rogers
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]ome August in Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan, it is time for the indigenous Dayak…Calls for increased anti-poaching efforts to protect African forest elephants
Sep 1, 2016, 4:20 pm By Mike GaworeckiAn editorial published in Nature yesterday argues that more attention needs to be paid to…Towards a fairer future for conservation
Sep 1, 2016, 3:00 pm By Phil Franks
This commentary is part of a series that is running around the IUCN World Conservation Congress…657 pangolins found wrapped in plastic, hidden in freezers
Sep 1, 2016, 7:20 am By Shreya Dasgupta
On August 25, Indonesian authorities seized 657 pangolins, weighing about 2.3 metric tons, from…Korean palm oil firm burned large tracts of forestland in Indonesia, NGOs allege
Sep 1, 2016, 12:20 am By Alice Cuddy
Indonesia’s final frontier of forestland is being decimated by a Korean conglomerate, which is…
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