Hidden cameras, prosecutions, and passion: confronting the corruption at the heart of Africa’s illegal wildlife trade
Oct 4, 2015, 7:00 am By Sue PalminteriTackling the illegal trade in wildlife requires tremendous concern for the welfare of other species…HORN looks at rhino poaching through a different lens
Oct 3, 2015, 2:20 pm By Rhett ButlerHORN sheds light on South Africa’s rhino poaching crisis from a different angle In 2011, filmmaker…Snowpack in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains at a 500-year low
5:50pm By Mike GaworeckiOn April 1, California Governor Jerry Brown stood in a Sierra Nevada meadow atop parched, brown…Road creeps into Peru’s Sierra del Divisor as it awaits national park designation
3:58pm By Morgan Erickson-DavisAn unauthorized logging road has encroached in the past three months on the border of what could…WCTC update: tech designs advance in competition to beat wildlife crime
3:08pm By Sue PalminteriWhat kinds of technology can help reduce wildlife crime? Last week, the Wildlife Crime Tech…Brazil to cut emissions 300 million tons by 2030
2:22pm By Rhett ButlerBrazil pledged to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 300 million metric tons per year by 2030,…‘Catastrophic failure': World’s indigenous communities lack rights to three-quarters of their land
12:38pm By Morgan Erickson-DavisAround 1.5 billion people worldwide are members of indigenous communities, many of whom depend on…Noise: an invisible threat that harms wildlife, degrades habitats
11:27am By Shreya Dasgupta[caption id="attachment_148857" align="aligncenter" width="896"] MacGillivray's Warbler, one of the…‘Maybe that’s why there’s so many fires’: Was a peat swamp illegitimately stripped of protected status in Indonesia?
7:27am By Philip Jacobson[dropcap type="4"]A[/dropcap] massive peat dome on Borneo’s southern coast is under threat from an…One year after New York Declaration on Forests, less progress on cattle and soy than on palm oil and timber
Thu 6:50pm By Mike GaworeckiPalm oil is one of the most popular vegetable oils in the world, though much of it comes with…New reserves in Colombia protect endangered species in a ‘Pleistocene refuge’
Thu 4:24pm By Mike GaworeckiTwo new cloud forest reserves in the Colombian Andes have been established to protect a number of…Can technology help clean up the palm oil industry?
Thu 2:25pm By Rhett ButlerWith fire-driven haze casting a pall over Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, the palm oil industry…Photos: watch Africa’s annual wildebeest migration live online
Thu 12:42pm By Shreya Dasgupta[caption id="attachment_148708" align="aligncenter" width="896"] Wildebeest and zebras in Maasai…Trafficked tropical animals: the ghost exports of Venezuela
Thu 12:33pm By Glenn SchererThe hunters ransack the vulnerable nests of tropical birds in richly biodiverse but poorly patrolled…Singapore takes legal action against 5 Indonesian companies over haze
Thu 6:55am By Philip JacobsonSingapore is taking legal action against Asia Pulp and Paper and four other Indonesian companies…Adorable echidna babies boost hope for critically endangered cousins
Thu 3:03am By Shreya Dasgupta[caption id="attachment_148675" align="aligncenter" width="805"] An echidna puggle at Currumbin…$20 million XPRIZE available for whoever can turn carbon emissions into the most useful stuff
Sep 30, 2015, 8:23 pm By Mike GaworeckiThere’s $20 million to be had by anyone in the world who can tackle one of the most pressing…NASA photo reveals Asia’s choking haze
Sep 30, 2015, 7:59 pm By Rhett ButlerA satellite image released this week by NASA shows the extent of haze currently blanketing much of…The ballad of Pepe Lucho: policing domestic wildlife trafficking in Peru
Sep 30, 2015, 5:34 pm By Glenn Scherer[caption id="attachment_148594" align="alignleft" width="800"] A Pacarana (Dinomys branickii)…Guatemalan activist murdered after court suspends palm oil company operations
Sep 30, 2015, 5:08 pm By Rebecca Kessler[dropcap]A[/dropcap] palm oil company remains at the heart of conflict in northern Guatemala, months…
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