Researchers find treasure trove of unique, threatened animals in Philippine forest
Apr 30, 2015, 7:38 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
A group of more than 30 researchers is surveying the the forests of Cleopatra's Needle, Palawan's…Lost and found, then lost again? Recently rediscovered hummingbird faces extinction
Apr 30, 2015, 1:42 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
No one had seen a single living blue-bearded helmetcrest since 1946, and the species was known only…Indonesia to zone its seas in bid to become 'global maritime axis'
Apr 30, 2015, 4:52 am By Philip Jacobson
The Indonesian government is preparing a spatial plan for its marine territory, the beginning of a…7 conservationists win Whitley Awards
Apr 30, 2015, 1:25 am By Rhett ButlerSeven conservationists have taken home Whitley Awards for their efforts to protect wildlife in…Featured video: the Uncharted Amazon trailer
Apr 29, 2015, 12:48 pm By Jeremy HanceThe up-coming documentary, Uncharted Amazon, promises to highlight both the little-seen wildlife and…Gov't officials permitted deforestation in Dominican Republic national park
Apr 29, 2015, 12:13 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
In late 2014, an irregularity in the issuance of permits for agriculture-related deforestation was…Kenya's Karura Forest, symbol of GreenBelt Movement, suffering death by 1,000 cuts
Apr 29, 2015, 11:55 am By Tiffany Roufs
The founder of Kenya's GreenBelt Movement, Wangari Maathai, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004…Help on the way for 'green investment' in Indonesia
Apr 29, 2015, 11:30 am By Philip Jacobson
The Indonesian government plans to expand the list of incentives for "green investment," cabinet…Land redistribution in Zimbabwe threatens wildlife and human populations
Apr 29, 2015, 9:57 am By Rebecca Kessler
What started as a program aimed at land redistribution to empower vulnerable, landless people has…Selective logging leaves more dead wood in rainforests
Apr 28, 2015, 7:25 pm By Rhett ButlerUp to 64 percent of above-ground biomass in selectively logged forests may consist of dead wood left…EU votes to scale back on biofuels linked to deforestation
Apr 28, 2015, 5:22 pm By Jeremy HanceThe European Parliament voted overwhelmingly today on a new cap on biofuels derived from edible…Rainforest communities can now report illegal logging with their mobile phones
Apr 28, 2015, 2:10 pm By Rhett ButlerCommunities in the rainforests of Central Africa can now report illegal logging in their territories…Five tons of frozen pangolin: Indonesian authorities make massive bust
Apr 28, 2015, 1:39 pm By Jeremy Hance
Five tons of frozen pangolin, 77 kilograms (169 pounds) of pangolin scales, and 96 live pangolins:…Illegal ivory trade alive and well on Craigslist
Apr 28, 2015, 12:39 pm By Jeremy HanceAs it has become more difficult to buy illegal ivory from slaughtered elephants on places like eBay,…Peru's mega-dam projects threaten Amazon River source and ecosystem collapse
Apr 28, 2015, 10:09 am By Tiffany Roufs
Peru is planning a series of huge hydroelectric dams on the 1,700-kilometer (1,056-mile) Marañón…Leuser Park authorities still trying to move thousands of squatters
Apr 28, 2015, 3:45 am By Philip Jacobson
The Indonesian government will take another stab at relocating thousands of squatters from Mount…Predicting deforestation before it happens
Apr 28, 2015, 1:27 am By Rhett ButlerThe world's leading forest monitoring platform may soon help predict deforestation before it occurs,…'Deforestation fronts' revealed
Apr 27, 2015, 7:57 pm By Rhett Butler
Environmental group WWF has released a new report projecting where the organization believes the…Report: Borneo could save billions while still meeting conservation and development goals
Apr 27, 2015, 3:55 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
The three nations that share Borneo could save themselves $43 billion by more closely coordinating…Two more Sumatran elephants found dead in Aceh
Apr 27, 2015, 8:50 am By Philip Jacobson
A pair of critically endangered Sumatran elephants were found dead this month in Indonesia's Aceh…
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