What does an NGO do when its funds are tied to human rights abuses? Interview with John Knox
Jan 27, 2025, 2:36 pm By
International organizations and government agencies providing funds to support conservation have at…Blob-headed fish and four mammals among 27 newly described species in Peru’s Alto Mayo
Jan 27, 2025, 1:21 pm By
Scientists and Indigenous community members documented 27 new-to-science species in Peru’s Alto…Calls for protection as new images emerge of uncontacted Amazonian tribe
Jan 27, 2025, 11:05 am By
Unprecedented images of uncontacted Indigenous people in Brazil’s Massaco Indigenous Territory, in…Lessons from successful mangrove forest restoration in El Salvador (analysis)
Jan 27, 2025, 10:39 am By
The intrinsic value of mangroves and their related coastal ecosystems is getting more recognition…Early results suggest communities stop logging during basic income pilot project
Jan 27, 2025, 10:19 am By
Three Indigenous communities in Peru’s Amazon are no longer engaging in unsustainable or illegal…Rhino horn trafficker jailed in legal first on financial charges in S. Africa
Jan 27, 2025, 8:34 am By
A South African court has sentenced a Democratic Republic of Congo national named Francis Kipampa to…Pilot-turned-climate activist Todd Smith finds other ways to fly
Jan 27, 2025, 7:35 am By
Todd Smith says he fell in love with planes after watching an air show at age 5. “And I just…Investors wary of Indonesia’s big climate promises amid record of flip-flopping
Jan 26, 2025, 11:09 pm By
Last November, at the G20 conference in Rio de Janeiro, Indonesia’s new president, Prabowo…Vietnam grapples with ‘alarming popularity’ of online illegal wildlife trade
Jan 26, 2025, 9:00 pm By
A new investigation by wildlife trade monitoring group TRAFFIC has uncovered an “alarming” slew…Scientists unveil potential new pangolin species, highlighting conservation challenges
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Jan 24, 2025, 3:13 pm By
NAIROBI — Cheetahs are known to be selective in their feeding habits — “clean eaters” that…Salmon farms under fire on U.S. East Coast after being shuttered on west coast
Jan 24, 2025, 11:41 am By
This month Washington became the last state on the U.S. West Coast to reject salmon aquaculture over…World’s tiniest transmitter finds nesting area of rarest migratory shorebird
Jan 24, 2025, 9:52 am By
Using the world’s smallest known satellite transmitter, conservationists were able to track a…‘We’re getting back on track’: Interview with IBAMA head Rodrigo Agostinho
Jan 24, 2025, 9:37 am By
BRASÍLIA — “Working on an acupuncture basis.” This has been the key strategy used by Rodrigo…China’s new pangolin quota for TCM sparks conservation concerns
Jan 24, 2025, 8:14 am By
As one of the world’s largest consumers of pangolin products, primarily in traditional medicine,…Digitizing 6 million plant specimens: Interview with Gunter Fischer & Jordan Teisher
Jan 24, 2025, 6:37 am By
How can dried plant specimens protect a rainforest? In myriad ways. Kept in collections known as…Coming to a retailer near you: Illegal palm oil from an orangutan haven
Jan 24, 2025, 6:36 am By
JAKARTA — Illegal deforestation has reportedly surged to record levels in a wildlife reserve at…In Uganda, a women-led reforestation initiative fights flooding, erosion
Jan 23, 2025, 3:35 pm By
KASESE DISTRICT, Uganda — In western Uganda’s Kasese district, where the Rwenzori Mountains meet…Scientists are tracking global wildlife’s contributions to humanity
Jan 23, 2025, 3:28 pm By
In October 2020, the hoofbeats of American bison thumped across the prairie of the Rosebud…Record seizure highlights scale of wild bird egg theft in UK
Jan 23, 2025, 3:11 pm By
Police in the U.K. recently announced the seizure of more than 5,000 eggs belonging to several wild…
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