Video: Vet describes emotional toll of responding to brutal rhino poaching
Jun 24, 2015, 12:10 pm By Rebecca Kessler
In March 2012 poachers struck a South African game reserve. They drugged three rhinos and hacked off…Indigenous Indonesians file land claim against IndoMet coal project
Jun 24, 2015, 5:06 am By Philip JacobsonA few months before BHP Billiton’s Haju mine is set to begin operations in Indonesia’s Central…On the fence about wildlife fencing: new paper outlines research needed to resolve debate
Jun 23, 2015, 7:56 pm By Brittany Stewart
Fencing is used to protect wildlife against poaching and human encroachment, and also to protect…Bunge: if you clear peatlands, we won't buy your palm oil
Jun 23, 2015, 3:04 pm By Rhett ButlerPalm oil growers who plan to convert peatlands and rainforests for new plantations have been warned:…Social-media firestorm defends popular man-eating tiger in India, raising conservation questions
Jun 23, 2015, 2:34 pm By Rebecca Kessler
On May 8, 56-year-old forest guard Rampal Saini was attacked and killed by a tiger named Ustad with…Cat update: lion and African golden cat down, Iberian lynx up
Jun 23, 2015, 10:50 am By Jeremy HanceA new update of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has categorized the West…Indonesia to revive controversial sugarcane plan in Aru?
Jun 23, 2015, 7:09 am By Philip JacobsonThe Indonesian agriculture minister's recent comments that the Aru archipelago in the country's…Controversy emerges over alleged deforestation policy breach by APRIL supplier
Jun 23, 2015, 1:30 am By Rhett Butler
Less than three weeks after APRIL unveiled a sustainability policy that is supposed to protect…Bengkulu governor orders review of mining permits
Jun 23, 2015, 12:34 am By Philip JacobsonThe governor of Indonesia's Bengkulu province reiterated his commitment to bringing mining in the…Bunge palm oil supplier plans to clear peatlands for plantations
Jun 22, 2015, 5:19 pm By Rhett Butler
BLD Plantation Bhd, a Malaysian palm oil company, plans to clear some 14,000 hectares of peatlands…Turkish government bears down on rural resistance to mining and hydro projects
Jun 22, 2015, 10:46 am By Rebecca Kessler
Over the past two decades, industry has encroached rapidly on Turkey's Black Sea region, a…Norway, Colombia target partnership to save rainforests
Jun 22, 2015, 1:16 am By Rhett ButlerNorway and Colombia are in talks to establish a partnership to protect the South American country's…Study confirms what scientists have been saying for decades: the sixth mass extinction is real and caused by us
Jun 21, 2015, 5:10 pm By Rhett Butler
Humans are wiping species off the plant at a rate at least 100 times faster than historical levels,…Happy World Giraffe Day (Photos)
Jun 21, 2015, 12:11 pm By Rhett ButlerFamilies across the United States are today celebrating Father's Day. But this Sunday is extra…Many tropical species surprisingly resilient, if not actively persecuted
Jun 19, 2015, 6:48 pm By Rhett Butler
Dr. Richard Corlett is the current Director of the Center for Integrative Conservation at the…Elephant poaching gets center stage in NYC ivory crush
Jun 19, 2015, 5:32 pm By Rhett ButlerPublic awareness of the global elephant ivory poaching crisis got a high profile boost today with…Pope calls for action on climate change, biodiversity loss
Jun 19, 2015, 2:37 pm By Rhett ButlerIn a letter being widely heralded by environmentalists, yesterday Pope Francis called on world…Today: watch rainforest wildlife live #rainforestlive
Jun 19, 2015, 2:34 pm By Rhett ButlerA number of conservation groups have partnered up to deliver a full day of rainforest wildlife…UN resolves to negotiate treaty governing the high seas
Jun 19, 2015, 1:57 pm By Rebecca KesslerThe high seas are often called the Wild West of the ocean. These vast oceanic tracts begin 200 miles…New solidarity in struggle to protect Turkey's 'life spaces'
Jun 19, 2015, 10:25 am By Rebecca Kessler
Emerging regional and national networks seek to build connections between local communities and…
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