Pleasure palace in Lao facilitates wildlife poaching for Chinese elites
Mar 20, 2015, 2:41 pm By Rhett Butler
A city-sized resort complex in Laos is facilitating large-scale wildlife trafficking for Chinese…Study finds roads in Southeast Asia may be devastating forests, wildlife
Mar 20, 2015, 11:22 am By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Habitat loss and illegal hunting are leading drivers behind mammal population decline and extinction…Carbon emissions flatlined last year
Mar 19, 2015, 4:05 pm By Jeremy Hance
Global carbon emission plateaued last year, according to International Energy Agency, even as the…Bottom trawling reduces size of commercially important flatfish
Mar 19, 2015, 3:16 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Oceans not only provide important ecosystem services, including climate regulation and nutrient…DRC mulls changing Virunga's boundaries for oil
Mar 19, 2015, 1:42 pm By Jeremy Hance
Last Friday, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) announced it was considering…Riau misses deadline on 'village forest' project as zoning deadlock continues
Mar 19, 2015, 11:22 am By Rhett Butler
A pair of local communities' five-year slog to establish village forest management areas in Riau is…Who's funding palm oil?
Mar 18, 2015, 9:12 pm By Rhett Butler
Palm oil may be the single most important crop that you never heard of. A vegetable fat that…Indonesia's small islands being rapidly damaged by industrial activities
Mar 18, 2015, 6:52 pm By Philip Jacobson
Intense exploitation of Indonesia's natural resources is taking a special toll on the country's…Honduras pledges forest protection after discovery of ancient site
Mar 18, 2015, 12:15 pm By Jeremy Hance
Earlier this month, National Geographic made big news: the discovery of what it called a 'lost city'…Indonesia's indigenous people still suffer human rights violations, says report
Mar 18, 2015, 10:24 am By Rhett Butler
Indonesia's indigenous population has suffered a long history of human rights violations says a…New report connects human health to biodiversity protection
Mar 17, 2015, 3:07 pm By Brittany Stewart
During February, the 14th World Congress on Public Health in Kolkata, India, revealed a new…Can voluntary sustainability standards survive in emerging markets?
Mar 17, 2015, 1:15 pm By Brittany Stewart
Last month, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) published a new edition of its The World in 2050 report.…Minister explains sustainability claims behind Indonesia’s boat bombing
Mar 17, 2015, 12:23 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Boat bombing has been one of the most visible (and internationally controversial) elements of the…Conservationists catch-and-release record-smashing freshwater fish
Mar 17, 2015, 12:09 pm By Jeremy Hance
Conservationists and scientists have managed to catch-and-release what could be the world's biggest…Declining palm oil prices: Good news and bad news for smallholders
Mar 16, 2015, 7:28 pm By Rhett Butler
Declining crop prices usually spell bad news for farmers, and poor smallholders in particular. The…King of the jungle returns to Gabon after nearly 20 year absence
Mar 16, 2015, 12:14 pm By Jeremy Hance
There's a new cat in town. For the first time since 1996, conservationists have proof of a lion…When apes have choices and preferences (commentary)
Mar 15, 2015, 8:06 pm By Rhett Butler
One question that desperately needs to be asked when we talk about the rights of an intelligent…Road rage: scientists denounce $60 trillion infrastructure expansion
Mar 14, 2015, 6:08 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Last November, at the annual G-20 summit - for the 20 wealthiest of the world’s nations - in…Brazil confirms rising deforestation in the Amazon
Mar 13, 2015, 11:09 pm By Rhett Butler
The Brazilian government has officially confirmed that deforestation in the Amazon is pacing sharply…Proposed law could decimate Indonesia's remaining forests
Mar 13, 2015, 9:58 pm By Rhett Butler
A seemingly well-intended law that aims to turn forests over to traditional users could instead lead…
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