Santander Bank cuts off APRIL due to deforestation
Feb 24, 2015, 6:59 pm By Rhett Butler
Banking giant Santander says it will not extend further financing to Asia Pacific Resources…Could big data turn us into ocean protectors instead of abusers?
Feb 24, 2015, 5:47 pm By Brittany Stewart
The devastating tsunami that hit Japan in 2011 washed away millions of tons of plastic debris into…Critically endangered bird gets new addition to its reserve
Feb 24, 2015, 1:16 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
An unassuming brown bird, tiny both in body and population size, hovers on the edge of extinction as…Locals lead scientists to new population of near-extinct reptile
Feb 24, 2015, 11:00 am By Jeremy Hance
By the early Twentieth Century, the world had pretty much given up on the Arakan forest turtle,…Sting operation nets tiger poachers
Feb 23, 2015, 7:48 pm By Rhett Butler
A sting operation by Indonesian officials snared a group of tiger hunters operating in Karinci…New Guinea rainforest being leveled for palm oil, revealing gaps in zero deforestation pacts
Feb 23, 2015, 6:35 pm By Rhett Butler
An Indonesian palm oil firm is destroying rainforests in New Guinea despite high profile zero…Outgoing government wipes hard drives, slowing environmental progress in Peru
Feb 23, 2015, 3:05 pm By Rhett Butler
Non-profit organizations are working with the regional government of Loreto, in northeastern Peru,…Are small-scale hydro projects always greener?
Feb 23, 2015, 10:42 am By Jeremy Hance
Rising energy demand and global efforts to mitigate climate change have made renewable energy…Bison-sized rodent may have used teeth like elephant tusks
Feb 23, 2015, 8:58 am By Jeremy Hance
The world's largest rodent today is the capybara, weighing in at around at about 45 kilograms (100…Happy World Pangolin Day. What are we celebrating?
Feb 21, 2015, 10:46 am By Rhett Butler
It’s that crazy time of year again, World Pangolin Day, where we feverishly run out into the…Scientists sound the alarm on African palm oil investment
Feb 20, 2015, 1:39 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Africa’s people, forests and wildlife are in trouble if the mostly unbridled expansion of oil palm…Study finds local technicians effective at forest monitoring
Feb 20, 2015, 12:15 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
An important part of REDD is accurate measurement of carbon stocks. In Guyana, members of native…Dams or indigenous land: the battle over the Munduruku frontier
Feb 20, 2015, 7:35 am By Tiffany Roufs
The Munduruku indigenous tribe have begun to mark out the limits of their land, in an action that…Assessing carbon stock value of forests is tricky business, study finds
Feb 19, 2015, 6:33 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
With financial incentives encouraging maintenance of carbon stocks and the increased popularity of…Illicit timber feeds Indonesia’s industrial forestry sector, alleges new report
Feb 19, 2015, 2:20 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Amid government schemes to curb illegal land clearing and systematically enhance a struggling legal…Authorities catch kingpin responsible for killing 20 rhinos
Feb 19, 2015, 11:55 am By Jeremy Hance
With the aid of Interpol, authorities have arrested the leader of a rhino poaching gang responsible…Biodiversity may reduce the threat of disease
Feb 19, 2015, 10:52 am By Tiffany Roufs
Biodiversity level changes can have consequences for species and habitats around the world. A new…Exclusive: Funai confirms that land threatened by dam projects belongs to indigenous tribe
Feb 19, 2015, 10:03 am By Tiffany Roufs
The Brazilian government opposes granting traditional land to the Munduruku people since it would…Selective logging causes long-term changes to forest structure
Feb 18, 2015, 6:52 pm By Rhett Butler
Selective logging is causing long-term changes to tropical forests in Africa by facilitating the…Scientists uncover new seadragon
Feb 18, 2015, 5:52 pm By Jeremy Hance
For 150 years, scientists have known of just two so-called seadragons: the leafy seadragon and the…
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