Pulpwood company may be denying Sumatran community rights to their land
Feb 5, 2015, 2:59 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
For over a decade, a conflict has been brewing between the local community of Senyerang in Sumatra,…Video: innovative tourism helps protect forests in Amazonian Peru
Feb 5, 2015, 12:00 pm By Tiffany Roufs
A new short documentary highlights the innovative, locally-grown tourist ventures sprouting up in…World Parks Congress talks the talk, but future depends on action
Feb 5, 2015, 8:58 am By Jeremy Hance
Last year, more than 6,000 people gathered for the World Parks Congress 2014, an event held around…World Bank's forest carbon program falls short on indigenous peoples' rights, argues report
Feb 5, 2015, 8:25 am By Rhett Butler
Countries poised to receive World Bank funds for achieving reductions in deforestation have…Ecosystem services pioneer wins $1M award
Feb 5, 2015, 12:42 am By Rhett Butler
Forest Trends, a non-profit that is working to develop market-based tools and approaches to value…Scientists, conservationists call for more inclusive efforts to save forests
Feb 4, 2015, 11:48 pm By Rhett Butler
Last month the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco brought together 167 scientists,…Mapping local communities' efforts to protect forests in Indonesia
Feb 4, 2015, 7:42 pm By Rhett Butler
Local and indigenous communities play an important role managing and protecting forests. Research…Chemical clues in fossil shells may help us understand today's ocean acidification
Feb 4, 2015, 2:37 pm By Tiffany Roufs
As atmospheric CO2 levels rise, so too do those in the sea, leading to ocean acidification that…Communities create timber company to protect Sumatran forest
Feb 4, 2015, 12:54 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
To reduce logging pressures on the surrounding forest, several villages in the Lampung province of…The Amazon's oil boom: concessions cover a Chile-sized bloc of rainforest
Feb 4, 2015, 12:50 pm By Jeremy Hance
Hungry for oil revenue, governments and fossil fuel companies are moving even further into one of…Norway asked to divest from company linked to Malaysian official
Feb 3, 2015, 6:03 pm By Rhett Butler
Activists have petitioned the world's largest sovereign wealth fund to drop its investment in a…In unprecedented move, Indonesia punishes illegal manta ray trader
Feb 3, 2015, 3:06 pm By Rhett Butler
For the first time, Indonesia has sentenced an illegal manta ray trafficker to jail time and a fine,…Super-rare carnivore photographed in Yosemite after missing for nearly a century
Feb 3, 2015, 3:03 pm By Jeremy Hance
For years, biologists believed the Sierra Nevada fox was down to a single population of around 20…Palm oil major makes deforestation-free commitment
Feb 3, 2015, 2:02 pm By Rhett Butler
IOI Corporation officially committed to what its subsidiary, palm oil trader IOI Loders Croklaan,…Sulawesi communities build big, unique houses by sustainably managing forests
Feb 3, 2015, 1:59 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Layuk Sarungallo sits in front of a large Tongkonan, the traditional house of the Toraja people…Despite green promise, Indonesian forestry giant continues to destroy forests
Feb 3, 2015, 1:28 pm By Rhett Butler
A year after it pledged a dramatic shift in how it operates in Indonesia's fast dwindling native…Rapid development threatening traditional farms, forests in West Papua
Feb 3, 2015, 12:03 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Through a system of community protected areas and family agricultural rotation, the indigenous…Mercury fish: gold mining puts downstream communities at risk in Peru
Feb 2, 2015, 3:13 pm By Jeremy Hance
Artisanal, often illegal gold-mining, has swept across portions of the Peruvian Amazon over last…Pollutants threaten long-term survival of wandering albatross
Feb 2, 2015, 1:11 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Seabirds, aerial ocean predators, are known to amass harmful contaminants over their lifespan.…Scientists discover fanged frogs that give birth to tadpoles
Feb 2, 2015, 12:43 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Scientists have discovered a new species of fanged frog that is the world's only known frog able to…
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