Here comes progress: what will planned megaprojects mean for an Amazon city?
Mar 31, 2015, 1:09 pm By Rebecca Kessler
The city of Itaituba, in western Pará state, is home to several construction projects of strategic…Chinese-backed smelter plan causes concern among Sulawesi fishermen
Mar 31, 2015, 2:02 am By Philip Jacobson
As a pair of Chinese-owned miners companies proceed with plans to construct nickel smelters in…Tracking companies' zero deforestation commitments
Mar 30, 2015, 9:05 pm By Rhett Butler
Over the past three years dozens of companies have made 'zero deforestation commitments',…Big surprise in the greenhouse: study finds economic costs of climate change hugely underestimated
Mar 30, 2015, 7:13 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Look at most climate change projection graphs and you will see a smoothly rising red line of…Nobody listened to them
Mar 30, 2015, 5:44 pm By Rebecca KesslerHydroelectric dams planned along the Brazil’s Tapajós River will evict over 2,500 people from…9 months after Amazonian oil pipeline spill, effects and fears linger
Mar 30, 2015, 2:16 pm By Rhett Butler
When Peru's state-run oil company pulled out of this small Kukama Indian village in mid-December…Chocolate company, NGO work together to save lemurs
Mar 30, 2015, 1:18 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Despite its biodiversity and unique plants and animals, Anjanaharibe-Sud Special Reserve hosts only…Large animals invaluable for tree-seed dispersal and regeneration of tropical forests
Mar 30, 2015, 11:24 am By Brittany Stewart
Nearly two-thirds of tropical forests in Southeast Asia have been degraded by logging, agriculture…Buyat Bay ‘solidarity front' threatens gold miner with legal action
Mar 30, 2015, 10:00 am By Philip Jacobson
Residents of Indonesia's Buyat Bay and a national legal aid institute are preparing a case against a…Mobile app reveals what products contain palm oil
Mar 29, 2015, 11:13 pm By Rhett Butler
A new app enables iPhone and Android users to scan barcodes to reveal whether household products…Record heat in Antarctica
Mar 29, 2015, 7:59 pm By Rhett Butler
The temperature in Antarctica hit a record high last week, reports Weather Underground.APRIL suspends contractor after environmentalists expose ongoing deforestation
Mar 28, 2015, 7:58 pm By Rhett Butler
Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Limited (APRIL) has suspended a contractor and a…Low crop prices means time is ripe for new forest protection programs
Mar 27, 2015, 4:03 pm By Brittany Stewart
Today, conservation compliance is a U.S. policy between governments and farmers that reward farmers…Just how useful is forest restoration? New study seeks to find out
Mar 27, 2015, 3:02 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Across the world, scientists estimate there are about two billion hectares of degraded forestland.…New species of monitor lizards found on the black market
Mar 27, 2015, 11:43 am By Brittany StewartSearching the globe for undiscovered species takes biologists to far and remote locations, trekking…Aceh unveils protected area in beleaguered Tripa peat swamp
Mar 27, 2015, 10:39 am By Philip Jacobson
As Indonesia's Supreme Court prepares to rule on an appeal from oil palm developer Kallista Alam,…APRIL violates sustainability policy by clearing peat forest after Jan cut-off
Mar 26, 2015, 7:39 pm By Rhett Butler
New data shows Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Limited (APRIL) is continuing to…Why palm oil expanded, and what keeps it growing
Mar 26, 2015, 3:21 pm By Rhett Butler
Today, oil palm is Indonesia’s most important cash crop. In 2014, Indonesia produced 33.5 million…Mexico’s club mosses at risk of extinction
Mar 26, 2015, 10:39 am By Morgan Erickson-Davis
All nine species of the club moss genus Phlegmariurus found in the state of Veracruz in eastern…Indonesia's biodiversity-protected areas no match for encroachers, finds study
Mar 26, 2015, 4:05 am By Philip Jacobson
Indonesia's biodiversity-focused protected areas are failing to slow deforestation, while other…
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