Conservation and the rights of indigenous communities
Dec 12, 2014, 4:51 pm By Rhett Butler
Many conservationists have long supported local communities and indigenous peoples seeking…EU adopts law mandating palm oil labeling on food products
Dec 12, 2014, 3:19 pm By Rhett Butler
Tomorrow the European Union will begin enforcing legislation that mandates labeling of specific…Indigenous communities 'among the very few best protectors' of Peruvian Amazon
Dec 12, 2014, 12:57 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
A new report examines the effects of timber harvesting, gold mining, agriculture, and oil and…Boosting conservation value across 4M sq km of rainforest logging concessions
Dec 12, 2014, 12:55 pm By Rhett Butler
Logging is one of the most important drivers of deforestation. However unlike other drivers, timber…An app to save 400 million animals
Dec 11, 2014, 5:20 pm By Rhett Butler
Brazilian biologist Alex Bager has been leading a crusade to raise awareness of a major but…Bamboo could help fight global warming
Dec 11, 2014, 3:10 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Restoring degraded land and forests with the world’s fastest growing plant, bamboo, can contribute…New film highlights local resistance to Nicaragua's canal
Dec 11, 2014, 12:10 pm By Jeremy Hance
This fall, filmmakers Tom Miller and Nuin-Tara Key with Pretty Good Productions found themselves in…10 years following tsunami, Aceh aims to create its own, new, and totally preventable disaster
Dec 10, 2014, 7:14 pm By Rhett Butler
In the run-up to the tenth anniversary of the devastating 2004 tsunami, that claimed the lives of…New pit viper discovered in Sumatra
Dec 10, 2014, 4:07 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
A new pit viper was discovered by researchers working in Sumatra, Indonesia. The viper, named…To collect or not to collect? Experts debate the need for specimens
Dec 10, 2014, 2:30 pm By Jeremy Hance
In 1912, a group of intrepid explorers led by Rollo and Ida Beck, widely acknowledged to be the…Huge swath of forest in Indonesian Borneo slated for clearing by 'sustainable' company
Dec 10, 2014, 1:36 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
A major wood fiber concession has moved ahead on developing a sizable chunk of forest in one of…Lizard see, lizard do.
Dec 10, 2014, 11:21 am By Brittany Stewart
Imitation can be obnoxious. For those with siblings, imitating your brother's or sister's every word…Deforestation puts cultural survival of forest-dependent peoples at risk
Dec 10, 2014, 1:38 am By Rhett Butler
Forest-dependent peoples face grave threats from deforestation and other depredations, warns a new…False victories for sustainability – Amazonian Hydropower
Dec 9, 2014, 6:22 pm By Brittany Stewart
Dams are hugely controversial, especially in the Amazon Rainforest. Their proponents, flashing green…Striking new gecko discovered in Thailand
Dec 9, 2014, 2:43 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
A research team based in western Thailand has discovered a new gecko species in the Kanchanaburi…For the first time, Sea Shepherd targets Antarctic toothfish poachers
Dec 9, 2014, 2:27 pm By Jeremy Hance
For the first time, marine conservation group, Sea Shepherd, is employing their controversial…Relief for Kenya’s rare coastal forest
Dec 9, 2014, 1:19 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis.jpg)
In October this year, CAMAC Energy, an oil and gas exploration and production company, announced…Groups call on world leaders to stop incentives for big dams
Dec 9, 2014, 12:50 pm By Rhett Butler
Nearly 200 civil society organizations have called on world leaders to exclude large hydroelectric…Pollinators puzzle to find flowers amidst natural and human fumes
Dec 9, 2014, 11:53 am By Brittany Stewart
While unpleasant car exhaust makes us wrinkle our noses, such human-made fumes may pose serious…Tribal violence comes naturally to chimpanzees
1:00pm By Brittany Stewart
It all went to hell when Jane Goodall started handing out bananas. Within a few years, the…
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