Rhino, cheetah win the world's top camera trap photo contest
Dec 2, 2014, 4:35 pm By Jeremy Hance
Two big—and endangered—mammals took 2014's top prizes in the world's biggest camera trap photo…Threatened indigenous forests store more than half the Amazon's carbon
Dec 2, 2014, 3:41 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
A new study released today finds the total carbon load locked up in parts of the Amazon rainforest…Nano-tags track baby sea turtles during their first few hours
Dec 2, 2014, 2:11 pm By Brittany StewartBaby sea turtles vanish after they scamper into the ocean. Years later, juvenile turtles may pop up…'New normal' approach to conservation comes under fire
Dec 2, 2014, 11:55 am By Tiffany Roufs
A new study faults adaptive 'Novel Ecosystems' concept with ignoring true values of biodiversity and…Pulp and paper giant violating its sustainability policy
Dec 1, 2014, 6:12 pm By Rhett ButlerAsia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRRIL) is violating its own sustainability policy by…Shark pups may not survive climate change
Dec 1, 2014, 3:10 pm By Brittany Stewart
Fierce predatory sharks rule the oceans from the apex of the food pyramid. But climate change may be…Without draconian measures, global population boom is 'locked in'
Dec 1, 2014, 2:57 pm By Jeremy Hance
According to recent projections, the number of people living on Earth could exceed ten billion by…Egyptian art helps chart past extinctions of big mammals
Dec 1, 2014, 9:01 am By Jeremy Hance
Life in modern Egypt clings to the Nile River. This crowded green strip within the desert supports…Indonesia to audit licenses of palm oil companies that clear peatlands
Nov 29, 2014, 10:12 pm By Rhett Butler
New Indonesian president Joko Widodo has ordered the Ministry of Environment and Forestry to review…Former Malaysian chief: legal logging also 'destructive' of forests
Nov 29, 2014, 6:15 pm By Rhett Butler
Former Malaysian prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad is calling for limits on legal logging in the…Island terror attack shuts Colombia's renowned 'blue lizard' park
Nov 29, 2014, 4:31 pm By Rhett ButlerA terror attack by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on facilities on the island of…What we can learn from uncontacted rainforest tribes
Nov 26, 2014, 7:06 pm By Rhett Butler
If you have ever wondered about the connection between hallucinogenic frogs, uncontacted peoples,…Amazon deforestation in Brazil drops 18% in 2013/2014
Nov 26, 2014, 6:59 pm By Rhett Butler
Figures published Wednesday by Brazil's National Space Research Institute (INPE) show that 4,848…Meet the world's most wanted environmental criminals
Nov 26, 2014, 3:53 pm By Jeremy Hance
In keeping with recent efforts to ramp up action against environmental crime, INTERPOL has…Chinese logging company takes over Guyana's forests
Nov 26, 2014, 1:54 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Foreign companies investing in Guyana’s substantial forests are supposed to adhere to national…New calendar celebrates primates and raises money for their survival
Nov 26, 2014, 10:32 am By Jeremy Hance
Humans, or Homo sapiens sapiens, are really just upright apes with big brains. We may have traded…APP boosting timber productivity to support zero deforestation policy
Nov 26, 2014, 1:42 am By Rhett Butler
Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) appears to have enough plantation fiber to operate existing mills as well as…Earthworm farming in the West Bank (commentary)
Nov 25, 2014, 4:34 pm By Rhett Butler
From what I’m told, there can’t be too many worm farms in the West Bank. Local agricultural…Progress being made in curbing illegal timber imports
Nov 25, 2014, 3:16 pm By Rhett ButlerFive major timber importers are making progress in cutting contraband wood from their markets,…Meet the world's rarest chameleon: Chapman's pygmy
Nov 25, 2014, 2:33 pm By Jeremy Hance
In just two forest patches may dwell a tiny, little-known chameleon that researchers have dubbed the…
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