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…Chinese banks funding rainforest destruction in Indonesia
Feb 18, 2015, 1:25 pm By Rhett Butler
While Santander Bank has made headlines in recent days for financing an Indonesian forestry giant's…Brazilian indigenous populations grow quickly after first contact devastation
Feb 18, 2015, 9:15 am By Jeremy Hance
Indigenous communities in South America have long experienced devastating impacts from contact with…Campaign asks consumers to directly support forest conservation
Feb 17, 2015, 11:02 pm By Rhett Butler
A new campaign is calling on consumers to directly support forest conservation with their wallets.…Drones to scan the Amazon rainforest for hidden civilizations
Feb 17, 2015, 8:35 pm By Rhett Butler
Researchers are planning to use drones equipped with vegetation-penetrating lasers to scan the…Indonesia to squander fuel savings on biofuel subsidies that may drive deforestation, say groups
Feb 17, 2015, 6:38 pm By Rhett Butler
Instead of wisely investing the windfall generated by cutting petrol subsidies, Indonesia is poised…Indigenous communities in Paraguay threatened by deforestation despite having land rights
Feb 17, 2015, 4:27 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
According to a report by Survival International, the existence of the isolated Ayoreo Totobiegosode…Indonesian forestry and fishery ministries move to eradicate corruption
Feb 17, 2015, 2:19 pm By Rhett Butler
Today Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) signed a memorandum of understanding…42 pangolins rescued...then sold to restaurants
Feb 17, 2015, 11:21 am By Jeremy Hance
On February 1st, local police seized 42 live Sunda pangolins from poachers and handed them over to…
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