Proposed Andean headwater dams an ecological calamity for Amazon Basin
Jun 4, 2015, 12:43 pm By Tiffany Roufs
High in the Andes Mountains, countless minor streams begin their pilgrimage downward, joining forces…As mangroves disappear at 'an alarming rate,' conservationists urge more protection
Jun 4, 2015, 12:39 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
In 2010, the Jakarta Post reported that, according to a local NGO called People’s Coalition for…Sri Lanka becomes first country to completely protect mangroves
Jun 4, 2015, 11:37 am By Morgan Erickson-Davis
In a press conference held in May 2015 in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, U.S.-based nonprofit…Tigers expanding? Conservationists discover big cats in Thai park
Jun 4, 2015, 11:00 am By Jeremy Hance-ZSL_3.jpg)
For the first time conservationists have confirmed Indochinese tigers in Thailand's Chaloem…Student becomes first researcher to hold an Annamite striped rabbit
Jun 3, 2015, 7:01 pm By Jeremy Hance
Almost nothing is known about the Annamite striped rabbit. First described in 1999, this…Cajamarca: Let them Eat Gold
Jun 3, 2015, 2:43 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Mega-dam projects on the main stem of the Marañón River would drown Peru's Breadbasket. The…Pulp giant APRIL updates much-maligned sustainability policy with Greenpeace's tentative approval
Jun 3, 2015, 8:54 am By Philip Jacobson
Indonesia's second-largest pulp and paper producer has announced a new sustainability policy it…The poachers' bill: at least 65,000 elephants in Tanzania
Jun 2, 2015, 2:38 pm By Jeremy Hance
During the last couple years there have been persistent rumors and trickles of information that…Photo essay: Polluted, overfished, and choked by weeds, world's second-largest lake is 'on its knees'
Jun 2, 2015, 11:24 am By Rebecca Kessler
Lake Victoria is choking with pollution from industrial, agricultural, and human waste. Its problems…Director-generals inaugurated as merger of Indonesian Environment, Forestry Ministries continues
Jun 2, 2015, 3:25 am By Philip JacobsonIndonesia's newly merged Environment and Forestry Ministry completed a major step in its…How many tree species are found in the world's rainforests?
Jun 1, 2015, 5:35 pm By Rhett Butler
The world's tropical rainforests are likely home to 40,000 to 53,000 tree species, argues a paper…PepsiCo, Walmart, investors call for stronger palm oil standard
Jun 1, 2015, 5:34 pm By Rhett Butler
Major global brands and a network of activist investors have joined together to call on the…Have the 'Bandit 6' poached their last toothfish in the Southern Ocean?
Jun 1, 2015, 5:15 pm By Rebecca Kessler
Last month the Songhua and the Yongding were boarded by authorities in Cape Verde. They were the…Private sector innovations reduce food loss in West Africa
Jun 1, 2015, 4:16 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Why is Africa's second largest tomato producer also the world's biggest importer of tomato paste?…Zambia lifts hunting ban on big cats
Jun 1, 2015, 3:56 pm By Jeremy HanceNine months after Zambia lifted its general trophy hunting ban—including on elephants—the…Scientists pick 2014's top 10 new species (photos)
May 31, 2015, 7:38 am By Rhett ButlerA group of taxonomists has released their annual list of the top 10 'new' species.Malaysian state eyes 100% certified palm oil by 2025
May 29, 2015, 10:18 pm By Rhett Butler
Sabah, a state in Malaysian Borneo, is weighing a proposal to produce only palm oil certified under…Elephants rejoice: China to end ivory trade
May 29, 2015, 7:54 pm By Rhett Butler
The Chinese government announced today that it will 'eventually' shut down its legal domestic ivory…Invasive predators, deforestation driving Tasmanian parrot over the edge
May 29, 2015, 3:18 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
In the forests of Tasmania lives the swift parrot (Lathamus discolour), a highly threatened bird…First-of-its-kind mapping technique sheds new light on tropical forests
May 29, 2015, 1:54 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Scientists at the Woods Hole Research Center in Massachusetts have developed vegetation height maps…
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