It's not just extinction: meet defaunation
Jul 24, 2014, 4:50 pm By Jeremy Hance
Get ready to learn a new word: defaunation. Fauna is the total collection of animals—both in terms…Desperate measures: researchers say radical approaches needed to beat extinctions
Jul 24, 2014, 3:05 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Today, in the midst of what has been termed the “Sixth Great Extinction” by many in the…Next big idea in forest conservation: Reconnecting faith and forests
Jul 24, 2014, 12:34 pm By Jeremy Hance
'In Africa, you can come across Kaya forests of coastal Kenya, customary forests in Uganda, sacred…Targeted enforcement saved a Massachusetts-worth of Amazon rainforest in 3 years
Jul 24, 2014, 7:00 am By Rhett Butler
Targeted law enforcement efforts via Brazil's green municipalities programs were responsible for…Brazil could meet all its food demand by 2040 without cutting down another tree
Jul 24, 2014, 6:40 am By Rhett Butler
Better utilization of its vast areas of pasturelands could enable Brazil to dramatically boost…Scientists ask Australia to strengthen, not weaken, protection for Great Barrier Reef
Jul 24, 2014, 4:10 am By Rhett Butler
A convening of nearly 600 tropical biologists and conservation scientists has called upon the…Lush Cosmetics launches bid to protect pangolins
Jul 24, 2014, 3:22 am By Rhett Butler
Lush Cosmetics has agreed to support an effort to battle trafficking of the Sunda pangolin.Scientists ask PNG to support conservation research
Jul 24, 2014, 2:07 am By Rhett ButlerThe Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC), the world's largest group of tropical…Rebuilding Kissama: war-torn Angola's only national park affected by deforestation, refaunation
Jul 23, 2014, 8:05 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
The story of Kissama National Park is one of perseverance, vision and disaster in waiting. The only…Peru slashes environmental protections to attract more mining and fossil fuel investment
Jul 23, 2014, 3:14 pm By Jeremy Hance
In an effort to kickstart investment in mining and fossil fuels, Peru has passed a controversial law…Phone-based logging alert system eyes expanding to the Amazon
Jul 23, 2014, 3:01 am By Rhett Butler
After exceeding an ambitious fundraising target to launch a near-real time forest monitoring system…NASA: Sumatra fires in the rise
Jul 22, 2014, 7:03 pm By Rhett Butler
The number of fires burning in Sumatra's Riau Province doubled on Sunday, raising concerns that dry…'A high price to pay': new Indonesian peatland regulation may do more harm than good
Jul 22, 2014, 5:37 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
The Government Regulation on Peatland Ecosystem Protection and Management, initially drafted by the…Rare bird paradise protected in war-torn Colombian mountain range (photos)
Jul 22, 2014, 3:21 pm By Jeremy Hance
A coalition of conservation groups have established a new protected area in one of Latin America's…Over-depleted and undermanaged: can Indonesia turn around its fisheries? (Part III)
Jul 22, 2014, 2:18 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Compared to maritime ministries worldwide, Indonesia's Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries…An important role: theater troupe revives tradition to promote conservation in DRC
Jul 22, 2014, 12:35 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Two years ago, environmental artist Roger Peet set off to the Democratic Republic of Congo to…Monkeys use field scientists as human shields against predators
Jul 22, 2014, 9:05 am By Jeremy Hance
If you're monkey—say a samango monkey in South Africa—probably the last thing you want is to be…Scientists blast Australian government's moves to dismantle environmental protections
Jul 21, 2014, 10:52 pm By Rhett Butler
On Tuesday a prominent group of conservation scientists condemned the Australian government's recent…Global warming emissions from meat consumption rising rapidly
Jul 21, 2014, 8:35 pm By Rhett Butler
Greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production have increased by more than 50 percent over the…Roads through the rainforest: an overview of South America's 'arc of deforestation'
Jul 21, 2014, 6:01 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
When a new road centipedes its way across a landscape, the best of intentions may be laid with the…
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