Green under siege: world's biodiversity hotspots 85 percent impacted
Jul 14, 2014, 12:07 pm By Jeremy Hance
The world's 35 biodiversity hotspots—which harbor 75 percent of the planet's endangered land…Forests as important as farming for some rural communities
Jul 14, 2014, 9:40 am By Rhett Butler
Forests have long been assumed to provide an important source of income for many of the world’s…New palm oil sustainability manifesto met with criticism from environmentalists
Jul 11, 2014, 4:45 pm By Rhett Butler
This week several palm oil giants announced new environmental criteria for palm oil production. The…Downturn in shade-grown coffee putting forests, wildlife, people at risk
Jul 11, 2014, 2:15 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Growing coffee in the shade of forests allows native vegetation to persist, thereby reducing the…DRC deforestation escalates despite resource shortages, protests, rape, homocide
Jul 10, 2014, 5:31 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Road construction, the promise of employment, and the conversion of forest to farmland – the…Good intentions, collateral damage: forest conservation may be hurting grasslands
Jul 10, 2014, 12:28 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Trees absorb CO2 and trap carbon molecules, and countless are lost as forests are felled around the…Next big idea in forest conservation? Rewards for reforestation
Jul 10, 2014, 11:08 am By Jeremy Hance
Susie McGuire and Dr. Edward Louis Jr. are the powerhouse team behind the Madagascar Biodiversity…The last best place no more: massive deforestation destroying prime chimp habitat in Uganda
6:24pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
The Kafu River, which is about 180 kilometers (110 miles) long, is part of a vast chimpanzee habitat…A garden or a wilderness? One-fifth of the Amazon may have been savannah before the arrival of Europeans
5:23pm By Jeremy Hance
The Amazon is the largest tropical forest on the planet, covering about 6.5 million square…Cats' best friend? A new role for guard dogs in South Africa
1:26pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
While there has been a surge of recovery and reintroduction programs to combat predator decline,…Sold into extinction: great apes betrayed by protectors
10:28am By Tiffany Roufs
In what appears to be corruption in high places, the international body charged with protecting…Stuff of fairy tales: stepping into Europe's last old-growth forest
8:59am By Jeremy Hance
There is almost nothing left of Europe's famed forests, those that provided for human communities…Despite el Nino threat, palm oil prices dive
Tue 7:23pm By Rhett Butler
Despite concerns that the el Niño weather phenomenon could reduce output, palm oil prices have…APP won't acquire companies that continue to destroy forests
Tue 5:17pm By Rhett Butler
Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) will not acquire companies that continue to destroy forests, according to a…Climate-linked drought cutting forests' carbon-storing ability
Tue 3:38pm By Rhett ButlerClimate extremes are dramatically cutting the ability of trees to sequester carbon, threatening to…Pope Francis: 'this is our sin: we exploit the earth'
Tue 3:21pm By Jeremy Hance
In Southern Italy over the weekend, Pope Francis reiterated his view that environmental destruction…An end to India's 'Wild West'? Meghalaya bans coal mining... for now
Tue 11:45am By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Meghalaya, a state in India’s northeast, has thick forests above ground and valuable minerals…A tale of two fish: cyanide fishing and foreign bosses off Sulawesi's coast (Part I)
Tue 11:34am By Tiffany Roufs
In spring and summer, after the monsoon storms have passed, the fishing boats set out again from…From triumph to tragedy: famine could hit world's newest country by August
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Suffering from a six month civil war, the world's youngest country could begin experiencing famine…Booming populations, rising economies, threatened biodiversity: the tropics will never be the same
Jul 7, 2014, 3:50 pm By Jeremy Hance
For those living either north or south of the tropics, images of this green ring around the Earth's…
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