Mapping local communities' efforts to protect forests in Indonesia
Feb 4, 2015, 7:42 pm By Rhett Butler
Local and indigenous communities play an important role managing and protecting forests. Research…Chemical clues in fossil shells may help us understand today's ocean acidification
Feb 4, 2015, 2:37 pm By Tiffany Roufs
As atmospheric CO2 levels rise, so too do those in the sea, leading to ocean acidification that…Communities create timber company to protect Sumatran forest
Feb 4, 2015, 12:54 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
To reduce logging pressures on the surrounding forest, several villages in the Lampung province of…The Amazon's oil boom: concessions cover a Chile-sized bloc of rainforest
Feb 4, 2015, 12:50 pm By Jeremy Hance
Hungry for oil revenue, governments and fossil fuel companies are moving even further into one of…Norway asked to divest from company linked to Malaysian official
Feb 3, 2015, 6:03 pm By Rhett Butler
Activists have petitioned the world's largest sovereign wealth fund to drop its investment in a…In unprecedented move, Indonesia punishes illegal manta ray trader
Feb 3, 2015, 3:06 pm By Rhett Butler
For the first time, Indonesia has sentenced an illegal manta ray trafficker to jail time and a fine,…Super-rare carnivore photographed in Yosemite after missing for nearly a century
Feb 3, 2015, 3:03 pm By Jeremy Hance
For years, biologists believed the Sierra Nevada fox was down to a single population of around 20…Palm oil major makes deforestation-free commitment
Feb 3, 2015, 2:02 pm By Rhett Butler
IOI Corporation officially committed to what its subsidiary, palm oil trader IOI Loders Croklaan,…Sulawesi communities build big, unique houses by sustainably managing forests
Feb 3, 2015, 1:59 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Layuk Sarungallo sits in front of a large Tongkonan, the traditional house of the Toraja people…Despite green promise, Indonesian forestry giant continues to destroy forests
Feb 3, 2015, 1:28 pm By Rhett Butler
A year after it pledged a dramatic shift in how it operates in Indonesia's fast dwindling native…Rapid development threatening traditional farms, forests in West Papua
Feb 3, 2015, 12:03 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Through a system of community protected areas and family agricultural rotation, the indigenous…Mercury fish: gold mining puts downstream communities at risk in Peru
Feb 2, 2015, 3:13 pm By Jeremy Hance
Artisanal, often illegal gold-mining, has swept across portions of the Peruvian Amazon over last…Pollutants threaten long-term survival of wandering albatross
Feb 2, 2015, 1:11 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Seabirds, aerial ocean predators, are known to amass harmful contaminants over their lifespan.…Scientists discover fanged frogs that give birth to tadpoles
Feb 2, 2015, 12:43 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Scientists have discovered a new species of fanged frog that is the world's only known frog able to…Swimming against the stream: a rare crocodile captivates researchers
Feb 2, 2015, 12:13 pm By Tiffany Roufs
The Sunda gharial looks like 'just an odd crocodile' according to Robert Stuebing. He would know.…After 10 years vying for protection, Kalimantan community granted legal rights to community forest
Jan 30, 2015, 12:48 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Perseverance, respect for their ancestors, and a knowledge that the clearing of the forest will…Scientists rediscover endangered Andean toad in Ecuador
Jan 30, 2015, 10:17 am By Tiffany Roufs
In 1970 researchers uncovered the Tandayapa Andean toad, previously unknown to science, in the…When is a forest a forest? How definitions affect monitoring
Jan 29, 2015, 3:08 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
What exactly is a forest? With forest definitions differing from country to country, and primary…Videos: new film series highlights bringing Gorongosa back to life
Jan 29, 2015, 2:53 pm By Jeremy Hance
Tracking lions, photographing bats, collecting insects, bringing elephants home: it's all part of a…Sumatran community takes charge to protect its forest, attracts REDD+ attention
Jan 29, 2015, 1:21 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Television inspired Syafrizal to act. As he watched report after report of land conflicts exploding…
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