Tree climbing as a tool to build respect for forests
Jan 16, 2015, 2:46 pm By Rhett Butler
The bulk of life in the rainforest is found the leafy layers of the canopy. But little was known…Sulawesi village seeks protection for sacred forest threatened by development
Jan 16, 2015, 12:50 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Home to some 400 fishermen, Manurung village appears unremarkable at first glance: quiet houses…Fishing industry could lose up to $41 billion due to climate change
Jan 16, 2015, 10:56 am By Tiffany Roufs
Climate change is already having a severe impact on the atmosphere and oceans around the world.…Amazon tribe attacks oilfield in Ecuador
Jan 15, 2015, 6:07 pm By Rhett Butler
Indigenous leaders are calling for the release of six tribesmen implicated in a raid on an oilfield…Ocean's 15: meet the species that have vanished forever from our seas
Jan 15, 2015, 5:32 pm By Jeremy Hance
In the last 500 years, the oceans have suffered far fewer extinctions than on land—at least that…Empty seas? Scientists warn of an industrialized ocean
Jan 15, 2015, 2:01 pm By Jeremy Hance
This is obvious, but still important: humans are not a marine species. Even as we have colonized…No experience necessary: how studying tamarins led to an innovative research organization in the Amazon
Jan 15, 2015, 1:43 pm By Tiffany Roufs
While conducting doctoral research on tamarin reproductive biology in the Peruvian Amazon, Mrinalini…Farmers help restore degraded forests in Sulawesi
Jan 15, 2015, 11:54 am By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Irda tends to his two-hectare timber plantation in Pamulukkang Forest at the base of Tanete Kindo…Amazon gold rush destroying huge swaths of rainforest
Jan 14, 2015, 1:20 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
The rainforests of South America face many threats. The deforestation occurring on the continent is…Did palm oil expansion play a role in the Ebola crisis?
Jan 14, 2015, 11:55 am By Jeremy Hance
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa may have been the result of complex economic and agricultural…Road building spree hurts Amazon birds
Jan 14, 2015, 10:34 am By Brittany Stewart
A city-dwelling crow in Japan strategically drops a nut near a crosswalk into moving traffic. The…Deforestation climbing - along with fears - in the Amazon
Jan 13, 2015, 6:25 pm By Rhett ButlerDeforestation in the Brazil Amazon continues to pace well ahead of last year's rate, shows data…Forest management by Sulawesi community attracts international attention
Jan 13, 2015, 1:41 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
The Ngata Toro community in the Indonesian province of Central Sulawesi worked with the government…Mother and child: researchers photograph rare cat with cub in Sumatra
Jan 13, 2015, 1:01 pm By Jeremy Hance
Researchers working in Kerinci Seblat National Park have captured a remarkable image of a mother…Will Indonesia's REDD+ Agency be dissolved?
Jan 13, 2015, 12:49 pm By Rhett Butler
Indonesia's cabinet-level agency tasked with reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation…Casting for another job: will fishers take up a new livelihood?
Jan 12, 2015, 2:20 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Can alternative income programs save Fiji's reef fish? Many implicate the failure of Fiji's…Video: global carbon dispersal looks like an impressionistic painting in motion
Jan 12, 2015, 12:22 pm By Jeremy Hance
A new video showing the global movements of carbon dioxide during one year may look beautiful, but…New study: 'Yeti' hairs do not point to unknown bear species
Jan 12, 2015, 11:13 am By Jeremy Hance
A new study casts doubt on findings from 2013 that hairs from a purported Yeti belonged to an…Malta approves public referendum of bird hunt that kills over 15,000
Jan 12, 2015, 10:13 am By Jeremy Hance
Malta's Constitutional Court has upheld a public referendum to decide the fate of the country's…Relaxed protections allow Sulawesi community to regain access to forest resources
Jan 9, 2015, 12:55 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Recognizing the ecological sensitivity of an area in Central Sulawesi, the Indonesian government…
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