Australians rally to save World Heritage Site from chopping block
Apr 28, 2014, 12:17 pm By Jeremy Hance
Yesterday, nearly 2,000 people held a rally to show support for a Tasmanian forest that the…The remarkable story of how a bat scientist took on Russia's most powerful...and won
Apr 28, 2014, 10:45 am By Jeremy Hance
In a country increasingly known for its authoritarian-style crackdown on activists and dissidents, a…APP commits to conserve, restore 1M ha of Indonesian forest; WWF pledges support
Apr 27, 2014, 11:41 pm By Rhett Butler
Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), Indonesia's largest pulp and paper company and a long-time target of…SPECIAL REPORT: Palm oil, politics, and land use change in Sumatra (Part II)
Apr 26, 2014, 5:07 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Although the province of Jambi is considered a "late bloomer" in terms of palm oil industry…Japan changes its mind about Antarctic whaling ban, plans to continue hunts in 2015
Apr 25, 2014, 2:46 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Conservation groups were jubilant in response to last month's ruling by the International Court of…Wild food: scientists link forests to human nutrition
Apr 25, 2014, 1:28 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Food security is a mounting global issue. As a solution to increasing food scarcity, forests are…Game of thorns: colorful, spiky tree frog discovered in Vietnam
Apr 25, 2014, 11:47 am By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Evening fog settled quickly on Mount Ngoc Linh, as the steady drone of cicadas and crickets took up…Next big idea in forest conservation? Crowdsourced forest monitoring
Apr 25, 2014, 9:45 am By Jeremy Hance
In the Brazilian Amazon, deforestation alerts are being submitted via smartphones. On the ground…Despite campaign, Girl Scout cookies still aren't deforestation free, say scout activists
Apr 24, 2014, 9:58 pm By Rhett Butler
Despite a high-profile campaign that caused one of the world's largest food companies to adopt a…Congo rainforest losing its greenness, finds NASA
Apr 24, 2014, 8:21 pm By Rhett Butler
The Congo, the world's second largest rainforest, is losing its greenness, finds a new study…The beef with beef: how 12 strategies could drastically cut agricultural emissions
Apr 24, 2014, 8:00 pm By Jeremy Hance
Eating less beef, cutting food waste, and utilizing farm landscapes to sequester carbon are three…'Better late than never,' Myanmar bans timber exports to save remaining forests
Apr 24, 2014, 6:13 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Myanmar contains some of Asia's largest forests, but has been losing them at a rapid pace during the…Brazil's new Forest Code a mixed bag for native ecosystems
Apr 24, 2014, 6:03 pm By Rhett Butler
The revised Forest Code passed into law by Brazil in 2012 could authorize conversion of 400,000…Brazil to test drones in monitoring the Amazon rainforest
Apr 24, 2014, 1:24 pm By Rhett Butler
Brazilian municipalities are planning to use drones to map properties and monitor forest cover as…Special Focus: Palm oil, political interests, and land use in Indonesian Borneo (Part I)
Apr 24, 2014, 12:16 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
As one of the world’s largest palm oil producers, Indonesia is often at the receiving end of…Chelonians for dinner: hunting threatens at-risk turtles and tortoises in India
Apr 23, 2014, 5:43 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
The extinction risk faced by mammals is often in the limelight. But it may be surprising to learn…Earth has fourth warmest March on record as forecasters see possible El Nino rising
Apr 23, 2014, 1:29 pm By Jeremy Hance
Last March was the fourth warmest on record, according to new data from the National Oceanic and…After widespread deforestation, China bans commercial logging in northern forests
Apr 22, 2014, 2:50 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Forestry authorities in China have stopped commercial logging in the nation's largest forest area,…Earth Day Picture Gallery: Celebrating Indonesia
Apr 22, 2014, 1:54 pm By Rhett Butler
This Earth Day, we've decided to highlight the spectacular natural wonders of Indonesia, which is…Illegal logging makes up 70 percent of Papua New Guinea's timber industry
Apr 22, 2014, 11:30 am By Jeremy Hance
Corruption, weak governance, and powerful timber barons are illegally stripping the forests of Papua…
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