Study warns of possible REDD+ land grab
Mar 30, 2014, 10:10 am By Rhett Butler
A UN program to reduce global carbon emissions may be putting indigenous communities at risk,…Revealed for the first time: the surprising biodiversity of algae 'reefs'
Mar 28, 2014, 6:21 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Most people are familiar with coral reefs, but very few have ever heard of their algal equivalent…Those eyes look human: could anthropomorphism be used for conservation?
Mar 28, 2014, 1:50 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
It’s easier to relate to someone you have something in common with; that feeling of connection can…Next big idea in forest conservation? Quantifying the cost of forest degradation
Mar 27, 2014, 5:41 pm By Jeremy Hance
How much is a forest really worth? And what is the cost of forest degradation? These values are…Kala: the face of tigers in peril
Mar 27, 2014, 11:49 am By Jeremy Hance
In 1864, Walter Campbell was an officer in the British Army, stationed in India when he penned these…Wonderful Creatures: life is a gamble (inside a caterpillar) for the trigonalid wasp
Mar 27, 2014, 9:46 am By Jeremy Hance
Among the huge diversity of insects there are some bewilderingly complex life cycles, but few can…Just how bad is the logging crisis in Myanmar? 72 percent of exports illegal
Mar 26, 2014, 6:41 pm By Jeremy Hance
Just days before Myanmar, also known as Burma, implements a ban on exporting raw logs, the…Deforestation makes Indonesia hotter, reduces quality of life
Mar 26, 2014, 5:50 pm By Rhett Butler
One of the reasons I like living in the tropics is that they are perpetually warm. A pair of shorts…Researchers use new technique to shed light on endangered tapir
Mar 26, 2014, 2:03 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
A new study, recently published in mongabay.com's open access journal, Tropical Conservation…The best of the worst: fossil-fuel extractors pave the way for the low-carbon revolution
Mar 26, 2014, 10:11 am By Jeremy Hance
At the end of last year, the world got some good news on the green business front concerning a very…Grocery giant commits to zero-deforestation policy for palm oil sourcing
Mar 25, 2014, 7:59 pm By Rhett Butler
Safeway has become the latest company to establish a policy that excludes deforestation-linked palm…Europe approves vet drug that killed off almost all of Asia's vultures
Mar 25, 2014, 3:43 pm By Jeremy Hance
When Europeans first arrived in North America, they exterminated three to five billion passenger…Invasive trees use logging roads to invade Borneo forests
Mar 25, 2014, 12:43 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
The spiked pepper tree (Piper aduncum) is native to the American tropics, but has made itself at…Long lost mammal photographed on camera trap in Vietnam
Mar 25, 2014, 11:00 am By Jeremy Hance
In 1929, two sons of Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy Junior and Kermit) led an expedition that killed a…Indigenous communities demand forest rights, blame land grabs for failure to curb deforestation
Mar 24, 2014, 9:03 pm By Rhett Butler
Indigenous and forest-dependent peoples from Asia, Africa and Latin America have called for…Over 9,000 primates killed for single bushmeat market in West Africa every year
Mar 24, 2014, 3:31 pm By Jeremy Hance
Over the past 25 years, West Africa's primates have been put at risk due to an escalating bushmeat…Bizarre, endangered bird discovered in high densities
Mar 24, 2014, 2:43 pm By Jeremy Hance
The turkey-sized, noisy, fruit-feasting guans are arguably one of the strangest wildlife sightings…General Mills, Colgate-Palmolive announce deforestation-free policies for palm oil sourcing
Mar 24, 2014, 1:52 pm By Rhett Butler
Two consumer products giants have joined the wave of companies committing to deforestation-free palm…Indonesia's orangutan action plan is not saving great red apes
Mar 24, 2014, 1:19 pm By Rhett Butler
In December 2007, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono launched Indonesia’s Strategy and Action Plan…Meet Iman: the Sumatran rhino's newest hope for survival
Mar 24, 2014, 9:29 am By Jeremy Hance
Hopes for one of the world's most imperiled megafauna rose this month when wildlife conservationists…
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