Illegal ivory trade alive and well on Craigslist
Apr 28, 2015, 12:39 pm By Jeremy HanceAs it has become more difficult to buy illegal ivory from slaughtered elephants on places like eBay,…Peru's mega-dam projects threaten Amazon River source and ecosystem collapse
Apr 28, 2015, 10:09 am By Tiffany Roufs
Peru is planning a series of huge hydroelectric dams on the 1,700-kilometer (1,056-mile) Marañón…Leuser Park authorities still trying to move thousands of squatters
Apr 28, 2015, 3:45 am By Philip Jacobson
The Indonesian government will take another stab at relocating thousands of squatters from Mount…Predicting deforestation before it happens
Apr 28, 2015, 1:27 am By Rhett ButlerThe world's leading forest monitoring platform may soon help predict deforestation before it occurs,…'Deforestation fronts' revealed
Apr 27, 2015, 7:57 pm By Rhett Butler
Environmental group WWF has released a new report projecting where the organization believes the…Report: Borneo could save billions while still meeting conservation and development goals
Apr 27, 2015, 3:55 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
The three nations that share Borneo could save themselves $43 billion by more closely coordinating…Two more Sumatran elephants found dead in Aceh
Apr 27, 2015, 8:50 am By Philip Jacobson
A pair of critically endangered Sumatran elephants were found dead this month in Indonesia's Aceh…$100M study to look at how rainforests respond to climate change
Apr 27, 2015, 1:00 am By Rhett ButlerA new $100 million research project will examine how tropical forests interact with the planet's…'Zero Deforestation' not necessarily the answer, environmentalists warn
Apr 27, 2015, 12:03 am By Rhett Butler
Last week, the London-based think tank Innovation Forum convened a two-day conference on the subject…NASA reveals rise in deforestation in remote Peruvian parks
11:05pm By Rhett ButlerNew NASA data shows a jump in forest loss in two remote parks in the Peruvian Amazon during the…Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon continues to accelerate
8:53pm By Rhett Butler
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon — the planet's largest rainforest — continues to pace well…Jokowi must strengthen Indonesia's forest moratorium, not just extend it: activists
Sat 5:17am By Philip Jacobson
Less than a month before the expiry of a moratorium on new licenses for land-based exploitation in…Fracas over Costa Rican shark-fin exports leads American Airlines to stop shipping fins
Apr 24, 2015, 3:54 pm By Rebecca Kessler
Several shipments of hammerhead shark fins exported from Costa Rica touched on U.S. soil in…Ocean contributes $2.5 trillion to economy annually
Apr 24, 2015, 2:48 pm By Rhett ButlerA new study attempts to place a value of goods and services afforded by the ocean, estimating that…Conservation in Myanmar: a cause for optimism?
Apr 24, 2015, 1:24 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Fifty years of relative political and economic isolation have yielded slow economic growth and…Thailand, Indonesia join forces against illegal fishing amid EU ultimatum
Apr 24, 2015, 3:38 am By Philip JacobsonAmid EU threats to blacklist Thai seafood if the industry fails to clean up its act by October, the…Officials: Sumatran rhino is extinct in the wild in Sabah
Apr 23, 2015, 3:15 pm By Jeremy Hance
There are no Sumatran rhinos left in the wild in the Malaysian state of Sabah, confirmed Masidi…In Indonesia, making REDD+ about carbon won't help biodiversity: study
Apr 23, 2015, 1:22 am By Philip Jacobson
Areas important for carbon correlate poorly with areas important for biodiversity in the country, a…Activists target Roger Federer as brand ambassador for bank linked to deforestation
Apr 22, 2015, 7:48 pm By Rhett ButlerEnvironmentalists are asking tennis star Roger Federer to deliver a message to Credit Suisse over…Photo essay: the flying fox show
Apr 22, 2015, 6:01 pm By Jeremy Hance
Rain or clear, wind or still, full moon or no. Every night thousands of flying foxes rise from a…
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