Half of Riau's oil palm plantations are illegal
Aug 11, 2014, 9:18 pm By Rhett ButlerHalf of the oil palm plantations in Sumatra's Riau Province are illegal, said Indonesia's top…Planting meadows in the ocean: technique may help restore disappearing seagrass beds
Aug 11, 2014, 1:14 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Eelgrass is an important part of many ocean ecosystems, but is disappearing due to human impacts.…Indonesia's children see ravaged environment in their future
Aug 11, 2014, 10:30 am By Jeremy Hance
A generation ago, Borneo was one of the wildest places on the planet. But decades of logging and oil…Aceh's largest peat swamp at risk from palm oil
Aug 11, 2014, 12:23 am By Rhett Butler
Oil palm plantations and other developments are threatening Rawa Singkil Wildlife Preserve—Aceh's…The threat of traditional medicine: China's boom may mean doom for turtles
Aug 8, 2014, 12:17 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Despite a lack of scientific evidence demonstrating a causative link between turtle consumption and…NASA: Forest loss leaps in Bolivia, Mekong region
Aug 7, 2014, 11:56 pm By Rhett Butler
New satellite data from NASA suggests that deforestation is sharply increasing in Bolivia and Mekong…The 90 Percent Diet: reducing our environmental impact by eating less meat
Aug 7, 2014, 1:56 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
In Brian Machovina’s life, a serendipitous influence of people and places have all contributed to…Want to save Africa's elephants? Close all ivory markets
Aug 7, 2014, 12:44 pm By Jeremy Hance
The only way to save the long-suffering elephants of Africa is to close every ivory market on the…Singapore to fine domestic, foreign companies for causing haze
Aug 6, 2014, 10:33 pm By Rhett Butler
Singapore's parliament has approved a controversial measure that could penalize companies — both…Blue-footed boobies on the decline, plummeting sardine stocks may be to blame
Aug 6, 2014, 12:40 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
The iconic blue-footed booby of the Galapagos Islands has suffered a population decline of 50…Elephants under the sea: awkward-looking fish modify the coral-reef ecosystem in mixed ways
Aug 6, 2014, 10:08 am By Jeremy Hance
Bumphead parrotfish are noisy feeders. They break off large branches of corals using their powerful…Oil palm, mining prompts local govt in Borneo to declare water unsafe for drinking
Aug 5, 2014, 8:57 pm By Rhett Butler
The Environment Ministry of Sintang Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia declared that the water in…95% of Amazon deforestation happens near roads or major rivers
Aug 5, 2014, 6:10 pm By Rhett Butler
94.9 percent of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon occurs on land less than 5 kilometers from a…New Jersey bans elephant ivory trade
Aug 5, 2014, 5:23 pm By Rhett Butler
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has signed into law a ban on elephant ivory sales, reports…Yellow spots, red stripes: vivid new frog species discovered in Malaysia
Aug 5, 2014, 3:17 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Scientists have identified a new species of frog on the Malay Peninsula. The newly named Hylorana…Featured video: new documentary highlights the Long March to save the Sundarbans
Aug 5, 2014, 2:18 pm By Jeremy Hance
Last fall tens of thousands of Bangladeshis participated in a five day march that took them from the…Biomass burning accounts for 18% of CO2 emissions, kills a quarter of a million people annually
Aug 5, 2014, 11:26 am By Jeremy Hance
Biomass burning takes many forms: wildfires, slash-and-burn agriculture, clearing forests and other…How did Ebola Zaïre Get to Guinea?
Aug 5, 2014, 10:41 am By Tiffany Roufs
The vicious Ebola virus outbreak that has already killed more than 800 people this year, in addition…Tin mining, palm oil plantations wreaking havoc on small Indonesian island
Aug 4, 2014, 4:13 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Belitung, a picturesque island off the east coast of Sumatra, has experienced an uptick in tourism…Scientists catalog the world's 10,000th reptile
Aug 4, 2014, 2:36 pm By Jeremy Hance
As of this year, scientists have named and described over 10,000 reptiles, marking a new milestone…
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