Grenades, helicopters, and scooping out brains: poachers decimate elephant population in park
Jun 15, 2014, 12:29 pm By Jeremy Hance
Over the last two months, poachers have killed 68 African elephants in Garamba National Park…Chelsea, Hillary Clinton urge action to save elephants
Jun 13, 2014, 7:34 pm By Rhett Butler
Former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter Chelsea are urging for further…Protecting rainforests could sequester eqivalent of a third of global emissions annually
Jun 13, 2014, 5:52 pm By Rhett Butler
liminating deforestation, peatlands and forest degradation, and forest fires in the tropics could…'Borne by the rest of the world': deforestation has global impact, reduces food security
Jun 13, 2014, 4:05 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Research indicates that areas with more forest cover tend to have superior food resilience compared…Oil drilling causes widespread contamination in the Amazon rainforest
Jun 13, 2014, 2:11 pm By Rhett Butler
Decades of oil extraction in the Western Amazon has caused widespread pollution, raising questions…New York State Assembly approves bill banning ivory trade
Jun 13, 2014, 2:07 pm By Rhett Butler
The New York State Assembly has passed a bill that would ban the purchase and sale of elephant ivory…Australia sees rise in greenwashing front groups
Jun 13, 2014, 2:04 pm By Rhett Butler
Australia is seeing a rise in groups that purport to champion environmental causes but are actually…Extractive industries and apes
Jun 13, 2014, 1:13 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Current thinking in the private and public sectors asserts that economic development needs are in…What's an environmental journalist to do with so much good news?
Jun 12, 2014, 6:30 pm By Jeremy Hance
As an environmental journalist covering stories from the great Arctic ice melt to the rhino poaching…Despite green pledge, Wilmar partner continues to destroy forest for palm oil
Jun 12, 2014, 4:07 pm By Rhett Butler
Two palm oil companies partially owned by Wilmar are continuing to destroy rainforests in Indonesia…More is better: high bee biodiversity boosts crop yields
Jun 12, 2014, 3:19 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Scientists have discovered that blueberry plants visited by more diverse bee species increased their…Next big idea in forest conservation? Making sure REDD+ works
Jun 12, 2014, 12:51 pm By Jeremy Hance
A scientist at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Brazil, Dr. Amy Duchelle…Chile drops hugely controversial mega-dam project in wild Patagonia
Jun 12, 2014, 9:10 am By Jeremy Hance
One of the world's most controversial mega-dam projects met its likely end this week when Chile's…Oil overthrow: Soco to suspend operations in Virunga National Park after sustained campaign by WWF
Jun 11, 2014, 12:54 pm By Jeremy Hance
In a surprise announcement, British oil company Soco International has said it will suspend…Survey finds huge biological value in Baja California, stalls resort development
Jun 11, 2014, 12:37 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
A recent survey conducted by researchers from the U.S. and Mexico has uncovered staggering levels of…PhD students 'thrilled' to rediscover mammal missing for 124 years
Jun 11, 2014, 9:58 am By Jeremy Hance
In 1890 Lamberto Loria collected 45 specimens—all female—of a small bat from the wilds of Papua…Despite poaching, Indian rhino population jumps by 27 percent in eight years
Jun 10, 2014, 12:55 pm By Jeremy Hance
The world's stronghold for Indian rhinos—the state of Assam—has seen its population leap by 27…EPA carbon proposal may be crucial step in addressing global climate change
Jun 10, 2014, 11:21 am By Jeremy Hance
The U.S, Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) June 2nd regulation proposal hit all the expected…Mountain forests store 40 percent more carbon than expected
Jun 10, 2014, 9:44 am By Jeremy Hance
It's not easy to measure carbon in mountain forest ecosystems. But a new review study in…Tropical nations make progress in slowing deforestation
Jun 9, 2014, 10:43 pm By Rhett Butler
Efforts to slow destruction of tropical forests seem to be paying off in a number of countries,…
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