Peatland plantations drive steep GHG gas emissions in Indonesia's Riau Province
Feb 5, 2014, 12:09 am By Rhett Butler
Versatile is the best way to describe the reddish brown fruit born from oil palm trees. Both the…20 million people face hunger in Africa's Sahel region
Feb 4, 2014, 11:13 am By Jeremy HanceThe UN and partner humanitarian groups today called on the international community to spend $2…How hunters have become key to saving Bulgaria's capercaillie
Feb 4, 2014, 9:30 am By Jeremy Hance
Surprising clatter cuts through the silence in the snowy forest shortly before sunrise. The powerful…Gas company to drill in Manu National Park buffer zone, imperiling indigenous people
Feb 4, 2014, 7:57 am By Jeremy HanceThe Peruvian government has approved plans for gas company Pluspetrol to move deeper into a…'Flying snakes' achieve surprising lift through unique body shape
Feb 4, 2014, 4:46 am By Rhett Butler
Flying snakes achieve surprising amounts of lift through the shape of their bodies, report…Total says it will not drill in any World Heritage Sites
Feb 3, 2014, 12:25 pm By Jeremy HanceOne of the world's largest oil and gas companies, Total, has committed to leave the planet's UNESCO…Australia proposes removing old-growth forests from World Heritage Site
Feb 3, 2014, 8:26 am By Jeremy HanceLast year, after decades of fighting, environmentalists and the forestry industry reached a landmark…Brazilian soy industry extends deforestation moratorium
Feb 1, 2014, 8:26 am By Rhett ButlerSoy traders and producers in the Brazilian Amazon agreed to extend a moratorium on soybeans produced…Endangered tiger killed in Sumatra
Feb 1, 2014, 8:06 am By Rhett ButlerA young Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) was shot and killed by a coffee farmer in Jambi…L'Oreal pledges to wipe out forest destruction from its products by 2020
Jan 31, 2014, 11:28 am By Jeremy Hance
French cosmetics giant, L'Oreal, has pledged to stop using palm oil linked to deforestation for its…Next big idea in forest conservation? Connecting forest fragments
Jan 31, 2014, 9:59 am By Jeremy Hance
Dr. Stuart Pimm is an expert in extinctions: why they happen, how fast they happen, and how they can…Migrating monarch butterflies hit shockingly low numbers
Jan 31, 2014, 8:57 am By Jeremy Hance
The monarch butterfly population overwintering in Mexico this year has hit its lowest numbers ever,…APRIL's green pledge falls short, say environmentalists
Jan 31, 2014, 1:25 am By Rhett ButlerAsia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd (APRIL), Indonesia's second-largest pulp and paper…Scientists discover new eagle ray imperiled by Japanese pest program (photos)
Jan 30, 2014, 10:35 am By Jeremy Hance
Scientists have described a new species of eagle ray in the northwest Pacific Ocean, which they have…Wonderful Creatures: meet the animal that has evolved a cushy, worry-free life inside an octopus
Jan 30, 2014, 9:07 am By Jeremy Hance
The range of habitats that animals have come to occupy is nothing short of staggering. Take the…Shell drops plans to drill in the Arctic for now
Jan 30, 2014, 8:06 am By Jeremy Hance
Facing plunging profits, Royal Dutch Shell has announced it will cut exploration and development…NASA data reveals impact of cyclones on forests in Vietnam, Madagascar
Jan 30, 2014, 2:48 am By Rhett Butler
Forest disturbance in Madagascar and Vietnam increased significantly in the aftermath of cyclones…Rainforest Alliance to independently audit APP's zero deforestation commitment
Jan 29, 2014, 6:38 pm By Rhett Butler
The Rainforest Alliance has agreed to conduct an audit of Asia Pulp & Paper's progress in…Predator appreciation: how saving lions, tigers, and polar bears could rescue ourselves
Jan 29, 2014, 9:40 am By Jeremy Hance
In the new book, In Predatory Light: Lions and Tigers and Polar Bears, authors Elizabeth Marshall…A series of oil spills sully Caribbean paradise, coating mangroves and wildlife (photos)
Jan 29, 2014, 8:28 am By Jeremy Hance
On December 17th, officials first discovered a massive oil spill in the Caribbean-island nation of…
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