Jhuliño’s legacy: Life and death on the Marañon River (photo essay)
Jul 16, 2015, 12:11 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Jhuliño, who most bought into the dream of being a river guide, suddenly became the figure at the…Peatland emissions from oil palm conversion highly understated: report
Jul 16, 2015, 11:18 am By Philip Jacobson
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is drastically undercounting emissions from the…Rich forest diversity found in new Yunnan, China preserve
Jul 15, 2015, 6:08 pm By Brittany Stewart
China’s southern Yunnan Province straddles the Myanmar border where the Mekong River flows, and…Amazon Headwaters Under Siege: 19 dams slated for Napo watershed
Jul 15, 2015, 11:10 am By Tiffany Roufs
The Napo River watershed is immense. Fed by snow from the glaciated volcanic peaks of the Andes…Militarization and murders stifle anti-mining movement in Guatemala
Jul 15, 2015, 10:58 am By Rebecca Kessler
Two years have passed since the region around the municipality of San Rafael las Flores in…Minister flies over Kalimantan as forest fires surge in Indonesia
Jul 15, 2015, 10:32 am By Philip Jacobson
With dry season in full swing, Indonesia's environment and forestry minister flew in a helicopter…Scaling bottom-up conservation in Latin America
Jul 14, 2015, 7:08 pm By Rhett Butler
One of the biggest complaints about nature conservation is the business is often a top-down affair,…Endangered parakeet finds new hope in reserve expansion
Jul 14, 2015, 7:00 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
The El Dorado Nature Reserve sits within the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range on the…Lions, cheetahs, and wild dogs dwindle in West and Central African protected areas
Jul 14, 2015, 6:31 pm By Brittany Stewart
Africa is famous for its lions and other large carnivores, but populations are dwindling and even…Reintroduced scarlet macaws adapt to the local food scene in Palenque, Mexico
Jul 14, 2015, 5:36 pm By Brittany Stewart
When attempts to protect and restore endangered species in their natural habitats prove futile, an…Recovery of predators causes unexpected conservation challenges
Jul 14, 2015, 4:42 pm By Rebecca Kessler
For decades, many global conservation efforts have focused on protecting declining populations of…Moratoria beat certification to reduce deforestation for soy, palm oil, cattle
Jul 14, 2015, 2:44 pm By Rebecca Kessler
Voluntary agreements to reduce deforestation have become common in places without effective…Arctic Ocean acidifies, threatening food web and major fisheries
Jul 14, 2015, 11:07 am By Rebecca Kessler
A new study shows that within just fifteen years the waters of the Arctic and the far-north Pacific…Curb climate change or lose bumblebees, blueberries, tomatoes
Jul 13, 2015, 1:59 pm By Tiffany Roufs
According to a comprehensive new study published in the journal Science, bumblebees are particularly…Mega-dams doing drastic harm to tropical biodiversity: study
Jul 13, 2015, 1:41 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Researchers say the full extent of impacts to biodiversity of large hydroelectric dams in lowland…Indonesian kingpin of illegal wildlife trade gets two years in prison
Jul 13, 2015, 12:15 am By Philip JacobsonAn Indonesian wildlife trafficker who was arrested while trying to sell a baby orangutan in…Scientists urge greater enforcement of wildlife laws in Africa
10:59am By Rhett Butler
The world's largest association of tropical biologists and conservationists is urging African…Fires rage in Indonesian park illegally trashed for palm oil
Jul 10, 2015, 7:51 pm By Rhett ButlerDozens of fires are raging across Indonesia's Tesso Nilo National Park National Park, a protected…Pope apologizes for church's crimes against indigenous people
Jul 10, 2015, 5:12 pm By Rhett ButlerOn the heels of calling for global action to combat climate change, Pope Francis on Thursday issued…Wildlife forensics unmask poachers and traffickers
Jul 10, 2015, 4:02 pm By Rhett Butler
When border agents seize two tons of smuggled ivory, how do they tell where it's from? When meat on…
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