Next big idea in forest conservation? Linking public health and environmental degradation
3:29pm By Jeremy Hance
Dr. Christopher Golden is an explorer on a mission. As both an epidemiologist and ecologist, he is…Zero-deforestation commitments face acute challenges for commercial giants in the palm oil industry
11:42am By Jeremy Hance
The path to zero-deforestation appears to be paved with good intentions, but how successful are…DRC seeks $1B to save its rainforest
9:29am By Rhett Butler
The Democratic Republic of Congo is seeking a billion dollars for a plan to protect up to 9 million…Olinguito, tinkerbell, and a dragon: meet the top 10 new species of 2013
2:55am By Jeremy Hance
Out of around 18,000 new species described and named last year, scientists have highlighted ten in…Happy Amazon: $215 million raised for world's largest protected area network
Wed 2:00pm By Jeremy Hance
By all standards the Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) program is gargantuan: the network…Timber concessions in Sumatra have high conservation value, according to report
Wed 12:54pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Five industrial plantation forest concessions that supply timber to PT Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) in…Climate change's ominous secret
Wed 11:23am By Jeremy Hance
Climate change is happening and humans are causing it, primarily from the increase in atmospheric…Epidemic of elephant calf kidnapping hits Sri Lanka, say conservationists
Wed 10:25am By Jeremy Hance.600.jpg)
In Sri Lanka, an underground wildlife racket has been simmering for a while. And a recent incident…PepsiCo announces zero deforestation commitment for palm oil
May 20, 2014, 9:52 pm By Rhett Butler
The 450,000 tons of palm oil sourced annually by PepsiCo will be largely free of deforestation and…The matrix matters: scientists find surprising biodiversity between forests
May 20, 2014, 4:45 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
In human-dominated countryside areas, forests are often fragmented and scattered among a matrix of…Hope in the Heart of Darkness: huge population of chimpanzees discovered in the DRC
May 20, 2014, 1:26 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
A recent study describes a new population of chimpanzees, which forms a continuous cultural group…Chinese officials seize nearly a thousand dead pangolins
May 20, 2014, 10:53 am By Jeremy Hance
In one of the biggest pangolin trafficking cases yet recorded in China, officials confiscated 956…Camera trap catches rare feline attempting to tackle armored prey (VIDEO)
May 19, 2014, 1:34 pm By Jeremy Hance
One of the world's least known wild cats may have taken on more than it could handle in a recent…Dams be damned: study finds large dams are too expensive
May 19, 2014, 12:23 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Hydroelectric power, supplied mostly from dams, provides approximately 20 percent of the world's…The quiet zoo revolution
May 19, 2014, 8:51 am By Jeremy Hance
A quiet zoo revolution has also been occurring over the past twenty-five years. Rather than just…Greenpeace: Timber laundering rampant in the Brazilian Amazon
May 18, 2014, 4:13 am By Rhett Butler
A two-year investigation by Greenpeace has revealed the extent of timber laundering in two major…Hong Kong begins destroying 131,000 pounds of elephant ivory
May 17, 2014, 7:31 pm By Rhett Butler
Hong Kong has begun destroying its 29.6-metric-ton stockpile of confiscated ivory. On Thursday…Indonesia's biological wonders are worth the fight
May 17, 2014, 7:14 pm By Rhett Butler
Environmentalists and conservation people, including myself, are a whining lot. It’s our…Rainforest Alliance eco-certified coffee hits 1 billion pounds
May 17, 2014, 7:11 pm By Rhett ButlerCoffee produced under the Rainforest Alliance's certification system topped a billion pounds…Publishing industry dramatically reduces reliance on rainforest fiber
May 17, 2014, 6:37 pm By Rhett Butler
The world's largest publishing companies have adopted policies that significantly curtail use of…
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