Indigenous groups win right to pursue Chevron assets in Canada in Amazon pollution case
Dec 19, 2013, 6:57 pm By Rhett ButlerIndigenous plaintiffs in a long-running legal dispute against Chevron won the right to pursue the…UN raps Malaysia on palm oil abuses, risks
Dec 19, 2013, 6:42 pm By Rhett Butler
Malaysia's push to join the ranks of rich countries shouldn't come at the expense of the environment…Palm oil exports to fall in 2013/2014
Dec 19, 2013, 6:40 pm By Rhett Butler
Palm oil exports may drop for the first time in 16 years due to price trends in the oilseed market,…Hershey commits to zero deforestation for palm oil
Dec 19, 2013, 6:20 pm By Rhett Butler
In an effort to avoid palm oil linked to deforestation, candy giant Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY) will…Little elephant is the first scientific record of dwarfism in the wild
Dec 19, 2013, 1:39 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Biologists in Sri Lanka have published the first documented evidence of dwarfism in an adult wild…Chickens before cows: new study finds cattle have outsized greenhouse gas footprint
Dec 19, 2013, 11:45 am By Jeremy Hance
If you want to lower your greenhouse gas emissions, choose chicken or poultry over beef and dairy,…Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2013
Dec 19, 2013, 10:01 am By Jeremy Hance
1. China begins to tackle pollution, carbon emissions: As China's environmental crisis worsens, the…Ongoing deforestation reported in Borneo concession held by APP supplier
Dec 18, 2013, 8:32 pm By Rhett Butler
Up to 1,400 hectares of forest have been cleared in a concession belonging to an Asia Pulp & Paper…Brazilian cattle producers standardize audits to exclude deforestation from supply chain
Dec 18, 2013, 6:46 pm By Rhett Butler
Brazil's largest cattle producers have agreed to standardize and make public their audits as part of…Madagascar's most famous lemur facing big threats
Dec 18, 2013, 12:35 pm By Jeremy Hance
The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta), perhaps the most well-known of Madagascar’s endemic animals,…Using stories to connect people to biodiversity: an interview with Tara Waters Lumpkin, PhD
Dec 18, 2013, 10:13 am By Tiffany Roufs
In a world where extinctions are almost commonplace and global warming barely raises an eyebrow,…World suffers warmest November on record
Dec 18, 2013, 9:11 am By Jeremy Hance
Last month was the warmest November on record, according to new analysis from the NOAA. Temperatures…Africa to build world's largest dam, but who will benefit?
Dec 17, 2013, 3:54 pm By Jeremy Hance
The Congo River traverses the continent of Africa, ending its journey in the Democratic Republic of…Canada's biggest logger loses eco-certification
Dec 17, 2013, 2:57 pm By Jeremy Hance
Resolute Forest Products, the largest industrial logging company in Canada, suffered a major setback…Democratizing forest monitoring on a global scale
Dec 17, 2013, 12:36 pm By Rhett Butler
Efforts to map and analyze deforestation and forest degradation got a boost today when Stanford…New Guinea animals losing vital tree cavities to logging, hunting practices
Dec 17, 2013, 12:30 pm By Jeremy Hance
Across New Guinea, deforestation is occurring at increasing levels. Whether it be industrial…Scientists make one of the biggest animal discoveries of the century: a new tapir
Dec 16, 2013, 5:30 pm By Jeremy Hance
In what will likely be considered one of the biggest (literally) zoological discoveries of the…Asian elephants depend on shifting cultivation during the dry season
Dec 16, 2013, 5:06 pm By Jeremy HanceAsian elephants (Elephas maximus) have co-existed with human practices for thousands of years,…A bird's eye view of hornbills in northeast India
Dec 16, 2013, 4:17 pm By Jeremy Hance
Hornbills are as peculiar, as they are magnificent. Their calls especially, can sound rather strange…Scientists: well-managed forest restoration benefits both biodiversity and people
Dec 16, 2013, 2:55 pm By Jeremy Hance
In November this year, the world was greeted by the dismaying news that deforestation of the…
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