The inconvenient solution to the rhino poaching crisis
Oct 28, 2014, 5:34 pm By Rhett Butler
Daily, we read or hear of more rhino being poached to satisfy the seemingly insatiable demand from…World's rarest gorilla gets a new protected home
Oct 28, 2014, 3:06 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
The Cross River Gorilla, the rarest and most threatened of gorilla subspecies, has reason to cheer.…How protected are they? Report finds world's Protected Areas may relax, shrink, even completely disappear (PART I)
Oct 28, 2014, 1:00 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
On March 1, 1872, the United States Congress declared 3,400 square miles of land spanning three…Artists, musicians, writers protest government plans for massive coal plant in the Sundarbans
Oct 28, 2014, 11:02 am By Jeremy Hance
Over the weekend, Bangladeshi artists performed plays, sang songs, and recited poetry all in a bid…In shakeup, Jokowi merges Indonesia's forest and environment ministries
7:31pm By Rhett ButlerIndonesia's newly elected president Joko Widodo has merged the country's ministries of forestry and…Between the forest and the sea: life and climate change in Guna Yala - Part I
2:19pm By Tiffany Roufs
The island-dwelling Guna people of Panama are one of the most sovereign indigenous communities in…Photos: slumbering lions win top photo prize
11:32am By Jeremy Hance
The king of beasts took this year's top prize in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition,…Scientific association calls on Nicaragua to scrap its Gran Canal
8:46am By Jeremy Hance
ATBC—the world's largest association of tropical biologists and conservationists—has advised…With drones, satellites, and camera traps proliferating, conservation needs better networking
Sun 10:36pm By Rhett Butler
With scientists rapidly adopting and using a range of remote sensing tools for monitoring…Conservationists propose Dracula Reserve in Ecuador
Oct 24, 2014, 4:29 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Deep in the dark, cool forests of Ecuador and Colombia live strange and mysterious organisms. Some…Google's new Gombe Street View lets users 'walk' along chimp trails and into Jane Goodall's house
Oct 24, 2014, 1:22 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Google Maps is now available for Tanzanian forest paths. Users can walk virtually along the same…Beef, palm oil, soy, and wood products from 8 countries responsible for 1/3 of forest destruction
Oct 23, 2014, 4:23 pm By Jeremy Hance
Four commodities produced in just eight countries are responsible for a third of the world's forest…Brazil declares new protected area larger than Delaware
Oct 23, 2014, 2:27 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Earlier this week, the Brazilian government announced the declaration of a new federal reserve deep…When cute turns deadly – the story of a wildlife biologist who was bit by a venomous slow loris, and lived to tell the tale
Oct 23, 2014, 1:36 pm By Brittany StewartSlow lorises are YouTube stars. A quick search on the website will greet you with several videos of…Next big idea in forest conservation? Recognize the value of novel forests
Oct 23, 2014, 10:45 am By Jeremy Hance
Think first before you eradicate non-native species says Dr. Ariel E. Lugo, the current director of…Demand for rhino horn drops 38 percent in Vietnam after advertising campaigns
Oct 22, 2014, 4:21 pm By Jeremy Hance
A new poll finds that consumer demand for rhino horn in Vietnam has dropped precipitously following…Gold mining expanding rapidly along Guiana Shield, threatening forests, water, wildlife
Oct 22, 2014, 3:45 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Gold mining is on the rise in the Guiana Shield, a geographic region of South America that holds one…Saving the survivor: China scrambles to keep the finless porpoise from extinction
Oct 22, 2014, 10:35 am By Tiffany Roufs
On the morning of July 14, 2002 Qi Qi ate breakfast as he always did. As the world’s only captive…Colombia reports drop in deforestation
Oct 21, 2014, 5:11 pm By Rhett Butler
Colombia has for the first time released an annual report on deforestation, revealing that forest…'No forests, no cash': palm oil giants commit to sustainability, but will they follow through?
Oct 21, 2014, 2:31 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Four of Indonesia’s largest palm oil producers signed a landmark commitment in New York in…
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