Gold mine near controversial Belo Monte dam suspended
Nov 22, 2013, 2:20 pm By Rhett Butler
A gold mining project proposed near the Belo Monte dam site in the Amazon rainforest has been…REDD+ program to cut deforestation gets final approval in Warsaw
Nov 22, 2013, 1:34 pm By Rhett Butler
Negotiators in Warsaw have reached formal agreement on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and…Satellites reveal browning mountain forests
Nov 22, 2013, 12:27 pm By Tiffany Roufs
In a dramatic response to global warming, tropical forests in the high elevation areas of five…Asia's most precious wood is soaked in blood
Nov 21, 2013, 3:26 pm By Jeremy Hance
Deep in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia grows a rare and beautiful tree whose wood is so…Citizen groups walk out of UN Climate Summit to protest lack of ambition
Nov 21, 2013, 12:05 pm By Jeremy Hance
Thirteen citizen groups—including Oxfam, Greenpeace, and WWF—have walked out of ongoing climate…Canopy crusade: world's highest network of camera traps keeps an eye on animals impacted by gas project
Nov 21, 2013, 11:38 am By Tiffany Roufs
Oil, gas, timber, gold: the Amazon rainforest is rich in resources, and their exploitation is…Strange mouth-brooding frog driven to extinction by disease
Nov 21, 2013, 1:40 am By Rhett Butler
Two unusual species of mouth-brooding frog were likely driven to extinction by the fungus…Govts pledge $280M to slow deforestation for agriculture
Nov 20, 2013, 11:21 pm By Rhett Butler
The governments of Norway, Britain and the United States pledged $280 million toward a new…Gulf of Mexico deep sea may need decades to recover from oil spill
Nov 20, 2013, 6:16 pm By Rhett Butler
The catastrophic explosion that spewed some five million barrels of oil deep into the Gulf of Mexico…Remote sensor captures sound of ivory poacher shooting an elephant
Nov 20, 2013, 2:48 pm By Rhett ButlerA sensor used by researchers to capture low-frequency communication between elephants inadvertently…The emissions gap and the forest contribution (commentary)
Nov 20, 2013, 1:00 pm By Rhett Butler
Shortly before the Warsaw climate talks, the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) released…The quicksilver demon: rogue gold-mining is the world's largest source of mercury pollution
Nov 20, 2013, 12:44 pm By Tiffany Roufs
In 1956, in the quiet seaside town of Minamata on the southwestern coast of Japan's Kyushu Island,…The swan song of India's dancing bears
Nov 20, 2013, 12:24 pm By Tiffany Roufs
India’s last dancing bear has retired. As the stars of their cruel little roadshows, sloth bears…Mining the Heart of Borneo: coal production in Indonesia
Nov 19, 2013, 11:38 pm By Rhett Butler
Indonesia is the world’s top exporter of coal – supplying energy to China, India, and elsewhere.…UN talks tough to global coal industry
Nov 19, 2013, 2:41 pm By Jeremy Hance
Yesterday, at the International Coal and Climate Summit—just a couple miles from the ongoing UN…Palm oil workers stage massive protest at sustainability meeting in Indonesia
Nov 19, 2013, 2:07 pm By Rhett Butler
Protesters from 10 Indonesian labor unions and four NGOs descended on the Roundtable on Sustainable…Carbon emissions set to hit new record high in 2013
Nov 18, 2013, 7:04 pm By Jeremy Hance
The amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere in 2013 is expected to hit a new high of 36…Timber smuggling continues in Madagascar
Nov 18, 2013, 5:42 pm By Rhett ButlerStocks of rosewood illegally harvested during in the aftermath of Madagascar's 2009 coup are being…Greener palm oil on the horizon?
Nov 18, 2013, 2:59 pm By Rhett Butler
A group of environmental activists, conservation groups, and palm oil producers officially announced…Equitable efforts to save the world’s forests: Don’t put the burden on the poor (commentary)
Nov 18, 2013, 1:49 pm By Rhett Butler
That President Yudhoyono’s green legacy may be in peril has been put in the spotlight by the…
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