Photos: Czech Republic publicly burns confiscated rhino horns
Oct 6, 2014, 8:27 am By Jeremy Hance
Late last month, armed guards escorted officials marching 60 kilograms (132 pounds) of rhino horns…Report rates palm oil companies on sustainability commitments
Oct 5, 2014, 6:37 pm By Rhett Butler
A new report published Forest Heroes, an advocacy campaign pushing for an end to deforestation,…Central Kalimantan to set up palm oil monitoring system to in bid cut deforestation 80%
Oct 5, 2014, 2:01 am By Rhett Butler
The Indonesian province of Central Kalimantan is moving forward on an oil palm plantation monitoring…Companies hire local communities to evade palm oil restrictions in Indonesia
Oct 3, 2014, 8:43 pm By Rhett Butler
As more palm oil companies are held accountable for deforestation in Indonesia, a growing number are…Balu Wala, or the Kuna ‘good life': how one indigenous tribe is passing on its traditions (photos)
Oct 3, 2014, 1:57 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Jesús Smith is sitting at his old wooden desk facing the entrance to his house. He's hunched over,…Outcompeted: Species competition may result in geographic isolation
Oct 3, 2014, 11:34 am By Tiffany Roufs
Scientists have long believed that gene flow and species dispersal is only interrupted by physical…Will 'Asia's unicorn' survive? Hunting and deforestation continue in Vietnam biosphere reserve PART II
Oct 2, 2014, 4:00 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Encompassing 1.3 million hectares, Western Nghe An Biosphere Reserve the largest such reserve in all…Despite high deforestation, Indonesia making progress on forests, says Norwegian official
Oct 2, 2014, 11:23 am By Rhett Butler
Despite having a deforestation rate that now outpaces that of the Brazilian Amazon, Indonesia is…Infamous pet and zoo supplier lost 3,500 animals a week (photos)
Oct 2, 2014, 11:00 am By Tiffany Roufs
Nearly five years ago, a seven month long investigation, led by PETA, into an exotic animal…What makes the jaguar the ultimate survivor? New books highlights this mega-predator's remarkable past and precarious future
Oct 2, 2014, 9:55 am By Jeremy Hance
For thousands of years the jaguar was a God, then it was vermin to be destroyed, and today it is the…Throng of 35,000 walruses is largest ever recorded on land, sign of warming arctic
Oct 1, 2014, 6:57 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
A mass of thousands of walruses were spotted hauled up on land in northwest Alaska during NOAA…Small chocolate company takes big steps toward conservation and human development
Oct 1, 2014, 5:53 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Madécasse is not just another chocolate company selling their bars in high-end supermarkets across…Officials bust one of the biggest players in illegal Indonesian manta ray trade
Oct 1, 2014, 2:47 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Writing this from a hotel room in Indonesia’s second-largest city, Surabaya, I realize that I am…High Court denies appeal by palm oil company that cleared protected peat forest
Sep 30, 2014, 7:40 pm By Rhett Butler
Furthering Indonesia's renewed commitment to environmental justice, the High Court of Banda Aceh…The largest biosphere reserve in Southeast Asia: Vietnam’s success story or a conservation failure? PART I
Sep 30, 2014, 1:24 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
In 2010, poachers shot and killed the last Javan rhino in Vietnam, wiping out an entire subspecies.…Studying common birds could help save rare species in Thailand
Sep 30, 2014, 1:17 pm By Jeremy Hance
Studies in conservation biology often focus on rare, threatened species faced with impending…Malaysian palm oil company destroys Borneo forests, despite buyer's zero deforestation commitment
Sep 30, 2014, 11:40 am By Rhett Butler
Malaysian palm oil company Genting Plantations is continuing to destroy forests despite a…Armed conflict decimates tigers, rhinos, and swamp deer in Indian park
Sep 30, 2014, 9:26 am By Jeremy Hance
The human cost of war is horrendous. However, while most attention is focused on the suffering…Joint force uses Google Earth to find elephant poaching camps in Mozambique, captures poachers in raid
Sep 29, 2014, 10:03 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
On Monday, September 22, two ivory poachers were arrested in Mozambique during a late-night raid…A weed by any other name: remnant shrubs and trees play vital role in regenerating forests
Sep 29, 2014, 4:47 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Tropical forest restoration projects are exciting research sites for scientists studying factors…
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