Wolves boost food for Yellowstone’s threatened grizzlies
Nov 13, 2013, 6:52 pm By Rhett Butler
Wolves and grizzlies aren’t best buddies. Burly bears can barge in on a feasting pack, making off…REDD+ carbon market stabilizes, but risk of supply glut looms
Nov 13, 2013, 6:25 pm By Rhett Butler
The market for carbon credits generated under projects that reduce emissions from deforestation and…Richest countries spent $74 billion on fossil fuel subsidies in 2011, eclipsing climate finance by seven times
Nov 13, 2013, 1:14 pm By Jeremy Hance.600.jpg)
In 2011, the top 11 richest carbon emitters spent an estimated $74 billion on fossil fuel subsidies,…Flawed from inception? Ecuador’s Yasuní-ITT initiative threatened indigenous groups with simple mapping errors
Nov 13, 2013, 1:45 am By Rhett Butler
The plan from Ecuador’s government was simple: Pay us and we won’t destroy the planet's most…Locally extinct birds in the Amazon slowly flock back to forests when trees regrow
Nov 13, 2013, 1:19 am By Rhett Butler
Some good news out of the Amazon rainforest: given enough time, deforested land can rebound enough…Aiming to avoid deforestation, Unilever to trace all palm oil it sources
Nov 12, 2013, 6:48 pm By Rhett Butler
In a move that represents a significant development for efforts to reduce the environmental impact…3.5 million ha of Indonesian and Malaysian forest converted for palm oil in 20 years
Nov 12, 2013, 5:19 pm By Rhett Butler
Some 3.5 million hectares (8.7 million acres) of forest in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea…Asia's 'unicorn' photographed in Vietnam
Nov 12, 2013, 12:53 pm By Jeremy Hance
In 1992, scientists made a spectacular discovery: a large, land mammal (200 pounds) that had somehow…Newly discovered beetles construct private homes out of leaf holes and feces
Nov 12, 2013, 11:42 am By Tiffany Roufs
Scientists have discovered two new species of leaf beetles in southern India that display a novel…Murum dam blockaders may be suffering human rights violations warns NGOs
Nov 12, 2013, 11:25 am By Jeremy Hance
A coalition of nearly 30 organizations has sent a letter to top authorities in Sarawak and Malaysia…HBSC financing deforestation for palm oil in Borneo
Nov 11, 2013, 6:25 pm By Rhett Butler
HSBC, the world's third largest bank, continues to lend to companies linked to deforestation despite…Characteristics of nutmeg family explored
Nov 11, 2013, 4:57 pm By Rhett Butler
A special issue of Mongabay's open-access academic journal, Tropical Conservation Science, explores…Redeeming REDD: a conversation with Michael Brown
Nov 11, 2013, 4:49 pm By Jeremy Hance
In Redeeming REDD: Policies, Incentives and Social Feasibility for Avoided Deforestation,…Delegate for the Philippines vows to stop eating at climate summit
Nov 11, 2013, 1:42 pm By Jeremy Hance
Following the devastation wrought by Typhoon Haiyan—which is arguably the strongest typhoon to…Five new, cryptic bats discovered in Senegal
Nov 11, 2013, 12:39 pm By Tiffany Roufs
An international research team led by Daurina Koubinova has discovered five new species of vesper…Ultraviolet nets significantly reduce sea turtle bycatch
Nov 11, 2013, 11:59 am By Tiffany Roufs
Bycatch, a side-effect of commercial fishing in which non-target species are accidentally caught, is…Bangladesh plans massive coal plant in world's biggest mangrove forest
Nov 11, 2013, 10:59 am By Jeremy Hance
On October 22nd Bangladeshi and Indian officials were supposed to hold a ceremony laying the…Bay Area pledges to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050
Nov 11, 2013, 9:59 am By Jeremy Hance
While many of the world's national governments move tepidly (if at all) to combat climate change,…Fishermen get crafty to circumvent shark fin ban
Nov 10, 2013, 11:38 am By Rhett Butler
Authorities in Costa Rica have identified a new method used by fishermen to circumvent a ban on…Amazon deforestation could cause droughts in California
Nov 8, 2013, 3:34 pm By Rhett Butler
Complete deforestation of the Amazon rainforest could reduce rainfall in the Pacific Northwest by up…
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