Bolivia, Madagascar, China see jump in forest loss
Nov 1, 2013, 5:22 pm By Rhett Butler
Loss of forest cover increased sharply in Bolivia, Madagascar, and Ecuador during the third quarter…Adorable baby olinguito photographed in Colombia (picture)
Nov 1, 2013, 1:58 pm By Rhett Butler
Researchers returning from an expedition to a cloud forest in Colombia have released photos of the…Scientists: to save the Malayan tiger, save its prey
Oct 31, 2013, 12:49 pm By Tiffany Roufs
A major premise of biology, as any high-schooler can tell you, is the study of the connections…'Remarkable year': could 2012 mark the beginning of a carbon emissions slowdown?
Oct 31, 2013, 11:23 am By Jeremy Hance
Global carbon dioxide emissions hit another new record of 34.5 billion tons last year, according to…DNA tests reveal new dolphin species (photos)
Oct 30, 2013, 2:04 pm By Jeremy Hance.600.jpg)
With the help of DNA tests, scientists have declared a new dolphin species that dwells off the coast…Rebranded as the Rainforest Trust, green group launches push to protect 6M acres of Amazon rainforest
Oct 30, 2013, 1:52 pm By Rhett Butler
The Rainforest Trust, which from 1988 until last month was known as the World Land Trust-US, has…New species of water beetle discovered in urban Manila
Oct 30, 2013, 12:27 pm By Tiffany Roufs
When imagining the discovery of a new species, most people conjure thoughts of intrepid explorers,…Renewable energy revolution will require better management of metals
Oct 30, 2013, 12:24 pm By Jeremy Hance
If we are to avoid catastrophic climate change, scientists say global society will need a rapid and…The mystery of the disappearing elephant tusk
Oct 30, 2013, 11:40 am By Tiffany Roufs
Give it a few thousand years, and tusks could completely disappear from the Asian elephant (Elephas…Belo Monte dam suspended
Oct 29, 2013, 7:58 pm By Rhett Butler
Construction on Belo Monte, Brazil's largest dam, was again halted by a federal court due to…Scientists identify individual lizards by their irises
Oct 29, 2013, 4:50 pm By Jeremy Hance
Institutions and governments have been scanning human irises for years to verify one's…Greenpeace: APP making 'encouraging' progress on zero deforestation commitment
Oct 29, 2013, 3:54 pm By Rhett Butler
Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), an Indonesian forestry giant once notorious for destroying rainforests and…Mining Road Plan Threatens Forest Restoration Project in Indonesia
Oct 29, 2013, 2:02 pm By Rhett Butler
A plan for a coal transport road continues to threaten a project to restore one of the last…50,000 km of roads built across Brazilian Amazon in 3 years
Oct 29, 2013, 1:41 pm By Rhett Butler
Roads are rapidly expanding across the Brazilian Amazon opening up once remote rainforests to…New campaign: hey China, stop killing the 'pandas of Africa'
Oct 29, 2013, 1:40 pm By Jeremy Hance
A new public-service campaign in China will ask potential ivory and rhino horn buyers to see the…790 rhinos poached in South Africa this year
Oct 29, 2013, 9:57 am By Rhett Butler
790 rhinos have been poached in South Africa this year, nearly a fifth higher than last year's…'Lost' bird rediscovered in New Caledonia along with 16 potentially new species (photos)
Oct 29, 2013, 9:43 am By Jeremy Hance
In early 2011, Conservation International (CI) dubbed the forests of New Caledonia the second-most…With training, local communities can accurately and cost-effectively measure forest carbon
Oct 28, 2013, 8:37 pm By Rhett Butler
Provided two to three days of training, forest communities can accurately and cost-effectively…America's growing inequality helped scuttle the global climate change initiative
Oct 28, 2013, 6:52 pm By Jeremy Hance
The link between good economic policy and climate change mitigation is instigated by policies such…Gold mining in the Amazon rainforest surges 400%
Oct 28, 2013, 3:36 pm By Rhett Butler
The extent of gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon has surged 400 percent since 1999 due to rocketing…
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