Bolivian vice president proposes unprecedented agricultural expansion (PART 1)
Sep 10, 2014, 3:45 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
On August 14, the Bolivian Vice President, Alvaro Garcia Linera, made a startling announcement: by…Elephants pay the price for palm in Malaysian Borneo, impact may reach far beyond reported kills
Sep 10, 2014, 2:27 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
More than a dozen elephant kills were reported in Sabah in 2013 alone, but it is unknown exactly how…Malaysian palm oil chief misleads on deforestation
Sep 9, 2014, 10:36 pm By Rhett Butler
One of Malaysia's top palm oil officials has once again misled the public on the state of forests in…Thought wiped out by climate change, 'extinct' snail rediscovered in Seychelles
Sep 9, 2014, 2:06 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
The Aldabra banded snail was declared extinct in 1997 as one of the world’s first recorded direct…Zambia ends trophy hunting ban, elephants fair game
Sep 9, 2014, 1:39 pm By Jeremy Hance
After 20 months, Zambia has lifted its ban on hunting, allowing trophy hunters to target numerous…Parker/Gentry Award for Conservation
Sep 8, 2014, 11:52 pm By Rhett Butler
Last week I was honored with the Parker/Gentry Award for Conservation from the Field Museum. Several…4 Ashaninka tribesmen killed by loggers in Peru
Sep 8, 2014, 5:03 pm By Rhett Butler
One of those killed was Edwin Chota, the leader of the Alto Tamaya-Saweto indigenous community who…'Canary in the cornfield': monarch butterfly may get threatened species status
Sep 8, 2014, 4:51 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Monarch butterflies were once a common sight throughout the North American heartland. But declines…Norway slaughters over 700 whales this season
Sep 8, 2014, 4:34 pm By Jeremy Hance.600.jpg)
As of late August, Norway has killed 729 northern minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) during…Conservationist, indigenous leader killed in plane crash in Colombia
Sep 7, 2014, 7:47 pm By Rhett Butler
A conservationist who worked to protect voluntarily isolated tribes in the Amazon rainforest was…Pictures of endangered animals for Threatened Species Day
Sep 7, 2014, 3:15 pm By Rhett Butler
September 7 is Threatened Species Day, a designation established by the Australian government to…World's rainforests could be mapped in 3D at high resolution by 2020 for under $250M
Sep 5, 2014, 5:27 pm By Rhett Butler
Mapping the world's tropical forests with a fleet of airplanes outfitted with advanced LiDAR could…California blue whales recover to historical levels
Sep 5, 2014, 5:13 pm By Rhett ButlerThe population of blue whales in the Eastern Pacific has recovered to 97 percent of historic levels…Companies at risk of sourcing illegal palm oil despite zero deforestation commitments, finds investigation
Sep 5, 2014, 5:03 pm By Rhett ButlerMajor palm oil suppliers may be continuing to buy tainted palm oil despite high-profile commitments…Canada, Russia, Brazil lead world in old-growth forest loss
Sep 5, 2014, 3:01 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Every day, the world loses about 50,000 hectares of forest to agricultural clearing, road…APP can meet projected pulp demand without clearing more forest
Sep 5, 2014, 9:49 am By Rhett Butler
Indonesian forestry giant Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) won't need to clear additional forests to meet…How Islam could help save Aceh's forests
Sep 4, 2014, 11:48 pm By Rhett Butler
Aceh, Indonesia has found a new ally in the struggle to protect the province's remaining natural…A path to becoming a conservation scientist
Sep 4, 2014, 10:12 pm By Rhett Butler
The path to finding a career often involves twists and turns. Serendipity is important — one…Conservationists use social media to take on Peru's booming illegal wildlife trade
Sep 4, 2014, 6:22 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Illegal wildlife trafficking is thriving in Peru. But a Peruvian organization is now using a public…REDD+ versus indigenous people? Why a tribe in Panama rejected pay for their carbon-rich forests
Sep 4, 2014, 12:45 pm By Tiffany Roufs
There isn’t a word or phrase in the Kuna language for “carbon trading,” and much less for…
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