When cute turns deadly – the story of a wildlife biologist who was bit by a venomous slow loris, and lived to tell the tale
Oct 23, 2014, 1:36 pm By Brittany StewartSlow lorises are YouTube stars. A quick search on the website will greet you with several videos of…Next big idea in forest conservation? Recognize the value of novel forests
Oct 23, 2014, 10:45 am By Jeremy Hance
Think first before you eradicate non-native species says Dr. Ariel E. Lugo, the current director of…Demand for rhino horn drops 38 percent in Vietnam after advertising campaigns
4:21pm By Jeremy Hance
A new poll finds that consumer demand for rhino horn in Vietnam has dropped precipitously following…Gold mining expanding rapidly along Guiana Shield, threatening forests, water, wildlife
3:45pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Gold mining is on the rise in the Guiana Shield, a geographic region of South America that holds one…Saving the survivor: China scrambles to keep the finless porpoise from extinction
10:35am By Tiffany Roufs
On the morning of July 14, 2002 Qi Qi ate breakfast as he always did. As the world’s only captive…Colombia reports drop in deforestation
Tue 5:11pm By Rhett Butler
Colombia has for the first time released an annual report on deforestation, revealing that forest…'No forests, no cash': palm oil giants commit to sustainability, but will they follow through?
Tue 2:31pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Four of Indonesia’s largest palm oil producers signed a landmark commitment in New York in…Coal, climate and orangutans – Indonesia’s quandary
Tue 1:14pm By Tiffany Roufs
What do the climate and orangutans have in common? They are both threatened by coal - the first by…Top scientists raise concerns over commercial logging on Woodlark Island
Tue 1:05pm By Jeremy Hance
A number of the world's top conservation scientists have raised concerns about plans for commercial…Saving Asia's other endangered cats
Tue 10:47am By Jeremy Hance
It's no secret that when it comes to the wild cats of Asia—and, really, cats in general—tigers…Indonesian govt won't allow palm oil companies to protect forests
Oct 20, 2014, 11:15 pm By Rhett Butler
A law passed by the Indonesian government last month makes it even more difficult for palm oil…Indonesia developing mega coal mine five times larger than Singapore
Oct 20, 2014, 2:00 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Global miner BHP Billiton and Indonesian partner PT Adaro are developing what could become the…With death of rhino, only six northern white rhinos left on the planet
Oct 20, 2014, 10:46 am By Jeremy Hance
Rhino conservation suffered another tragic setback this weekend with the sudden death of Suni, a…Walking the walk: zoo kicks off campaign for orangutans and sustainable palm oil
Oct 20, 2014, 10:08 am By Jeremy Hance
If you see people wearing orange this October, it might not be for Halloween, but for orangutans.…Behind on biodiversity targets, govts pledge to increase funding for conservation
Oct 17, 2014, 7:18 pm By Rhett Butler
On the heels of a report showing that the world is far behind on targets to halve habitat loss, cut…Indonesia’s tough choice: capping coal as Asian demand grows
Oct 17, 2014, 4:44 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Indonesia cannot build power stations fast enough. And neither can most of its Asian neighbors.…Push to undermine Indonesia's new president could stymie environmental progress, say NGOs
Oct 17, 2014, 2:55 pm By Rhett Butler
concerted push by political elites to undermine Indonesia's president before he even takes office…To become less damaging, target non-forest lands for palm oil, says book
Oct 16, 2014, 2:12 pm By Rhett Butler
Palm oil production has been spectacularly profitable but ecologically disastrous across Southeast…Indonesia tries to clamp down on coal sector’s worst excesses
Oct 16, 2014, 12:00 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Out of the jungles of East Borneo in Indonesia comes the fire that fuels Asia’s burgeoning…Daring activists uses GPS to track illegal logging trucks in the Brazilian Amazon
Oct 15, 2014, 3:34 pm By Jeremy Hance
Every night empty trucks disappear into the Brazilian Amazon, they return laden with timber. This…
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