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RSPO suspension of Brazil palm oil exporter tied to Mongabay land-grabbing report

RSPO suspension of Brazil palm oil exporter tied to Mongabay land-grabbing...

Agropalma, the only Brazilian company with the sustainability certificate issued by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) — a members organization including palm...
CO2 in, methane out? Study highlights complexity of coastal carbon sinks

CO2 in, methane out? Study highlights complexity of coastal carbon sinks

Coastal ecosystems take in huge amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but researchers are still deciphering how much methane, a far more potent...
How do oil palm companies get away with disregarding Indonesian law? (commentary)

How do oil palm companies get away with disregarding Indonesian law?...

University of Toronto anthropologist Tania Li argues that companies can act with impunity because of corporate-state collusion and a lack of organised resistance.Impunity does...
Regrowing a tropical forest in Hawai‘i

Regrowing a tropical forest in Hawai‘i

This three-part Mongabay mini-series examines grassroots forest restoration projects carried out within isolated island ecosystems — whether those islands are surrounded by water as...
Citizen-run conservation booms in South America, despite state neglect

Citizen-run conservation booms in South America, despite state neglect

The number of privately protected areas in South America has exploded over the past two decades, and today cover some 2 million hectares (5...
Gordon Moore, tech legend and conservation philanthropist, has died at 94

Gordon Moore, tech legend and conservation philanthropist, has died at 94

Technology entrepreneur and conservation philanthropist Gordon Moore died on Friday, March 24, at the age of 94.While most widely known for his career in...
Human migration to Nepal’s tiger capital adds to conservation challenges

Human migration to Nepal’s tiger capital adds to conservation challenges

Chitwan district in central Nepal is home to the eponymous national park that’s come to symbolize the country’s success in growing its tiger population.But...
Dr. James Cullis, Sustainability Expertise Leader at Zutari

Recent flooding highlights the need for resilient, sustainable development

  It is clear that the increasing threat posed by climate change, combined with the demand for land and access to basic services, highlights the...
Ancient fires may be helping the Amazon survive droughts – modern ones, not so much

Ancient fires may be helping the Amazon survive droughts – modern...

Areas of the Amazon forest with higher concentration of soil pyrogenic carbon, a material produced by the burning of vegetation centuries or millennia ago,...
To save Hainan gibbons, Earth’s rarest primate, experts roll out the big tech

To save Hainan gibbons, Earth’s rarest primate, experts roll out the...

As scientists and the Chinese government ramp up efforts to protect the critically endangered Hainan gibbon, technology is playing an important part in helping...
Deforestation drives fire risk in Borneo amid a warming climate, study finds

Deforestation drives fire risk in Borneo amid a warming climate, study...

Annual peatland fires in Indonesia affect ecology, air quality, nutrient distribution of the soil, and human health.A modeling study finds that under current climate...
SPARK Ferndale scholars clean-up Emma Park

SPARK Ferndale scholars clean-up Emma Park

SPARK Ferndale scholars clean-up Emma Park In an effort to serve its community better, SPARK Ferndale scholars, staff and 94 families gathered at Emma Park...