Indonesia races to catch tiger alive as villagers threaten to ‘kill...
A conservation agency in Indonesia’s Sumatra Island has deployed two teams to capture alive a wild tiger that has reportedly killed two people at...
Five years after zero-deforestation vow, little sign of progress from Indonesian...
Environmental watchdogs have criticized Indonesian paper behemoth Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) for not making good on the zero-deforestation pledge it made five years...
Bushmeat hunting threatens hornbills and raptors in Cameroon’s forests, study finds
A new study has found that hornbills, vultures and eagles are being hunted for bushmeat in Cameroon in much greater numbers than previously thought.Researchers...
For climate action to take hold, activists need more than just...
A new study finds that people who do not have “biospheric concerns” are unconvinced by climate change arguments that hinge on such avatars as...
Activists eye bigger roles for local officials, businesses in Indonesia’s orangutan...
The Indonesian government is drafting another 10-year guideline for orangutan conservation that aims to staunch the decline in the population of the critically endangered...
Will Madagascar’s industrial shrimp trawlers make way for local fishers?
Shrimp is one of Madagascar’s most lucrative exports.But local fishers and environmental groups say shrimp trawlers are harming the country’s marine environment and leaving...
Carol Van Strum, crusader against Agent Orange, wins prestigious environmental award
The international David Brower Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding environmental and social justice work was presented to Strum on March 1, 2018.Strum is the...
Chocolate and agroforestry accelerate in El Salvador
Cacao, which is the main ingredient in chocolate, is making a comeback in El Salvador. Centuries ago the crop was so valued that it...
U.S. call to drill off all coasts, economic and ecological folly?
90 billion barrels of recoverable oil, plus 327 trillion cubic feet of natural gas lie untapped offshore on the U.S. continental shelf. In January,...
Mysterious new butterfly named after YouTuber Emily Graslie
Scientists have named a new species of butterfly for Emily Graslie, the writer, producer and host of the YouTube channel The Brain Scoop, and...
Camera traps nab crop-raiding animals near farms in the Amazon
A team of scientists from the UK and Brazil used an array of 132 camera traps to snap more than 60,000 photographs around 47...
Illegal cattle ranching deforests Mexico’s massive Lacandon Jungle
According to authorities and residents, cattle from Central America are brought to Mexico illegally over the porous border with Guatemala and left to graze...
