Sumatran tiger blamed for killing two people is captured alive after...
Authorities in Indonesia have captured alive a critically endangered Sumatran tiger blamed for the deaths of two people in an oil palm plantation.The tiger...
Indonesia’s crackdown on illegal fishing is paying off, study finds
Indonesia’s crackdown on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in its waters is paying off for domestic fisheries and fish recovery, according to a new...
Conservation Effectiveness series sparks action, dialogue
Our in-depth series examined the effectiveness of six common conservation strategies: Forest certification, payments for ecosystem services, community-based forest management, terrestrial protected areas, marine...
Camera trap videos capture biodiversity of conservation area in Mexico’s Yucatán...
Many ejidos, such as Ejido Caoba in the state of Quintana Roo on the Yucatán Peninsula, run sustainable forestry enterprises on their land, harvesting...
New short film captures rare spider monkey feeding behavior (commentary)
A new short film captures rarely seen footage of endangered spider monkeys feeding at a mammal clay lick in the remote Peruvian Amazon.A Rainforest...
Meet the winners of the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize
Six of the seven winners of the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize recipients are women.Dubbed the Green Nobel Prize, the annual award honors grassroots environmental...
Island logging must go beyond current ‘best practices’ to avoid erosion:...
In a new study, a team of ecologists modeled what would happen if companies were allowed to log the forests of Kolombangara Island...
Open destruction in the Colombian Amazon after FARC’s exit
In 2015, 24,142 hectares of forest were lost, which is almost 20 percent of Colombia’s total forested area in that year.The main driving forces...
Save intact forests for humanity’s sake, urge experts
The world’s largest forests can help solve some of the biggest problems facing humanity, but only if we move to safeguard them, argues a...
Six amazing journeys to celebrate World Fish Migration Day
April 21 marks World Fish Migration Day, a biennial event that strives to foster appreciation for the importance of migratory fish and their aquatic...
Scientists discover carbon ‘fingerprint’ in tree rings
A recently published study describes a way to more accurately measure the CO2 uptake of trees over their entire lifetimes.Using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR),...
Bid to protect indigenous Indonesians hit by ministry’s doubts over rights...
Indonesia’s Home Affairs Ministry has shocked indigenous-rights advocates with its assessment that a bill currently before parliament on indigenous peoples is “not a necessity”...
