Harvard fund evades justice in land-grabbing case over Cerrado farm
On Sept. 8, a court ruling shook up an old land conflict in Cotegipe, in the Brazilian Cerrado grasslands. That…
Podcast: A radio program is helping save critically endangered gorillas in Nigeria
Today we take a look at efforts to protect the Cross River gorilla, one of the world’s rarest great ape…
Indonesia’s new deregulation law to hurt small fishers, coastal communities
JAKARTA — When Indonesian lawmakers passed a hugely controversial deregulation bill on the evening of Oct. 5, Sulaiman was with…
Lots of suspects but few leads in mystery sea turtle deaths in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO — Conservation experts in Sri Lanka have been left puzzled by a recent spate of marine turtle fatalities, where…
Can an art museum drive sustainability? Q&A with MOCA’s Klaus Biesenbach
Contemporary art may seem tangential to environmental concerns for many people, especially those who are active practitioners of conservation, but…
‘Luckiest people’: Encountering a newborn Sumatran rhino in the wild
JAKARTA — In 2018, five Indonesian forest rangers had an experience that would make them the envy of conservationists everywhere:…
Which version? Confusion over environmental fallout of Indonesia deregulation law
Multiple versions of a sweeping deregulation law passed in Indonesia last week contain substantial differences affecting the nation’s plantation sector,…
For Amazon’s harpy eagle, nesting trees are also coveted for timber
Selective logging has long been touted as an environmentally and ecologically favorable way to harvest timber, yet a new study…
China still making pangolin-based treatments despite banning use of scales, report says
Pangolin scales — armor-like, keratin-based plates that cover a pangolin’s body — are still being used in medicines sold and…
Mexico: Four decades of community lessons from the forests of Durango
As July begins, the rains become an integral part of the landscape of Santiago Papasquiaro, in the northern Mexican state…