3 Key Takeaways From This Week's UN Climate SummitSeptember 24, 2014 – There's no new global strategy on climate change, but there were important developments at the summit, which attracted more than a hundred heads of state.
Can Borneo's Tribes Survive 'Biggest Environmental Crime of Our Times'?January 09, 2015 – An innovative mapping project could help indigenous people claim ancestral lands—and protect ancient forest.
UN Climate Summit Signals Shape of Negotiations Around AgreementSeptember 23, 2014 – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging more action from heads of state, while U.S. President Barack Obama defends American commitment to reducing emissions.
Endangered Orangutans Gain From Eco-Friendly Shifts in Palm Oil MarketOctober 11, 2014 – Oil palm plantations are a major threat to orangutans, but new initiatives for deforestation-free palm oil may help save them.
Q&A: How One Entrepreneur Set Out to Save Uganda's Forests—and Help Its WomenJune 21, 2014 – Sanga Moses, the founder of Eco-Fuel Africa, talks about how his fuel enterprise is preventing deforestation and improving prospects for rural families.
Drug Trafficking Poses Surprising Threats to Rain Forests, Scientists FindJanuary 30, 2014 – Criminals wreak havoc in forests, sparking calls for drug policy reforms.
Rain Forest Warriors: How Indigenous Tribes Protect the AmazonDecember 23, 2013 – How did a huge island of green in the Amazon become a fortress against ranchers, loggers, and miners? Answer: indigenous tribes.
Biofuels and Climate Change: Pulpwood to the Rescue?November 19, 2013 – New study concludes that biofuels can be part of climate-energy solution.
Student Innovators Turn Garbage Into Cooking FuelJune 25, 2013 – Banana-peel briquettes, anyone? High-schoolers have invented a wooden mini-press that can turn trash into an alternative to firewood for cooking.
Rain Forest DeforestationOctober 09, 2009 – Learn how deforestation threatens our fragile rain forests with these eye-opening photos.
Wangari Muta Maathai: A Life of FirstsSeptember 26, 2011 – Wangari Muta Maathi, the Nobel Prize-winning environmental activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, died Sunday at Nairobi Hospital at the age of 71 after “a prolonged and bravely borne struggle with cancer,” her website announced. I got to know Mwalimu Maathai initially 20 years ago when working on stove and woodlot projects in rural…
Haiti Earthquake, Deforestation Heighten Landslide RiskJanuary 15, 2010 – The combination of widespread deforestation and the recent earthquake in Haiti could lead to more landslides in the already hard-hit country, scientists say.
Can local sustainable development save the Amazon?May 11, 2011 – Local sustainable development 2.0, that’s how we should call what is happening in 80 municipalities of the Brazilian giant state of Pará, in the Amazon region. Pará is 1.8 times the size of Texas. These 80 towns are basically dominated by cattle-ranching and some timber production. Beef, timber, and soybean have been the main culprits…
Siberian TigerSeptember 10, 2010 – Travel to the birch forests of Russia and come face-to-fang with the world's largest cat. Learn how poaching and deforestation is threatening the Siberian tiger.
Giant PandaMarch 15, 2018 – Learn why these much-loved animals are endangered in their bamboo forest homes. Discover the panda’s surprising skill at swimming and climbing.
Cocaine to Blame for Rain Forest Loss, Study SaysFebruary 19, 2011 – Coca planting in Colombia has been linked to rising deforestation—and not all the damage is due to illegal activities, a new study says.