In a besieged Amazon, people take up cameras to save their landAugust 19, 2022 – A new documentary co-produced by Indigenous filmmakers offers an inside look at a community on the frontlines of deforestation.
Sun BearJune 14, 2019 – Sun bears are named for the golden patches of fur on their chests, which some people say resemble a rising sun. While their tongues may be extra-big, sun bears are actually the smallest bear species.
Top five forest stories of 2010January 04, 2011 – In the context of an overall bleak 2010 for the planet, forests offer a bright point for some celebration — showing this sector as the area offering perhaps the best hope for continued progress in fighting climate change. Towards that end, here are the world’s top five forest stories of the year: Global decline in…
How we can fight to save forestsApril 19, 2022 – In today’s newsletter, learn how to fight deforestation, become an ‘arbornaut,’ explore a forest, … and see the beauty of all 63 U.S. national parks.
A Carbon Footprinting Tool for a Cool ClimateJanuary 11, 2011 – More and more people are interested in carbon emissions analysis and management. You can see this in the growth of awareness-raising campaigns to promote lower-carbon lifestyle choices, as well as voluntary carbon offset programs and proliferating online household carbon footprint calculators. Now that interest is being harnessed at the community and country level. At the World Bank,…
The Stuff of Climate Change: Negotiations and Cook StovesDecember 14, 2010 – Are cook stoves a hotter climate-change item than international negotiations? Climate Talks Wrap – Progress or Retreat? Last week in Cancun, Mexico, officials from the 190+ nations wrapped up international climate talks at the 16th Conference of the Parties on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (a k a COP-16). The somewhat upbeat…
Climate Change and Forests: Making the Connection in CancunDecember 08, 2010 – Conservation biologist Thomas Lovejoy, just back from the United Nations climate talks, shared his thoughts with National Geographic on the work under way in Cancun, Mexico, on addressing the role deforestation plays in global warming. Lovejoy, an innovator who coined the term “biological diversity” and introduced the concept of debt-for-nature swaps, was keynote speaker on…
An illegal gold rush is igniting attacks on Indigenous people in the AmazonJuly 06, 2021 – Indigenous communities and isolated tribes in Brazil are under threat as the government moves to legalize mining, logging, and industrial farming.
Amazon Opportunity: Brazil Doesn't Count on Carbon MarketDecember 04, 2010 – Climate negotiators in Cancun aim to build a framework for curbing deforestation’s global warming impact, but forest-rich Brazil doesn’t want to be the world’s carbon sink.
A lemur died from tuberculosis—a likely victim of the flourishing illegal pet tradeFebruary 23, 2021 – This disease, found in a pet ring-tailed lemur, has never been reported in lemurs in the wild.
The TerritoryThe Territory shows the fight of the Uru-eu-wau-wau against deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.
Inside the faltering fight against illegal Amazon loggingAugust 28, 2019 – Our team went on a bust with Brazil's environmental protection agents, struggling within a hostile government to keep deforestation in check.
Meet the critically endangered pig with a rockstar mohawkApril 22, 2019 – Nearly obliterated due to deforestation, the Visayan warty pig is slowly bouncing back thanks to conservation efforts.
As the Amazon burns, cattle ranchers are blamed. But it’s complicated.August 30, 2019 – After working in the Amazon for more than 20 years, a National Geographic photographer questions who is responsible for the fires and deforestation.
Born blind, pink, and entirely helpless, here’s how giant pandas grow upOctober 06, 2020 – Baby pandas start out life nearly unrecognizable and reliant on their mothers for warmth, food, and safety. But that doesn’t last for long.
Cameroon’s embattled ebony trees get a lifeline—from guitar makerJune 17, 2019 – The guitar industry has a spotty track record for sustainable wood sourcing. But one manufacturer is trying to help stave off deforestation.