At the University of Copenhagen (in Denmark), a geneticist named Tom Gilbert has discovered a new method for detecting the presence of rare animals in remote locations. Blood from wild-caught…
On May 5th 2012, 350.org (a climate change awareness organization) organized a planet-wide movement to show people (government, media, the public) how climate change is causing patterns of extreme weather…
Pará is a state in Brazil. It is about the size of California and is covered in rainforest. Pará has lost more rainforest in the past 15 years than any…
Back in the 1970’s a petrol company (Pluspetrol) set up petroleum operations near the Rio Corrientes (in the Peruvian Amazon) that were very close to some tribal villages; the machinery…
There are 6 species of great apes currently living: bonobos, chimpanzees, 2 species of gorillas, and 2 species of orangutans…all of them are critically endangered Poor and incomplete data (scientific…
Unsustainable and illegal hunting is reducing populations of wildlife at alarming rates. This is particularly a problem in Africa and Asia, and is a growing concern in the Amazon region.…
A new initiative called the Forest Footprint Disclosure (FFD) asks big companies to reveal their impacts on the environment in terms of 5 raw materials commonly produced from forest areas:…
Aerial photograph from the drone showing forest clearing. Courtesy of Lian Pin Koh. A pair of scientists have modified a model airplane with a camera and other sensors so it…
The Indonesian government will soon require logging companies to show that the forests they log aren't used by other people. In Indonesia, forest land is owned by the government, but…
Mongolia is a land-locked country north of China that is historically very poor. But a mining boom may soon cause dramatic changes for the economy — and the environment. Mongolia…