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Destructive Gold Miners Work Overtime to Restore Thousands of Acres of Amazon Rainforest
In the Madre de Dios region of southern Peru, small, artisanal gold mines and the miners that work them have become a source of...
Bolivian Town Protects 1 Million Acres of Amazon Rainforest–Building a ‘Conservation Mosaic’ of 90% Forests
In some countries, executive government action is what creates big protected areas of wild lands, but in Bolivia, with the announcement of the establishment...
Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest Drops Sharply in One Year–Fewest Acres Since 2019
Deforestation across the Amazon Rainforest has fallen by 55% this year, marking the lowest amounts since 2019, and somewhat of a major victory to...
Finally Rid of Invasive Shrubs, Scientists Use Lichen to Regrow the Celtic Rainforest in Loch Lomond, Scotland
By yon bonny banks, and by yon bonny breaks, where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond, the famous song goes. But while the...
Britain Names the First Two ‘Celtic Rainforests’ to Be Restored to Primeval Glory
Two so-called "Celtic rainforests" in the UK are to be restored with a mixture of native planting and natural reforestation.
The hope is that they...
Nonprofit Protects More Than a Million Acres of Rainforest So Far This Year – All With Public Donations
In September, a Virginia nonprofit made a $500 million commitment to preserve biodiversity and, six months later, the Rainforest Trust and its partners have...
‘Comical-Looking’ Bat Thought to Be Extinct is Found Again After 40 Years in Dense Rainforest
Of more than 1,300 bat species on our planet, this might be the most comical-looking.
So says the chief scientist at Bat Conservation International when...
Spectacular Fossils Discovered from Prehistoric Rainforest Reveal Intimate Details From 11 Million Years Ago
Hundreds of immaculately preserved fossils recently found in Australia offer a view into the continent's early Miocene period as clearly as in a family...
Australia Returns Huge Daintree Rainforest to its Aboriginal Owners, Bordering Great Barrier Reef
Over 600 square-miles of ancient rainforest with rivers, waterfalls, gorges and white sandy beaches was handed back to the traditional people who had lived...
The US Halts Old-Growth Timber Sales in World’s Largest Remaining Temperate Rainforest
The US Department of Agriculture announced this month an end to large-scale old growth timber sales in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, “returning stability and...
Precious Rainforests Are Being Preserved at Highest Rate in 30 Years, After Palm Oil Moratorium in Indonesia
Indonesia holds one-third of the world's tropical rainforests, which are home to people and birds, leopards, rhinos, tigers, and gibbons playing among the lush...
Astonishing ‘Fairy Lanterns’ Found Growing in the Darkest Depth of Malaysian Rainforest
So-called ‘fairy lanterns’ are among the most extraordinary-looking of all flowering plants.
These curious, leafless plants (genus Thismia) grow in the darkest depths of remote...
This Wonder Tree is a Game-Changer for Rainforest Agriculture in Honduras And Deforested Sites Worldwide
There's a 'wonder tree' in Honduras that's acting as a game-changer—creating organic farming livelihoods, climate resistance, and hope to farmers in the Central American...
230,000 Acres of Tropical Rainforest Protected as Biodiversity Hotspot For Jaguars in Belize
Decades ago, a radical idea was born to protect the Maya Forest in Belize. What if NGOs, the government, community leaders, and businesses could...
Amazon, Unilever, and Nestlé join the UK, US and Norway in New $1Billion Initiative to Preserve Tropical Rainforests
This week, during the international Climate Summit, three governments and nine giant corporations announced a groundbreaking coalition, called LEAF, which is mobilizing to raise...
Indigenous Woman Wins Goldman Environmental Prize for Protecting 500,000 Acres of Amazon Rainforest
Indigenous Amazon leader Nemonte Nenquimo just won the world’s foremost award for grassroots environmental activism for her organizing work to save Ecuador’s rainforests.
Her leadership...
Amazon Tribes Are Excited to Use Drones to Detect Illegal Deforestation in Brazilian Rainforest
Indigenous rights' groups and WWF International are beginning to train Andean tribes people deep within the Amazon rainforest in the use of drones so...
How Costa Rica Slowed, Stopped, Then Reversed Deforestation in Their Rainforests
Once the captial of logging and deforestation in Latin America, Costa Rica's Payment for Environmental Service model helped reforest the country.
Bill Gates Has Just Invested in a Company That Grows Palm Oil in a Lab to Save the Rainforests
Breakthrough Energy Ventures are investing in the New York startup C16 Biosciences, which creates lab-grown palm oil to combat deforestation in the Amazon.
If You Buy a Sapling For This Rainforest, Money Also Helps Turn Illegal Loggers into Forest Guardians
Trailblazing charity Health In Harmony lets you offset your carbon footprint while also ending deforestation in areas most impacted by illegal logging.