Human health, animal health and environmental health are interconnected. A new article published in the Lancet argues for an approach to pandemic threats that embraces this idea.

April 4, 2025

The Amazon rainforest faced another difficult year. Despite bright spots, humanity is still asking too much of the forest. One company says it has an answer.

March 13, 2025

One of the world’s most important places for nature is a small strip of mountainous forest no more than about 40 miles wide. And for want of a relatively small amount of money, its long-term health is in doubt.

February 20, 2025

Conservation International researchers in Peru have uncovered a wealth of wildlife, including species new to science.

December 20, 2024

“Nature is resilient — when given the chance.” A Conservation International study shows where trees can grow back on their own — and fight climate change.

November 5, 2024

Conservation International is launching a historic conservation partnership to plant 1 billion trees and protect 1 million hectares across India, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal.

October 29, 2024

More than one in three of the world’s tree species are at risk of extinction, according to the first Global Tree Assessment, published today.

October 28, 2024

Nature has been mopping up our carbon pollution for years — is it starting to give out? Not quite, two Conservation International scientists say.

October 21, 2024

Parts of the Amazon rainforest are suffering through the worst droughts ever recorded. As a result major rivers are dwindling and wildfires are burning out of control. Deforestation is behind it.

September 11, 2024

Shrimp powered a small Mexican community’s economy for years — until deforestation nearly wiped them out. To bring them back, the community enlisted an unexpected, and misunderstood, ally.

September 5, 2024

Farmland worldwide could stash away as much planet-warming carbon as the global emissions of all cars combined — if it integrates more trees, our new study finds.

August 15, 2024

Restoring forests is critical for stopping climate change — but it costs money, and there’s more than one way to do it. So, what's the best way? A new study has answers.

July 24, 2024

Earth lost 3.7 million hectares (9.2 million acres) of tropical forest last year, an area nearly the size of the Netherlands. Yet amid these sobering findings, there are signs of hope.

April 8, 2024

In Brazil's s Mato Grosso do Sul, native species are reclaiming thousands of acres once heavily grazed by cattle. A bold initiative aims to protect and restore nature to an area twice the size of Manhattan — and find new ways to pay for it.

November 20, 2023

As dangerous heatwaves shatter records around the world, a new study provides the most comprehensive review yet of how to stop deforestation — a major cause of climate-warming greenhouse gases, second only to fossil fuel emissions.

August 16, 2023

Eight Amazonian nations have agreed to create an alliance to protect the world’s largest rainforest, following decades of rising deforestation and warnings of a “tipping point” that could alter the ecosystem — and Earth’s climate.

August 9, 2023

From “blue carbon” to “ecosystem services,” environmental jargon is everywhere. Conservation International looks to make sense of it in an occasional explainer series. In this installment, we explore the role “HFLDs,” play in storing climate-warming carbon.

March 8, 2023

When U.S. President Joseph Biden meets with Brazil’s newly elected president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in Washington this week, climate change and the fate of the Amazon will be one of the many items of discussion, according to news reports.

February 9, 2023

A bold initiative to regrow 73 million trees in the Brazilian Amazon has made substantial progress despite some unexpected hurdles, according to an upcoming report.

February 7, 2023

In the Alto Mayo Protected Forest in Peru, local farmers have partnered with Conservation International to produce sustainable coffee and halt deforestation. Since 2011, this partnership has helped deforestation decline by 59 percent.

January 10, 2023

Worldwide, mangroves — once destroyed for agriculture and development — have seen a sharp decline in deforestation. A new report from the Global Mangrove Alliance offers a plan to end mangrove loss entirely.

November 23, 2022

In case you missed it: Brazil's rainforests are in serious trouble.

July 18, 2022

Protecting nature starts with science. Here’s a roundup of recent scientific research published by Conservation International experts.

May 5, 2022

Experts say the yearly cost of future pandemics will be a staggering US$ 2 trillion. For just 1 percent of that cost, the world could prevent pandemics at their source by protecting nature, according to a new study published today in Science Advances.

February 4, 2022

Conservation International's new pandemic prevention fellow recently discussed how his experience chasing infectious diseases and leading NYC's COVID contact tracing program has shown him why human health depends on the health of the planet.

May 27, 2021

If deforestation continues to accelerate, the Amazon could be at risk of becoming ground zero for the world’s next pandemic, according to a study published today.

March 24, 2021

A new study published today in Science outlines a groundbreaking plan to decrease the risk of future pandemics by 27 percent or more — with a 10-year investment that is 50 times less than the cost of coronavirus response efforts to date.

July 23, 2020

Conservation International's CEO explains the link between infectious diseases and the destruction of nature.

April 21, 2020

Conservation News spoke to renowned ecologist and Conservation International scientist Lee Hannah about how giving nature space could help curb future disease outbreaks.

March 27, 2020

Here are 6 things you need to know about the Tropical Forest Standard.

September 5, 2019

In a new communication, the European Union announced steps it will take to promote global reforestation efforts and end deforestation related to EU imports of agricultural commodities.

July 23, 2019

Human Nature breaks down what “REDD+” is and how it helps to conserve forests.

March 28, 2019

Climate change will affect tropical rainforests — here are 3 ways how.

June 26, 2018

Human Nature talked to Conservation International scientists about what their findings about protected areas could mean for the Amazon’s future.

February 13, 2018

Neutralize your carbon footprint through a new REDD+ project in the Chyulu Hills of Kenya.

July 26, 2017

A new threat looms for these remaining tigers: climate change.

July 19, 2017

A term you might never have heard of has immense importance for curbing climate change.

November 1, 2016

In an Indonesian province plagued by deforestation, a group of women farmers has found a more sustainable way to feed their families.

October 20, 2016

For Norbil Becerra, destroying forests was a necessary evil — until the day he saw a hummingbird.

January 5, 2016

In Ecuador, it pays to save the forest.

November 23, 2015