CONSERVATION NEWS

News, views and features from the front lines of conservation

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Elephants with a trust fund? Endowment to protect future of a ‘magical’ forest

By David Emmett

January 14, 2016
A stronghold against forest destruction, this Cambodian protected area is a critical refuge for rare species.
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Illegal logger turned forest champion — with help from hummingbirds

By Cassandra Kane

January 5, 2016
For Norbil Becerra, destroying forests was a necessary evil — until the day he saw a hummingbird.
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Eyeing coffee’s climate impact, new initiative seeks sustainability for entire crop

By Bruno Vander Velde

December 1, 2015
The world’s most valued tropical crop — threatened by climate change — could be its first completely sustainable one.
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To fight deforestation, one country changed the equation

By Bruno Vander Velde

November 23, 2015
In Ecuador, it pays to save the forest.
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Madagascar’s sacred forests have a guardian — in space

By Kellee Koenig

October 21, 2015
New technology is helping Malagasy communities go from fighting fires to preventing them.
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