CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
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Conservationist to corporate leaders: ‘Just doing the right thing is not enough’
By Jamey Anderson
May 24, 2018
Major companies have committed to ending deforestation, but global progress has been slow.
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Sustainability heavyweights take aim at environmental impacts of soy, beef, palm oil
By Jamey Anderson
September 6, 2017
A new effort is aiming to minimize the environmental impacts of soy, beef and palm oil with some significant players in sustainability.
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Climate change spells trouble for orangutans
By Leah Duran
August 18, 2017
Editor’s note: August 19 is World Orangutan Day. The world’s orangutan population is dwindling.
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Europe moves to restrict import of unsustainable palm oil
By Bruno Vander Velde
April 22, 2017
Earlier this month, the European Parliament passed a resolution aiming to limit the import of palm oil that has caused deforestation. The Parliament also called for new sustainability criteria for palm oil entering the European market.
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To a country on the edge of development, what is nature worth?
By Rachel Neugarten
March 21, 2017
Conflict, poverty and disease prevented the collection of data on the state of Liberia’s ecosystems for decades — until now.
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