![Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil](/assets/image-cache/image-cache/images/108x81/Orangutan.31b04f11.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
Recently, thanks in part to the work of Voices for Biodiversity, monstrous, forest-chomping companies like Asia Pulp and Paper and their relatives in the palm oil industry, Golden Agri Resources, both…
Read more![In Palm Oil’s Wake: an interview with Robert Hii](/assets/image-cache/images/interviews/Palm Oil/DSC_1449.8ef4999f.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
There are already 8 million acres of land cleared for palm oil plantations in Indonesia and 9 million in Malaysia, and, according to Rainforest Action Network, the Indonesian government is already planning…
Read more![Teenaged Climber Takes Growing Up to New Heights](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Youth/Jordan Romero/photo_2.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
Dating. Homework. High school dances. Where to go to college? Life for many teenagers is already full of the challenges of growing up. But at 15 years old, mountaineer Jordan Romero is taking “up” to a…
Read more![Izilwane Remembers Lawrence Anthony](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/03/LA-photo-1-200x300.4194a5b7.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA—The world is saying goodbye this month to one of the most fascinating conservationists of this generation. Elephant Whisperer – so-called because of his ability to understand…
Read more![Venus Flytrap Poachers Arrested in North Carolina](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/02/Venus%20Fly%20Trap.df55dde7.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
RALEIGH, NC—Venus flytrap poaching may not seem like the most lucrative crime for those looking for an easy buck, but the uprooting of these plants to sell in roadside stands and markets is threatening…
Read more![Wolf Culling Enacted by Government](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/02/Wolves.df55dde7.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
WASHINGTON, DC—The Idaho Department of Fish and Game plans to implement aerial hunting of wolves this year, using federal funds to support the culling. The ultimate goal of this plan is not to effectively…
Read more![Expedition: Fossa](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Expedition Fossa/ilz-beeeater.25a2ee8c.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
Join photographer Joel Quimby as he ventures to Madagascar to find a carnivore and to experience life among the Malagasy people.
Read more![Universities Turn to Green Energy](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2011/07/3-300x199.eac2d2a4.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
WASHINGTON, D.C. — At least seven colleges and universities now receive 100 percent of the electricity they use from green power sources, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Read more![Conservation Group Sues NPS Cypress Management Plan](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2011/10/526731185_a38a4a1ce1.730f00aa.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo, Jessica Gottlieb, Jessica Schmonsky
A conservation organization has filed suit against the National Park Service, accusing the government agency of failing to protect critical Florida panther habitat in Big Cypress National Preserve. The…
Read more![In Africa’s Wake](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Beth Henry/Being%20New.bc6f3c82.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
Inspired by books such as Out of Africa and Flame Trees of Thika, photographer Beth Henry set out to capture the wildness of Africa through the lens of a camera. Once there, she will tell you, the continent…
Read more![For the Birds](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Geraint Smith/heron_7807_2_1.25a2ee8c.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
When asked about what inspires his art, photographer Geraint Smith smiles and pauses thoughtfully. “I like to be in the present with my photography,” he says, shading his eyes from the New Mexico sun.…
Read more![The Galapagos](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/The Galapagos/013Galapagos.8ef4999f.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
Lying six hundred miles off of the coast of Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands dot the Pacific Ocean with more than one hundred islands that are home to more than nine thousand species, many of which occur…
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