Can Elinor Ostrom’s revolutionary ideas halt climate change, improve people’s livelihoods, and save the world’s forests? “[T]here’s a five-letter word I’d like to repeat and repeat and repeat: Trust.” Thus…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q & A with Dr. Neil David Burgess Rural scene in Tanzania. Photo by: Nika Levikov. After years of discovering new species and setting up…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Dr. Chris Golden Members of the MAHERY (Madagascar Health and Environmental Research) team that includes social surveyors, lemur researchers, tenrec researchers, veterinarians and…
This article first appeared on the May 2014 cover of Environmental Health Perspectives and was funded under Mongabay.org's Special Reporting Initiative: Innovation in tropical biodiversity conservation. A gossamer mist settles…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Dr. Carlos Souza Jr. Aerial view of grazing cattle in newly-cleared Amazon in Brazil. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. In the Brazilian Amazon,…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Dr. Mark Mulligan Swamp forest in Western Colombia. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Mark Mulligan makes maps for the masses. In his work…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Dr. Nigel Sizer Forest clearing in Malaysian Borneo. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Nigel Sizer has worked on the forefront of global forest…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Dr. Thomas Gillespie Abel Nzeheke of the Goualougo Triangle Ape Project, preserves a lowland gorilla fecal sample for later analysis in the Republic…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Dr. Phillip Fearnside Pasture meets gallery forest in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. How much is a forest really worth?…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Dr. Kinari Webb Dr. Kinari Webb has a superpower: the ability to provide high-quality health care in a remote and rural landscape. And…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Dr. Erik Meijaard Stunning wildlife encounter along the Kinabatangan River, Sabah. Although they are called the Bornean pygmy elephant, there is nothing small…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Dr. Mitch Aide Urban areas encroaching on agricultural lands in China. Photo courtesy of Mitch Aide. Will it be possible safeguard the world's…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Dr. Jaboury Ghazoul Tropical rainforest in Sumatra. Jaboury Ghazoul uses his expertise in plant ecology to address societal issues ranging from climate change…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Cynthia Ong Forever Sabah workshop with indigenous leaders in Borneo. Cynthia Ong is not satisfied with the conservation status-quo. Her work aims to…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Corey Bradshaw Primary peat forest in Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. Much of Dr. Corey Bradshaw's work has a singular aim: to…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Stuart Pimm Aerial view of forest fragment in Costa Rica. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. Dr. Stuart Pimm is an expert in extinctions:…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Lian Pin Koh Collage of photos showing orangutan nests taken from a conservation drone. Photo courtesy of ConservationDrones.org. At the foothills of the…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with William F. Laurance Logging road in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. In the world of conservation, Dr. William Laurance is a household…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Robin Chazdon Rainforest near La Selva, Costa Rica. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. Dr. Robin Chazdon has dedicated over 30 years to studying…