Conservation

Demand for cheap beef, cocoa, and soy drives illegal deforestation around the world. The EU and the U.S. are looking to change that.

As part of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors’ new mission and values, we are featuring in-depth profiles of key sponsored projects to highlight their work in creating a just world. Shark Conservation Fund (SCF) is a collaboration of philanthropists dedicated to restoring ocean health through…

Nearly a quarter of the activists murdered were Indigenous.

Regions most at risk of losing forest carbon are precisely where many forest carbon offset projects are located, researchers say.

Increasing summer heat and drought are affecting European forests, turning trees brown prematurely, researchers report.

A wholly-sustainable plastics industry is possible, researchers say. A new study shows what’s needed to make it a reality.

Nearly 95% of deforestation in the Amazon occurs within 3.5 miles of a road or near a river. Brazil’s plans to ramp up exports may be on a collision course with the forest.

Why is plastic waste a c-suite issue, and how can corporate leaders have a positive impact on plastic waste reduction, while potentially benefiting their businesses? Plastic waste reduction is not…

When we started using plastics about 70 years ago, not much thought—if any—went to the implications of their lifespan and the fact that they can take centuries to decompose. Consequently,…

In the context of market economies and the fragmented societies they often yield, well-being can seem like an individual pursuit. Yet as the articles in this series, “Centered Self: The…

The fact is that, just like everyone else, I get lazy. Despite knowing the facts about plastic pollution and having every intention to shake the single-use habit, even I get…

Over 50 fire ecologists across the Western U.S. took an unprecedented look at how forests in thousands of locations are recovering from fire in a changing climate. The results were alarming.