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Deforestation for palm oil continues in Indonesia’s ‘orangutan capital’

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Sep 2023

El Niño leads to more fires and toxic air pollution in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Sep 2023
A female South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris).

Suriname’s tapirs: Conservation in the face of hunting and other threats

Priscilla Misiekaba-Kia 7 Sep 2023

Captive coal-fired power plants hinder Indonesia energy transition deal

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Aug 2023
A worker fertilizing on oil palm plantation in Papua, Indonesia.

New farmers foundation supports deforestation-free products in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Aug 2023
Brazil’s thin-spined porcupine (Chaetomys subspinosus).

Translocation is a viable option for Brazil’s threatened porcupines: Study

Vitor Alexandre Araujo Prado dos Anjos 9 Aug 2023
Andrew Dunn, the country director of Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Nigeria.

Protecting Nigeria’s gorillas & other endangered species: Q&A with WCS’ Andrew Dunn

Abdulkareem Mojeed 31 Jul 2023

The ‘Sloth Lady of Suriname’: Q&A with Monique Pool

Priscilla Misiekaba-Kia 30 Jun 2023
Aerial view of an area in the Amazon deforested for cattle ranching -- the biggest driver of deforestation in the Amazon -- in Lábrea, Amazonas state on Sep 15, 2021. Photo © Victor Moriyama / Amazônia em Chamas (Amazon in Flames Alliance)

New data show 10% increase in primary tropical forest loss in 2022

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Jun 2023
A wild pig (Sus scrofa).

Wild pigs threaten biodiversity hotspots across South America, study shows

Vitor Alexandre Araujo Prado dos Anjos 12 Jun 2023
One of the trees uprooted in Kenya arriving at its new home in Shekvetili, Georgia.

Kenyan baobab trees uprooted for export to Georgia; critics call it ‘biopiracy’

Calvin Rock Odhiambo 12 Jun 2023

In Indonesia, companies defy government’s decision to revoke their permits

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Jun 2023
A farmer plants rice in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Deforestation linked to less rainfall, study shows; El Niño could make it worse

Jewel S. Cabrera 26 May 2023
An oil palm plantation adjacent to a forest in East Kalimantan.

Indonesian audit finds taxes unpaid on 22 million acres of oil palm plantations

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 May 2023
Workers fertilizing on an oil palm plantation.

EU deforestation tracking regulation sparks division among groups, producers

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 May 2023
A Micrelaps vaillanti

Scientists make ‘rare’ new identification of snake family: Micrelapidae

Mactilda Mbenywe 21 Apr 2023
James Njuguna, a shepherd who lives near the Manguo swamp.

Drying wetlands and drought threaten water supplies in Kenya’s Kiambu County

Calvin Rock Odhiambo 5 Apr 2023
A fisher at Kenya's Lake Victoria.

Fish kills leave Kenya’s Lake Victoria farmers at a loss, seeking answers

Calvin Rock Odhiambo 24 Mar 2023
Fishermen going fishing at Dunga beach, Kisumu.

Kenyan science interns turn Lake Victoria’s fish waste into oil and flowers

Mactilda Mbenywe 17 Mar 2023
Gas-fueled power plant in Riau, Indonesia. Image courtesy of PLN.

Indonesia aims to use gas in foreign-funded energy transition; critics cry foul

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Mar 2023
An oil palm plantation and natural forest in Jambi, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Conservationists decry palm oil giants’ exit from HCSA forest protection group

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Mar 2023
Ann Dumaliang.

Saving Masungi, a last green corridor of the Philippines: Q&A with Ann Dumaliang

Jewel S. Cabrera 9 Feb 2023
Karen Kimani waters her tree nursery.

Kenya’s youngest environmental ambassador: Q&A with 10-year-old Karen Kimani

Mactilda Mbenywe 3 Feb 2023
Kelly Banda (center, standing) with volunteers and community members.

‘The Mangrove Guy’: Q&A with Kelly Roberts Banda, Kenya’s lawyer-conservationist

Calvin Rock Odhiambo 2 Feb 2023
Kenya Red Cross volunteer rescuing a resident.

Humanitarian experts report ‘cascading crises’ as climate, health emergencies soar

Mactilda Mbenywe 18 Jan 2023
Seaweed harvesting in the Philippines.

Innovators develop seaweed-based alternatives to plastic food wrappers

Jewel S. Cabrera 17 Jan 2023
Parmet with his youngest son, Zaidimu.

Extreme heat takes a toll on tropical countries’ economies

Calvin Rock Odhiambo 13 Jan 2023
An Atlantic grey seal.

Plastic pellet pollution can end through coordinated efforts, report shows

Jewel S. Cabrera 21 Dec 2022
Deforestation in Borneo.

Up to half of tropical forestland cleared for agriculture isn’t put to use, research shows

Calvin Rock Odhiambo 21 Dec 2022
A mother and baby macaque.

Ebola-like African primate viruses ‘poised for spillover’ to humans, study finds

Mactilda Mbenywe 21 Dec 2022

Indonesia’s Supreme Court rules President Widodo not liable in 2015 fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Nov 2022

It’s a bird… It’s a plane… It’s a killing field at Brazil’s airports

Dimas Marques 16 Nov 2022

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