Carolyn Cowan

Carolyn Cowan

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Carolyn Cowan is a staff writer for Mongabay, covering Southeast Asia. Follow her work on Twitter @CarolynCowan11 or at her website www.carolyncowanmedia.com.

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Wreathed hornbill at nest

Successful Thai community-based hornbill conservation faces uncertain future

Carolyn Cowan 10 Sep 2024
Painted woolly bat

‘Senseless’ U.S. trinket trade threatens distinctive Asian bat, study shows

Carolyn Cowan 30 Aug 2024
Agroforestry products Thailand

Agroforestry offers Thai rubber farmers a pathway to profit and sustainability

Carolyn Cowan 31 Jul 2024
A shark in mangrove shallows. Image by Anita Kainrath/Ocean Image Bank.

Shark fin consumption wanes in Thailand, yet demand persists, report shows

Carolyn Cowan 29 Jul 2024
Mangroves in Vietnam

In choice of mangroves or livelihood, Vietnam shrimp farmers choose the latter

Carolyn Cowan 25 Jul 2024
Thap Lan patrol

Thai plan to redraw boundaries of tiger reserve sparks concern and criticism

Carolyn Cowan 22 Jul 2024
Male tiger camera trap image

Thai tiger numbers swell as prey populations stabilize in western forests

Carolyn Cowan 17 Jul 2024
Common brown lemur

Madagascar lemurs, tortoises seized in Thai bust reveal reach of wildlife trafficking

Carolyn Cowan 28 Jun 2024
Beekeeping in Thailand

Beekeeping helps villagers tend coastal forests in Thai mangrove hotspot

Carolyn Cowan 18 Jun 2024

Beekeeping for Mangrove Conservation in Thailand

Carolyn Cowan 18 Jun 2024
Fish catch, Thailand

Thai plan to relax fishing law stokes fear of return to illegal catches, worker abuse

Carolyn Cowan 31 May 2024
Farming in Myanmar

Will the Mekong and Salween pay the price of China’s energy transition?

Carolyn Cowan 22 May 2024
Xayaburi Dam

Banks backing Mekong hydropower failing on due diligence, report reveals

Carolyn Cowan 20 May 2024
oriental pied hornbill

New database unveils the role of Asian hornbills as forest seed dispersers

Carolyn Cowan 15 May 2024
Indigenous farmer in Cambodia

Rights groups call for greater public input in ASEAN environmental rights framework

Carolyn Cowan 8 May 2024

Mangrove forestry only sustainable when conservation zones respected: Study

Carolyn Cowan 1 May 2024
Clouded leopard

Borneo and Sumatra megaprojects are carving up clouded leopard forests

Carolyn Cowan 29 Apr 2024
Informal logging road

Unseen and unregulated: ‘Ghost’ roads carve up Asia-Pacific tropical forests

Carolyn Cowan 11 Apr 2024
Satellite image of dredging in South China Sea

Island-building and overfishing wreak destruction of South China Sea reefs

Carolyn Cowan 8 Apr 2024

Spotted softshell turtle release boosts reptile conservation in Vietnam

Carolyn Cowan 4 Apr 2024
Shoebill

Study identifies species with a long history but short future amid threats

Carolyn Cowan 28 Mar 2024
Irrawaddy dolphins come up for air

Irrawaddy dolphin death in Thailand’s Songkhla Lake underscores conservation needs

Carolyn Cowan 19 Mar 2024

Skywalker gibbons confirmed in Myanmar for the first time

Carolyn Cowan 26 Feb 2024
Mekong River

Hydropower in doubt as climate impacts Mekong Basin water availability

Carolyn Cowan 21 Feb 2024
Saltwater crocodile

Risks to Myanmar’s last saltwater crocs point to coastal conservation needs

Carolyn Cowan 13 Feb 2024
African elephants

Cornell receives $35m gift for research at nexus of wildlife and health

Carolyn Cowan 9 Feb 2024
Indonesia forest and ocean

Forest diversity is key to Southeast Asia’s climate adaptability, study shows

Carolyn Cowan 31 Jan 2024
Hammerhead shark

DNA probe uncovers threatened shark species in Thailand’s markets

Carolyn Cowan 30 Jan 2024
Bangkok

Civil-backed proposal seeks to address root causes of Thailand’s choking haze

Carolyn Cowan 17 Jan 2024
Ruous-necked hornbill by Bjorn Olesen

[Photos] New book is a stunning glimpse of Asia’s wildlife and landscapes

Carolyn Cowan 12 Jan 2024
Smooth-coated otter

Camera-traps help identify conservation needs of Thailand’s coastal otters

Carolyn Cowan 8 Jan 2024
A logger carries his chainsaw through the forest of the Cardamom Mountains in Cambodia. He will sell the timber to garment factories.

Shrinking civil space and persistent logging: 2023 in review in Southeast Asia

Carolyn Cowan, Gerald Flynn 28 Dec 2023

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