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Indonesian police bust Chinese nationals with 200 kg of turtle shells

Wahyu Chandra 12 Feb 2018

Tree-dwelling animals can ‘climb’ away from climate change, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Feb 2018
A fish die off from chemical spill in Vietnam in 2016. Photo via Maisondelinspir.

Vietnamese activist gets 14-year sentence for documenting chemical spill

Mongabay 8 Feb 2018

Faith in the forest helps Indonesia’s Dayaks keep plantations, loggers at bay

Hans Nicholas Jong, Indra Nugraha 8 Feb 2018

Demand for sand leads to global ecological crisis

Alexandra Popescu 8 Feb 2018

A tale of two otters: settling in Singapore, suffering in China

Joshua Parfitt 7 Feb 2018

Orangutan shot 130 times in Indonesia, in second killing reported this year

Mongabay.com 7 Feb 2018
A boy uses several mosquito nets to catch fish in the coastal waters near Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo by R.C. Browmick.

Fishing with insecticide-laced mosquito nets is a global phenomenon

Benjamin Graham 6 Feb 2018
Sumatran tiger

Deforestation wanes in Indonesia’s Aceh and Leuser Ecosystem, but threats remain, NGO says

Hans Nicholas Jong, Junaidi Hanafiah 5 Feb 2018

Indonesian palm, pulp companies commit to peatland restoration

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Feb 2018

Indonesian rubber farmers charged in gruesome killing of Bornean orangutan

Basten Gokkon 2 Feb 2018

Hong Kong votes to ban ivory trade by 2021

Mongabay.com 1 Feb 2018

More murders: Conservationists allegedly killed by soldiers in Cambodia

Morgan Erickson-Davis 31 Jan 2018
A local volunteer plants a mangrove sapling at the Trapeang Sangke inlet. The best time for transplanting is July, the peak of the wet season when the estuary is least salty. With a full team of volunteers, 4,000 saplings get transplanted in the most productive months. Photo by Matt Blomberg for Mongabay.

Mega developments set to transform a tranquil Cambodian bay

Matt Blomberg 31 Jan 2018
Buttress roots of a rainforest tree in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Is a plantation a forest? Indonesia says yes, as it touts a drop in deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 Jan 2018

Sumatra’s ‘tiger descendants’ cling to their customs as coal mines encroach

Dedek Hendry 30 Jan 2018
Coastal peatlands in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Indonesia prepares to adopt standardized peat-mapping technology

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Jan 2018

Fang trafficking to China is putting Bolivia’s jaguars in jeopardy

Roberto Navia 26 Jan 2018

Indonesian ruling rings alarms over criminalization of environmental defenders

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Jan 2018

The ups and downs of marine protected areas: Examining the evidence

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Jan 2018

Biofuel boost threatens even greater deforestation in Indonesia, Malaysia: Study

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Jan 2018

Indonesia buckles to protests against seine fishing ban

Basten Gokkon 25 Jan 2018

Indonesia to strengthen environmental impact assessments through process review

Basten Gokkon 24 Jan 2018

Indonesia hints rhino sperm transfer to Malaysia may finally happen this year

Basten Gokkon 24 Jan 2018

Legal recognition in the works for communities occupying Indonesia’s conservation areas

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Jan 2018

New app hopes to reduce wildlife deaths on India’s roads, railway lines

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Jan 2018

Thai police bust leading wildlife trafficker

Mongabay.com 22 Jan 2018

Outrage and conspiracy claims as Indonesia, Malaysia react to EU ban on palm oil in biofuels

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Jan 2018

Decapitated orangutan found near palm plantations shot 17 times, autopsy finds

Basten Gokkon 19 Jan 2018

Facebook being used for illegal reptile trade in the Philippines

Mongabay.com 19 Jan 2018

A saiga time bomb? Bad news for Central Asia’s beleaguered antelope

Morgan Erickson-Davis 17 Jan 2018

Company to probe for minerals close to Mekong River dolphin habitat

Mongabay.com 17 Jan 2018

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