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Facing resource crisis, Indonesia charts a ‘green development’ course

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Jun 2018

Animals are becoming night owls to avoid humans

Mongabay.com 19 Jun 2018

In a land hit by the resource curse, a new gold mine spooks officials

Basten Gokkon 17 Jun 2018

Footage of elusive Negros bleeding-heart dove captured in the wild

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2018

Primate-rich countries are becoming less hospitable places for monkeys, apes and lemurs

John Cannon 15 Jun 2018

Facebook video shows orangutan defending forest against bulldozer

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Jun 2018

There’s now an app for mapping seagrass, the oceans’ great carbon sink

Basten Gokkon 14 Jun 2018

Activists blast EU for extending deadline to ban palm oil in biofuels

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Jun 2018

Shark fisheries hunting dolphins, other marine mammals as bait: Study

Basten Gokkon 13 Jun 2018

In a country long wary of nuclear, an Indonesian chases the thorium dream

Nadine Freischlad 12 Jun 2018

India eyes coal reserves in Indonesian Papua 

Febriana Firdaus 11 Jun 2018

Mariyady, the priest investigating the corporate takeover of indigenous peoples’ forests in Borneo

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 11 Jun 2018

Poachers blamed in second Sumatran elephant death this year

Junaidi Hanafiah 11 Jun 2018

Online pet trade in Southeast Asia poses a major new threat to otters

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2018

In pursuit of traceability, palm oil giant tests GPS-based solution

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Jun 2018

Government subsidies serving to prop up destructive high-seas fishing: study

Basten Gokkon 8 Jun 2018

Study reveals China’s new forests aren’t really forests

Morgan Erickson-Davis 7 Jun 2018

New technology leads to the arrest of eight people suspected of trafficking wildlife parts

Mongabay.com 7 Jun 2018

Illegal logging persists in Borneo orangutan habitat despite government ban

Basten Gokkon 7 Jun 2018

How corrupt elections fuel the sell-off of Indonesia’s natural resources

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 7 Jun 2018

Waste management rules threaten to derail Indonesia mine takeover

Basten Gokkon 6 Jun 2018

Paper giant denies secretly owning ‘independent’ suppliers

Mongabay.com 5 Jun 2018

When palm oil meets politics, Indonesian farmers pay the price

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Jun 2018
Planet satellite image of coral off Belize's Lighthouse Reef. Taken March 28, 2018.

A global coral reef monitoring system is coming soon

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jun 2018

Can cryptocurrencies save Indonesia’s carbon forests? (commentary)

Peter Howson 4 Jun 2018

Indonesia targets illegal fishing vessel owners under new bill

Basten Gokkon 31 May 2018

In export- and domestic-driven coal boon, Indonesia neglects renewables

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 May 2018

There may be hope for the extremely rare ‘sneezing monkey,’ report finds

Shreya Dasgupta 29 May 2018
Khanh Nguy Thi. Photo courtesy Goldman Environmental Prize.

Vietnam’s first Goldman Prize winner pushes for energy conservation

Michael Tatarski 29 May 2018

Geneticists: It’s time to mix the Sumatran rhino subspecies

Jeremy Hance 29 May 2018

Mining, erosion threaten Indian rhino haven

Sahana Ghosh 28 May 2018

Researchers propose framework for designing PES programs that better deliver socioeconomic benefits

Mike Gaworecki 24 May 2018

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