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Trio of studies challenges Indian government claim of increasing forest cover

T. V. Padma 23 May 2018

Roads might pose even bigger threat to Southeast Asian forests, biodiversity than previously understood

Mike Gaworecki 22 May 2018

In unsuspecting Indian villages, the international rhino horn trade takes a toll

Moushumi Basu 22 May 2018

How an island of mice is changing what we know about evolution

Morgan Erickson-Davis 17 May 2018

Natural gas project that promised economic boom leaves PNG in ‘worse state’: report

Isabel Esterman 17 May 2018
African elephants in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Will China’s new ban on the ivory trade help or hurt? (Commentary)

Karl Ammann 16 May 2018

Greenpeace disowns paper giant over deforestation allegations

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 May 2018
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

The destruction of nature in S. Sumatra has given rise to a criminal generation (commentary)

Taufik Wijaya 16 May 2018

Attack of the turtles: ruralists assault environmental laws, Amazon

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 15 May 2018

Typo derails landmark ruling against Indonesian palm oil firm guilty of burning peatland

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 May 2018

Scientists highlight 9 potentially new reef fish species off West Papua

Wahyu Chandra 14 May 2018

Indonesia enlists plantation companies to ensure haze-free Asian Games

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 May 2018

Longest recorded whale shark migration eclipses 20,000 kilometers

Mongabay.com 14 May 2018

Climate change could be intensifying dust storms in India, experts say

Mayank Aggarwal 14 May 2018

Report unmasks indiscriminate killer of elephants: poaching not for ivory, but for skin

Basten Gokkon 14 May 2018

Report blames coal-fired plant in Bali for pollution, loss of livelihoods

Basten Gokkon 14 May 2018

A boon for birds: Once overlooked, China’s mudflats gain protections

Benjamin Graham 11 May 2018

New species of shrew discovered on a single mountaintop in the Philippines

Mongabay.com 11 May 2018

Sumatran habitat for tigers, orangutans gets a partial reprieve from development

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 May 2018

Can India’s ‘People’s Forest’ also serve as a haven for rhinos?

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 10 May 2018

Debate ensues over British supermarket chain’s decision to ban palm oil

Loren Bell 10 May 2018

Indonesian activists protest China-funded dam in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 May 2018

Pangolins on the brink as Africa-China trafficking persists unabated

Sharon Guynup 8 May 2018

Deforestation leads to big hikes in local temperature, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 4 May 2018

India’s foxes and monkeys are dumpster diving and eating food scraps

Bhanu Sridharan 4 May 2018

Warmer winters increasing risk of avalanches in the Himalayas, studies find

Neha Jain 4 May 2018

Indonesia cites twisted bowel in death of Javan rhino

Mongabay.com 4 May 2018

There is still a chance to save the Sumatran rhino (commentary)

Margaret Kinnaird, Jon Paul Rodriguez 3 May 2018

‘Rarest’ ape’s path to survival blocked by roads, dams and agriculture

John Cannon 3 May 2018

‘Rarest’ ape’s path to survival blocked by roads, dams and agriculture

John Cannon 3 May 2018

Failed rice fields may get new lease of life under Indonesian peat restoration project

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 May 2018

What’s next for Indonesia’s stalled indigenous rights bill?

Cory Rogers 3 May 2018

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