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Photos: ‘Shocking’ scale of illegal trade in Indian star tortoise uncovered

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Nov 2015
Young orangutan orphaned by the palm oil industry when its mother was killed in a plantation in Central Kalimantan. This orangutan was one of the lucky ones -- it ended up in a rehabilitation center rather than dying of starvation or being sold into the pet trade.

Greenwashing? RSPO audits rife with ‘mistakes and fraud,’ report finds

Jonathan Vit 16 Nov 2015

Singapore calls end of haze this year as Indonesia continues to push peat plans

Mongabay Haze Beat 16 Nov 2015

The Holy Trinity: how Wakatobi’s coral stays healthy and diverse

Melati Kaye 16 Nov 2015

Putting our heads together for tigers

Caleb O'Brien 13 Nov 2015

Chinese Giant Salamander: millions farmed, nearly extinct in the wild

Claire Salisbury 13 Nov 2015
Picture courtesy of Greenpeace.

Jokowi turning over a new leaf for Indonesia on haze but details still foggy

Mongabay Haze Beat 13 Nov 2015

Community plants green shoots of hope in the land of the lost Javan tiger

Petrus Riski 11 Nov 2015
Members of the indigenous community live at the riverbanks in Kapuas river where the air is engulfed with thick haze at Sei Ahass village, Kapuas district, Central Kalimantan province on Borneo island, Indonesia. These fires are a threat to the health of millions. Smoke from landscape fires kills an estimated 110,000 people every year across Southeast Asia, mostly as a result of heart and lung problems, and weakening newborn babies.

Indonesia bans peatlands destruction

Mongabay.com 10 Nov 2015

Concern grows for jailed Cambodian activists amid civil rights crackdown

Rod Harbinson 10 Nov 2015

Many Indonesia fires smoulder but danger is far from over

Mongabay Haze Beat 10 Nov 2015

Indonesian NGO takes aim at government for failure to handle haze

Mongabay Haze Beat 9 Nov 2015

Indonesia losing billions from illegal logging

Jonathan Vit 9 Nov 2015

Land rights and access to credit in Sulawesi community brings prosperity to land

Wahyu Chandra 9 Nov 2015
Oil palm in Sabah

With fires wreaking havoc across Indonesia, Malaysian state targets greener palm oil

Mongabay.com 8 Nov 2015

Leaked report reveals massive illegal logging in Laos

Ethan Harfenist 6 Nov 2015

Refinery township golf course and boundary wall puts elephants at risk

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Nov 2015

Jokowi pushes universities to innovate to fight haze as respiratory diseases rise

Mongabay Haze Beat 6 Nov 2015
Manta Ray off Sipadan Island in the Coral Triangle. Photo by Greg Asner of DivePhoto.org

Not all escaped fishing slaves want to go home

Cory Rogers 6 Nov 2015
Picture courtesy of Greenpeace.

Photos confirm Indonesia being burned for palm oil

Mongabay Haze Beat 5 Nov 2015
APP fire-fighting crew in action.

APP pumps South Africa specialists to join haze fire fight

Mongabay Haze Beat 5 Nov 2015
Members of the local community help extinguish the fire of burning peatland in Kapuas district, Central Kalimantan province on Borneo island, Indonesia.

Privatized gain, socialized pain; Singapore foreign minister turns up heat on haze

Mongabay Haze Beat 4 Nov 2015

Indonesia breathes easier for now as haze recedes and rain falls

Mongabay Haze Beat 3 Nov 2015

A Borneo village maps its land to protect against encroachers

Christopel Paino 3 Nov 2015

The Black-faced Spoonbill: Asia’s beloved wading bird fights for space

Doug Meigs 2 Nov 2015

Police investigate new hotspot at govt office in Palangkaraya as ‘important’ documents go up in smoke

Mongabay Haze Beat 2 Nov 2015

Jokowi pledges Indonesia peatland ‘revitalization’ to stop the burning

Mongabay Haze Beat 30 Oct 2015

Indonesian wildfire disaster threatens virgin forest in Borneo

Mongabay Haze Beat 29 Oct 2015

Bali’s mountain dwellers govern with ancient palm leaf treatises

Luh De Suriyani 29 Oct 2015

Raja Ampat fires destroy livelihoods; Sumatrans suffer from drought amid haze

Mongabay Haze Beat 28 Oct 2015
Sungai Utik elder Bandi in 2019. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

The indigenous community whose forest is their supermarket

Andi Fachrizal 28 Oct 2015

Jokowi cuts U.S. trip short as Tuesday rain brings hope of haze respite

Mongabay Haze Beat 27 Oct 2015

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