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Malaysia is a major transit point for ivory smugglers

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Sep 2016

The good, the bad, and the ugly in palm oil (commentary)

Erik Meijaard, Douglas Sheil 9 Sep 2016

These banks are pumping billions into Southeast Asia’s deforestation

Alice Cuddy 8 Sep 2016

Indonesian government to investigate Korean palm oil giant over burning in Papua

Mongabay.com 7 Sep 2016

Black, white and unique: the Malayan tapir struggles for recognition

Kate Mayberry 7 Sep 2016

IUCN motions to ban the pangolin trade

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 6 Sep 2016
While most of Vietnam's natural forests were destroyed since the 1960s, the country is now one of the rare examples of a developing nation that has seen an expansion in forest cover since 2000. Photo by Rhett Butler

Deep-rooted migration cycles challenge green growth in Vietnam

Shanti Johnson 5 Sep 2016

U.S., China officially join Paris climate agreement

Mongabay.com 3 Sep 2016
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Indonesian military plans anti-haze operation in Sumatra

Mongabay Haze Beat 2 Sep 2016

Deforestation reducing monsoon rainfall in India: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Sep 2016

No fire, no food: tribe clings to slash-and-burn amid haze crackdown

Cory Rogers 1 Sep 2016

657 pangolins found wrapped in plastic, hidden in freezers

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Sep 2016

Korean palm oil firm burned large tracts of forestland in Indonesia, NGOs allege

Alice Cuddy 1 Sep 2016
A fresh tilapia from Lake Toba, where the fish are raised by small farmers and large companies, for local consumption and for export to countries like the U.S. Photo by Drriss & Marrionn/Flickr

Why did millions of fish turn up dead in Indonesia’s giant Lake Toba?

Aria Danaparamita 30 Aug 2016
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Another Indonesian court convicts a company of causing fires

Mongabay Haze Beat 30 Aug 2016
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Indonesian police arrest hundreds in connection to burning land

Mongabay Haze Beat 26 Aug 2016

Aceh governor eyes geothermal project in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem

Junaidi Hanafiah 26 Aug 2016

Pet trade’s “cute” and “adorable” label endangers the slow loris

Linda Lombardi 25 Aug 2016

END LOOP: Coding to end wildlife trafficking

Julia John 24 Aug 2016
Tanzanian women carry new beehives into the forest. Photo by Felipe Rodriguez/APW

Can helping women achieve financial freedom help the environment, too?

Roz Evans 24 Aug 2016

Indonesia must do more to protect whale sharks, conservationists say

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 23 Aug 2016

Dams inevitably result in species decline, losses on reservoir islands

Claire Salisbury 23 Aug 2016

Atauro island has highest average reef fish diversity in the world

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Aug 2016
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesian parliament to investigate fire-linked firms in Riau

Mongabay Haze Beat 20 Aug 2016

Sarawak establishes 2.2M acres of protected areas, may add 1.1M more

Mike Gaworecki 19 Aug 2016
Drainage canal dug through peat swamp in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Indonesia’s peat restoration chief calls for protection of all peat domes

Lusia Arumingtyas, Sapariah Saturi 18 Aug 2016

China jails 7 people, including airport employee, for smuggling rare tortoises

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Aug 2016

Smoke from Indonesia’s fires begins to drift into Malaysia

Mongabay Haze Beat 17 Aug 2016

Pulling the stunningly unique painted terrapin back from the brink

Diane Toomey 17 Aug 2016

‘All they need is a head start’: reforesting India’s Western Ghats

Sibi Arasu 16 Aug 2016

PHOTOS: ‘A Visual Celebration of Borneo’s Wildlife’

Mike Gaworecki 15 Aug 2016
A family of Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo. The mother was rescued from a palm oil development and re-released as a juvenile here, but unable to survive in the wild because she lacked the careful upbringing required to find food throughout the year. Photo by Matthew Luskin / NGS.

10 orangutans released into the wild in Borneo

Indra Nugraha 15 Aug 2016

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