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Saving tigers by counting feces

New Yangtze River dam could doom more endangered species

War and conservation in Cambodia

Malaysian palm oil chief claims oil palm plantations help orangutans

108 river basins in Indonesia need rehabiltiation

Forest fires burn in Sumatra

Caribou and reindeer population plunges 60 percent in three decades

Frogs species discovered living in elephant dung

Malaysian palm oil firms seek 100,000 ha in the Philippines

Another milestone in Afghanistan: listing of endangered species

REDD can compete financially with palm oil in Indonesia peatlands while protecting endangered species

Peatlands conversion for oil palm a ‘monumental mistake’ for Indonesia’s long-term prosperity, sustainability

Migrations of large mammals in serious declines, six have vanished entirely

Tropical East Asian forests under great threat

Orangutan guerrillas fight palm oil in Borneo

Vietnam’s commercial wildlife farms threaten Asia’s species

Asia’s conversion of forests for industrial rubber plantations hurts the environment

APP, Sinar Mas plan to log habitat of critically endangered orangutans

UN: Population growth rates fall to 1.1 percent in Asia-Pacific

Successful reintroduction of world’s smallest hog

Will the illegal trade of the critically endangered Philippine forest turtle lead to its extinction?

New park in United Arab Emirates to protect rare mammals

Afghanistan announces first national park on Earth Day

Illegal hunting in Laos takes toll on wildlife

Large population of rare black orangutans found in Borneo

Vital corridor for Asian elephants to be severed by government development in India

Greenpeace opposes forest conservation initiative in Indonesia

Massive population of rare Irrawaddy dolphins discovered in Bangladesh

REDD in Indonesia could evict forest people from their lands, warns U.N. committee

Loss of genetic diversity hurts agriculture

DR Congo, Indonesia, PNG, Tanzania, Vietnam win REDD funding for forest conservation

Photo: critically endangered vulture saved from poisoning

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