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A snow leopard captured by a camera trap.

As Himalayas thaw, snow leopards scramble for habitat: Q&A with Bikram Shrestha

Abhaya Raj Joshi 14 Mar 2023

Rule change sees foreign investors back in Indonesia’s fisheries scene

Basten Gokkon 10 Mar 2023
Gas-fueled power plant in Riau, Indonesia. Image courtesy of PLN.

Indonesia aims to use gas in foreign-funded energy transition; critics cry foul

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Mar 2023
Mangrove planting on the coast of Ambon Island.

Indonesia’s mangrove restoration will run out of land well short of target, study warns

Cassie Freund 9 Mar 2023

As Indonesia’s new capital takes shape, risks to wider Borneo come into focus

Basten Gokkon 8 Mar 2023

Logged and loaded: Cambodian prison official suspected in massive legalized logging operation

Gerald Flynn 8 Mar 2023

In Sri Lanka, activists push for ban on using human contraceptive jabs on animals

Hassaan Shazuli 8 Mar 2023
Aerial view of burned areas in the Amazon Rainforest.

Amazon deforestation linked to reduced Tibetan snows, Antarctic ice loss: Study

Claire Asher 8 Mar 2023
A pangolin.

SE Asia’s COVID legacy is less wildlife trade, but more hunting, study finds

Spoorthy Raman 7 Mar 2023
An oil palm plantation and natural forest in Jambi, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Conservationists decry palm oil giants’ exit from HCSA forest protection group

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Mar 2023
A sea turtle in Philippine coral reefs.

China-funded bridge threatens Paradise Reef in southern Philippines

Bong S. Sarmiento 7 Mar 2023

Orangutan death in Sumatra points to human-wildlife conflict, illegal trade

Ayat S. Karokaro, Sri Wahyuni 6 Mar 2023
Michellejean with a GPS device with elders in the forest.

Indigenous youths keep ancient forestry traditions alive in the Philippines

Keith Anthony Fabro 6 Mar 2023
Community-based fire prevention and peatland restoration program in Indonesia.

Young Indonesian climate leaders demand safe future in new book

Warief Djajanto Basorie 6 Mar 2023

Indonesian fisheries fee change promises more revenue, but likely also more violations

Basten Gokkon 4 Mar 2023

In Sumatra, increased orangutan sightings point to growing threats to the apes

Hans Nicholas Jong, Tonggo Simangunsong 1 Mar 2023
A butterflyfish in a coral reef.

Reef ruckus: Fish fights erupt after mass coral bleaching, study finds

Carolyn Cowan 1 Mar 2023

Indonesian palm oil billionaire gets 15 years for corruption

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Feb 2023
Duyen walks between shrimp farms.

As livelihoods clash with development, Vietnam’s Cần Giờ mangroves are at risk

Lam Nguyen, Danielle Keeton-Olsen 28 Feb 2023
A snow leopard in the Himalayan landscape.

Himalayan catfight looms as tigers, leopards venture into snow leopard land

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Feb 2023
Karen men walk with their elephants.

‘You don’t kill people to protect forests’: New Thai parks chief raises alarm

Kannikar Petchkaew 27 Feb 2023
A Bengal tiger crossing a road.

For tigers in Nepal, highways are a giant roadblock best avoided

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Feb 2023
A suckermouth catfish.

Bangladesh bans suckermouth catfish in light of threats to native fish species

Abu Siddique 23 Feb 2023
Common bluestripe snapper in the Coral Triangle. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Machine learning makes long-term, expansive reef monitoring possible

Basten Gokkon 23 Feb 2023
Laurensius Asia, a member of the cooperative in Teluk Bakung.

Six steps to tackle exploitation in Indonesia’s palm oil smallholder scheme (commentary)

Tom Walker 23 Feb 2023

Nepal’s community forest program misses the biodiversity for the trees

Abhaya Raj Joshi 22 Feb 2023
A pair of cheer pheasants.

Mating season rings death knell for cheer pheasants in Nepal’s western Himalayas

Abhaya Raj Joshi 21 Feb 2023

Companies, big banks are still lagging on deforestation regulations: report

Maxwell Radwin 20 Feb 2023

End of the tuna FAD? Indonesia hopes so, but EU isn’t giving up just yet

Basten Gokkon 20 Feb 2023
Traditional fishing boats on a Lombok beach.

On Lombok, rising sea levels force fishers into different jobs

Falahi Mubarok 20 Feb 2023

Four-day music festival in Sri Lanka elephant territory set to continue, despite protests

Hassaan Shazuli 17 Feb 2023
A bronze-winged jacana.

For key Bangladesh wetland, bid for Ramsar status is no guarantee of protection

Mahadi Al Hasnat 17 Feb 2023

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