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Tigers threatened by a vast network of planned roads across Asia

Liz Kimbrough 21 May 2020

South Korea funding coal plants overseas that would be banned at home

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Nov 2019

The wolf of Bangladesh: A true story

Jeremy Hance 7 Aug 2019
The sun rises over Kutupalong, the world's largest settlement built on cleared forest land. Photo by Kaamil Ahmed/Mongabay.

Regreening a barren Rohingya refugee camp on Myanmar’s border

Kaamil Ahmed 11 Jun 2019
Rainforest in Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

The biggest rainforest news stories in 2018

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Dec 2018
Rose-ringed parakeets seized from the parrot trade in Senegal. Photo courtesy of Davide de Guz/World Parrot Trust

Deadly parrot virus found in native birds from Asia and Africa

Erin I. Garcia de Jesus 5 Dec 2018

The Bangladeshi tribe that’s guarding turtles, co-authoring research papers

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Nov 2018

Photos: Meet the 2018 ‘Green Oscars’ winners

Mongabay.com 27 Apr 2018

For Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution, elephants pose a new threat

Kaamil Ahmed 5 Apr 2018

In blood-sucking leeches, scientists find a genetic snapshot of local wildlife

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 13 Mar 2018

‘Adaptation Bangladesh: Sea Level Rise’ film shows how farmers are fighting climate change

Mongabay.com 22 Feb 2018
A Rohingya boy carrying a load of firewood through Kutupalong-Balukhali refugee camp in Bangladesh. Photo by Khaamil Ahmed/Mongabay.

Bangladeshi forests stripped bare as Rohingya refugees battle to survive

Kaamil Ahmed 9 Jan 2018

Scientists say some climate change impacts already unavoidable, but worst can still be averted

Mike Gaworecki 3 Jan 2018

Is Bangladesh’s expanded sanctuary a brave step or a paper tiger?

Jack Elliot Marley 13 Oct 2017

Pangolins reduced to small, isolated populations in Bangladesh: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Sep 2017

Al Gore and Bangladesh PM spar over coal plants in the Sundarbans

Jeremy Hance 30 Mar 2017

Police clash with protesters marching against power plant in Bangladesh

Morgan Erickson-Davis 26 Jan 2017

Thousands hold ‘Global Protest Day’ to support world’s largest mangrove forest

Morgan Erickson-Davis 11 Jan 2017

Protests against Bangladesh power plant begin in Dhaka and Cambridge

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Nov 2016

UNESCO urges Bangladesh to cancel or relocate Sundarbans coal plant

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Oct 2016

World Bank money is helping to finance Asia’s coal boom: report

Isabel Esterman 19 Oct 2016

Saving Bangladesh’s last rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Sep 2016

Can camera traps help stop wildlife crime?

Mike Gaworecki 12 Aug 2016

Another catastrophe: Ship carrying 1,235 metric tons of coal sinks in Sundarbans

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Mar 2016

Getting SMART about Wildlife Crime

Julia John 2 Mar 2016

Bangladesh sticks with coal power plant project despite major backlash

Apoorva Joshi 16 Feb 2016

Two-thirds of the world’s population doesn’t have reliable access to fresh water

Mike Gaworecki 15 Feb 2016
Air pollution from outdoor cooking fires like this contribute to millions of global deaths, according to the study. Photo by Engineering for Change / Flickr.

Air pollution causes millions of preventable deaths in East Asia, say scientists

Ramin Skibba 17 Nov 2015

New Tiger Count in Bangladesh Serves as a Reality Check

Brittany Stewart 29 Jul 2015

Rainforest loss increased in the 2000s, concludes new analysis

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2015

Locals lead scientists to new population of near-extinct reptile

Jeremy Hance 24 Feb 2015

Pollinator collapse could lead to a rise in malnutrition

Jeremy Hance 9 Feb 2015

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