Secret titanium mine threatens Cambodia’s most untouched forest
Although the mining consortium, United Khmer Group, has been drawing up plans to build a massive titanium mine in a Cambodian protected forest for three years, the development did not…
One man’s mission to save Cambodia’s elephants
Since winning the prestigious 2010 Goldman Environmental Prize in Asia, Tuy Sereivathana has visited the US and Britain, even shaking hands with US President Barack Obama, yet in his home…
Photo: Camouflage expert discovered in Cambodia
Researchers have discovered a cryptic species of gecko in the Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia, reports Fauna & Flora International (FFI), a conservation group that operates in the region. The new…
DNA uncovers nearly extinct Siamese crocodiles in captivity
The Critically Endangered Siamese crocodile, once believed to be extinct in the wild, received some uplifting news this week. DNA testing of 69 rescued crocodiles at Phnom Tama Wildlife Rescue…
New reserve created in Cambodia with REDD in mind
Cambodia's Royal Government's Council of Ministers has declared the creation of the Seima Protection Forest, a 1,100 square miles (2,849 square kilometers) park home to tigers, elephants, and endangered primates.…
Dangers for journalists who expose environmental issues
The following is the text of report [PDF] released by Reporters Without Borders. It looks at 13 cases of journalists and bloggers who have been killed, physically attacked, jailed, threatened…
Vietnam outsources deforestation to neighboring countries
In conserving its forests while its growing export-oriented wood products industry, Vietnam outsources deforestation to Laos, Cambodia, and China.
Weak forest definition may undermine REDD efforts
The weak definition of what constitutes forest under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) puts the effectiveness of a proposed mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and…
Pangolins threatened by illegal trade for traditional Chinese medicine
While their trade has been prohibited under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) since 2002, Asian pangolin populations are rapidly declining due…
Cambodia signs REDD agreement
Terra Global Capital, a San Francisco-based firm seeking to capitalize on emerging markets for ecosystem services, has signed an avoided deforestation deal with the government of Cambodia. The project, which…
War and conservation in Cambodia
The decades-long conflict in Cambodia devastated not only the human population of the Southeast Asian country but its biodiversity as well. The conflict led to widespread declines of species in…
Asia’s conversion of forests for industrial rubber plantations hurts the environment
Policies promoting industrial rubber plantations over traditional swidden, or slash-and-burn, agriculture across Southeast Asia may carry significant environmental consequences, including loss of biodiversity, reduction of carbon stocks, pollution and degradation…
Photo: critically endangered vulture saved from poisoning
Dams in Laos threaten Asia’s largest waterfall, critically endangered river dolphin
Ecstasy threatens rainforests in Cambodia
80% of wars between 1950-2000 took place in biodiversity hotspots
80 percent of the world's major armed conflicts between 1950 and 2000 occurred in biodiversity hotspots, reports a study published in the journal Conservation Biology. The research examined conflicts in…
High ivory prices in Vietnam drive killing of elephants in Laos, Cambodia
Green-blooded, blue-boned frog discovered in Cambodia
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown species of frog in Cambodia. The amphibian is unusual in that is has green blood and turquoise-colored bones, a result of its transparent skin…
Photos of new species discovered in the Greater Mekong
Photos of new species discovered in Southeast Asia Photos of new species discovered in the Greater Mekong mongabay.com December 15, 2008
Two large populations of endangered monkeys discovered in Cambodia
Two large populations of endangered monkeys discovered in Cambodia Two large populations of endangered monkeys discovered in Cambodia mongabay.com August 28, 2008 Conservationists have discovered "surprisingly large populations" of two…
Conservation success story: birds stage dramatic recovery in Cambodia
According to a report released today by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), several species of rare waterbirds from Cambodia's famed Tonle Sap region have staged remarkable comebacks, thanks to a…
Failing water supply destroyed lost city of Angkor Wat
Failing water supplies destroyed Angkor Wat in Cambodia Failing water supply destroyed lost city of Angkor Wat Ancient city, one of the largest ever known, done in by environmental degradation…
Poverty and corruption reduce effectiveness of rainforest parks
Poverty and corruption reduce effectiveness of rainforest parks Poverty and corruption reduce effectiveness of rainforest parks mongabay.com July 9, 2007 Corruption and poverty make for 'paper parks' Poverty and corruption…
Rare softshell turtle rediscovered in Cambodia
Rare softshell turtle rediscovered in Cambodia Rare softshell turtle rediscovered in Cambodia mongabay.com May 16, 2007 Scientists from Conservation International have successfully hatched a clutch of eggs from one of…
First ever photos of leopard with cub in Cambodia
Female leopard and cub captured by a camera trap. The first ever photographs of a wild leopard taken with young in Cambodia. © WWF Greater Mekong / WWF Cambodia SWAP…
Rare vulture colony found in Cambodia
Rare vulture colony found in Cambodia Rare vulture colony found in Cambodia WCS February 6, 2007 Working in the remote forests of Cambodia, conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)…
Cambodia sets aside land for endangered bird
Cambodia sets aside land for endangered bird Cambodia sets aside land for endangered bird mongabay.com November 6, 2006 Cambodia has set aside more than one hundred square miles of habitat…
Cambodia could earn $100 million under climate deal
Cambodia could earn $100 million under climate deal Cambodia could earn $100 million under climate deal mongabay.com November 5, 2006 Cambodia could earn hundreds of millions of dollars through a…
Nigeria has worst deforestation rate, FAO revises figures
Nigeria has worst deforestation rate, FAO revises figures Nigeria has worst deforestation rate, FAO revises figures Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com November 17, 2005 [update] Nigeria has the world's highest deforestation…
World deforestation rates and forest cover statistics, 2000-2005
New deforestation figures show Nigeria has worst rate of forest loss [2010 update] Nigeria has the world's highest deforestation rate, Brazil loses the largest area of forest annually, and Congo…
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Forest Trackers
- Deforestation intensifies in northern Malaysia’s most important water catchment
- Authorities and Yobin communities clash as deforestation spikes in Indian national park
- Mennonite colony builds bridge, clears forest in Bolivian protected areas
- Satellites show deforestation surging in Indonesia’s Tesso Nilo National Park
Oceans
- In a hotter, drier climate, how serious is fire risk to island seabirds?
- Indonesia backtracks on plan criticized for ‘privatizing’ fisheries resources
- Love ‘em and loathe ‘em: Mediterranean grapples with tasty, voracious invasive crabs
- Overlooked and at risk, seagrass is habitat of choice for many small-scale fishers
Amazon Conservation
- Amazon deforestation on pace to roughly match last year’s rate of loss
- Brazil’s new deforestation data board sparks fear of censorship of forest loss, fires
- First-of-its-kind freshwater mangroves discovered in Brazil’s Amazon Delta
- Swiss pledge to stop illegal gold imports from Brazil Indigenous reserves
Land rights and extractives
- ‘The water is brown’: Community in Guyana rings the alarm over unsustainable mining near river
- Organized crime drives violence and deforestation in the Amazon, study shows
- Worries and whispers in Vietnam’s NGO community after activist’s sentencing
- Displaced by a dam, women defenders fight for their land rights in Colombia
Endangered Environmentalists
- Worries and whispers in Vietnam’s NGO community after activist’s sentencing
- Scientists call for end to violence against Amazon communities, environmental defenders
- Indigenous advocates sense a legal landmark as a guardian’s killing heads to trial
- In Brazil, an Indigenous land defender’s unsolved killing is the deadly norm
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- A utopia of clean air and wet peat amid Sumatra’s forest fire ‘hell’
- From Flores to Papua: Meet 10 of Indonesia’s mangrove guardians
- Why I stand for my tribe’s forest: It gives us food, culture, and life (commentary)
- Reforesting a village in Indonesia, one batch of gourmet beans at a time
Conservation Effectiveness
- Nepal was supposed to double its tiger population since 2010. It tripled it
- In prioritizing conservation, animal culture should be a factor, study says
- Young forests can help heal tropical aquatic ecosystems: Study
- How sharing and learning from failures can transform conservation (commentary)
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- In Laos, a ‘very dangerous dam’ threatens an ancient world heritage site
- Bali’s new highway project sparks concerns about agriculture and conservation areas
- Deforestation notches up along logging roads on PNG’s New Britain Island
- Plantations and roads strip away Papua’s forests. They’re just getting started
