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As climate change disrupts the annual monsoon, India must prepare (Commentary)

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 19 Sep 2019

With new protections, saiga antelope may continue to be a symbol of Central Asia (commentary)

Enkhtuvshin Shiilegdamba 30 Aug 2019
Afghan man carrying a stuffed leopard down the street in Kabul. The real driver of wildlife trafficking in Afghanistan was however international military forces, humanitarian NGOs, and development contractors. Credit WCS/Lisa Yook.

Conservation may offer common ground in Afghan conflict

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Apr 2019

Corruption-riddled caviar trade pushes fish closer to extinction

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2019

Agroforestry helps Tajikistan farmers overcome resource pressures

Daniyar Serikov 2 Jan 2019

Agroforestry saves soil and boosts livelihoods in Tajikistan

Daniyar Serikov 13 Nov 2018

Business and biodiversity benefit from Kyrgyz agroforestry systems

Cholpon Uzakbaeva 5 Oct 2018

Traditional Kyrgyz walnut-apple forests provide map for sustainable future

Cholpon Uzakbaeva 27 Sep 2018

Range countries to lead new estimate of global snow leopard population as downgraded threat status remains controversial

Mike Gaworecki 26 Mar 2018

A saiga time bomb? Bad news for Central Asia’s beleaguered antelope

Morgan Erickson-Davis 17 Jan 2018

Snow leopards no longer ‘endangered,’ but still in decline and in need of urgent conservation measures

Mike Gaworecki 26 Sep 2017
A snow leopard comes in for a close-up. Photo courtesy of Snow Leopard Trust.

Collateral damage: Snow leopards and trophy hunting in Kyrgyzstan

Katie Arnold 31 Aug 2017

Is the snow leopard actually 3 distinct subspecies?

Mike Gaworecki 30 May 2017

The Spirit of the Steppes: Saving Central Asia’s saiga

Elizabeth Devitt 27 Feb 2017

All I want for Christmas… a wildlife researcher’s holiday wish list

Glenn Scherer 20 Dec 2016

Over 200 snow leopards killed every year: new report

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Oct 2016

Understanding the ghost of the mountain

Julia John 10 Aug 2016

After mass die-off, saiga antelope numbers go up in Kazakhstan

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Jun 2016

2015 Equator Prize winners span 19 countries

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2015

Conservationists appeal to donors after mystery kills 134,252 saiga

Jeremy Hance 10 Jun 2015

120,000 dead: half of the world’s saiga die in less than a month

Jeremy Hance 28 May 2015

Locals lead scientists to new population of near-extinct reptile

Jeremy Hance 24 Feb 2015

Are small-scale hydro projects always greener?

Niren Jain 23 Feb 2015

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2014

Rhett A. Butler, Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Dec 2014

Children ‘clean’ oil spill with kitchen utensils in the Sundarbans

Jeremy Hance 15 Dec 2014

Old fishermen document declining range of the Indus River dolphin

Rex Sanders 3 Dec 2014

Artists, musicians, writers protest government plans for massive coal plant in the Sundarbans

Jeremy Hance 28 Oct 2014

Armed conflict decimates tigers, rhinos, and swamp deer in Indian park

Jose Hong 30 Sep 2014

Meet the newest enemy to India’s wildlife

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 11 Sep 2014

Featured video: new documentary highlights the Long March to save the Sundarbans

Jeremy Hance 5 Aug 2014

India, not China, has the world’s worst urban air pollution

Jeremy Hance 12 May 2014

Saudi Prince kills two percent of global population of endangered bird

Shreya Dasgupta 1 May 2014

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