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To deter Chinese sea claims, Indonesia puts its fishers on the front line

Basten Gokkon 14 Jan 2020

Indonesia’s push to become a tourism paradise sidelines land rights

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Jan 2020

One six-week expedition discovered ten new songbird species and subspecies in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 13 Jan 2020

Conservationists in peril: Scientists, campaigners risk their lives for their work

James Fair 13 Jan 2020

Update to biodiversity treaty proposes protecting at least 30% of Earth

Mongabay.com 13 Jan 2020
Jacqueline Evans. Image courtesy of Goldman Environmental Prize.

Goldman Prize winner launches new environmental foundation in the Cook Islands

Mongabay.com 13 Jan 2020

Communities in Brazilian Cerrado besieged by global demand for soy

Sarah Sax and Maurício Angelo 13 Jan 2020

Ten actions for Brazilian scientists to engage in environmental politics (commentary)

Ananda R. Pereira Martins, Lucas Pereira Martins, Leila Figueiredo 10 Jan 2020

Indonesian officials wield sharia law in defense of Sumatran rhinos

Junaidi Hanafiah, Rahmadi Rahmad 10 Jan 2020

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Mongabay.com 10 Jan 2020
Oil palm plantation in West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Activists seek purge after Indonesia court rules forest plantations illegal

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Jan 2020

Philippine fern efficiently absorbs arsenic, copper from toxic mining soil

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2020

Rare plant species are especially vulnerable to climate change, and rarity is more common than previously understood

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2020

Polly share a cracker: Study finds grey parrots are good Samaritans

Malavika Vyawahare 9 Jan 2020
Deforestation in Novo Progresso in the state of Para

Forest loss moves swiftly once 50% deforestation ‘tipping point’ reached

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2020
Coastline of the Big Island, Hawaii. Photo by Rhett A. Butler / mongabay.

Pangolins top the charts while climate stories lag: Insights on our 2019 reporting (insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Jan 2020

Tool use in puffins may point to ‘underestimated’ intelligence in seabirds

Mongabay.com 8 Jan 2020
Proboscis monkeys in Borneo have lost habitat to oil palm plantations and shrimp farms. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Palm oil processors top plantations in destroying proboscis monkey habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Jan 2020
Detail of the Igarapé Água Branca stream, the last clean waterway in the city of Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, in the Amazon region. Image by César Nogueira.

The fight is on to save the last clean waterway in Brazil’s Manaus

Sam Cowie 8 Jan 2020

Killing gods: The last hope for the world’s rarest reptile

Jeremy Hance 7 Jan 2020

Indigenous artists from the Amazon use art for environmental advocacy

Débora Menezes 7 Jan 2020

Jakarta floods spark renewed calls for stronger environmental protection

Basten Gokkon 7 Jan 2020

Science-backed policy boosts critically endangered Nassau grouper

Mongabay.com 6 Jan 2020

2019: The year Sri Lanka’s stunning new species came to light (Commentary)

Amila Prasanna Sumanapala 6 Jan 2020

The long goodbye: Study declares ancient Chinese paddlefish extinct

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Jan 2020

Deadly conditions for Indonesian migrant crews tied to illegal fishing

Basten Gokkon 6 Jan 2020

Report identifies tycoons controlling site of new Indonesian capital

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Jan 2020
The spider Pamphobeteus sp. (Theraphosidae) and Chiasmocleis royi. Photo by Emanuele Biggi.

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Communities in Ecuador fight back against palm oil

Alejandro Pérez 3 Jan 2020

From scorpion skewers to cricket flour, bug protein is becoming big business

Michael Tatarski 3 Jan 2020

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From trash to cash: How a Thai entrepreneur turned used flip-flops into a sustainable business model

Ryan Anderson 2 Jan 2020

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