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For APEC’s poorest member, flashy cars point to another boondoggle

Lucy EJ Woods 16 Nov 2018

Evicted for a showpiece project, this PNG community fights for justice

Lucy EJ Woods 8 Nov 2018

Is northern India better prepared for air pollution this winter?

Mayank Aggarwal 31 Oct 2018

Jakarta cancels permits for controversial bay reclamation project

Basten Gokkon 2 Oct 2018

A civic outcry in Malaysia forces a Chinese builder to live up to its eco-friendly tag

Keith Schneider 5 Sep 2018

As Bali reclamation project dies, activists seek conservation status

Luh De Suriyani 30 Aug 2018

Amid corruption scandal, Malaysia switches track on future of rail network

Keith Schneider 16 Aug 2018

A river restored breathes new life into Kuala Lumpur

Keith Schneider 8 Aug 2018

Indigenous stewardship is critical to success of protected areas (commentary)

Michael Painter, David Wilkie, James Watson 25 Jul 2018

Cracks appear in Malaysia’s building spree, once a model for development

Keith Schneider 17 Jul 2018

Delhi residents protest against axing of the city’s green cover

Mayank Aggarwal 4 Jul 2018

‘Urban Raptors’: Q&A with authors of book on ecology and conservation of city-dwelling birds of prey

Mike Gaworecki 29 Jun 2018

US urban areas are losing 36 million trees every year, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 25 Apr 2018

Cities need forests too: A call for forests amid our concrete jungles (commentary)

Alistair Monument 21 Mar 2018

Leopards could reduce rabies by controlling stray dog numbers in India, study finds

Mongabay.com 21 Mar 2018
A Sierra Madre Sparrow inside Mexico City’s Water Forest. Photo courtesy Ulises Martínez, Grupo de Monitoreo Biológico de Milpa Alta.

Mexico City dwellers shoulder future of their urban ‘Water Forest’

Christine MacDonald 6 Mar 2018
Arley Estupiñan walks towards his house at night. Photo by Ana Cristina Vallejo with permission.

The uncertain future of Bogotá’s shantytowns

Maximo Anderson 16 Nov 2017

Jakarta reclamation project allowed to resume, but opposition remains

Basten Gokkon 18 Oct 2017

Trees provide ecosystem services worth $500 million to the world’s megacities

Mike Gaworecki 7 Sep 2017

Urban heat island effect could more than double climate costs for cities

Mike Gaworecki 13 Jun 2017

Not out of the woods: Concerns remain with Nigerian superhighway

John Cannon 26 May 2017

On the road to ‘smart development’

John Cannon 25 May 2017

Over the bridge: The battle for the future of the Kinabatangan

John Cannon 3 May 2017

Successful forest protection in DRC hinges on community participation

John Cannon 12 Mar 2017

Scrapping Nigerian superhighway buffer isn’t enough, say conservation groups

John Cannon 22 Feb 2017

Bright lights, big city, tiny frog: Romer’s tree frog survives Hong Kong

Asher Elbein 3 Feb 2017

Battle for the Amazon: As Sinop grew, the Amazon rainforest faded away

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 1 Feb 2017

Land-use change and management failures in China lead to significant amounts of carbon emissions: Study

Mike Gaworecki 23 Nov 2016

Controversial Jakarta land reclamation project gets legal go-ahead

Mongabay Indonesia 9 Nov 2016

Can nature thrive in cities? New book looks at changing face of nature in Bangalore

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Jul 2016

To stop the Zika virus from spreading in Brazil, specialists call for an ‘environmental revolution’

Carolina Torres 18 Feb 2016

Jakarta governor proposes lighter environmental permitting

Melati Kaye 15 Feb 2016

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