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Mangrove deforestation may be releasing more CO2 than Poland, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 2 Mar 2018

On an island of plenty, a community tempered by waves braces for rising seas

Ridzki R. Sigit 27 Feb 2018
A local volunteer plants a mangrove sapling at the Trapeang Sangke inlet. The best time for transplanting is July, the peak of the wet season when the estuary is least salty. With a full team of volunteers, 4,000 saplings get transplanted in the most productive months. Photo by Matt Blomberg for Mongabay.

Mega developments set to transform a tranquil Cambodian bay

Matt Blomberg 31 Jan 2018

Trump Admin officially proposes opening vast areas of U.S. coastal waters to oil and gas drilling

Mike Gaworecki 5 Jan 2018
A boat load of cut mangroves. High-quality charcoal made from mangroves is exported to Thailand. Photo by Christoph Zockler.

Chainsaws imperil an old-growth mangrove stronghold in southern Myanmar

Benjamin Graham 27 Dec 2017

Land reclamation threatens extremely rare spoon-billed sandpipers in China

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Dec 2017
A turtle at Shell Beach in Region 1 of Guyana. Photo courtesy of Guyana Marine Conservation Society.

Guyana seeks offshore oil wealth in a green economy

Carinya Sharples 21 Nov 2017

Indonesians plant trees to nurse seagrass back to health in Wakatobi

Sean Mowbray 31 Oct 2017

Jakarta reclamation project allowed to resume, but opposition remains

Basten Gokkon 18 Oct 2017

‘SALT’ alliance aims to tackle illegal fishing on a global scale

Mongabay.com 6 Oct 2017

Lawyer opposing U.S. resort developer in Baja Mexico jailed 62 days

Rodrigo Soberanes 20 Jul 2017

Photos: Where once were mangroves, Javan villages struggle to beat back the sea

Elisabetta Zavoli, Jacopo Pasotti 3 Jul 2017

Restoration of shattered coral reef at Raja Ampat on hold

Basten Gokkon 22 Jun 2017

Field Notes: Pond turtle studies could help sea turtles survive toxic algal blooms

Elizabeth Devitt 8 Jun 2017

Communities band together to protect El Salvador’s last mangroves

Martha Pskowski 23 May 2017

Howler monkeys booming in Belize sanctuary 25 years after translocation

John Cannon 10 May 2017

Corruption drives dealings with logging companies in the Solomon Islands

Elliot Dawea, John Cannon 1 May 2017
Not for republication. Image by Rod Harbinson/Rodharbinson.com

Is a property boom in Malaysia causing a fisheries bust in Penang?

Rod Harbinson 19 Apr 2017

Damage to Raja Ampat 12 times higher than previously thought

Basten Gokkon 25 Mar 2017

Cruise ship wrecks one of Indonesia’s best coral reefs at Raja Ampat

Basten Gokkon 9 Mar 2017

How ‘jobless men managing the sea’ restored a mangrove forest in Java

Donny Iqbal 3 Feb 2017

Controversial Jakarta land reclamation project gets legal go-ahead

Mongabay Indonesia 9 Nov 2016

Nations come together to save Kenya’s disappearing coastal forests

Sophie Mbugua 3 Nov 2016
A female North Atlantic right whale and her calf, off Cumberland Island, Georgia, in January 2013. Photo by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, collected under NOAA Research Permit #15488

A week of grim tidings for critically endangered right whales

Rebecca Kessler 6 Oct 2016
An atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), at the Atlanterhavsparken aquarium in Ålesund, Norway. Photo by Hans-Petter Fjeld via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA).

Fish-farm escapees are weakening Norwegian wild salmon genetics

Melati Kaye 10 Aug 2016
A mangrove forest in Daintree, Australia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

On World Mangrove Day, 9 things to know about these tough plants

Melati Kaye 26 Jul 2016

Battling India’s Sand Barons

Sibi Arasu 11 May 2016

U.S. plan to develop offshore aquaculture stirs dissent

Alexandra Ossola 17 Mar 2016

Trouble in paradise: Wakatobi’s ‘sea gypsies’ adjust to life in a marine park

Melati Kaye 20 Nov 2015

The Holy Trinity: how Wakatobi’s coral stays healthy and diverse

Melati Kaye 16 Nov 2015

New study exposes true costs of converting mangroves in Southeast Asia

Mike Gaworecki 21 Sep 2015

Scientists find surprising climate change refuge for reef-building corals: beneath mangroves

Sean Mowbray 16 Jun 2015

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