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Mangrove loss threatens migratory shorebird route in North Sumatra

Ayat S. Karokaro 15 Jun 2017

Norway bans government purchasing of palm oil biofuel

Morgan Erickson-Davis 13 Jun 2017

People of all faiths face climate change with hope, action, urgency

Justin Catanoso 13 Jun 2017

The Philippines, a nation rich in precious metals, encounters powerful opposition to mining

Keith Schneider 8 Jun 2017
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesia’s plantation lobby challenges environmental law

Basten Gokkon, Lusia Arumingtyas 7 Jun 2017

Gabon pledges ‘massive’ protected network for oceans

Mongabay.com 6 Jun 2017

Demand for elephant skin driving up poaching in Myanmar (warning: graphic images)

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Jun 2017

New York detective work saves rhinos in South Africa (commentary)

Axel Hunnicutt 2 Jun 2017

Trump withdraws U.S. from Paris Climate Accord; scientists respond

U.S. and global scientists 1 Jun 2017

Who owns Indonesia’s deadly abandoned coal mines?

Tommy Apriando 25 May 2017

Trump: the biggest threat to Earth’s climate balance (commentary)

Carlos Nobre, Rachel Biderman 23 May 2017
Mt. Kenya Bush Viper, aka Ashe’s Viper (Atheris desaixi). Photo courtesy of CITES.

Kenya cracks down on illegal trade in rare and venomous vipers

Gitonga Njeru 16 May 2017

Trump failure to lead on climate doesn’t faze UN policymakers in Bonn

Justin Catanoso 8 May 2017

Balinese rituals fuel spike in trafficking of endangered sea turtles

Johnny Langenheim 4 May 2017

Vandals ravage Mother Nature (commentary)

Fred Bercovitch 4 May 2017

To help stop illegal fishing, ban practice of transshipment on high seas, researchers say

Mike Gaworecki 1 May 2017

Philippines bans new open-pit metal mines

Keith Schneider 28 Apr 2017
Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema), a species threatened by the Madagascar rosewood trade. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Singapore convicts rosewood trader in historic CITES seizure

Edward Carver 26 Apr 2017

The March for Science makes its stand: “There is no Planet B”

Sharon Guynup story and photos 24 Apr 2017

BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused $17.2 billion in environmental damage to the Gulf of Mexico

Mike Gaworecki 20 Apr 2017

Indonesian tiger smugglers escape with light sentences in Sumatra

Lili Rambe 20 Apr 2017

Great apes in Asian circus-style shows on rise — so is trafficking

Millie Kerr 12 Apr 2017

Latest death highlights plight of spectacled bear in Colombia

Andrew J. Wight 7 Apr 2017

Illegal bushmeat trade threatens human health and great apes

Claire Asher 6 Apr 2017

Rotten beef and illegal deforestation: Brazil’s largest meatpacker rocked by scandals

Mike Gaworecki 5 Apr 2017

Jokowi reiterates commitment to indigenous rights

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2017

“Endangered species to declare?” Europe’s understudied bushmeat trade

Sean Mowbray 20 Mar 2017

Denmark prohibits companies from selling Myanmar teak on European Union markets

Mike Gaworecki 20 Mar 2017

As America’s Endangered Species List turns 50, uncertainty abounds

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2017

Tracking the numerous tactics used to attack environmental protections around the globe

Mike Gaworecki 10 Mar 2017

Indonesian Supreme Court orders Jokowi administration to hand over palm oil permit data

Mongabay.com 10 Mar 2017
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Greenpeace to take Indonesian forestry ministry to Supreme Court over environmental data

Mongabay.com 9 Mar 2017

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