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These 3 companies owe Indonesia millions of dollars for damaging the environment. Why haven’t they paid?

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Aug 2017

Modern Fish Act: boon to recreational fishing or risk to U.S. fishery?

Giovanni Ortolani 21 Aug 2017

Kenyans fear proposed Trump cuts could threaten elephants, ranger jobs

Gitonga Njeru 18 Aug 2017

Indonesian coal firms shut down for violations fight back in court, with mixed results

Taufik Wijaya 15 Aug 2017

Land-swap rule among Indonesian President Jokowi’s latest peat reforms

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Aug 2017

Trump budget threatens Zimbabwe climate change resilience programs

Andrew Mambondiyani 31 Jul 2017

Mounting outcry over Indonesian palm oil bill as legislators press on

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Jul 2017

Inflated quotas for captive-bred wildlife in Indonesia may aid traffickers: report

Basten Gokkon 18 Jul 2017

Shipping companies face criminal charges after coal barges damage reef in Indonesian marine park

Basten Gokkon 12 Jul 2017

Indonesia sues Thai energy giant PTT for $2B over 2009 oil spill

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 11 Jul 2017

Sand mining, land reclamation meet fierce resistance in Makassar

Rahmat Hardiansya, Wahyu Chandra 10 Jul 2017

African great ape bushmeat crisis intensifies; few solutions in sight

Sharon Guynup 7 Jul 2017

Is Brazil’s Forest Code failing to reduce deforestation?

John Cannon 6 Jul 2017

Unveiled: The unraveling of Nicaragua’s Indio Maíz Biological Reserve (commentary)

Karen Masters, Hector Castaneda, Paola Muñoz, Adam Stein 29 Jun 2017

Indonesian coal mining firm gets its license reinstated despite a history of violations

Taufik Wijaya 19 Jun 2017

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

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