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The youngest Cat Ba langur, which was recorded last week, sits with its mother atop a limestone tower, while a juvenile langur climbs nearby. Photo by Neahga Leonard for the Cat Ba Langur Conservation Project.

On one island, a microcosm of Vietnam’s environmental challenges

Michael Tatarski 22 Apr 2019
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Peat protection rule may be a double-edged sword for Indonesia’s forests

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Apr 2019
Jane Goodall. Photo credit: Jane Goodall Institute.

Jane Goodall on Leonardo DiCaprio, her 85th birthday, and the need for hope

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Apr 2019

New paper proposes a science-based ‘Global Deal for Nature’

Mongabay.com 19 Apr 2019

Cities may save some species from extinction, but they don’t save species’ ecological functions

Mike Gaworecki 19 Apr 2019

New ancient, giant carnivore described from bones in museum drawer

Mongabay.com 19 Apr 2019

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, April 19, 2019

Mongabay.com 19 Apr 2019
Ankarana sportive lemur (Lepilemur ankaranensis), an endangered species whose habitat is threatened by rosewood logging. Image by Rhett A. Butler.

Singapore acquits trader in world’s biggest rosewood bust, worth $50m

Edward Carver 19 Apr 2019

Peru’s first autonomous indigenous gov’t strikes back against deforestation

Marcio Pimenta 18 Apr 2019

Lift-off for thermal-imaging system to estimate wildlife populations

James Fair 18 Apr 2019

Sri Lanka calls for increased protection for endemic lizards

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 18 Apr 2019

U.S. companies implicated in illegal timber trade from West Africa

James Fair 18 Apr 2019
A brick kiln in the Irrawaddy region with a mixture of mangrove and other wood. Workers say they prefer the finish on the charcoal made from mangrove. Photo by Victoria Milko.

Illegal charcoal trade threatens Myanmar’s remaining mangroves

Wudan Yan 18 Apr 2019

Rise in crocodile sightings linked to habitat degradation in Indonesia

Nurdin Tubaka 18 Apr 2019

Swelling amount of plastic in the ocean confirmed by new study

John Cannon 17 Apr 2019

Omura’s whale much more widespread across the globe than previously thought

Mongabay.com 17 Apr 2019

Shade or sun? Forest structure affects tree responses to Amazon drought

Claire Asher 17 Apr 2019

China seizes over 2,700 elephant tusks in massive bust

Mongabay.com 17 Apr 2019

IUCN calls for moratorium on projects impacting rarest great ape species

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Apr 2019

A park in Bolivia bears the brunt of a plan to export electricity

Miriam Telma Jemio 17 Apr 2019

Amazon could be biggest casualty of US-China Trade war, researchers warn

Sarah Sax 16 Apr 2019

Last known female Yangtze giant softshell turtle dies in China

Mongabay.com 16 Apr 2019

A fishy translocation highlights dangers of ‘taxonomic inflation’

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 16 Apr 2019

In ‘Sexy Killers,’ journos probe Indonesian candidates’ ties to Big Coal

Della Syahni 16 Apr 2019

Colorful display of newly described stick insects confounds scientists

Malavika Vyawahare 16 Apr 2019

Waters off Galápagos have way more alien species than previously known

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Apr 2019
Afghan man carrying a stuffed leopard down the street in Kabul. The real driver of wildlife trafficking in Afghanistan was however international military forces, humanitarian NGOs, and development contractors. Credit WCS/Lisa Yook.

Conservation may offer common ground in Afghan conflict

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Apr 2019

Deforested habitats leave migratory birds ill-prepared for journey north

Ashley Stumvoll 15 Apr 2019

Palm oil, logging firms the usual suspects as Indonesia fires flare anew

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Apr 2019

To rescue Sumatran rhinos, Indonesia starts by counting them first

Eni Muslihah 15 Apr 2019

Deforestation diminishes access to clean water, study finds

John Cannon 15 Apr 2019

In Bali, a village hews to unwritten rules to manage its forest

Luh De Suriyani 14 Apr 2019

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