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The year in tropical rainforests: 2016

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2016

Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2016

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Dec 2016
The front page of Daily Eleven in Yangon, Myanmar the day after the murder of one of its reporters. Photo by Ann Wang for Mongabay

Attacks on journalists in Myanmar highlight complications, dangers for the media

Mongabay.com 15 Dec 2016

Karen people call for a peace park instead of big hydropower in their homeland

Demelza Stokes 14 Dec 2016

Journalist murdered while investigating illegal logging in Myanmar

Mongabay.com 13 Dec 2016

‘My spirit is there’: life in the shadow of the Mong Ton dam

Demelza Stokes 7 Dec 2016

New drone analysis highlights conservation challenges in Myanmar

Ann Wang 30 Nov 2016

Damming the Salween: what next for Southeast Asia’s last great free-flowing river?

Demelza Stokes 23 Nov 2016

Sweden sets legal precedent with prosecution of Myanmar teak trader

Mike Gaworecki 15 Nov 2016
Wood workers at a shop in Mandalay, Myanmar. Many shops use illegally-sourced wood. Photo by David Doyle

Myanmar’s logging ban feeds shadow economy of illegal trade

David Doyle 1 Nov 2016

Illegal Myanmar teak importation widespread to EU, investigation finds

John Cannon 19 Oct 2016

‘We are revolutionaries’: Villagers fight to protect Myanmar’s forests

Katie Arnold 23 Sep 2016
A tree house built in Taik Kyi village in Myanmar to for safety from roaming elephants. Courtesy of David Doyle

Deforestation puts lives on the line in rural Myanmar

David Doyle, Jennifer Rigby 12 Sep 2016

‘An optimistic place to start’: Myanmar enacts national logging ban

Morgan Erickson-Davis 3 Aug 2016

No logging ban for Myanmar despite reported announcement

Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 May 2016

Major legal system breakdowns threaten great apes of Africa, Asia

William H. Funk 31 Mar 2016

Drop in timber smuggling gives ‘breathing space’ to Myanmar’s forests

Morgan Erickson-Davis 10 Mar 2016

Peace agreements often ignore natural resources, report finds

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Feb 2016

Countries call for new CITES protections for rosewood species

Mike Gaworecki 14 Jan 2016

Lumber Liquidators pays $13.2M to end illegal logging probe

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2015

Illegal timber trade destroying Myanmar’s forests uncovered in new report

Mike Gaworecki 18 Sep 2015

Can we save the Sumatran rhino? Indonesia holds out hope

Jeremy Hance 19 Jun 2015

‘Trying to follow the money’: Opacity rules in Southeast Asia’s land rush, finds study

15 Jun 2015

Conservation in Myanmar: a cause for optimism?

Hannah Watson 24 Apr 2015

Growing need for deforestation-free rubber as tire demand destroys native forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Apr 2015

Scientists find new monkey with unique penis

Morgan Erickson-Davis 10 Apr 2015

New report: commercial agricultural expansion fueling illegal logging and land conflicts in Myanmar

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Mar 2015

Rainforest loss increased in the 2000s, concludes new analysis

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2015

155 Chinese nationals arrested for illegal logging in Myanmar

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2015

Rainforests: 10 things to watch in 2015

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jan 2015

Saving Myanmar’s red pandas by protecting land, educating people

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Nov 2014

Scientists capture first-ever footage of wild red pandas in Myanmar (VIDEO)

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Nov 2014

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