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‘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

Rich forest diversity found in new Yunnan, China preserve

Jonathan Galka 15 Jul 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

Saving Asia’s other endangered cats (photos)

Jeremy Hance 21 Oct 2014

How do we save the world’s vanishing old-growth forests?

Jeremy Hance 26 Aug 2014

‘Better late than never’: Myanmar bans timber exports to save remaining forests

Morgan Erickson-Davis 24 Apr 2014

Just how bad is the logging crisis in Myanmar? 72 percent of exports illegal

Jeremy Hance 26 Mar 2014

Plantations used as cover for destruction of old-growth forests in Myanmar

Jeremy Hance 2 Dec 2013

Mangrove ecosystems being obliterated in Myanmar

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2013

Mekong region has lost a third of its forests in 30 years, may lose another third by 2030

Mongabay.com 3 May 2013

‘Exporting deforestation’: China is the kingpin of illegal logging

Jeremy Hance 29 Nov 2012

Blue tarantula, walking cactus, and a worm from Hell: the top 10 new species of 2011

Jeremy Hance 23 May 2012

New population of Myanmar snub-nosed monkey discovered in China

Jeremy Hance 16 May 2012

NGO: lifting sanctions on Myanmar must lead to forestry reform

Jeremy Hance 26 Apr 2012

UN: wild teak forests declining

Jeremy Hance 28 Mar 2012

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