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Scientists rediscover mammalian oddity in remote Vietnam

Jeremy Hance 11 Nov 2019
Part of anti-trafficking campaign in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

The challenges of campaigning against wildlife trafficking in Vietnam

Michael Tatarski 1 Aug 2019
Mekong River landscape. Image by WWF-Cambodia.

As Cambodia swelters, climate-change suspicion falls on deforestation

Michael Tatarski 17 Jun 2019
Ca phe sua da on sale for 65 cents from a cart on the side of the road near Ho Chi Minh City's downtown. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Innovative methods could transform Vietnam’s robusta farms into carbon sinks

Michael Tatarski 13 Jun 2019
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
A butterfly in the forests of Vietnam. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Questions remain as Vietnam reaches major REDD+ milestone

Michael Tatarski 1 Apr 2019
Hiking through the tiny village of Doong in central Vietnam's Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Vietnam a challenging yet rewarding country for environmental reporting (insider)

Michael Tatarski 17 Mar 2019

European Parliament to vote on timber legality agreement with Vietnam

John Cannon 11 Mar 2019
Anti-wildlife-trafficking statues at Minh Dang Quang Buddhist Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, one of the pagodas included in the campaign. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Graphic anti-wildlife-trafficking campaign tackles Vietnam’s pangolin problem

Michael Tatarski 14 Feb 2019
Hiking through the tiny village of Doong in central Vietnam's Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Current threats and future hopes for the greater Mekong’s mangroves

Michael Tatarski 30 Jan 2019
Ornately carved Buddhist statues for sale in Dong Ky, Vietnam. Photo by Chris Humphrey.

Tracing the safeguards against illegal logging in Vietnam

Kit Humphrey 4 Dec 2018

Vietnam-EU legal timber agreement signed, but much work remains

Michael Tatarski 13 Nov 2018

Cambodia accuses Vietnam of complicity in illegal cross-border logging

Kit Humphrey 18 Oct 2018
A flowering tea plant in Vietnam. Photo via Pixabay.

New tea plant discoveries in Vietnam highlight vitality of protected areas

Michael Tatarski 3 Aug 2018
A butterfly in the forest outside Son Doong Cave. (Photo courtesy Professor Phuong Ta)

In Vietnam, cable car plans continue to threaten important cave system

Kit Humphrey 24 Jul 2018

Vietnam’s bear bile farms are collapsing — but it may not be good news

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Jul 2018
Khanh Nguy Thi. Photo courtesy Goldman Environmental Prize.

Vietnam’s first Goldman Prize winner pushes for energy conservation

Michael Tatarski 29 May 2018
African elephants in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Will China’s new ban on the ivory trade help or hurt? (Commentary)

Karl Ammann 16 May 2018

Carbon credit prices too low to protect forests from rubber, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 8 Mar 2018
A farmer feeds elephant grass to his horses in Cao Bang Province, planted so farmers don't send their livestock to graze inside a nearby protected forest. Photo by Michael Tatarski/Mongabay.

Environmental reporting in Vietnam often a comedy of errors

Michael Tatarski 30 Jan 2018
Smallholder Ho Da The at work in his FSC-certified acacia plantation in Phu Loc district, Thua Thien Hue. Photo by James Morgan/WWF with permission.

In Vietnam, small farmers and timber magnates forge uneasy alliance

Zoe Osborne 10 Nov 2017

Trade in wild birds going ‘unchecked’ in Vietnam: new report

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Sep 2017
A sign directs logging trucks to timber depots set up along the Vietnamese border with Cambodia. Photo courtesy of EIA.

Vietnam pledges to investigate massive illegal logging violations as international pressure grows

Michael Tatarski 31 May 2017
Maps and charts display information for teams to use as they plan the route of a new road. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Experts explore sustainable infrastructure amid major development needs

Michael Tatarski 23 May 2017
Trekkers don headlamps and helmets at one of Hang En's entrances. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Son Doong Cave: Tourism and conservation coexist in one of Vietnam’s largest national parks

Michael Tatarski 16 May 2017
Arevs in O'Tabok, Virachey National Park, Cambodia Feb 2017. Photo courtesy of EIA.

New report details enormous corruption, illegal logging along Vietnamese border with Cambodia

Michael Tatarski 8 May 2017

Rare barking deer photographed in Vietnam

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Apr 2017
A tea kettle boils atop a TK90 stove provided by FFI Vietnam. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay

Efficient stoves and elephant grass aid primate conservation in northern Vietnam

Michael Tatarski 9 Feb 2017
Carved rosewood furniture. Photo by Jane Tan Kok/Pixabay

Vietnamese luxury wooden furniture makers feel pain of regulations and deforestation

Michael Tatarski 26 Jan 2017
A small village nestled in the Ha Giang province in Vietnam near the border with China. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Enforcement, development and education define efforts to save Vietnam’s rare primates

Michael Tatarski 15 Jan 2017

Rainbow-headed snake, rare wild banana among 163 new species discovered in Greater Mekong region: WWF

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Dec 2016
A Son Tra banyan tree in Vietnam. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Vietnam’s forests on the upswing after years of recovery

Michael Tatarski, Shanti Johnson 11 Dec 2016

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