In conserving its forests while its growing export-oriented wood products industry, Vietnam outsources deforestation to Laos, Cambodia, and China.
Policies promoting industrial rubber plantations over traditional swidden, or slash-and-burn, agriculture across Southeast Asia may carry significant environmental consequences, including loss of biodiversity, reduction of carbon stocks, pollution and degradation…
By the end of the century nations in Southeast Asia will face debilitating economic loss due to global warming, according to a new study from the Asian Development Bank. Analyzing…
The United Nation's REDD Program has approved $18 million in support of forest conservation projects in five pilot countries: Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, and Viet…
Photos of new species discovered in Southeast Asia Photos of new species discovered in the Greater Mekong mongabay.com December 15, 2008
TV footage leads to discovery of strange and rare monkey TV footage leads to discovery of strange and rare monkey mongabay.com December 4, 2008
14 countries win first REDD funding from the World Bank to protect forests 14 countries win REDD funding to protect tropical forests mongabay.com July 24, 2008 Related: 1/3 of corals…
Tropical deforestation is 'one of the worst crises since we came out of our caves' Tropical deforestation is 'one of the worst crises since we came out of our caves'…
Pictures: 11 new species discovered in Vietnam 11 new species discovered in Vietnam's Green Corridor Jeremy Hance, special to mongabay.com September 29, 2007 On September 26th, scientists from World Wildlife…
Researchers find large population of extremely rare monkey Researchers find large population of extremely rare monkey mongabay.com July 2, 2007 A team of scientists from WWF and Conservation International (CI)…