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Altered forests threaten sustainability of subsistence hunting

Mongabay.com 29 May 2019

Most communities not seeing promised oil palm payoff in Borneo, study finds

Loren Bell 6 May 2019

New species of ancient human found in a Philippine cave

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Apr 2019
A life restoration of Hadropithecus stenognathus, an extinct species of lemur, based on fossil evidence. H. stenognathus is thought to have weighed between 27 and 35 kilograms (60 and 77 pounds), more than three times the size of the largest living species of lemur, the indri (Indri indri). Image by Smokeybjb via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Human population boom led to Madagascar’s megafauna extinction: Study

Malavika Vyawahare 4 Apr 2019

Dust and blood: Climate-induced conflict fuels migration, study finds

Nina Finley 29 Mar 2019

Proximity to towns stretches giraffe home ranges

Mongabay.com 6 Mar 2019

Indigenous hunters vital to robust food webs in Australia

Mongabay.com 1 Mar 2019

Two Indian tribes help reconstruct a forest’s history, in war and in peace

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Dec 2018
Size comparison between the eggs of an elephant bird, ostrich, and chicken. Courtesy of the museum at Berenty.

Humans reached Madagascar 6,000 years earlier than previously thought

Mongabay.com 12 Sep 2018

‘Not doing anything is no longer acceptable’: Q&A with Alice Thomas, climate refugee expert

Bhanu Sridharan 15 Aug 2018

On India’s Kerala coast, a man-made solution exacerbates a natural problem

Haritha John 28 Jun 2018

Mexico’s ejidos are finding greater sustainability by involving youth and women

Mike Gaworecki 7 Jun 2018

Wildlife decimated by the surge in conflicts in the Sahara and the Sahel

Mongabay.com 9 May 2018

In eastern Indonesia, a forest tribe pushes back against miners and loggers

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Mar 2018
Bison in Chihuahua, Mexico, where protected grasslands in the U.S. and Mexico create a bi-national wildlife corridor. President Trump’s border hardening plans threaten the continuity of this habitat, and existing fencing has already curtailed the bison's movements. Photo by Rurik List.

Judge OKs waiving environmental laws to build U.S.-Mexico border wall

Mongabay 1 Mar 2018
Bison in the Janos Valley of Chihuahua, Mexico. A population of about 100 bison lives in Mexico, where they are listed as a species in danger of extinction. The herd’s trips from the U.S. to Mexico have been curtailed by a hardening of the border in the Janos Valley. Photo by Rurik List courtesy of CONABIO.

Rewriting biological history: Trump border wall puts wildlife at risk

Rebecca Kessler 12 Feb 2018
A Rohingya boy carrying a load of firewood through Kutupalong-Balukhali refugee camp in Bangladesh. Photo by Khaamil Ahmed/Mongabay.

Bangladeshi forests stripped bare as Rohingya refugees battle to survive

Kaamil Ahmed 9 Jan 2018

Protecting a forest in the land of the Indonesian deer-pig

Christopel Paino 15 Aug 2017

Kiribati confronts climate upheaval by preparing for ‘migration with dignity’

Kayla Walsh 11 Jul 2017

Papuan clan leader laments influx of migrants to sacred Cyclops Mountains

Christopel Paino 14 Jun 2017

Cattle ranching devours Nicaragua’s Bosawás Biosphere Reserve

Michelle Carrere 10 Mar 2017

Environmental costs, benefits and possibilities: Q&A with anthropologist Eben Kirksey

John Cannon 28 Feb 2017

Nations come together to save Kenya’s disappearing coastal forests

Sophie Mbugua 3 Nov 2016

What’s being done to secure justice for SE Asia’s seafood slaves?

Cory Rogers 23 Mar 2016

Indonesia’s war on maritime slavery continues

Cory Rogers 3 Mar 2016

A small European island teaches conservation through its herbs and spices

Nika Levikov 29 Jan 2016

Photos: Can helping local people save an embattled Nigerian park?

Lawal Sani Kona 20 Jan 2016
Manta Ray off Sipadan Island in the Coral Triangle. Photo by Greg Asner of DivePhoto.org

Not all escaped fishing slaves want to go home

Cory Rogers 6 Nov 2015

From slave to student: Myanmar migrants find abuse, opportunity in Thailand

Sarah Hucal 29 Sep 2015

Harsh treatment for indigenous Botswanans ousted from Kalahari wildlife reserve

Michael Schwartz 21 Aug 2015

Palm oil a mixed blessing in Indonesia’s peat peninsula

Zamzami 4 Aug 2015

Reservations about Indonesian ‘land reform’ as details unclear

Sapariah Saturi 2 Apr 2015

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