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China still making pangolin-based treatments despite banning use of scales, report says

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 13 Oct 2020

Landed by the thousands: Overfished Congo waters put endangered sharks at risk

Sharon Guynup 23 Sep 2020

‘We are all ecstatic’: Rescued wild pangolin gives birth to healthy pup

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2020

Stolen from the wild, rare reptiles and amphibians are freely traded in EU

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 14 Sep 2020

Poaching pressure mounts on jaguars, the Americas’ iconic big cat

Vanessa Romo 14 Sep 2020

Rescuing Achilles: Southern pig-tailed macaques listed as endangered but still persecuted (commentary)

Sinan Serhadli 24 Aug 2020

Is that ivory from an elephant or a nut? A new guide shows how to tell

Ashoka Mukpo 13 Aug 2020

Illegal plant trade, tourism threaten new Philippine flowering herbs

Keith Anthony Fabro 13 Aug 2020

Is Chinese investment driving a sharp increase in jaguar poaching?

Rebecca Branford 11 Aug 2020

In Colombia, a protected park is buffeted by social, environmental conflicts

Antonio José Paz Cardona 7 Aug 2020

Understaffed and under threat: Paraguay’s park rangers pay the ultimate price

Aldo Benítez 5 Aug 2020

Illegal trade of Philippine pangolins is surging, report shows

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 4 Aug 2020

No choice: Why communities in Paraguay are cutting down forests to survive

Aldo Benítez 31 Jul 2020

Brazilian Amazon drained of millions of wild animals by criminal networks: Report

Sharon Guynup 28 Jul 2020

Arrests in Indonesian probe into latest case of labor abuses on Chinese fishing boats

Basten Gokkon 28 Jul 2020

Marijuana farms expand in Paraguay reserve despite gov’t crackdowns

Aldo Benítez 27 Jul 2020
In July 2020, Greenpeace Russia documented forest fires in the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia.

What funds are needed to prevent another pandemic? Just 2% of COVID-19’s estimated cost

Mongabay.com 27 Jul 2020

Protected areas in Paraguay hit hard by illegal marijuana farming

Aldo Benítez 22 Jul 2020

Indonesia presses China for witness in deaths of fishing boat crews

Basten Gokkon 21 Jul 2020

Trafficking of thousands of songbirds highlights rampant trade in Indonesia

Ayat S. Karokaro 3 Jul 2020

Drug trafficking could be putting ‘fragile fisheries’ at risk, study says

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 2 Jul 2020
Shark fins for sale in Hong Kong. Image provided by Demian Chapman.

Mercury with that? Shark fins served with illegal doses of heavy metals

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Jun 2020

Indonesia drops panned plan to scrap legality license for wood exports

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 May 2020

It’s time to implement solutions that make the bushmeat trade unnecessary (commentary)

Cate Twining-Ward, Colin A. Chapman 18 May 2020

Chinese boat that dumped Indonesian crews at sea was also shark-finning: Reports

Basten Gokkon 13 May 2020

Authorities seize record 26 tons of illegal shark fins in Hong Kong

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 May 2020

DNA detective work reveals where in the ocean shark fins came from

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 May 2020

Plans to prevent future pandemics must consider gender issues, too (commentary)

Tyler Nuckols 6 May 2020

Malaysian authorities seize record 6 tons of African pangolin scales

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 Apr 2020

Indonesia risks timber trade with EU after scrapping license rules

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Mar 2020

Indonesia ends timber legality rule, stoking fears of illegal logging boom

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Mar 2020

Chinese government reportedly recommending bear bile injections to treat coronavirus

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2020

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