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The ongoing trade in conflict timber (commentary)

Arthur Blundell, Jade Saunders 6 Nov 2018

Latam Eco Review: Killing jaguars for arthritis creams and wine

Mongabay.com 2 Nov 2018

Latam Eco Review: Wandering hippos, condor central, and the macaw trade

Mongabay.com 26 Oct 2018

Peru seizes plane with 30kg of cocaine in Bahuaja-Sonene National Park

Vanessa Romo 25 Oct 2018
African elephants in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

New research measures impacts of China’s elephant ivory trade ban

Mongabay.com 23 Oct 2018

‘The posterchild for entangled marine mammals around the globe:’ Q&A with author of ‘Vaquita’

Mike Gaworecki 19 Oct 2018

5 bird species lose protections, more at risk in new Indonesia decree

Basten Gokkon 17 Oct 2018

One-two punch of habitat loss, capture hammers Southeast Asian birds

Basten Gokkon 16 Oct 2018

$25m in funding to help African gov’ts prosecute poachers, traffickers

Mongabay.com 15 Oct 2018

Limi Valley: A threatened Shangri-La for wildlife (commentary)

Yadav Ghimirey 24 Sep 2018

World Gorilla Day: good news and grave threats

Mongabay.com 23 Sep 2018

Latam Eco Review: Black market jaguars, freed green macaws

Mongabay.com 23 Sep 2018
A forestry department ground inspection team checks the timber to be exported and monitors con-tainer loading at the site before sealing the container. Photo by Ann Wang for Mongabay.

Activists blast Myanmar timber deal: ‘There is no transparency at all’

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2018

Latam Eco Review: Salmon escape, jungle drones, and a new biosphere reserve

Mongabay.com 8 Sep 2018

Indonesia gives in to bird traders, rescinds protection for 3 species

Basten Gokkon 7 Sep 2018

Latam Eco Review: Land trafficking in Lima’s hill ecosystems, oil spills in Venezuela, floods in Colombia

Mongabay.com 25 Aug 2018

Colombia: Govt rushes to save national park from rampant deforestation

Maria Fernanda Lizcano 16 Aug 2018

In protecting songbirds, Indonesia ruffles owners & breeders’ feathers

Basten Gokkon 13 Aug 2018
In the building where the offices of the UDAPT works, they hung a sign to remember the damages caused by the oil company. Photo courtesy Union of Affected by Petroleum Chevron (Udapt).

Chevron must pay for environmental damage in Ecuador, court rules

Mongabay.com 3 Aug 2018

Indonesia adds hundreds of birds to protected species list

Basten Gokkon 3 Aug 2018

Latam Eco Review: Witchcraft and wildlife trafficking in Peru

Mongabay.com 27 Jul 2018

Peru: How chocolate saved a community and a protected area from the drug trade

Vanessa Romo 6 Jul 2018

Latam Eco Review: Five newly described snakes named by auction in Ecuador

Mongabay.com 6 Jul 2018

Online pet trade in Southeast Asia poses a major new threat to otters

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2018

Owner of South African hunting company indicted by US prosecutors over illegal elephant hunt

Mongabay.com 4 Jun 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

Wildlife trade detective Samuel Wasser receives prestigious Albert Schweitzer Medal

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Apr 2018

Indonesian conservation bill is weak on wildlife crime, critics say

Basten Gokkon 6 Apr 2018

New sloth book features amazing photographs and busts myths [PHOTOS]

Erik Hoffner 5 Apr 2018

U.K. ban relegates legal ivory trade to ‘a thing of the past’

Mongabay.com 3 Apr 2018

In Jakarta, wildlife monitors find a hotspot for the illegal tortoise trade

Basten Gokkon 26 Mar 2018

Illegal cattle ranching deforests Mexico’s massive Lacandon Jungle

Rodrigo Soberanes 14 Mar 2018

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