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Seven ‘most wanted’ elephant poachers arrested in Malaysia

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Feb 2017

27 critically endangered Javan slow lorises rescued from online traders in Indonesia

Mike Gaworecki 27 Jan 2017

China seizes over 3,000 kg of pangolin scales in biggest-ever smuggling case

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Dec 2016

Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2016

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Dec 2016

Hong Kong to ban ivory trade by 2021

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Dec 2016

Signatories to Hanoi Statement urged to do more to combat illegal wildlife trade

Mike Gaworecki 15 Dec 2016

Interpol says corruption in global forestry sector worth $29 billion every year

Mike Gaworecki 9 Dec 2016

Sweden sets legal precedent with prosecution of Myanmar teak trader

Mike Gaworecki 15 Nov 2016
A cook fries potato chips using charcoal at the Salama Guest House on the Kenyan side of Namanga. Photo by Nathan Siegel

In a border town, a favorite African fuel has an uncertain future

Nathan Siegel 3 Nov 2016

Quantifying the ecological impacts of the 20th century trade in Amazonian furs

Mike Gaworecki 25 Oct 2016

Over 200 snow leopards killed every year: new report

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Oct 2016

Papua New Guinea activist receives prestigious award for protecting forests

Mike Gaworecki 18 Oct 2016

CITES CoP17 closes after key votes on elephants, lions, pangolins, rosewood, and more

Mike Gaworecki 5 Oct 2016

International trade in African grey parrots banned

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Oct 2016

Conservationists: It’s time for pangolins to be listed on Appendix I of CITES

Mike Gaworecki 27 Sep 2016

Calls for CITES to address the corruption fueling the illegal wildlife trade

Mike Gaworecki 23 Sep 2016

Land grabbing and environmental destruction could now be prosecuted under international law

Mike Gaworecki 22 Sep 2016

Introducing the Mongabay Newscast

Mike Gaworecki 20 Sep 2016

Interpol issues notice about illegal timber trading operation in Brazil

Mike Gaworecki 15 Sep 2016

657 pangolins found wrapped in plastic, hidden in freezers

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Sep 2016

Detector Dogs sniff out illegal ivory, help nab poacher in Tanzania

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Aug 2016

Study uncovers illegal bird trade in Thailand’s weekend market

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Aug 2016

Vietnam is one of world’s biggest illegal ivory markets

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Jul 2016

How “due diligence” is helping curb the illegal timber trade in key markets

Mike Gaworecki 12 May 2016

West African countries come together to stop the illegal rosewood trade

Mike Gaworecki 12 Apr 2016

Pathogens ‘lurking’ in Lao PDR’s wildlife markets can lead to emergence of zoonotic diseases

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Apr 2016

Hunt for rare fragrance is pushing one of world’s most expensive trees towards extinction: Al Jazeera documentary

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Mar 2016

Facebook emerging as a ‘thriving’ wildlife trade marketplace

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Mar 2016

Myanmar emerging as a major hub for smuggling pangolins to China

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Jan 2016

Man selling monkey heads on eBay sentenced, supplier in Indonesia arrested

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Jan 2016

China’s demand for rosewood is destroying forests in Southeast Asia and, increasingly, In Africa

Mike Gaworecki 23 Dec 2015

‘Catastrophic’ decline: nearly 99% of African grey parrots wiped out in Ghana

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Dec 2015

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