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Pranisha Pun harvests a cordyceps mushroom in western Nepal. Image by Sushil Mainali / ANSAB.

Sustainable trade in wild plants benefits people and planet (commentary)

Richard Scobey 2 Mar 2026
A woman standing in a street carries a basin filled with a colourful variety of plastic bottles while in the background there are busy stalls and shoppers in the street. Image by Elliot Ovadje via Flickr.

Recycling startups test limits of private solutions to deluge of waste in Lagos

Abdulwaheed Sofiullahi 20 Feb 2026
Açaí extraction provides income for local communities while helping to keep forests standing.

Brazil declares açaí a national fruit amid biopiracy concerns

Shanna Hanbury 30 Jan 2026

Ants need urgent protections from global trade, conservationists say

Spoorthy Raman 13 Jan 2026
European Parliament plenary session on Dec. 17. Image courtesy of the European Union.

EUDR antideforestation law officially delayed for second year in a row

Shanna Hanbury 6 Jan 2026
Rubber agroforestry in Thailand.

SE Asia’s smallholders struggling to meet EUDR: Interview with RECOFTC’s Martin Greijmans

Carolyn Cowan 29 Dec 2025
A cocoa farmer and member of a local cooperative inspects the state of bean fermentation in Lembe Yezoum, Cameroon.

Researchers find concerning gaps in global maps used for EUDR compliance

John Cannon 19 Dec 2025
Sumatran rhino. Image by Rhett Ayers Butler

Pulp giant RGE admits possible deforestation breach in Bornean wildlife habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Dec 2025
: Press conference following the vote to delay the EUDR, again. Image courtesy of Laurie Dieffembacq/European Union.

EU votes to delay EUDR antideforestation law for second year in a row

Shanna Hanbury 19 Dec 2025
Cattle grazing in the Amazon.

In Brazil, a new label gives more visibility to deforestation-free beef

Constance Malleret 18 Dec 2025

South Africa withdraws abalone listing even as illegal trade threatens species

Victoria Schneider 8 Dec 2025
European Parliament during voting session on Nov. 26. Image courtesy of the European Union.

EU backs another one-year delay for EUDR antideforestation law

Shanna Hanbury 27 Nov 2025
An Annamite striped rabbit in a breeding facility in Thailand.

Already disappearing, Southeast Asia’s striped rabbits now caught in global pet trade

Spoorthy Raman 25 Nov 2025

EU touts climate leadership while undermining antideforestation rules, critics say

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Nov 2025
The Caquetá River serves as a vital transportation route for communities in the eastern Colombian Amazon.

Colombia slams international trade rules that punish states for climate action

Shanna Hanbury 19 Nov 2025
Cacao illegally farmed inside Côte d’Ivoire’s Cavally Forest Reserve. Image courtesy of Mighty Earth.

Cacao rush fuels conflict and deforestation in southeastern Liberia

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2025
Leaching ponds have been drilled into the mountains of Laos, using a mix of toxic chemicals to separate the rare earth minerals from the other materials siphoned out of the ground. Image supplied by source.

Rare earth mining expands into Laos, threatening entire Mekong River

Mongabay 27 Oct 2025
EU Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall. Image courtesy of the European Union.

EU proposes soft delay of anti-deforestation law & more exemptions for rich nations

Shanna Hanbury 22 Oct 2025

Rescued African gray parrots return to DRC forests

Didier Makal 21 Oct 2025

IUCN upholds long-tailed macaques’ endangered status after complaint

Gerald Flynn 15 Oct 2025
Ghanaian Minister Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah (left) and the former EU Ambassador to Ghana Irchad Razaaly (right) at a Ghana-EU FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement event in August 2025. Image courtesy of the Ghana Forestry Commission.

Ghana begins sustainable wood exports to EU under new license

Shanna Hanbury 30 Sep 2025
African gray parrot. Image by Robert01 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

DRC finally moves to protect African gray parrots from unsustainable trade

Didier Makal 23 Sep 2025
A Galápagos pink land iguana. Image courtesy of Jorge Carrión/Galápagos Conservancy.

How to smuggle a wild Galápagos iguana? Pretend it was bred in Africa

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2025

Global brands join drive for deforestation-free palm oil in Indonesia’s Aceh

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Aug 2025

Study uncovers laundering of Galápagos iguanas through wildlife export permits

Ana Cristina Alvarado 21 Aug 2025
A female tiger. Tigers were among the first few species added to CITES Appendix I in 1975 to halt the illegal trade of tigers and their parts.

US proposes zero new protections for traded wildlife at upcoming CITES CoP

Spoorthy Raman 18 Aug 2025
Banner image: A lion guarding its territory in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Image by Giles Laurent via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

World lion day: Why is the king of the savanna declining?

Kristine Sabillo 8 Aug 2025
Display and sale of fish maw during a cultural festival in Singapore.

Upmarket fish maw trade in Singapore & Malaysia includes endangered species: Study

Keith Anthony Fabro 6 Aug 2025
Sifting coffee beans in Porciuncula, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

‘Insignificant risk’ EUDR proposal threatens fight against deforestation, critics say

Maxwell Radwin 24 Jul 2025
A mimic poison frog (Ranitomeya imitator).

EU remains major wildlife trafficking hub, report finds

Keith Anthony Fabro 23 Jun 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Beijing in May. Image courtesy of Ricardo Stuckert/Brazil government.

Brazil & China move ahead on 3,000-km railway crossing the Amazon

Shanna Hanbury 21 May 2025

There’s something fishy about ‘blue economy’ proposals for sustainable marine management (commentary)

Philippa Louey 9 May 2025

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