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On islands that inspired theory of evolution, deforestation cuts uneven path

Carolyn Cowan 5 Oct 2021

One in three tree species is in the red, new global assessment says

Malavika Vyawahare 3 Sep 2021

In Indonesia, an unassuming brown bird is proof of turbo-charged evolution

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 10 Aug 2021

‘Watered-down’ plan to save Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna disappoints conservationists

Malavika Vyawahare 17 Jun 2021

Calls for independent probe after anti-mine Indonesian official dies

Basten Gokkon, Della Syahni 15 Jun 2021
Paula with Floreana racer. Photo credit: Luis Ortiz Catedral

DiCaprio, conservationists launch $43M effort to restore Galápagos Islands

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 May 2021

Popular opposition halts a bridge project in a Philippine coral haven

Keith Anthony Fabro 5 May 2021

Hits and misses for a legal tool to protect the environment in Philippines

Purple Romero 28 Apr 2021

Mining and logging threaten a wildlife wonderland on a Philippine mountain

Bong S. Sarmiento 27 Apr 2021

Jamaican Climate Change Youth Council seizes opportunity to continue advocacy amidst pandemic

Gladstone Taylor 22 Apr 2021

Sea turtles under threat as Indian government weighs development in Andaman Islands

Rosamma Thomas 14 Apr 2021

European tuna boats dump fishing debris in Seychelles waters ‘with impunity’

Malavika Vyawahare 9 Apr 2021

Chinese ‘fishing fleet’ anchored on Philippine reef raises tensions

Leilani Chavez 26 Mar 2021

When seas turn rough, gleaning keeps the fish on the table for some communities

Basten Gokkon 24 Feb 2021

As Bahamas offshore project falls flat, oil driller island-hops across Caribbean

Malavika Vyawahare 12 Feb 2021

Newly described chameleon from Madagascar may be world’s smallest reptile

Malavika Vyawahare 3 Feb 2021

Indonesia’s new deregulation law to hurt small fishers, coastal communities

Basten Gokkon 14 Oct 2020

Flip-flops, fishing gear pile up at Aldabra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Malavika Vyawahare 23 Sep 2020

Birthday party on ship may have led to oil spill in Mauritius, Panama regulator says

Mongabay.com 16 Sep 2020

Indonesian fishers opposed to dredging project hit by ‘criminalization’ bid

Basten Gokkon, Wahyu Chandra 28 Aug 2020

In Hawai’i, researchers work to slow the rapid death of a beloved tree

Shannon Brown 5 Jun 2020

Gender-based violence shakes communities in the wake of forest loss

John Cannon 14 May 2020

A ‘crazy beast’ that coexisted with dinosaurs discovered from Madagascar

Mongabay.com 30 Apr 2020

Philippine government flips local officials’ entry ban for mining ship

Mongabay.com 14 Apr 2020
Artisanal Indonesian fishermen are expected to benefit from the fisheries bill proposed by the ministry. Image courtesy of Ministry of Marine and Fisheries.

Deregulation bill hurts Indonesia’s fishers, coastal communities, experts say

Basten Gokkon 2 Mar 2020

One six-week expedition discovered ten new songbird species and subspecies in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 13 Jan 2020
Acropora branching coral in French Polynesia. Image © Michele Westmorland iLCP.

Largest coral reef survey in French Polynesia offers hope

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Dec 2019

In Indonesia, a tourism village holds off a nickel mine — for now

Ian Morse 8 Dec 2019
Rainforest, reef, and ocean on Maratua Island, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesia zoning plan hurts fishers, favors coal and oil, activists say

Basten Gokkon 4 Dec 2019

Watchdog denounces arrests of four anti-mining activists in Indonesia

Basten Gokkon 26 Nov 2019

New flowerpecker species discovered in imperiled lowland forests of Borneo

Mongabay.com 18 Oct 2019

On the front line of climate change in India’s Sundarbans

Johan Augustin 17 Oct 2019

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