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Madagascar: Businesses drive disappearance of a wetland ‘reed forest’

Rivonala Razafison 31 Mar 2021

Organizations aim to block funds for East African oil pipeline

Mongabay.com 1 Mar 2021

A Malagasy community wins global recognition for saving its lake

Malavika Vyawahare 18 Nov 2020

Lucky ducks: Once thought extinct, rare pochards take steps toward recovery

Edward Carver 6 Feb 2020

Killing gods: The last hope for the world’s rarest reptile

Jeremy Hance 7 Jan 2020

More than 50 lakes lie hidden beneath Greenland ice sheet, study finds

Mongabay.com 28 Jun 2019

Indonesian fish farmers get early-warning system for lake pollution

M Ambari 25 Sep 2018

Another mass fish kill hits Indonesia’s largest lake

Ayat S. Karokaro 24 Aug 2018

In Bali fish die-offs, researchers spot a human hand

Luh De Suriyani 22 Mar 2018

East Africa’s Albertine Rift needs protection now, scientists say

Mongabay.com 15 Feb 2018

Indonesians race to save their disappearing lakes, before it’s too late

Ian Morse 30 Nov 2017

Merabu’s efforts to keep the carbon in its trees

Yustinus S. Hardjanto 5 Jul 2017

Environmentalists squirm as Jokowi eyes Lake Toba tourism bonanza

Aria Danaparamita 19 Oct 2016

Vietnam sweats bullets as China and Laos dam the Mekong

David Brown 6 Oct 2016

First Toba, now Maninjau: another mass fish death hits an Indonesian lake

Vinolia 9 Sep 2016
A fresh tilapia from Lake Toba, where the fish are raised by small farmers and large companies, for local consumption and for export to countries like the U.S. Photo by Drriss & Marrionn/Flickr

Why did millions of fish turn up dead in Indonesia’s giant Lake Toba?

Aria Danaparamita 30 Aug 2016

Fish farms need not be outlawed in Indonesia’s Lake Toba: minister

Aria Danaparamita 25 Jul 2016

Military sent to clear fish farms in Indonesia’s Lake Toba

Aria Danaparamita 22 Jul 2016

Millions of fish die suddenly in Indonesia’s giant Lake Toba

Ayat S. Karokaro 11 May 2016

UNESCO declares largest biosphere reserve in North America

Morgan Erickson-Davis 21 Mar 2016

Aquaculture comes to Lake Victoria, but will it help wild fish?

Isaiah Esipisu 22 Feb 2016

Bolivia’s second largest lake disappears, due to desertification and contamination

Aldo Orellana López 15 Feb 2016

Photo essay: Polluted, overfished, and choked by weeds, world’s second-largest lake is ‘on its knees’

Isaiah Esipisu 2 Jun 2015

Big surprise in the greenhouse: study finds economic costs of climate change hugely underestimated

Glenn Scherer 30 Mar 2015

Is the Gran Canal really a ‘big Christmas present’ for Nicaraguans?

Jeremy Hance 4 Dec 2014

Scientific association calls on Nicaragua to scrap its Gran Canal

Jeremy Hance 27 Oct 2014

‘River wolves’ recover in Peruvian park, but still remain threatened inside and out (photos)

Jeremy Hance 14 Oct 2014

The Gran Canal: will Nicaragua’s big bet create prosperity or environmental ruin?

Jeremy Hance 27 Aug 2014

How locals and conservationists saved the elephants of Mali amidst conflict and poverty

Jeremy Hance 2 Apr 2014

The price of gold: winners and losers in Latin America’s mining industry

Meghan Walsh 5 Mar 2014

Nicaragua Canal could cause ecological disaster, warn experts

Mongabay.com 20 Feb 2014

Little NGO takes on goliath task: conserving the vanishing ecosystems of Paraguay

Dr Liz Kimbrough 12 Aug 2013

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