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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

Water crisis widening: 4.5 billion people live near ‘impaired water sources’

Fiona Harvey 28 May 2013

World’s rarest duck on the rebound in Madagascar

Hannah Lindstrom 1 May 2013

Yangtze porpoise down to 1,000 animals as world’s most degraded river may soon claim another extinction

Jeremy Hance 16 Apr 2013

Cambodia loses half its seasonal wetlands in 10 years

Mongabay.com 18 Mar 2013

Tanzania weighs new soda ash plant in prime flamingo territory

Jenny R. Isaacs 8 Nov 2012

World Bank agrees to fund project related to controversial Gibe III dam

Michael Rudolph 27 Sep 2012

Peru considers big changes to its environmental reviews

Jeremy Hance 1 Aug 2012

Saving the world’s biggest river otter

Jeremy Hance 30 Jan 2012

Thousands protest giant gold mine in Peru’s mountains

Jeremy Hance 29 Nov 2011

Extinct frog rediscovered in Israel

Jeremy Hance 21 Nov 2011

From the Serengeti to Lake Natron: is the Tanzanian government aiming to destroy its wildlife and lands?

Jeremy Hance 14 Apr 2011

More biodiversity equals cleaner water, but why?

Jeremy Hance 7 Apr 2011

Photos: two new freshwater stingrays discovered in the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 9 Mar 2011

Top 25 most endangered turtles: Asian species in crisis

Jeremy Hance 23 Feb 2011

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