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CyberTracking for Africa’s most endangered ape

Julia John 25 Mar 2016

Baby orangutan poachers get 2.5 years in Sumatra

Rahmadi Rahmad 25 Mar 2016

Tiger skins, bones recovered from poachers in Aceh

Junaidi Hanafiah 24 Mar 2016

Indonesia’s oil palm maps remain hidden from public view. Why?

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2016

What’s being done to secure justice for SE Asia’s seafood slaves?

Cory Rogers 23 Mar 2016

Released: 1,000-page encyclopedia on land conflicts affecting indigenous tribes

Mongabay.com 17 Mar 2016
High security fence at the Marange diamond fields. Security is tight but poverty in nearby communities drives many to attempt to break in and pan for diamonds illegally. Those caught risk beatings and torture by government and mine security forces. Photo by Andrew Mambondiyani.

Abuse, displacement, pollution: the legacy of Zimbabwe’s Marange diamonds

Andrew Mambondiyani 15 Mar 2016

New law banning mining in Colombia’s moorlands could draw its first lawsuit

Ruxandra Guidi 15 Mar 2016

End of the line for foreign-made fishing boats in Indonesia?

Cory Rogers 14 Mar 2016

Gold mining in Venezuela: a “perfect storm” of illegality, deforestation and mafias

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 11 Mar 2016

DNA evidence just helped convict illegal loggers in the US Pacific Northwest

Mike Gaworecki 10 Mar 2016

Rogue cop-turned-logger recaptured in Papua after latest prison break

Mongabay.com 9 Mar 2016

Convicted Indonesian police officer and illegal logger on the run once again

Mike Gaworecki 7 Mar 2016

Facebook emerging as a ‘thriving’ wildlife trade marketplace

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Mar 2016

Indonesia’s war on maritime slavery continues

Cory Rogers 3 Mar 2016

Getting SMART about Wildlife Crime

Julia John 2 Mar 2016

‘Status symbols’: Japan emerging as major hub for illegal trade in slow lorises due to their popularity as pets

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Feb 2016

Indonesia’s antigraft agency strives to rein in the mining sector

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 27 Feb 2016

Thailand’s efforts to protect wild tigers starting to pay off, but recovery slower than expected

Mike Gaworecki 26 Feb 2016

Massive profiteering uncovered in Indonesian fertilizer distribution

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2016

Peace agreements often ignore natural resources, report finds

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Feb 2016

Survival International files formal complaint against WWF for allegedly violating human rights of Baka ‘Pygmies’

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Feb 2016

Seven million hectares of forests have been lost in Argentina over the past 20 years

Ruxandra Guidi 19 Feb 2016

Indonesia could collaborate with RSPO, official study finds

Jonathan Vit 19 Feb 2016

Threatened West African rosewood species gets CITES protection

Mike Gaworecki 16 Feb 2016

Brazil’s Senate could soon be voting against the country’s environmental safeguards

Jenny Gonzales 16 Feb 2016

Colombia bans mining in its moorlands

Ruxandra Guidi 11 Feb 2016
Human-wildlife conflicts could potentially be reduced with the introduction of fully certified palm oil for Sabah. Photo shows an elephant stranded in a smallholder’s farm. Photo and caption courtesy of LEAP.

Do poor environmental practices affect palm oil firms’ bottom lines on a scale meaningful for investors and financiers?

Pek Shibao 1 Feb 2016

Men who sold 8 Sumatran tigers arrested in Indonesia

Dedek Hendry 13 Jan 2016

Indonesia seeks re-do on court decision absolving company for haze-causing fire

Indra Nugraha 12 Jan 2016

‘Aquatic cocaine’: Illegal trade in swim bladders of rare fish puts world’s rarest porpoise at risk of extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Jan 2016

New military base planned for Peru’s Madre de Dios region in an effort to fight illegal mining

8 Jan 2016

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