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Stemming the tide: A new tool in wildlife crime whodunits

Caleb O'Brien 16 Nov 2015
Picture courtesy of Greenpeace.

Jokowi turning over a new leaf for Indonesia on haze but details still foggy

Mongabay Haze Beat 13 Nov 2015
Members of the indigenous community live at the riverbanks in Kapuas river where the air is engulfed with thick haze at Sei Ahass village, Kapuas district, Central Kalimantan province on Borneo island, Indonesia. These fires are a threat to the health of millions. Smoke from landscape fires kills an estimated 110,000 people every year across Southeast Asia, mostly as a result of heart and lung problems, and weakening newborn babies.

Indonesia bans peatlands destruction

Mongabay.com 10 Nov 2015

Indonesia losing billions from illegal logging

Jonathan Vit 9 Nov 2015
APP fire-fighting crew in action.

APP pumps South Africa specialists to join haze fire fight

Mongabay Haze Beat 5 Nov 2015

Under-fire Jokowi prepares biggest shift yet in Indonesian haze

Mongabay Haze Beat 26 Oct 2015

Indonesia hesitates on emergency status for haze; Islamic council sees ‘warning from God’

Mongabay Haze Beat 23 Oct 2015

Indonesia’s massive haze problem is Jokowi’s big opportunity

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Oct 2015

Jokowi hints at company crackdown as Kalimantan residents prepare haze class action suit

Mongabay Haze Beat 21 Oct 2015

Seized: $4 million worth of ivory, rhino horn and bear paws

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Oct 2015

Plantation companies challenged by haze-causing fires in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Oct 2015

Lumber Liquidators pays $13.2M to end illegal logging probe

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2015

Queen of elephant ivory trafficking arrested in Tanzania

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2015

Hidden cameras, prosecutions, and passion: confronting the corruption at the heart of Africa’s illegal wildlife trade

Nadia de Souza 4 Oct 2015

From slave to student: Myanmar migrants find abuse, opportunity in Thailand

Sarah Hucal 29 Sep 2015

Busted: Guinean wildlife official arrested for trafficking chimpanzees

Mongabay 3 Sep 2015

Sick of light verdicts, Indonesia to school judges on wildlife crime

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 25 Aug 2015

Amazon paradox: drop in large-scale deforestation makes enforcement more difficult

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Aug 2015

Indonesian kingpin of illegal wildlife trade gets two years in prison

Mongabay.com 13 Jul 2015

Brazilian police and scientists team up to crack down on illegal timber trade

Jonathan Mason 1 Jul 2015

Flag states can be held liable for violations of fishing vessels abroad, international tribunal rules

Melati Kaye 19 May 2015

Indonesian forestry giant calls for stronger forest moratorium

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 May 2015

Sarawak increases fines for illegal logging

Mongabay.com 1 May 2015

Discovery of ‘Lost City’ spurs conservation pledge

Jeremy Hance 18 Mar 2015

Brazil arrests ‘Amazon’s biggest destroyer’

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2015

Sting operation nets tiger poachers

Loren Bell 24 Feb 2015

Authorities catch kingpin responsible for killing 20 rhinos

Jeremy Hance 19 Feb 2015

In unprecedented move, Indonesia punishes illegal manta ray trader

Mongabay.com 3 Feb 2015

1,215 rhinos butchered in South Africa in 2014

Jeremy Hance 22 Jan 2015

Indonesia to audit licenses of palm oil companies that clear peatlands

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Nov 2014

Meet the world’s most wanted environmental criminals

Jeremy Hance 26 Nov 2014

Endangered environmentalists: investigating government crackdowns on green groups

Mongabay.org 19 Nov 2014

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