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Protection flip-flop leaves rare Indonesian shrikethrush in harm’s way

Petrus Riski, Rahmadi Rahmad, Themmy Doaly 7 Nov 2018

Parrotfish, critical to reef health, now protected under Mexican law

John Cannon 7 Nov 2018

The ongoing trade in conflict timber (commentary)

Arthur Blundell, Jade Saunders 6 Nov 2018

Amid lack of enforcement, fishermen take the fight to blast fishing

Ian Morse 29 Oct 2018

Chinese demand wiping out forests in the Solomon Islands: New report

John Cannon 22 Oct 2018

Indonesia’s Aceh sees harshest penalty yet for a wildlife crime

Junaidi Hanafiah 22 Oct 2018

In a first, DRC communities gain legal rights to forests

Mongabay.com 18 Oct 2018

5 bird species lose protections, more at risk in new Indonesia decree

Basten Gokkon 17 Oct 2018

$25m in funding to help African gov’ts prosecute poachers, traffickers

Mongabay.com 15 Oct 2018

Second environmental expert sued over testimony against palm oil firm

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Oct 2018

Activists say Indonesia dragging its heels on indigenous rights

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Sep 2018
Planet satellite image of the open pit copper-gold mine on Sumbawa.

Indonesian province calls time-out on mining

Ebed de Rosary 19 Sep 2018

Indonesia gives in to bird traders, rescinds protection for 3 species

Basten Gokkon 7 Sep 2018

In protecting songbirds, Indonesia ruffles owners & breeders’ feathers

Basten Gokkon 13 Aug 2018

‘High risk’ that China’s timber from PNG is illegal: New report

John Cannon 9 Aug 2018

Indonesia adds hundreds of birds to protected species list

Basten Gokkon 3 Aug 2018

Colombia bans the use of mercury in mining

Antonio José Paz Cardona 1 Aug 2018

Trump Admin unveils plan to weaken the US Endangered Species Act

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2018
Wood that was cut for charcoal production near Katha, northern Myanmar. Villages in this area used to cut teak and other valuable trees for export, but have since started producing charcoal. The charcoal being exported to China can be made from any tree, regardless of size or kind. This amount of trees could produce about 150 bags of charcoal. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

‘Single-minded determination’: China’s global infrastructure spree rings alarm bells

Basten Gokkon 17 Jul 2018
Cesar Benedict goes on air at Faluma Bimetu community radio station in Triunfo de la Cruz. Image by Christopher Clark for Mongabay.

Honduras: Indigenous Garifuna use radio to fight for their land

Christopher Clark 25 Jun 2018

Hunting, fishing causing dramatic decline in Amazon river dolphins

Claire Asher 13 Jun 2018

Waste management rules threaten to derail Indonesia mine takeover

Basten Gokkon 6 Jun 2018

Ecuador: Waorani people map their rainforest to save it

Daniela Aguilar 6 Jun 2018

Owner of South African hunting company indicted by US prosecutors over illegal elephant hunt

Mongabay.com 4 Jun 2018
● Guided by the indigenous people of Ecuador’s Sucumbíos province, which has been hit by oil exploitation, Waorani people from Pastaza province joined a “Toxic Tour” to learn how contamination has affected other communities in the Amazon.

Ecuador: Tribe sees how oil industry affects forest on ‘Toxic Tour’

Daniela Aguilar 1 Jun 2018

Indonesia targets illegal fishing vessel owners under new bill

Basten Gokkon 31 May 2018

Fishing gear poses the greatest danger to young great whites off the West Coast of the U.S.

John Cannon 22 May 2018

Tanzania’s Maasai losing ground to tourism in the name of conservation, investigation finds

John Cannon 11 May 2018

UN forest accounting loophole allows CO2 underreporting by EU, UK, US

Justin Catanoso 2 May 2018

Environmental defenders fear backlash as defendant sues expert over testimony

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Apr 2018

China’s Belt and Road poised to transform the Earth, but at what cost?

Giovanni Ortolani 24 Apr 2018

A wish list for an environmentally friendly NAFTA

Jennifer Huizen 11 Apr 2018

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