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NOAA publishes global list of fisheries and their risks to marine mammals

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2018

Trump’s elephant, lion trophy hunting policy hit with double lawsuits

Jeremy Hance 26 Mar 2018

Brazil ignored U.N. letters warning of land defender threats, record killings

Jenny Gonzales 23 Mar 2018
A critically endangered indri lemur (Indri indri). Ten indris were killed in the recent poaching incident. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. A critically endangered indri lemur (Indri indri). Ten indris were killed in the recent poaching incident. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Madagascar: Conservation official arrested for killing 11 endangered lemurs

Riana Raymonde Randrianarisoa 16 Mar 2018

Analysis: U.S. call to drill off all coasts, economic and ecological folly?

Saul Elbein 14 Mar 2018

Small hydropower a big global issue overlooked by science and policy

Claire Salisbury 13 Mar 2018

Cerrado: appreciation grows for Brazil’s savannah, even as it vanishes

Alicia Prager, Flávia Milhorance 12 Mar 2018
Illegal forest clearingfor oil palm in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Public access to Indonesian plantation data still mired in bureaucracy

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Mar 2018

Trump to allow elephant and lion trophies on case-by-case basis

Jeremy Hance 8 Mar 2018

Analysis: the Brazilian Supreme Court’s New Forest Code ruling

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 7 Mar 2018

Amazon forest to savannah tipping point could be far closer than thought (commentary)

Tom Lovejoy and Carlos Nobre 5 Mar 2018
Bison in Chihuahua, Mexico, where protected grasslands in the U.S. and Mexico create a bi-national wildlife corridor. President Trump’s border hardening plans threaten the continuity of this habitat, and existing fencing has already curtailed the bison's movements. Photo by Rurik List.

Judge OKs waiving environmental laws to build U.S.-Mexico border wall

Mongabay 1 Mar 2018

Brazil high court Forest Code ruling largely bad for environment, Amazon: NGOs

Sue Branford 1 Mar 2018

Andes dams twice as numerous as thought are fragmenting the Amazon

Claire Asher 28 Feb 2018

Norsk Hydro accused of Amazon toxic spill, admits ‘clandestine pipeline’

Max Nathanson 27 Feb 2018

Brazil’s fundamental pesticide law under attack

Jenny Gonzales 20 Feb 2018

Ecuador votes to reduce oil exploitation in Yasuní National Park

Daniela Aguilar 12 Feb 2018
Bison in the Janos Valley of Chihuahua, Mexico. A population of about 100 bison lives in Mexico, where they are listed as a species in danger of extinction. The herd’s trips from the U.S. to Mexico have been curtailed by a hardening of the border in the Janos Valley. Photo by Rurik List courtesy of CONABIO.

Rewriting biological history: Trump border wall puts wildlife at risk

Rebecca Kessler 12 Feb 2018

Indonesian ruling rings alarms over criminalization of environmental defenders

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Jan 2018

Indonesia buckles to protests against seine fishing ban

Basten Gokkon 25 Jan 2018

Indonesia to strengthen environmental impact assessments through process review

Basten Gokkon 24 Jan 2018

Indonesian parliament pushes for passage of palm oil legislation this year

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Jan 2018

Indonesia’s Aceh extends moratorium on new mining sites

Junaidi Hanafiah 12 Jan 2018
A yacht on the River Thames in London. Photo by Gary Knight via Flickr.

Illegal Burmese wood used in British boats, says organization

Lauren Crothers 9 Jan 2018

Waterbirds flock to well-run countries, new study shows

Mongabay.com 29 Dec 2017
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Paper giant RAPP bows to peat-protection order after Indonesia court defeat

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Dec 2017

Ecuador eases restrictions on environmental organizations

Daniela Aguilar 21 Dec 2017

Trump’s indecision on trophy hunting reignites heated debate

Jeremy Hance 28 Nov 2017

Government revokes 406 mining permits in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan

Yovanda 16 Nov 2017
A baby silky sifaka lemur (Propithecus candidus) in Marojejy National Park. Photo by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor for Mongabay.

Lemur on the menu: most-endangered primates still served in Madagascar

Dan Ashby, Lucy Taylor 15 Nov 2017
Adult male orangutan in Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesia tries to learn from Brazil’s success in REDD+

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Nov 2017
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesian Supreme Court strikes down regulation on peat protection

Hans Nicholas Jong, Lusia Arumingtyas 2 Nov 2017

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