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A boat load of cut mangroves. High-quality charcoal made from mangroves is exported to Thailand. Photo by Christoph Zockler.

Chainsaws imperil an old-growth mangrove stronghold in southern Myanmar

Benjamin Graham 27 Dec 2017

UN General Assembly adopts resolution to move forward with high seas treaty negotiations

Mike Gaworecki 26 Dec 2017

So long, UNESCO! What does U.S. withdrawal mean for the environment?

Giovanni Ortolani 26 Dec 2017
A Gonatus squid eating another squid. Photo © MBARI

Videos unlock secrets of jellyfish as deep-sea killers

Mongabay.com 24 Dec 2017
An underwater view of the reef at Layang Layang Atoll in the Spratly Islands, South China Sea. Photo courtesy of Greg Asner / Divephoto.org.

Experts to China: cooperate or South China Sea fisheries may collapse

David E. Brown 21 Dec 2017
Members of the Kep provincial government and Fisheries Administration set fire to a mound of banned fishing gear in July 2015. The gear had been confiscated over a period of months from Cambodian and Vietnamese vessels operating illegally in Kep Bay, and was burned in front of a village notorious for abusing the law and the sea. Photo courtesy of MCC.

Building a refuge where trawlers now ravage Cambodia’s marine life

Matt Blomberg 14 Dec 2017

Land reclamation threatens extremely rare spoon-billed sandpipers in China

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Dec 2017

African Parks backs marine reserve brimming with wildlife in Mozambique

Mongabay.com 14 Dec 2017

Brazil / UK push offshore oil pact, a potential climate change disaster

Jenny Gonzales 13 Dec 2017

Huge new ocean reserves announced in Mexico, Arctic

Mike Gaworecki 5 Dec 2017
White’s seahorse (Hippocampus whitei). This species is listed as Data Deficient by the IUCN, and was previously listed as Vulnerable, but there have been too few studies to say whether it remains at risk in the wild. Photo by Sylke Rohrlach via Flickr [CC BY-SA 2.0].

Catch-all fisheries are squeezing Asia’s seahorses

Sean Mowbray 1 Dec 2017

Where one predator meets another: tracking sharks and fishing effort

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 25 Nov 2017
A turtle at Shell Beach in Region 1 of Guyana. Photo courtesy of Guyana Marine Conservation Society.

Guyana seeks offshore oil wealth in a green economy

Carinya Sharples 21 Nov 2017
Jane Goodall. Photo credit: Jane Goodall Institute.

Dr. Jane Goodall on being proven right about animals having personalities, plus updates direct from COP23

Mike Gaworecki 15 Nov 2017

4 sperm whales dead after mass stranding in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 14 Nov 2017

VaquitaCPR ends capture program in Gulf of California after vaquita dies in captivity

Mike Gaworecki 13 Nov 2017

Breeding-age female vaquita dies after being taken into captivity

Mike Gaworecki 6 Nov 2017

Recent report: Totoaba trafficking a conservation and security problem

John Cannon 6 Nov 2017

Scientists surprised to discover new butterflyfish

Mike Gaworecki 3 Nov 2017
Sanazy, from Beheloke Haut, says “hunger” pushed her to start farming seaweed three years ago: she earns about $20 from the crop during her best months. Photo by Rowan Moore Gerety for Mongabay.

Fish vs. forests? Madagascar’s marine conservation boom

Rowan Moore Gerety 1 Nov 2017

‘Record’ number of migratory species protected at October wildlife summit

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2017

Indonesians plant trees to nurse seagrass back to health in Wakatobi

Sean Mowbray 31 Oct 2017

First vaquita ‘rescued’ in bid to save the porpoise from extinction

Mongabay.com 25 Oct 2017

The Philippines commits to science-anchored fishery policies

Mongabay.com 20 Oct 2017

Jakarta reclamation project allowed to resume, but opposition remains

Basten Gokkon 18 Oct 2017

Acidifying oceans a bad trip for marine ecosystems

Alexandra Popescu 17 Oct 2017

Mexico takes ‘unprecedented’ action to save vaquita

Mongabay.com 15 Oct 2017

Seafood calendar promotes sustainable, seasonal eating in India

Kim Smuga-Otto 13 Oct 2017

Is Bangladesh’s expanded sanctuary a brave step or a paper tiger?

Jack Elliot Marley 13 Oct 2017

Trending tree cover loss spikes again in Queensland

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2017

Imperiled treasure: A coral reef called Varadero (commentary)

Emily Darling, Kim Terrell, Elisa Bayraktarov 6 Oct 2017

‘SALT’ alliance aims to tackle illegal fishing on a global scale

Mongabay.com 6 Oct 2017

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