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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

Rainforests: the year in review 2017

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2018
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

Top 10 most widely traded animals in the Golden Triangle identified in new report

Mongabay.com 8 Nov 2017

Major Dutch timber company found guilty of dealing in illegal teak

Mongabay 2 Nov 2017
Pyar Chi, 43, poses for a portrait in the corn field she purchased with money made from selling charcoal. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

Photo essay: Along Myanmar’s charcoal highway

Nathan Siegel 1 Nov 2017
A forestry department ground inspection team checks the timber to be exported and monitors con-tainer loading at the site before sealing the container. Photo by Ann Wang for Mongabay.

Myanmar struggles to fight the crimes of illegal logging

Ann Wang 1 Nov 2017
A car of seized rosewood close to Yu Pu check point. The driver have heard rumors have an active check point so left the car at a nearby restaurant and disappeared before the officers arrived. Photo by Ann Wang for Mongabay.

Checkpoint China: The shadowy world of timber smuggling

Ann Wang 31 Oct 2017
A​ ​temple​ ​at​ ​night​ ​in​ ​the​ ​town​ ​of​ ​Bhamo,​ ​a​n area​ ​greatly​ ​influenced​ ​by​ ​its​ ​proximity​ ​to​ ​the Chinese​ ​border. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

The wily ways of a Myanmar-China border town

Emmanuel Freudenthal 30 Oct 2017
A boat travels in a tributary to the Irrawaddy River near Katha, northern Myanmar. Along this tributary, charcoal is produced by villages and sold to traders that eventually bring it to China, where it is used in factories that make silicon metal. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

The charcoal hunters

Emmanuel Freudenthal, Nathan Siegel 27 Oct 2017
A local cools charcoal at a kiln near Katha, Myanmar. This kiln takes seven days to produce 130 bags of charcoal. Myo Htun, who owns the charcoal, will sell each bag for $0.90 to traders in Bhamo, who will then transport it to China. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

Burning down the house: Myanmar’s destructive charcoal trade

Emmanuel Freudenthal 26 Oct 2017

Saving the ‘Star Wars gibbon’: Q&A with primatologist Carolyn Thompson

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Oct 2017

Myanmar caves yield up 19 new gecko species

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Oct 2017

Five promising stories for Global Tiger Day

Mongabay.com 28 Jul 2017

‘The ones we named are all dead now’: dolphins and fishers struggle to survive in Myanmar

Kayla Walsh 13 Jun 2017

Demand for elephant skin driving up poaching in Myanmar (warning: graphic images)

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Jun 2017
A sign directs logging trucks to timber depots set up along the Vietnamese border with Cambodia. Photo courtesy of EIA.

Vietnam pledges to investigate massive illegal logging violations as international pressure grows

Michael Tatarski 31 May 2017
A villager from Mahu cuts down a tree using a midsize chainsaw. A chainsaw can cut down a tree four times faster than an axe and handsaw. Photo by Ann Wang for Mongabay.

A fight to control chainsaws in Myanmar could turn the tide on illegal logging

Ann Wang, Genevieve Belmaker 4 May 2017

Survey of previously inaccessible region of Myanmar reveals many endangered species

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Mar 2017

Denmark prohibits companies from selling Myanmar teak on European Union markets

Mike Gaworecki 20 Mar 2017
A chainsaw cuts through a tree. Photo by Mark Franckart/Pixabay

Chain saw injuries in Myanmar tied to illegal logging

Poppy McPherson 12 Feb 2017

Southeast Asia’s coal boom could cause 70,000 deaths per year by 2030, report says

Isabel Esterman 16 Jan 2017

Meet the new ‘Skywalker’ gibbon

Mike Gaworecki 11 Jan 2017
An image from Alex Bescoby's documentary, "Burma's Lost Royals." Image courtesy of Alex Bescoby

Myanmar’s ‘green princess’ is a humble activist on a mission

Jennifer Rigby 11 Jan 2017

What to expect for rainforests in 2017

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2017

The year in tropical rainforests: 2016

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2016

Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2016

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Dec 2016

Stone, Sand, Water: the key ingredients changing the Salween landscape

Demelza Stokes 21 Dec 2016
The front page of Daily Eleven in Yangon, Myanmar the day after the murder of one of its reporters. Photo by Ann Wang for Mongabay

Attacks on journalists in Myanmar highlight complications, dangers for the media

Mongabay.com 15 Dec 2016

Karen people call for a peace park instead of big hydropower in their homeland

Demelza Stokes 14 Dec 2016

Vanishing point: Bumblebee bat is world’s smallest; it’s also at risk

Jeremy Hance 13 Dec 2016

Journalist murdered while investigating illegal logging in Myanmar

Mongabay.com 13 Dec 2016

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