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Truck carrying logs across the river border Zizhi Yunnan in 2012. Photo courtesy Environmental Investigation Agency

Myanmar’s forests face myriad problems as logging ban continues

Jennifer Rigby 29 Sep 2016

‘We are revolutionaries’: Villagers fight to protect Myanmar’s forests

Katie Arnold 23 Sep 2016
A tree house built in Taik Kyi village in Myanmar to for safety from roaming elephants. Courtesy of David Doyle

Deforestation puts lives on the line in rural Myanmar

David Doyle, Jennifer Rigby 12 Sep 2016

Black, white and unique: the Malayan tapir struggles for recognition

Kate Mayberry 7 Sep 2016

Indochinese leopard has disappeared from 94% of its historical range

Shreya Dasgupta 10 Aug 2016

‘An optimistic place to start’: Myanmar enacts national logging ban

Morgan Erickson-Davis 3 Aug 2016

No logging ban for Myanmar despite reported announcement

Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 May 2016

Major legal system breakdowns threaten great apes of Africa, Asia

William H. Funk 31 Mar 2016

What’s being done to secure justice for SE Asia’s seafood slaves?

Cory Rogers 23 Mar 2016

Drop in timber smuggling gives ‘breathing space’ to Myanmar’s forests

Morgan Erickson-Davis 10 Mar 2016

Peace agreements often ignore natural resources, report finds

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Feb 2016

Myanmar emerging as a major hub for smuggling pangolins to China

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Jan 2016

Countries call for new CITES protections for rosewood species

Mike Gaworecki 14 Jan 2016
Manta Ray off Sipadan Island in the Coral Triangle. Photo by Greg Asner of DivePhoto.org

Not all escaped fishing slaves want to go home

Cory Rogers 6 Nov 2015

Partnerships are key to The Wildlife Conservation Society’s new conservation strategy

Mike Gaworecki 21 Oct 2015

Lumber Liquidators pays $13.2M to end illegal logging probe

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2015

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

Sarah Hucal 29 Sep 2015

Rare spotted leopards sighted on Malaysian Peninsula

Kolawole Talabi 28 Sep 2015

Illegal timber trade destroying Myanmar’s forests uncovered in new report

Mike Gaworecki 18 Sep 2015

Rich forest diversity found in new Yunnan, China preserve

Jonathan Galka 15 Jul 2015

Can we save the Sumatran rhino? Indonesia holds out hope

Jeremy Hance 19 Jun 2015

‘Trying to follow the money’: Opacity rules in Southeast Asia’s land rush, finds study

15 Jun 2015

New genetic analysis aims to guide restoration of overharvested Myanmar teak forests

John-Rob Pool 15 May 2015

Conservation in Myanmar: a cause for optimism?

Hannah Watson 24 Apr 2015

Dam proposals for Salween River threaten tentative ceasefire between Myanmar government and minority groups

Mike Gaworecki 21 Apr 2015

Growing need for deforestation-free rubber as tire demand destroys native forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Apr 2015

Scientists find new monkey with unique penis

Morgan Erickson-Davis 10 Apr 2015

New report: commercial agricultural expansion fueling illegal logging and land conflicts in Myanmar

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Mar 2015

Rainforest loss increased in the 2000s, concludes new analysis

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2015

Myanmar’s bird species count jumps to 1114

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2015

155 Chinese nationals arrested for illegal logging in Myanmar

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2015

Rainforests: 10 things to watch in 2015

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jan 2015

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