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Thylacines, male and female in the National Zoo Washington D.C.

Study suggests the Tasmanian tiger survived into the 21st century

James Fair 4 Feb 2021

Land grab, logging, mining threaten biodiversity haven of Woodlark Island

Gianluca Cerullo 1 Oct 2020

Solomon Islands environmental defender faces life sentence for arson charge

Louise Hunt 18 Sep 2020

New paper highlights spread of organized crime from global fisheries

Basten Gokkon 4 Sep 2020
a tree fern savanna in the Cromwell Mountains of Papua New Guinea courtesy of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Study revealing New Guinea’s plant life ‘first step’ toward protection

John Cannon 25 Aug 2020

Cook Islands to grant seabed mining exploration licenses within a year

Monica Evans 17 Jun 2020

Locals stage latest fight against PNG mine dumping waste into sea

Ian Morse 22 May 2020

Tech made to find galaxies sets its sights on wildfires

Rachael Meyer 19 May 2020

Gender-based violence shakes communities in the wake of forest loss

John Cannon 14 May 2020

Decades-old mine in Bougainville exacts devastating human toll: Report

John Cannon 17 Apr 2020

Two identical road trips, a year apart, highlight PNG’s infrastructure woes

Mongabay 9 Mar 2020

Conservation nation: How Palau protects its reefs and waters (commentary)

Ed Warner 6 Mar 2020

Fallout: Threatened species in Australia continue to struggle after fires

Nick Rodway 28 Feb 2020

Companies leave communities to grapple with mining’s persistent legacy

John Cannon 28 Feb 2020

Cost-effective conservation: Study identifies key ‘umbrella’ species

John Cannon 14 Jan 2020

Deforestation for potential rubber plantation raises concerns in Papua New Guinea

John Cannon 19 Dec 2019

Whitetip sharks declared critically endangered, but gain no protections in Pacific

Monica Evans 13 Dec 2019

Cook Islands MPA leader fired after supporting seabed mining freeze

Monica Evans 15 Oct 2019

Give it back to the gods: Reviving Māori tradition to protect marine life

Monica Evans 27 Sep 2019

Paradise, polluted: Cook Islands tries to clean up its tourism sector

Monica Evans 23 Sep 2019

Will a massive marine protected area safeguard Cook Islands’ ocean?

Monica Evans 19 Sep 2019

Logging, mining companies lock eyes on a biodiverse island like no other

Gianluca Cerullo 31 Jul 2019

New roads in Papua New Guinea may cause ‘quantum leap’ in forest loss

John Cannon 24 Jul 2019

The Great Insect Dying: How to save insects and ourselves

Jeremy Hance 13 Jun 2019

Bumpy ride for conservation in PNG as lack of roads hinders activities

Lucy EJ Woods 10 Jun 2019

The Great Insect Dying: The tropics in trouble and some hope

Jeremy Hance 10 Jun 2019

Solomon Islanders imprisoned for trying to stop the logging of their forests

Louise Hunt 17 May 2019

A new election brings little hope for Solomon Islands’ vanishing forests

Louise Hunt 17 May 2019
Jacqueline Evans. Image courtesy of Goldman Environmental Prize.

Building the world’s biggest MPA: Q&A with Goldman winner Jacqueline Evans

Monica Evans 30 Apr 2019

Creating a high-tech island to save one of the world’s rarest birds

Hannah Thomasy 25 Apr 2019
Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands, where the oil spill occurred. Image courtesy of Google Earth. 

Solomon Islands: Oil stops spilling but environmental toll still being calculated

Catherine Wilson 2 Apr 2019

World’s fastest shark, and many others, edge toward extinction

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2019

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