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Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra), a species that lives in northeastern Madagascar, where rosewood logging has been severe. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

CITES rejects Madagascar’s bid to sell rosewood and ebony stockpiles

Edward Carver 12 Dec 2017

Indonesia to kick off 10-year plan to save critically endangered helmeted hornbill

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Nov 2017
Franco Rajaonarison, a guide, shows a rosewood stump in Marojejy National Park. Photo by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor for Mongabay.

Madagascar petitions CITES to sell millions in stolen rosewood

Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor 13 Nov 2017
A fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox), a species that lives in Marojejy National Park, which was ground zero for Madagascar’s rosewood logging crisis in 2009. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Logjam: Inside Madagascar’s illegal-rosewood stockpiles

Rowan Moore Gerety 8 Nov 2017

Another Madagascar environmental activist imprisoned

Edward Carver 20 Oct 2017

‘Then they shot me’: Land conflict and murder in Ucayali, Peru

Yvette Sierra Praeli 12 Oct 2017
Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) in Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Anti-trafficking activist held without trial in Madagascar

Fabienne Rafidiharinirina 8 May 2017

Illegal logging shows little sign of slowing

Morgan Erickson-Davis 30 Dec 2016
La Danta pyramid in the Mayan city of Mirador, as seen from a distance. Photo by Ronyrocael/Wikimedia Commons.

Controversial park plans in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 17 Jun 2016
Marta Álvarez inspects xate palm fronds harvested in the Uaxactún community forest concession. Photo by Sandra Cuffe.

Communities lead the way in rainforest conservation in Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe 9 Jun 2016

Environmental crime reaches new record of $258b, report finds

Daniel Pye 8 Jun 2016

Successes and many challenges in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 2 Jun 2016

Battling India’s Sand Barons

Sibi Arasu 11 May 2016

Fiery end for the last of the toothfish pirates

Cory Rogers 6 Apr 2016

Rogue cop-turned-logger recaptured in Papua after latest prison break

Mongabay.com 9 Mar 2016

Massive profiteering uncovered in Indonesian fertilizer distribution

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2016

Men who sold 8 Sumatran tigers arrested in Indonesia

Dedek Hendry 13 Jan 2016

INTERPOL: Environmental crimes increasingly converging with crimes like murder and drug trafficking

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Nov 2015

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

Sarah Hucal 29 Sep 2015

Want to save Africa’s elephants? Close all ivory markets

Jeremy Hance 7 Aug 2014

Just how bad is the logging crisis in Myanmar? 72 percent of exports illegal

Jeremy Hance 26 Mar 2014

Cocaine: the new face of deforestation in Central America

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 11 Mar 2014

Conservation groups launch new whistleblower site for wildlife and forest crimes

Jeremy Hance 18 Feb 2014

Obama announces new strategy to tackle wildlife trafficking, including toughening ivory ban

Jeremy Hance 12 Feb 2014

Unlikely success: how Zimbabwe has become a global leader in rhino conservation

Jeremy Hance 2 Oct 2013

Clinton Global Initiative pledges $80 million to combat elephant poaching

Suzanne Goldenberg 27 Sep 2013

How YouTube has put the world’s only poisonous primates at risk

Jeremy Hance 25 Jul 2013

Zoos call on governments to take urgent action against illegal wildlife trade (photos)

Jeremy Hance 24 Jul 2013

Report: nearly half the timber from Mozambique to China is illegal

Jeremy Hance 7 Feb 2013

Pledge to end wildlife trafficking for Wildlife Conservation Day

Jeremy Hance 4 Dec 2012

‘Exporting deforestation’: China is the kingpin of illegal logging

Jeremy Hance 29 Nov 2012

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