Flu epidemic killing bonobos in Congo sanctuary
Six bonobos, a species of chimpanzee, have died from a flu epidemic in a month at the Lola Ya Bonobo in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Ten more have…
YouTube videos may be imperiling cuddly primate
Conservationists worry that YouTube videos of pet slow lorises worsen illegal and cruel trade
Box turtles in Asia imperiled by massive trade
Massive international trade in Southeast Asian Box Turtles (Cuora amboinensis) has driven the species to near-extinction in parts of Indonesia, according to a new report by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade…
Wildlife trade creating ’empty forest syndrome’ across the globe
China and USA largest importers of illegal wildlife goods For many endangered species it is not the lack of suitable habitat that has imperiled them, but hunting. In a talk…
Logging, wildlife trade drive sun bears toward extinction
Habitat destruction, logging, wildlife trade drive sun bears toward extinction An Interview with sun bear expert Siew Te Wong:Habitat destruction, logging, wildlife trade drive sun bears toward extinction Rhett A.…
Palawan’s wildlife faces extinction risk due to mining, pet trade
Palawan's wildlife faces extinction risk due to mining, pet trade Palawan's wildlife faces extinction risk due to mining, pet trade Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com September 17, 2008 Scientists warn that species…
Commercial bushmeat trade is devastating wildlife
Commercial bushmeat trade is devastating wildlife Commercial bushmeat trade is devastating wildlife mongabay.com September 15, 2008 Commercial killing of rainforest wildlife is putting biodiversity at risk and reducing sources of…
Aquarium fish trade linked to cocaine, timber smuggling in Brazil
Aquarium fish trade linked to cocaine, timber smuggling in Brazil Aquarium fish trade linked to cocaine, timber smuggling in Brazil mongabay.com August 10, 2008 Smugglers are using the ornamental fish…
48% of primates threatened with extinction
48% of primates threatened with extinction 48% of primates threatened with extinction mongabay.com August 5, 2008 48 percent of the world's primate species are at risk of extinction, according to…
Illegal wildlife trade worth $20B/yr
The illegal wildlife trade generates $5 to $20 billion annually, making it the largest illicit market after guns and drugs trafficking, reports a study released by the Congressional Research Service.…
Predator of the world’s largest macaw key to its survival
Predator of the world's largest macaw key to its survival Predator of the world's largest macaw key to its survival Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com March 13, 2008 In a bizarre biological…
Madagascar’s tortoises at high risk of extinction in the wild
Madagascar's endemic turtles and tortoises are threatened by the pet trade, poaching for food, and habitat destruction, but their conservation offers opportunities for community-based ecotourism. Madagascar's rare and unique turtles…
Global warming puts primates at greater risk
Global warming puts primates at greater risk Global warming puts primates at greater risk mongabay.com October 25, 2007 29 percent of the world's primate species are in danger of going…
16,306 species threatened with extinction
16,306 species threatened with extinction 16,306 species threatened with extinction mongabay.com September 12, 2007 40% of species assessed by IUCN are threatened with extinction. New tally represents a 1.2 percent…
Animal trafficking at Miami International airport
Animal trafficking at Miami International airport A KOMODO DRAGON, A BLACK MAMBA AND A BIRD-EATING SPIDER? ANOTHER DAY'S WORK AT MIAMI INTERNTIONAL AIRPORT By Ken Burton U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
Internet drives trafficking of endangered species
Internet drives trafficking of endangered species Internet drives wildlife trafficking and enforcement INTERNET CRIME: AN ANONYMITY THAT CUTS BOTH WAYS By Ken Burton U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service August 9,…
Cuddly primate trade banned
Slow Loris trade banned Cuddly primate trade banned mongabay.com June 11, 2007 CITES delegates agreed to a total ban on trade in the slow loris, a Southeast Asian primate commonly…
98% of orangutan habitat gone in next 15 years
UN: 98% of Indonesia's rainforests gone in next 15 years 98% of orangutan habitat gone in next 15 years Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com June 11, 2007 Indonesia is losing more…
Rare kangaroos released into New Guinea rainforest
Rare kangaroos released into New Guinea rainforest Rare kangaroos released into New Guinea rainforest mongabay.com June 5, 2007 Indonesia released 17 endangered pygmy kangaroos to the rainforest of the Papua…
Cuddly slow loris threatened by the pet trade
Cuddly slow loris threatened by the pet trade Cuddly slow loris threatened by the pet trade mongabay.com May 9, 2007 The slow loris, a big-eyed primate found in the rainforests…
ASEAN nations agree to combat the illegal trade in wildlife, plants
ASEAN nations agree to combat the illegal trade in wildlife, plants ASEAN nations agree to combat the illegal trade in wildlife, plants Traffic International news release November 1, 2005 (25…
Exotic pet trade controls needed to fight bird flu says Greenpeace
Exotic pet trade controls needed to fight bird flu says Greenpeace Exotic pet trade controls needed to fight bird flu says Greenpeace Reuters October 31, 2005 MEXICO CITY, Oct 26…
Endangered wildlife trafficked via eBay
Endangered wildlife trafficked via eBay, other online Endangered wildlife trafficked via eBay, other online markets International Fund for Animal Welfare August 16, 2005 African elephant numbers plummeted from 1.3 million…
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Forest Trackers
- Indigenous communities in Peru ‘living in fear’ due to deforestation, drug trafficking
- Indigenous community in Peru losing forests to timber, drug, land trafficking
- Bolivian protected areas hit hard by forest fires
- The protected area that isn’t: Bolivia’s Ñembi Guasu beset by fires, farms, roads
Oceans
- ‘It was a shark operation’: Q&A with Indonesian crew abused on Chinese shark-finning boat
- Fishers in Flores Sea opt to limit harvest of overexploited sea cucumbers
- As shark numbers plummet, nations seek ban on devastatingly effective gear
- Illegal bottom trawling widespread inside Mediterranean marine protected areas
Amazon Conservation
- To be effective, zero-deforestation pledges need a critical mass, study shows
- Indigenous youths lured by the illegal mines destroying their Amazon homeland
- U.N. report calls for the ban of mercury trade and its use in gold mining
- Following the impacts of palm oil alliance: Violated regulations and penalty proceedings
Land rights and extractives
- To replace Western food imports, Cameroon gives community lands to ‘no-name’ agro-industry
- Indigenous youths lured by the illegal mines destroying their Amazon homeland
- About 72% of gold miners poisoned with mercury at artisanal mining sites in Cameroon
- ‘We go in and take Indigenous lands back from cattle ranchers’: Q&A with activist Pablo Sibar
Endangered Environmentalists
- Worries and whispers in Vietnam’s NGO community after activist’s sentencing
- Scientists call for end to violence against Amazon communities, environmental defenders
- Indigenous advocates sense a legal landmark as a guardian’s killing heads to trial
- In Brazil, an Indigenous land defender’s unsolved killing is the deadly norm
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo
- After 20 years and thousands of trees planted, Kalimantan’s veteran forester persists
- Aziil Anwar, Indonesian coral-based mangrove grower, dies at 64
- A utopia of clean air and wet peat amid Sumatra’s forest fire ‘hell’
Conservation Effectiveness
- Mangrove forest loss is slowing toward a halt, new report shows
- ‘South Asia needs its own tiger plan’: Q&A with Nepal’s Maheshwar Dhakal
- Nepal was supposed to double its tiger population since 2010. It tripled it
- In prioritizing conservation, animal culture should be a factor, study says
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Tunnel collapse at dam project in orangutan habitat claims yet another life
- Sulawesi nickel plant coats nearby homes in toxic dust
- Indonesia’s grand EV plans hinge on a ‘green’ industrial park that likely isn’t
- Java communities rally as clock ticks on cleanup of ‘world’s dirtiest river’
