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On a Philippine beach, villagers are stepping up to save sea turtle nests

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2026

In Manila’s shadow, a forest refuge still shelters rare plants

Naina Rao 6 Aug 2026
Sunset over Maju Forest in Singapore. Image courtesy of Reddit user kcinc82.

Looming loss of Singapore’s Maju Forest to development raises many questions (commentary)

Rachel R. Y. Oh 5 Aug 2026

Malaysia implements total e-waste import ban to curb toxic trade

Mongabay.com 5 Aug 2026

Investigation exposes Cambodia’s illegal wildlife trade linked to transnational crime

Mongabay.com 5 Aug 2026

Mining threat persists in Raja Ampat, Indonesia’s ‘Amazon of the Seas’

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Aug 2026

How Borneo’s giant trees defy gravity and old scientific theories

Naina Rao 4 Aug 2026
A whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) stalks the reef at Luf Island, Papua New Guinea.

Four Pacific nations are planning one of the world’s largest ocean corridors

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Aug 2026
Oriental pied hornbill

Carbon markets alone won’t keep Southeast Asia’s forests standing, study says

Carolyn Cowan 4 Aug 2026
Vietnam is now the top producer of robusta beans used in cheap and instant coffee blends, but it carries a huge cost for Vietnamese communities and forests. Image courtesy of Quinn Mattingly/Panos Pictures/Unfold Stories.

Cheap coffee is killing Vietnam’s priceless tropical forests (commentary)

Etelle Higonnet 3 Aug 2026

As Indonesia’s new capital rises, the sounds of Borneo’s rainforest are changing

Mongabay.com 3 Aug 2026

How rescued orangutans are rebuilding a new wild population in Sumatra

Nanang Sujana, Sandy Watt 3 Aug 2026

Palm oil expansion reignites decade-old Indigenous land conflict in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong, Niken D. Sitoningrum 31 Jul 2026

World Ranger Day: Justice for the protectors of the wild

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Jul 2026

US declines to protect endangered monkeys used in medical research

Bobby Bascomb 31 Jul 2026

Report: Indonesian authorities weaponize laws to silence environmental and Indigenous defenders

Naina Rao 30 Jul 2026

Indonesia shows elevated fire hotspot activity in 2026 as super El Niño threat looms

Hans Nicholas Jong, Irfan Maulana 29 Jul 2026
Explosives and other remnants of World War II at the Japanese Cave in Biak.

Fatal WWII bomb blast in Indonesia was a result of illegal fishing activity, police say

Asrida Elisabeth 29 Jul 2026

International Tiger Day: A complex landscape of recovery, conflict, and empty forests

Mongabay.com 29 Jul 2026

Indonesian zoo corruption case renews scrutiny of animal welfare

Basten Gokkon 29 Jul 2026

Tech helps Vietnam rangers turn the tide on poaching

Mongabay.com 29 Jul 2026
Croslet horseshoe bat

Study investigates how to prevent viral spread from bat guano in Southeast Asia

Carolyn Cowan 28 Jul 2026
A pair of orphaned orangutans in Sabah.

Major orangutan study finds Sumatran population fell nearly 20% despite slower forest loss

Hans Nicholas Jong, Junaidi Hanafiah 27 Jul 2026
A data center under construction in Chonburi province, Thailand, that local residents said is being built to host Google and TikTok servers, in December 2025. Photo by Andy Ball/Mongabay.

Thai MP calls for new committee to scrutinize AI data centers’ environmental impact

Gerald Flynn 27 Jul 2026

New treaty promises safer conditions for Indonesia’s fishing crews

M Ambari 24 Jul 2026

Sea salt in Lombok Island, Indonesia is contaminated with microplastics: study

David Brown 23 Jul 2026

New bird species identified on remote Indonesian island

Naina Rao 23 Jul 2026
John H. Rappole. Photo courtesy of the Post Journal

Smithsonian ornithologist John Rappole reconsidered why birds migrate

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jul 2026

Vietnam’s coffee boom fueled by decades of deforestation, report finds

Naina Rao 22 Jul 2026
Tigers in Rajasthan, India. The country is a stronghold of wild tigers, and the report found that most of the wild tigers smuggled into Cambodia came from India.

Report reveals Cambodia’s appetite for tigers, rhinos and other endangered wildlife

Spoorthy Raman 21 Jul 2026
White-bellied pangolins captured in southeastern Nigeria and destined for trade. Image courtesy of Alex Moore.

Pangolin DNA study links local wild meat markets to global trafficking networks

Shanna Hanbury 21 Jul 2026
Sand barges bearing the logo of Catalyst Marine and Resources documented in Trapeang Roung commune, Koh Kong province, Cambodia, by Mother Nature Cambodia activists in July 2026. Image supplied by Mother Nature Cambodia.

Activists allege Cambodia has resumed sea sand exports to Singapore

Gerald Flynn 21 Jul 2026

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