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Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

As accusations fly, paper giant appears to stand by its replanting of burned peat in Sumatra

Mongabay Haze Beat 22 Dec 2016

Stone, Sand, Water: the key ingredients changing the Salween landscape

Demelza Stokes 21 Dec 2016

Video: Two rescued pet orangutans return to the wild

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Dec 2016

Lessons from the $2 billion coal mining lawsuit against Indonesia

Isabel Esterman 20 Dec 2016

Study maps 187 land conflicts as palm oil expands in Kalimantan

Rachel Diaz-Bastin 20 Dec 2016

All I want for Christmas… a wildlife researcher’s holiday wish list

Glenn Scherer 20 Dec 2016

Rainbow-headed snake, rare wild banana among 163 new species discovered in Greater Mekong region: WWF

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Dec 2016

Indonesia’s forestry ministry takes Greenpeace to court over freedom of information request

Basten Gokkon 19 Dec 2016

Signatories to Hanoi Statement urged to do more to combat illegal wildlife trade

Mike Gaworecki 15 Dec 2016
The front page of Daily Eleven in Yangon, Myanmar the day after the murder of one of its reporters. Photo by Ann Wang for Mongabay

Attacks on journalists in Myanmar highlight complications, dangers for the media

Mongabay.com 15 Dec 2016

Karen people call for a peace park instead of big hydropower in their homeland

Demelza Stokes 14 Dec 2016

Vanishing point: Bumblebee bat is world’s smallest; it’s also at risk

Jeremy Hance 13 Dec 2016

Newscast #7: Undiscovered Sumatran rhinos in the wild in Malaysia? Maybe, maybe not.

Mike Gaworecki 13 Dec 2016

Journalist murdered while investigating illegal logging in Myanmar

Mongabay.com 13 Dec 2016
A Son Tra banyan tree in Vietnam. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Vietnam’s forests on the upswing after years of recovery

Michael Tatarski, Shanti Johnson 11 Dec 2016
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Green groups raise red flags over Jokowi’s widely acclaimed haze law

Mongabay Haze Beat 9 Dec 2016

Expedition finds serious damage to Southeast Sulawesi’s marine ecosystem

Dyna Rochmyaningsih 8 Dec 2016

Reports that wild Sumatran rhinos may survive in Malaysia prompt hope, skepticism

Isabel Esterman 8 Dec 2016

The media megaphone: does it help curb bad infrastructure projects?

Daniel Pye, Alice Cuddy 7 Dec 2016

‘My spirit is there’: life in the shadow of the Mong Ton dam

Demelza Stokes 7 Dec 2016

Watch video of baby slow loris born to mother rescued from wildlife traffickers

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Dec 2016

Land reclamation in Malaysia puts environment, endangered turtle at risk

Kate Mayberry 2 Dec 2016
Orangutans Pongo spp. held at a Thai government-run rescue centre prior to repatriation to Indonesia. Photo credit: Claire Beastall/TRAFFIC.

Thailand failing to stop illegal trade in apes due to inadequate legislation

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Dec 2016
Typical landscape in Vietnam that's suitable for growing Coffea canephora. Photo by Michael Tatarski

Vietnam faces dilemma on forests as climate change threatens coffee crops

Michael Tatarski 1 Dec 2016

Fire on the Salween: Dams in conflict zones could threaten Myanmar’s fragile peace process

Demelza Stokes 1 Dec 2016

A dam shame: the plight of the Mekong giant catfish

Claire Asher 30 Nov 2016

New drone analysis highlights conservation challenges in Myanmar

Ann Wang 30 Nov 2016

Indonesia shifts emissions-reduction burden from energy to forestry sector

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 30 Nov 2016

Indonesian court shuts down legal challenge to Aceh land-use plan

Mongabay.com 29 Nov 2016

How citizen science is transforming river management in Malaysian Borneo (commentary)

Ken Wilson 29 Nov 2016

Cash-strapped rhino groups turn to crowdfunding, with little success

Jeremy Hance 28 Nov 2016

Conservation in oil palm is possible (commentary)

Erik Meijaard 25 Nov 2016

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