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‘Thugs’ disrupt Jakarta climate march as attacks on civil liberties increase

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Oct 2024
A dugong.

Cambodian fishers-turned-citizen scientists monitor marine mammal deaths

Gerald Flynn, Vutha Srey 7 Oct 2024

Past failures can’t stop Indonesia from clearing forests, Indigenous lands for farms

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Oct 2024

Cost-benefit analysis exposes ‘bogus’ promises of palm oil riches for Papuans

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Oct 2024
A trash picker looks for recyclable plastics at a waste dump in Bali. Image by Jonas Gratzer for Mongabay.

In the battle against plastic pollution, Asia’s informal workers are critical allies (commentary)

Annerieke Douma 2 Oct 2024

S. Korea dune merchant, 72, held over sand mining in Indonesia mangrove forest

Wahyu Chandra 30 Sep 2024
In July 2024, forest activists uncovered a timber depot and sawmills at the site of the Stung Meteuk hydropower project. Image supplied by Tat Oudom.

Cambodian environment minister bans logging at tycoon’s Cardamoms hydropower project

Gerald Flynn, Vutha Srey 30 Sep 2024
Ouk Mao showed reporters timber cut from the Phnom Chum Rok Sat community forest by loggers working for Lin Vatey. Image by Nehru Pry / Mongabay

Reporter who revealed deforestation in Cambodia now charged with deforestation

Gerald Flynn, Nehru Pry 27 Sep 2024

As MotoGP heads to Indonesia, Indigenous Sasak brace for another weekend of repression

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Sep 2024
Shark and ray remains after their fins have been removed at Brondong Harbor, East Java.

Clock ticks on Indonesia shark skinners as predator population plunges

Asad Asnawi 25 Sep 2024
Vietnamese environmental activists protesting coal-fired power plants in 2017. Second from left is Hoàng Thị Minh Hồng.

Influential Vietnamese environmentalist released from prison two years early

Mongabay.com 25 Sep 2024
wind farm

SE Asia renewables firms fall short on policies to protect environmental defenders

Carolyn Cowan 25 Sep 2024
Why the EU must stand firm on its plan to help protect the world’s forests

US consumers may be exposed to deforestation-linked palm oil via dairy: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Sep 2024
Flooding in Thailand

Record-breaking floods in northern Thailand intensify scrutiny of Mekong dam project

Carolyn Cowan 24 Sep 2024

World’s biggest deforestation project gets underway in Papua for sugarcane

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Sep 2024

Why the EU must stand firm on its plan to help protect the world’s forests (commentary)

Sam Lawson 19 Sep 2024

Philippines hydro boom rips Indigenous communities

Michael Beltran 18 Sep 2024

Philippine coal mine roars into production amid waves of complaints

Bong S. Sarmiento 17 Sep 2024
Gold mining erodes land cover in Pahuwato.

25-fold surge in malaria at Indonesia gold frontier raises deforestation questions

Zulkifli Mangkau 16 Sep 2024
A coral reef and marine life in the waters off Raja Ampat in Southwest Papua province, Indonesia. Image courtesy of Econusa.

Marine ecosystems still overlooked in Indonesia’s new conservation law, critics say

Basten Gokkon 12 Sep 2024
A Ministry of Environment ranger on patrol in the Cardamom Mountains. Image by Andyb3947 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Cambodian carbon credit project hit by rights abuse claims is reinstated

Gerald Flynn 11 Sep 2024
Benjakitti Forest Park

Bangkok turns to urban forests to beat worsening floods

Claire Turrell 10 Sep 2024
Wreathed hornbill at nest

Successful Thai community-based hornbill conservation faces uncertain future

Carolyn Cowan 10 Sep 2024
A pair of sun bears (Helarctos malayanus) in a tree.

Wildlife busts in Malaysia’s Taman Negara show progress, and gaps, in enforcement

Keith Anthony Fabro 9 Sep 2024

Sumatra citizen lawsuit seeks accountability for haze-causing fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Sep 2024

‘Stop the stupidity’: Indonesia’s top court orders end to mine in quake zone

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Sep 2024

More alarms over Indonesia rhino poaching after latest trafficking bust

Donny Iqbal, Nopri Ismi 5 Sep 2024
Having already picked Phnom Chum Rok Sat community forest clean of large, valuable trees, loggers working for Lin Vatey now appear to be clear-cutting what remains of the forest. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay

Mining company tied to Cambodian military officials grabs community forest

Gerald Flynn, Nehru Pry 5 Sep 2024
A Nicobar pigeon, found in Vietnam.

In Vietnam, environmental defense is increasingly a crime

Hướng Thiện 3 Sep 2024
A white-browed nuthatch (Sitta victoriae), an endangered bird endemic to Nat Ma Taung National Park in western Myanmar.

Protected areas in SE Asia could do better with more resources, study finds

Spoorthy Raman 3 Sep 2024

Wildlife-rich mangroves suffer as Indonesia ramps up construction of new capital

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Sep 2024

Indonesia’s Farwiza Farhan among Ramon Magsaysay awardees for protecting Leuser Ecosystem

Lusia Arumingtyas, Sapariah Saturi 2 Sep 2024

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