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Palm oil producer mired in legal troubles still razing Sumatran forest

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Jul 2022
Mangrove whiprays (Urogymnus granulatus)

Stingrays can ‘talk’ when they get riled up, new study suggests

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 25 Jul 2022
A tiger in Russia. Image courtesy of Panthera.

Tigers may avoid extinction, but we must aim higher (commentary)

John Goodrich 22 Jul 2022
Woman paddling a boat loaded with fruit to sell.

Farmers feel the pressure after conservation crackdown around Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake

Danielle Keeton-Olsen, Ly Vouch Long 20 Jul 2022

Ban on use of destructive net fails to make an impact in Indonesia, experts say

Basten Gokkon, Yogi Eka Sahputra 20 Jul 2022

Worries and whispers in Vietnam’s NGO community after activist’s sentencing

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2022
Bajo women canoeing from the village to a tourist beach.

Amid rising pressure, Indonesia’s sea-based communities adapt to change

Warief Djajanto Basorie and Mahmud Ichi 18 Jul 2022
Hawksbill turtle

Turtle DNA database traces illegal shell trade to poaching hotspots

Carolyn Cowan 18 Jul 2022

Study: Climate impacts to disproportionately hurt tropical fishers, farmers

Basten Gokkon 15 Jul 2022

Plantations threaten Indonesia’s orangutans, but they’re not oil palm

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Jul 2022
Chiew Larn reservoir, Thailand

Small mammals stranded by hydropower dams die out surprisingly fast: Study

Carolyn Cowan 14 Jul 2022
Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis).

Study assesses wildlife exposure to rat poison on oil palm plantations

Sean Mowbray 13 Jul 2022

In restoring polluted rivers, Indonesia looks at restocking endemic fish

Basten Gokkon, L. Darmawan 12 Jul 2022
A woman in Satkhira washes dishes in a pond.

For women on Bangladesh’s coast, rising seas pose a reproductive health dilemma

Jesmin Papri 8 Jul 2022
Slow loris in cage

Myanmar wildlife trade remains opaque, despite focus on border hubs

Carolyn Cowan 7 Jul 2022
A fish market in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Fish-farming practices come under scrutiny amid surge in aquaculture

Nick Rodway 6 Jul 2022
Fire in Indonesia forest

As dry season starts in Indonesia, risk of fires — and haze — looms

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Jul 2022
L. Bruce Kekule in his element in the Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary rainforest in southern Thailand. Image courtesy of Greg McCann.

Exploring the deep wildlife photography legacy of Bruce Kekule (commentary)

Gregory McCann 1 Jul 2022

Indonesia to issue quota-based fisheries policy in July, sparking concerns

Basten Gokkon 1 Jul 2022
A farmer in a village in the Kerinci region.

A conservation failure in Sumatra serves a cautionary tale for PES schemes

Cassie Freund 30 Jun 2022
Indonesian designer Singgih Kartono, founder of Spedagi

Bamboo mamas and bikes help with Indonesian diplomacy

Ebed de Rosary, Nuswantoro 29 Jun 2022

As Jakarta chokes on toxic air, Indonesian government stalls on taking action

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Jun 2022
Fishers in Siompu, Southeast Sulawesi with their daily catch. September 2019. Photo credit: Rare.

WTO ban on ‘harmful’ subsidies won’t impact small-scale fishers, Indonesia says

Basten Gokkon 29 Jun 2022

Planned coal plants fizzle as Japan ends financing in Indonesia, Bangladesh

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Jun 2022
A herd of elephants gets a drink in Botswana. Image by Roger Borgelid for Mongabay.

Twenty years since a massive ivory seizure, what lessons were learned? (commentary)

Julian Newman 27 Jun 2022
Yohanes Sugihtonugroho, founder of CROWDE.

Building a farmer-friendly future: Q&A with CROWDE’s Yohanes Sugihtonugroho

Sachi Kondo 23 Jun 2022

Study: Marine governance in Indonesia pursues exploitation over sustainability

Basten Gokkon 23 Jun 2022
Oil palm nursery and processing facility, Indonesia.

Indonesian palm oil audit a chance to clean up ‘very dirty’ industry

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Jun 2022
The Talaud bear cuscus.

To win island-wide conservation, Indonesia’s Talaud bear cuscus needs to win hearts

Sean Mowbray 22 Jun 2022
Giant freshwater stingray

Giant stingray caught in Cambodia is world’s largest freshwater fish

Carolyn Cowan 21 Jun 2022

Indonesia’s Sangihe islanders score legal victory over mining company

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Jun 2022
Two men cutting down a tree.

Consumer countries mull best approach to end deforestation abroad

John Cannon 17 Jun 2022

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