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Forest loss may push tree-dependent marbled cats into threatened category

Sean Mowbray 8 Feb 2023
Blacktip sharks and remoras.

Study: Paying fishers to ease off sharks and rays is cost-effective conservation

Cassie Freund 6 Feb 2023
A coral reef in Thailand.

Thai government turns its sights on illegal coral trade

Kannikar Petchkaew 1 Feb 2023
Palm oil estate worker

Indonesia and Malaysia assail new EU ban on ‘dirty commodities’ trade

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 Jan 2023

Indonesia opens its ‘ocean account’ for sustainable marine management

Basten Gokkon 30 Jan 2023
A fisherman looks for crabs.

On Sumatra coast, mangrove clearing sparks scrutiny of loophole

Teguh Suprayitno 30 Jan 2023
Tower for measuring forest CO2

Even in recovery, previously logged tropical forests are carbon sources: Study

Carolyn Cowan 25 Jan 2023

FOIA lawsuit suggests Indonesian nickel miners lack environmental licenses

Eko Rusdianto 24 Jan 2023
A crab-eating frog.

EU demand for frogs’ legs raises risks of local extinctions, experts warn

Sean Mowbray 23 Jan 2023
An elephant in Kui Buri National Park.

Corruption scandal in Thai parks agency has far-reaching impacts, activists say

Kannikar Petchkaew 17 Jan 2023
Seaweed harvesting in the Philippines.

Innovators develop seaweed-based alternatives to plastic food wrappers

Jewel S. Cabrera 17 Jan 2023
A group of traditional fishermen in small boats catching fish in the waters of Maluku.

More marine protected areas planned for Indonesia’s Maluku after 2022 spree

Nurdin Tubaka 16 Jan 2023
A local fisherman pushing his canoe in the polluted waters.

Fishers on Indonesia’s Batam Island suffer as mangrove cover declines

Yogi Eka Sahputra 16 Jan 2023
An Arctic fox.

Protecting canids from planet-wide threats offers ecological opportunities

Sean Mowbray 10 Jan 2023

Indonesia’s biofuel push must go beyond palm oil to reduce risk, experts say

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Jan 2023
Rainbow over rainforest in Sumatra. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Accelerating biodiversity-positive impact: A conversation with Silverstrand Capital’s Kelvin Chiu

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jan 2023

Indonesia prosecutors decry ‘lenient’ sentences in palm oil corruption case

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Jan 2023
A narcissus flycatcher.

For Philippines’ unprotected hotspots, new conservation window beckons

Keith Anthony Fabro 9 Jan 2023
Sanjiv is a male Sumatran tiger who has arrived at a captive breeding center in Tacoma, Washington. Photo by Katie Cotterill for Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. Sanjiv.

Sumatran tiger arrives at Tacoma captive-breeding program

Jeremy Hance 6 Jan 2023
Fungi in the forests of Sabah. Image by John C. Cannon/Mongabay.

For restoration, microbes below ground are just as crucial as the plants above

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Jan 2023

For Indonesian smallholders, EU deforestation rule is a threat — and an opportunity

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Jan 2023

Indonesian ‘island auction’ to go ahead despite concerns over permits

Basten Gokkon 3 Jan 2023
The author poses/hides in a mangrove at low tide. Image by Morgan Erickson-Davis.

Top mangrove news of 2022

Morgan Erickson-Davis 30 Dec 2022

Mongabay’s most impactful investigations of 2022

Mongabay.com 30 Dec 2022
A man fishing in a lake.

From declining deforestation to quitting coal, Indonesia marks a pivotal 2022

Isabel Esterman 30 Dec 2022

Indonesia’s ‘essential’ mangroves, seagrass and corals remain unprotected

Basten Gokkon 30 Dec 2022
Rainbow over oil palm plantations and forest in Jambi. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

What happened in the world’s rainforests in 2022?

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Dec 2022

Top 15 species discoveries from 2022 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 29 Dec 2022
Fire fighters putting out forest fire in Riau, Indonesia.

As dry season looms, Sumatra villagers hope their peat restoration pays off

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Dec 2022
Marselus Selu plays traditional bamboo musical instruments.

In Indonesia’s Flores, a lifelong bamboo flautist looks to the next generation

Ebed de Rosary 27 Dec 2022

Unsustainable fishing to be banned in Irrawaddy dolphin’s Bornean sanctuary

Basten Gokkon 22 Dec 2022

Mongabay’s ‘must listen’ podcast list for 2022

Mike DiGirolamo 22 Dec 2022

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