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Warming could nip Southeast Asian forests’ mass flowering in the bud, study finds

Carolyn Cowan 21 Apr 2022

Mine pits expose the holes in Indonesia’s plan to relocate its capital

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Apr 2022
A Komodo dragon.

‘No’ to corporate-driven tourism development in Komodo National Park (commentary)

Venansius Haryanto 19 Apr 2022

Plan to carve up Indonesian Papua rings alarm over fate of people and forests

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Apr 2022
A great hornbill in a Malaysian rainforest.

Outcry in Malaysia as failure to replant forests sparks ‘cover-up’ accusation

Rachel Donald 15 Apr 2022

International funding nowhere near enough for Indonesia to cut emissions: Study

Basten Gokkon 15 Apr 2022
Irrawaddy dolphin in the Mekong river © WWF-Cambodia / Tan Someth Bunwath

Death of last river dolphin in Laos rings alarm bells for Mekong population

Carolyn Cowan 14 Apr 2022

Who owns the companies destroying rainforests in the heart of New Guinea?

Mike DiGirolamo 13 Apr 2022
Leopard Cat.

Study: Most biodiversity hotspots lack formal protection in Borneo and Sumatra

Grace Dungey 12 Apr 2022

Indonesians, too reliant on palm oil, should go back to their roots (commentary)

Taufik Wijaya 7 Apr 2022

Stranded coal barge spills cargo, disrupts fishery in Indonesian waters

Gafur Abdullah 7 Apr 2022
A barge transports teak logs

Countries that sanctioned Myanmar’s junta are still buying their timber: Report

Carolyn Cowan 7 Apr 2022
Fire fighters putting out forest fire in Riau, Indonesia.

Indonesia’s Riau province declares state of emergency ahead of fire season

Suryadi 5 Apr 2022

Palm oil firm that cleared Papuan forest after losing its permit is still at it

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Apr 2022

For Indonesians, palm oil is everywhere but on supermarket shelves

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Apr 2022
Logging Camp on Fergusson Island, PNG.

PNG suspends new carbon deals, scrambles to write rules for the schemes

Rachel Donald 4 Apr 2022
Pangolin_by Rhett Butler

‘A risky business’: Online illegal wildlife trade continues to soar in Myanmar

Carolyn Cowan 4 Apr 2022
A Bornean orangutan in Indonesia

How many orangutans does $1 billion save? Depends how you spend it, study finds

Jim Tan 1 Apr 2022
Camera trap photo of an Annamite dark muntjac in the Annamite mountains. Photo courtesy of Leibniz-IZW / WWF-Viet Nam / Song Thanh National Park

Rare mammals caught on camera highlight value of Annamite Mountains

Carolyn Cowan 30 Mar 2022
The silvery pigeon is one of the most threatened pigeon species in the world. As a seed disperser, this species helps contribute to the overall biodiversity of the small islands it inhabits, according to researcher Simon Bruslund.

Online trade in rare silvery pigeon is cause for concern, researchers say

Sean Mowbray 30 Mar 2022
Coal mining in South Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Indonesia’s gasification plans could be costly for budget and environment

Nithin Coca 30 Mar 2022

Indonesian bill turns coal-derived fuels clean by ignoring true scale of emissions

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Mar 2022
A truck with Oilpalm fruits is entering Fajar Harapan Palm Oil Mill.

EU response to palm oil is opportunity, not threat (commentary)

Andre Barahamin 29 Mar 2022

It’s a girl: Super rare Sumatran rhino born in captive-breeding center

Basten Gokkon 28 Mar 2022

FSC-certified Moorim Paper linked to massive forest clearing in Indonesia’s Papua

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Mar 2022

In Indonesia’s Spice Islands, some farmers are going back to organic

Mahmud Ichi 24 Mar 2022

Deforestation for palm oil falls in Southeast Asia, but is it a trend or a blip?

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Mar 2022

Cambodian project aims to revive flagging fish populations in Tonle Sap Lake

Carolyn Cowan 22 Mar 2022
A long-tailed macaque in Gunung Leuser National Park. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Probe finds palm oil firm illegally clearing forest in Sumatra wildlife haven

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Mar 2022

Fate of Indonesian rainforest the size of Belgium hangs in the balance (commentary)

Sam Lawson 17 Mar 2022

NGOs alert U.N. to furtive 2-million-hectare carbon deal in Malaysian Borneo

John Cannon 17 Mar 2022
Intact rainforest in Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Study: Indonesia’s forest-clearing moratorium underdelivered — but so did donors

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Mar 2022

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