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Analysis: Elite power struggle sees Vietnam abandon coal, but leaves collateral damage

David E. Brown 15 Mar 2022
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Thai tourism elephants are ‘far better off’ in forests: Q&A with photographer Adam Oswell

Carolyn Cowan 15 Mar 2022

Spectacular new fish species is first to be named by Maldivian scientist

Liz Kimbrough 11 Mar 2022
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Tiger and bear rescue spotlights captive wildlife tourism woes in Thailand

Carolyn Cowan 10 Mar 2022

Indonesian ex-minister gets sentence cut for ‘good work’ fueled by corruption

Basten Gokkon 10 Mar 2022

In a national park plagued by encroachers, Indonesia tries a new approach

Tonggo Simangunsong 9 Mar 2022

Indonesian fishing boat found with banned trawl net highlights enforcement challenges

Yogi Eka Sahputra 9 Mar 2022

Indonesian program’s promise of food security backfires for local farmers

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Mar 2022

Indigenous-led report warns against ‘simplistic take on conservation’

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 8 Mar 2022

Campaigners against dog meat trade take on one Indonesian city at a time

Eko Widianto 7 Mar 2022
Oil palm plantation in West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Fate of mine, plantation concessions revoked by Indonesia to be finalized soon

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Mar 2022

An Indigenous basket-weaving tradition keeps a Philippine forest alive

Keith Anthony Fabro 6 Mar 2022

Palm oil and pulpwood the usual suspects as Papua deforestation persists

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Mar 2022

Banning high-deforestation palm oil has limited impact on saving forests: Study

Loren Bell 3 Mar 2022
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Thai authorities demolish resorts in parks, but struggle to prosecute encroachers

Kannikar Petchkaew 3 Mar 2022

The Trans-Papua Highway could lose billions and deforest millions of hectares

Mike DiGirolamo 2 Mar 2022

Loss of Sumatran rhinos leaves several plant species without a seed disperser

Anna Nordseth 2 Mar 2022

Forest clearing for crop program in Papua may unleash massive emissions

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Mar 2022

‘I am pro-mining’: Indigenous opposition to Philippine mine project falters

Bong S. Sarmiento 28 Feb 2022

Illegal mining fuels social conflict in Indonesian tin hub of Bangka-Belitung

Nopri Ismi, Taufik Wijaya 24 Feb 2022

More coffee, less gold: Sumatra farmers alarmed over revival of mine project

Junaidi Hanafiah 24 Feb 2022

Marauding monkeys on an Indonesian island point to environmental pressures

Yogi Eka Sahputra 23 Feb 2022

Palm oil firm hit by mass permit revocation still clearing forest in Indonesia

Asrida Elisabeth, Philip Jacobson 22 Feb 2022
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One fish, two fish: New goby species described from the Philippines

Carolyn Cowan 21 Feb 2022

When Indonesia retook land from developers, it gave them a solid case to sue

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Feb 2022

Protecting New Guinea’s forests with birds-of-paradise and ecotourism

Mike DiGirolamo 16 Feb 2022

Red seas and no fish: Nickel mining takes its toll on Indonesia’s spice islands

Rabul Sawal 16 Feb 2022

Field school teaches young Indigenous Indonesians how to care for their forests

Wahyu Chandra 16 Feb 2022

Crackdown on villagers highlights heavy hand of Indonesia’s ‘strategic’ projects

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Feb 2022

Indonesia to tighten regulation of tuna harvest in bid for sustainability

Basten Gokkon 14 Feb 2022
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Winds of change: Detecting species from airborne DNA just got real

Carolyn Cowan 11 Feb 2022

A mayor in the Philippines took on a mine, and lost her job over it

Keith Anthony Fabro 11 Feb 2022

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