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Sri Lanka set to become first nation to protect all mangroves

Malavika Vyawahare 26 Jul 2016

Sri Lanka crushes and destroys over 350 ivory tusks

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Jan 2016

Environmentalists win ‘landmark’ case against biofuel project in Sri Lanka

Jeremy Hance 15 Oct 2015

As mangroves disappear at ‘an alarming rate,’ conservationists urge more protection

Apoorva Joshi 4 Jun 2015

Sri Lanka becomes first country to completely protect mangroves

Apoorva Joshi 4 Jun 2015

Rainforest loss increased in the 2000s, concludes new analysis

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2015

On track to ‘go beyond the critical point’: Sri Lanka still losing forests at rapid clip

Janaki Lenin 15 Jul 2014

Singapore intercepts massive illegal shipment of Madagascar rosewood

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Jun 2014

Epidemic of elephant calf kidnapping hits Sri Lanka, say conservationists

Shreya Dasgupta 21 May 2014

Scientists discover new gecko hanging-on in single forest fragment

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 17 Feb 2014

Not seen in over 130 years, ‘extinct’ frog rediscovered in Sri Lanka

Jeremy Hance 10 Jan 2014

Little elephant is the first scientific record of dwarfism in the wild

Claire Salisbury 19 Dec 2013

Asian elephants depend on shifting cultivation during the dry season

Andrew Mann 16 Dec 2013

Sri Lankan elephant amnesty will lead to poaching, warn conservationists

Claire Salisbury 3 Dec 2013

Scientists outline how to save nearly 70 percent of the world’s plant species

Jeremy Hance 5 Sep 2013

Loris champion: conserving the world’s most surprising primate family

Jeremy Hance 4 Jun 2013

New giant tarantula that’s taken media by storm likely Critically Endangered (photos)

Jeremy Hance 4 Apr 2013

Scientists discover 8 new frogs in one sanctuary, nearly all Critically Endangered (photos)

Jeremy Hance 21 Mar 2013

Starry frog rediscovered after thought extinct for 160 years (photos)

Jeremy Hance 7 Mar 2013

Biofuel company caught clearing elephant habitat in Sri Lanka

Jeremy Hance 20 Feb 2013

Sri Lanka to give poached ivory to Buddhist temple, flouting international agreements

Jeremy Hance 5 Feb 2013

New rare frog discovered in Sri Lanka, but left wholly unprotected

Darren Lloyd 5 Nov 2012

Extinct toad rediscovered after hiding for 133 years in Sri Lanka

Jeremy Hance 18 Jun 2012

Nearly 2,000 fish species traded in U.S. tropical aquarium market

Jeremy Hance 24 May 2012

Growing cardamom impacts forests for decades

Jeremy Hance 17 May 2012

Cute baby animal photos of the day: twin slender lorises born at London Zoo

Jeremy Hance 27 Feb 2012

Environmental news in review: Keystone pipeline delayed, Dole exits banana project, a rhino goes extinct

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2011

Dole abandons banana plantation in National Park

Jeremy Hance 21 Nov 2011

Satellite imagery confirms Dole destroying national park land for bananas

Jeremy Hance 4 Oct 2011

Dole responds to allegations it is illegally growing bananas in national park

Jeremy Hance 2 Oct 2011

Dole destroying forest in national park for bananas

Jeremy Hance 14 Aug 2011

Back from a century of extinction, conservation proposed for elusive Asian flying squirrel

Ian Mcfadden 27 Jun 2011

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