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Sudden sale may doom carbon-rich rainforest in Borneo

John Cannon 2 Jan 2017

Don’t feed the orangutans — a warning unheeded at popular ecotourism stop

Aria Danaparamita 21 Nov 2016
Kahuzi-Biega National Park rangers stand in formation at the park in October, 2016. Photo by Thomas Nicolon for Mongabay.

Protecting gorillas at all costs: park rangers of the Congo

Thomas Nicolon 20 Nov 2016

Elephant poaching costs African nations $25 million a year in lost tourism revenue

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Nov 2016

Brazzaville-issued mining permits dip into Congo’s flagship park

John Cannon 31 Oct 2016

Hunted to the brink: Mammals in crisis

John Cannon 24 Oct 2016

Environmentalists squirm as Jokowi eyes Lake Toba tourism bonanza

Aria Danaparamita 19 Oct 2016

Struggle against mining on Bangka Island continues despite wins in court

M Ambari 11 Oct 2016

New film documents real-life Avatar story

Jeremy Hance 4 Oct 2016
An Amur tiger and its prey, a local farmer’s cow, photographed by a camera trap near Hunchun National Nature Reserve in China’s northeastern province of Jilin. Photo courtesy of Hunchun Forestry Bureau

China considers a huge national park for Amur tigers and leopards

Wang Yan 22 Sep 2016

Indigenous peoples demand protection of sacred sites at World Conservation Congress

Aura Tegría 7 Sep 2016

Indonesia must do more to protect whale sharks, conservationists say

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 23 Aug 2016

Fish farms need not be outlawed in Indonesia’s Lake Toba: minister

Aria Danaparamita 25 Jul 2016

Military sent to clear fish farms in Indonesia’s Lake Toba

Aria Danaparamita 22 Jul 2016
La Danta pyramid in the Mayan city of Mirador, as seen from a distance. Photo by Ronyrocael/Wikimedia Commons.

Controversial park plans in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 17 Jun 2016
Zou Huagang, head of Lianhe village, poses in front of a local kiwi farm. Zou's family owns about three acres of kiwi farmland. Photo by Wang Yan.

Making a living inside a reserve: an interview with village head Zou Huagang

Wang Yan 14 Jun 2016
A golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana), caught on camera trap inside the reserve. Photo courtesy of Laohegou Nature Reserve Center.

Can China’s first private nature reserve become truly sustainable?

Wang Yan 10 Jun 2016

Chinese villagers turn from logging to forest patrols, bees, and fish

Wang Yan 8 Jun 2016

China’s Wanglang panda reserve, once an ecotourism model, faces new threats

Wang Yan 6 Jun 2016

Another tiger perishes at Indonesia’s ‘Death Zoo’

Loren Bell 20 Apr 2016

The week in environmental news – April 01, 2016

Brittany Stewart 1 Apr 2016

Primate-Watching: In the Year of the Monkey, let’s build a Conservation Movement

Russell A. Mittermeier 3 Feb 2016
A Bornean tarsier. Photo by Russ Mittermeier.

Potential crisis in Sabah’s amazing Kinabatangan rainforest

Russell A. Mittermeier 13 Jan 2016

Komodo dragon: one of Indonesia’s rare conservation success stories

Jeremy Hance 30 Dec 2015

Creating a commons: sustainable fishing and hunting in the Colombian Amazon

David Barton Bray 23 Dec 2015
Tourists can spread invasive species on unwashed fishing kits. Photo courtesy of Paula Rosewarn.

Invasive species hop on tourists worldwide

Amy McDermott 20 Nov 2015

Bali’s mountain dwellers govern with ancient palm leaf treatises

Luh De Suriyani 29 Oct 2015

Indonesian villagers transform ailing forests into oasis of fruit

Sapariah Saturi 8 Sep 2015

Zimbabweans near protected areas feel good about wildlife. Tourists? Not so much.

Kolawole Talabi 10 Jul 2015

In Sumatra, an oasis in a sea of oil palm

Quino Alonso 8 Jun 2015

The triumph of the bison: Europe’s biggest animal bounces back a century after vanishing

Jeremy Hance 12 May 2015

Zimbabwe selling baby elephant calves to China, says environmental group

Alexander Montoro 17 Apr 2015

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