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One of the roughly 1,300 sacred Nara deer seen close up.

Messengers of the gods: Nara’s ‘sacred’ deer at a conservation crossroads

Annelise Giseburt 22 May 2024
Chitwan safari

Nepal govt bypasses parliament to allow commercial projects in protected areas

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Apr 2024
Farming in Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand limits agricultural land sales amid protests & tourism development

Swati Thapa 22 Apr 2024
wetland

Costa Rican community struggles to stop an airport ‘destroying our country’

Alice Pistolesi, Monica Pelliccia 8 Apr 2024
The Chocolate Hills of Bohol Island in the central Philippines are a sprawling geological wonder, shaped by nature millions of years ago.

Resort in Philippines’ protected Chocolate Hills sparks uproar, probes

Keith Anthony Fabro 2 Apr 2024
A mountain biker.

Adventure tours with tigers? Nepal’s proposed policy changes raise alarm

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Mar 2024
A woodpecker in Chitwan National Park.

Cable car proposal is Nepal’s latest plan to commercialize national parks

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Mar 2024
A Bengal tiger in neighboring India.

Nepal mulls policy shift to allow hotels back into tiger strongholds

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Mar 2024
The olive harvest festival at the luxury Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort in 2023 highlights the growing interest in local foods and agri-tourism opportunities.

Oman’s mountain oases offer ancient farming lessons for a warming future

Ruth Kamnitzer 18 Mar 2024

Can ecotourism protect Raja Ampat, the ‘Crown Jewel’ of New Guinea?

Mike DiGirolamo 20 Feb 2024
Véronique Sekuka, a Baka woman who was evicted from what is now Odzala-Kokoua National Park.

African Parks vows to investigate allegations of abuse at Congolese park

Ashoka Mukpo 7 Feb 2024

Cambodia sea turtle nests spark hope amid coastal development & species decline

Gerald Flynn 1 Feb 2024

In Nepal’s Chitwan, tourist pools spell possible trouble for environment & wildlife

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Jan 2024

Bird-watching offers potential for conservation & economy in Colombia’s Guaviare

Santiago Wills 15 Dec 2023

In Venezuela, a mysterious fire sparks concerns for rare mountain wildlife

Maxwell Radwin 31 Oct 2023
A mountain gorilla encountered during a gorilla tourism trek in Uganda.

Gorilla permit fraud dents community-led conservation efforts in Uganda

Malavika Vyawahare, Nangayi Guyson 27 Oct 2023

Indonesia’s Mandalika project a litany of violations for Indigenous Sasak

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Oct 2023
A black-headed ibis

Tien Hai Nature Reserve latest battleground in Vietnam’s push for development

Michael Tatarski 22 Sep 2023
Pulau Tioman

Airport proposal for Malaysian island doesn’t fly with conservationists

Carolyn Cowan 21 Jul 2023

Indonesia’s Mandalika megaproject still trampling on Indigenous community’s rights: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Jun 2023
The purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis), an ancient species that lived during the dinosaurs, calls small crevices around rocky streams home. Landslides can alter their habitats drastically. Image by David V Raju via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

As tourism booms in India’s Western Ghats, habitat loss pushes endangered frogs to the edge

Spoorthy Raman 22 May 2023
Tanzania protest Ngorongoro

Indigenous Maasai ask the United Nations to intervene on reported human rights abuses

Joseph Lee 21 Apr 2023

New zipline on Rio’s Sugarloaf raises outcry from conservationists

Sarah Brown 19 Apr 2023

Mexico’s Tren Maya hotel construction clears forest reserve without permits

Maxwell Radwin 29 Mar 2023
Duyen walks between shrimp farms.

As livelihoods clash with development, Vietnam’s Cần Giờ mangroves are at risk

Lam Nguyen, Danielle Keeton-Olsen 28 Feb 2023
A pair of jaguars.

Ecotourism and education: Win-win solution for Pantanal jaguars and ranchers

Sarah Brown 20 Jan 2023

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

Basten Gokkon 3 Jan 2023
Indigenous people in neighboring villages of Glar commune collect dead branches for firewood.

In Vietnam, a forest grown from the ashes of war falls to a resort project

Le Quynh 19 Dec 2022
The developers on Koh Toteung smothered the island's corals in sand while creating an artificial beach in June 2022.

Island shopping: Cambodian officials buy up the Cardamoms’ coast

Gerald Flynn, Andy Ball, Vutha Srey 16 Dec 2022

Indonesian authorities nip island auction in marine reserve in the bud

Basten Gokkon, Mahmud Ichi 7 Dec 2022

Work on cable car line to Indonesian volcano to begin despite concerns

Basten Gokkon 1 Dec 2022
A white-nosed saki.

To save threatened Amazon primates in Brazil, turn them into the main attraction

Sean Mowbray 27 Oct 2022

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