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Indonesia’s grassroots farmers face increased unpredictability, experts say

Naina Rao 10 Jun 2026
The wreathed hornbill, found widespread across South and Southeast Asia, was prominently represented in the seizures

Indonesia’s native hornbills are being hammered by online and offline trade

Spoorthy Raman 9 Jun 2026
Cattle in Maticurú

Colombia passes landmark cattle traceability law to combat illegal deforestation

Maxwell Radwin 9 Jun 2026
Limited recycling capacity and weak monitoring continue to fuel illegal imports and informal e-waste recycling in Bangladesh.

Illegal e-waste trade turns Bangladesh into net importer

Sajibur Rahman 9 Jun 2026
Elephant, Serengeti, Tanzania. Image by sama093 via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Huge ivory bust raises questions about follow-up investigations in Tanzania

Charles Mpaka 8 Jun 2026
Buddhist monks who participated in the Peace Walk arrive to attend a ceremony marking World Environment Day in Chiang Rai, Thailand, on 5 June 2026. Photo by Ta Mwe.

Northern Thai residents march for action on polluted rivers. ‘This is an emergency’

Gerald Flynn 8 Jun 2026

The global trafficking ring preying on a rare golden monkey from Brazil

Fernanda Wenzel, Marco Mantovani 1 Jun 2026

Global sand demand is outpacing nature’s ability to replenish it, UN says

Mongabay.com 1 Jun 2026

27 Moon Bears rescued from illegal Laos bile farm

Naina Rao 1 Jun 2026

For Honduran coffee growers, EUDR compliance means changing old habits

Sandra Weiss 29 May 2026

European Commission linked leather to deforestation, then ignored it

Elisângela Mendonça, Emmanuelle Picaud 28 May 2026
Forest cleared for oil palm plantations in Sabah, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler.

Loopholes undermine palm oil industry’s antideforestation pledges

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 May 2026
Banner image of Myanmar teak courtesy of EIA.

Luxury yacht maker Sunseeker pleads guilty to violating a US environmental law

Naina Rao 27 May 2026
A rhododendron tree with the snow-capped Himalayan mountains in the background.

Nepal’s rhododendron tourism sparks unchecked liquor trade concerns

Mukesh Pokhrel 26 May 2026
Carrying a solar panel in Malawi. Image by Jon Strand via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

China solar exports hit all-time record in March as Africa, Asia demand jumps

Shanna Hanbury 25 May 2026
The Sangtam Naga community recently passed a resolution banning pangolin hunting. Image by Thingtsali Sangtam via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

In India’s Nagaland, communities turn to Indigenous law to protect pangolins

Mongabay.com 25 May 2026
Collage, Giant African Harvester Ant

Why are people buying pet ants?

Abhishyant Kidangoor 23 May 2026

World Turtle Day: Important conservation wins amid turtle extinction crisis

Mongabay.com 22 May 2026
Endangered subspecies Southern resident orcas (Orcinus orca ater). Image by ywcai via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0).

AI listens for endangered orcas to help reduce underwater noise exposure

Mongabay.com 22 May 2026
Two hoolock gibbon in Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, India. Image by কুমুদ ঘোষ via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

What drives the trafficking of gibbons? Conservationists shed light on demand

Mongabay.com 22 May 2026
Bengal slow loris

Slow lorises struggle to survive in the wild after captivity

Mongabay.com 22 May 2026

Three Thai nationals suspected of smuggling Galápagos iguanas arrested in Ecuador

Spoorthy Raman 21 May 2026

Wild animal consumption on the rise in Central Africa, study finds

David Akana 21 May 2026

Texas man convicted of buying eagle parts from a wildlife trafficking ring

David Brown 19 May 2026

Tiremakers ready to roll with EUDR, but repeated delays frustrate industry

Ruth Kamnitzer 19 May 2026

Timor green pigeon could go extinct without immediate action, study finds

Naina Rao 19 May 2026
Sand mining along the Mekong River

19,000 Great Pyramids a year: Report flags unsustainable rate of sand mining

Carolyn Cowan 18 May 2026
African savanna elephants are endangered, after years of poaching for their ivory, decimated their numbers. Now, their habitats are fast-shrinking due to human activities.

Trump called trophy hunting a “horror show,” but permitted 300-plus elephant trophy imports in 2025

Spoorthy Raman 18 May 2026

More than a million live birds imported to Asia in 15 years, report finds

Mongabay.com 18 May 2026
A captive Persian leopard in a British zoo, 2005.

Endangered Persian leopards persist across borders, despite hunters and landmines

Kayleigh Long 15 May 2026
Jaguars are native to the Americas and are found in 18 countries.

Honduran authorities seize jaguar kept as pet, put spotlight on local trafficking

Spoorthy Raman 14 May 2026
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis) in Ondo state, Nigeria. Adedotun Ajibade via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Nigeria aims for stronger wildlife protections with sweeping new law

Valentine Benjamin 12 May 2026

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