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Road project in economically deprived Indonesian region threatens wildlife habitat

Junaidi Hanafiah 1 Apr 2020

Plantation director in dispute with indigenous community is charged with illegal logging

Nurdin Tubaka 1 Apr 2020
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Inside the fight to save the Niger Delta red colobus

Orji Sunday 31 Mar 2020

Mining activity in Indonesia takes a hit from COVID-19 pandemic

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 Mar 2020

Puma or cougar? Candid Animal Cam Ep 5 takes you to the Americas to meet this wild cat

Romina Castagnino 31 Mar 2020

Indonesian anti-graft enforcers set their sights on a new target: corporations

Ian Morse 31 Mar 2020

Indonesia risks timber trade with EU after scrapping license rules

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Mar 2020

BR-319 illegal side road threatens Amazon protected area, indigenous land (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside, Lucas Ferrante, Maryane B. T. de Andrade 27 Mar 2020

Conservationists urge reforms in Bolivia after environmental, political crises

Yvette Sierra Praeli 27 Mar 2020

Indonesia ends timber legality rule, stoking fears of illegal logging boom

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Mar 2020
Oil palm fruit. Image by Dave Barce via Wikicommons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Palm oil giant Olam under scrutiny again over Gabon plantations

James Fair 25 Mar 2020

National parks pay the price as land conflicts intensify in Colombia

Taran Volckhausen 24 Mar 2020

Goldman Prize-winning Cambodian activist arrested, released in Cambodia

Lauren Crothers 24 Mar 2020

New player starts clearing rainforest in world’s biggest oil palm project

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 24 Mar 2020

Scientists call for independent review of dam project in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Mar 2020

Candid Animal Cam YouTube show Episode 4: Coatis

Romina Castagnino 24 Mar 2020

Peru uncovers organized crime network laundering illegally mined gold

Yvette Sierra Praeli 23 Mar 2020

Oil exploration at odds with peatland protection in the Congo Basin

John Cannon 23 Mar 2020

Indonesian activists denounce a road being built illegally in leopard habitat

Basten Gokkon 20 Mar 2020

Wealth fund divests from Peruvian firm after indigenous group complaint

Lauren Crothers 20 Mar 2020

To save Cross River gorillas, EU-funded program aims to empower communities

Linus Unah 20 Mar 2020
Wood that was cut for charcoal production near Katha, northern Myanmar. Villages in this area used to cut teak and other valuable trees for export, but have since started producing charcoal. The charcoal being exported to China can be made from any tree, regardless of size or kind. This amount of trees could produce about 150 bags of charcoal. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

China’s revised forest law could boost efforts to fight illegal logging

Ashoka Mukpo 19 Mar 2020

Qualified success: What’s next for Peru’s Operation Mercury?

John Cannon 19 Mar 2020
Part of anti-trafficking campaign in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Vietnam considers wildlife trade ban in response to coronavirus pandemic

Michael Tatarski 18 Mar 2020
A juvenile Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in the Pantanal. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

What is a lowland tapir? Candid Animal Cam takes us to the South American forests

Romina Castagnino 17 Mar 2020

Smaller fragments of forest at risk of greater levels of deforestation, study finds

Lauren Crothers 16 Mar 2020
A butterfly in the forests of Vietnam. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Vietnam’s new conservation plan prioritizes trees and people. Emissions? Not so much

CJ Clouse 13 Mar 2020

Extreme El Niño drought, fires contribute to Amazon insect collapse: Study

Taran Volckhausen 13 Mar 2020

A new mantis species rises from the ashes of Brazil’s National Museum

Suzana Camargo, Conexão Planeta 12 Mar 2020

Complaint alleges oil company left Peru communities’ environment in ruins

Mongabay.com 12 Mar 2020

Indonesian police charge indigenous men in dispute over nutmeg plantation

Nurdin Tubaka 12 Mar 2020

On the prowl: Jaguar population rises in Iguazú Falls region

Jenny Gonzales 11 Mar 2020

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