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Dry riverbed. Image by Dellane Masiya Mhlanga for Mongabay.

Water flowing up the mountain: Development devours forest reserve in Zambia

Carien Du Plessis 4 Dec 2019

How cities can lead the fight against climate change using urban forestry and trees (commentary)

Chad Papa and Lauren Cooper 27 Nov 2019

Bali mangrove bay is now a conservation zone, nixing reclamation plan

Basten Gokkon 11 Oct 2019

New lease on life beckons for Arroceros, Manila’s hidden jungle

Reynaldo Santos Jr 20 Sep 2019

Decolonizing trees in a tropical city to nurture multi-cultural identity

Carinya Sharples 13 Sep 2019

For Indonesia’s Kendari Bay, silting is a death sentence

Ian Morse 28 Aug 2019

Environmental justice and urban rat infestations

Mike Gaworecki 6 Aug 2019

Indonesian governor latest official busted for bribes in environmental case

Indra Nugraha 12 Jul 2019

No environmental permit for Bali bay reclamation plan amid opposition

Basten Gokkon 25 Jun 2019

In traffic-blighted Penang, transport upgrade plans raise hopes and fears

Danielle Keeton-Olsen 3 May 2019

The view from the bottleneck: Is nature poised for a big comeback?

Jeremy Hance 18 Feb 2019

Urbanization in Asia provides a window of hope for tigers, study finds

Mongabay.com 6 Feb 2019

Cities could help conserve pollinator communities

Mike Gaworecki 30 Jan 2019

A development project in a Bali mangrove bay gets a new lease on life

Basten Gokkon 25 Dec 2018

Jakarta cancels permits for controversial bay reclamation project

Basten Gokkon 2 Oct 2018

As Bali reclamation project dies, activists seek conservation status

Luh De Suriyani 30 Aug 2018

Amid corruption scandal, Malaysia switches track on future of rail network

Keith Schneider 16 Aug 2018

A river restored breathes new life into Kuala Lumpur

Keith Schneider 8 Aug 2018

Cracks appear in Malaysia’s building spree, once a model for development

Keith Schneider 17 Jul 2018

US urban areas are losing 36 million trees every year, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 25 Apr 2018
A Sierra Madre Sparrow inside Mexico City’s Water Forest. Photo courtesy Ulises Martínez, Grupo de Monitoreo Biológico de Milpa Alta.

Mexico City dwellers shoulder future of their urban ‘Water Forest’

Christine MacDonald 6 Mar 2018
Arley Estupiñan walks towards his house at night. Photo by Ana Cristina Vallejo with permission.

The uncertain future of Bogotá’s shantytowns

Maximo Anderson 16 Nov 2017

Jakarta reclamation project allowed to resume, but opposition remains

Basten Gokkon 18 Oct 2017

Trees provide ecosystem services worth $500 million to the world’s megacities

Mike Gaworecki 7 Sep 2017

Urban heat island effect could more than double climate costs for cities

Mike Gaworecki 13 Jun 2017

Controversial Jakarta land reclamation project gets legal go-ahead

Mongabay-indonesia 9 Nov 2016

Can nature thrive in cities? New book looks at changing face of nature in Bangalore

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Jul 2016

Life finds a way: the surprising biodiversity of cities

Nika Levikov 11 Apr 2014

Can the millions in urban India live among greenery?

Sandhya Sekar 6 Mar 2014

New York City may mandate composting of food scraps to cut garbage bill

Suzanne Goldenberg 18 Jun 2013

Greener neighborhoods have less violent crime

Jeremy Hance 4 Apr 2013

Energizing Sustainable Cities: Assessing Urban Energy – book review

Gabriel Thoumi 28 Jan 2013

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