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A butterfly in the forests of Vietnam. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Questions remain as Vietnam reaches major REDD+ milestone

Michael Tatarski 1 Apr 2019
Hiking through the tiny village of Doong in central Vietnam's Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Vietnam a challenging yet rewarding country for environmental reporting (insider)

Michael Tatarski 17 Mar 2019

European Parliament to vote on timber legality agreement with Vietnam

John Cannon 11 Mar 2019

Seahorse trade continues despite export bans, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Mar 2019
Anti-wildlife-trafficking statues at Minh Dang Quang Buddhist Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, one of the pagodas included in the campaign. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Graphic anti-wildlife-trafficking campaign tackles Vietnam’s pangolin problem

Michael Tatarski 14 Feb 2019
Hiking through the tiny village of Doong in central Vietnam's Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Current threats and future hopes for the greater Mekong’s mangroves

Michael Tatarski 30 Jan 2019

How wasps saved Asia’s forests (commentary)

Douglas Sheil, Anne Johnson, Louis Reymondin, Alice C. Hughes 16 Jan 2019

Asiatic black bear cubs rescued from illegal wildlife trade in Vietnam

Mongabay.com 15 Jan 2019

Vietnam’s illegal ivory market continues to thrive, report finds

Mongabay.com 2 Jan 2019
Rose-ringed parakeets seized from the parrot trade in Senegal. Photo courtesy of Davide de Guz/World Parrot Trust

Deadly parrot virus found in native birds from Asia and Africa

Erin I. Garcia de Jesus 5 Dec 2018
Ornately carved Buddhist statues for sale in Dong Ky, Vietnam. Photo by Chris Humphrey.

Tracing the safeguards against illegal logging in Vietnam

Kit Humphrey 4 Dec 2018

In the belly of the beast: journalist delves into wildlife trafficking

Gloria Dickie 4 Dec 2018

Vietnam-EU legal timber agreement signed, but much work remains

Michael Tatarski 13 Nov 2018
Duong Le feeds shrimp on his intensive shrimp farm in Long An Province, Vietnam. Image by Zoe Osborne for Mongabay.

New climate change report highlights grave dangers for Vietnam

Michael Tatarski 30 Oct 2018
A flower in Vietnam. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Vietnamese environmental blogger ‘Mother Mushroom’ suddenly released from prison

Michael Tatarski 18 Oct 2018

Cambodia accuses Vietnam of complicity in illegal cross-border logging

Kit Humphrey 18 Oct 2018
A flowering tea plant in Vietnam. Photo via Pixabay.

New tea plant discoveries in Vietnam highlight vitality of protected areas

Michael Tatarski 3 Aug 2018
A butterfly in the forest outside Son Doong Cave. (Photo courtesy Professor Phuong Ta)

In Vietnam, cable car plans continue to threaten important cave system

Kit Humphrey 24 Jul 2018
Duong Le feeds shrimp on his intensive shrimp farm in Long An Province, Vietnam. Image by Zoe Osborne for Mongabay.

Pushing Vietnam’s shrimp industry toward sustainability

Zoe Osborne 17 Jul 2018
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.

‘Single-minded determination’: China’s global infrastructure spree rings alarm bells

Basten Gokkon 17 Jul 2018

Vietnam’s bear bile farms are collapsing — but it may not be good news

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Jul 2018

Online pet trade in Southeast Asia poses a major new threat to otters

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2018
Khanh Nguy Thi. Photo courtesy Goldman Environmental Prize.

Vietnam’s first Goldman Prize winner pushes for energy conservation

Michael Tatarski 29 May 2018
African elephants in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Will China’s new ban on the ivory trade help or hurt? (Commentary)

Karl Ammann 16 May 2018

Pangolins on the brink as Africa-China trafficking persists unabated

Sharon Guynup 8 May 2018

Meet the winners of the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize

Mongabay.com 23 Apr 2018

Population of world’s rarest giant turtle rises to 4 with new discovery

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Apr 2018

Carbon credit prices too low to protect forests from rubber, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 8 Mar 2018
A fish die off from chemical spill in Vietnam in 2016. Photo via Maisondelinspir.

Vietnamese activist gets 14-year sentence for documenting chemical spill

Mongabay 8 Feb 2018
A farmer feeds elephant grass to his horses in Cao Bang Province, planted so farmers don't send their livestock to graze inside a nearby protected forest. Photo by Michael Tatarski/Mongabay.

Environmental reporting in Vietnam often a comedy of errors

Michael Tatarski 30 Jan 2018

Rhino horn seizure taps into Southeast Asian trafficking ring

Mongabay.com 3 Jan 2018
An underwater view of the reef at Layang Layang Atoll in the Spratly Islands, South China Sea. Photo courtesy of Greg Asner / Divephoto.org.

Experts to China: cooperate or South China Sea fisheries may collapse

David E. Brown 21 Dec 2017

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