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New species of giant salamander described after decades of mystery

Mongabay.com 11 Dec 2018

US could cut emissions more than one-fifth through ‘natural climate solutions’ like reforestation

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2018

Cheap prices lead to more exotic pets in the wild, research finds

Mongabay.com 30 Aug 2018

India’s dancing deer and their unique floating home are under threat

Sahana Ghosh 31 Jul 2018

A boon for birds: Once overlooked, China’s mudflats gain protections

Benjamin Graham 11 May 2018

More than 40 percent of Madagascar’s freshwater life sliding toward extinction, IUCN finds

Mongabay.com 22 Mar 2018

Data fusion opens new horizons for remote imaging of landscapes

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 25 Jan 2018

Waterbirds flock to well-run countries, new study shows

Mongabay.com 29 Dec 2017

Land reclamation threatens extremely rare spoon-billed sandpipers in China

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Dec 2017
Drainage canal dug through peat swamp in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Pulp and paper giant sues Indonesian government over peat protection obligation

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Dec 2017

Study maps out reptiles’ ranges, completing the ‘atlas of life’

Mongabay.com 17 Oct 2017

Indonesia for Sale: in-depth series on corruption, palm oil and rainforests launches

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 10 Oct 2017

Land-swap rule among Indonesian President Jokowi’s latest peat reforms

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Aug 2017

First real test for Jokowi on haze as annual fires return to Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Aug 2017

Mounting outcry over Indonesian palm oil bill as legislators press on

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Jul 2017

Indonesia blocks major artery in haze-causing Mega Rice canal network

Hans Nicholas Jong, Indra Nugraha 9 Jul 2017

Mangrove loss threatens migratory shorebird route in North Sumatra

Ayat S. Karokaro 15 Jun 2017

Communities band together to protect El Salvador’s last mangroves

Martha Pskowski 23 May 2017

Indonesian governor asks president to let timber firms drain peat in his province

Lusia Arumingtyas 20 May 2017

Over the bridge: The battle for the future of the Kinabatangan

John Cannon 3 May 2017

A Sumatran king’s 1,400-year-old vision for sustainable landscape planning

Taufik Wijaya 27 Mar 2017

Plans to mine coal in South African protected area trigger conservation battle

Kim Harrisberg 22 Mar 2017
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Green groups want paper giant to stop using drained peat in Indonesia

Mongabay Haze Beat 23 Jan 2017
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

As accusations fly, paper giant appears to stand by its replanting of burned peat in Sumatra

Mongabay Haze Beat 22 Dec 2016
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Green groups raise red flags over Jokowi’s widely acclaimed haze law

Mongabay Haze Beat 9 Dec 2016

From loathed to loved: Villagers rally to save Greater Adjutant stork

Diane Toomey 6 Dec 2016
Indawgyi Lake in Kachin State, Myanmar. Photo by Brent Crane

Illegal logging ‘ravaging’ Myanmar’s Indawgyi Lake Wildlife Reserve

Brent Crane 16 Nov 2016

Parents who say Indonesia’s haze killed their children testify in citizen suit

Mongabay Haze Beat 4 Nov 2016

Hectare by hectare, an indigenous man reforested a jungle in Indonesia’s burned-out heartland

Indra Nugraha 26 Oct 2016

Company poised to destroy critical orangutan habitat in breach of Indonesia’s moratorium

Erik Meijaard 24 Oct 2016

139 scientists shoot down ‘misleading’ reports from Malaysia peat congress

Loren Bell 4 Oct 2016

Indonesia seeks foreign funds to aid peat restoration drive

Mongabay Haze Beat 26 Sep 2016

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