Thap Lan: Thailand’s unsung forest gem under threat, but still abrim with life
On the trail of a conservation group conducting a wildlife monitoring survey, we stop the 4x4 on the road and walk along the red earth to check on camera traps.…
China considers a huge national park for Amur tigers and leopards
t is rare to spot an Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) in the wild, according to Yang Jun, director of the Hunchun Forestry Bureau’s wildlife protection department. However, on July…
Farmers lead the way to reduce elephant crop raiding in Tanzania
Seven more ways to make chili fences more effective
Turkey’s wild bears migrate for food; but some bears prefer garbage dumps
Turkey’s brown bears migrate long distances in search of food, a new study has found. This is the first time that migration has been observed in brown bears, co-author Çağan…
Making a living inside a reserve: an interview with village head Zou Huagang
Other stories in Mongabay’s series on changing forest practices in China: China’s Wanglang panda reserve, once an ecotourism model, faces new threatsChinese villagers turn from logging to forest patrols, bees,…
Can China’s first private nature reserve become truly sustainable?
Other stories in Mongabay’s series on changing forest practices in China: China’s Wanglang panda reserve, once an ecotourism model, faces new threatsChinese villagers turn from logging to forest patrols,…
Chinese villagers turn from logging to forest patrols, bees, and fish
Other stories in Mongabay's series on changing forest practices in China: China’s Wanglang panda reserve, once an ecotourism model, faces new threats Can China’s first private nature reserve become truly sustainable?…
Nicaragua Canal would threaten endangered species says study
planned trans-oceanic canal in Nicaragua could spell disaster for jaguars and other large mammals, according to a new study by researchers at Panthera, Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC) and Michigan State…
Designing the ideal wildlife corridor for Malaysia’s orangutans
ive years ago, some 7,000-acres of logged forest in the Kalabakan River network of Sabah, on the island of Borneo, was slated for oil palm production. Imperial College London ecologist…
Broken promises no more? Signs Sabah may finally uphold commitment on wildlife corridors
Five years after landmark agreement in Sabah, government shows signs of moving forward on wildlife corridors The Kinabatangan River winds through rainforest and palm oil plantations in the Malaysian state…
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Endangered environmentalists
- Activists fighting for their lands swept up in Philippines crackdown
- Philippine officials not spared as attacks on environmental defenders persist
- ‘Guardian of the Forest’ ambushed and murdered in Brazilian Amazon
Indonesias forest guardians
- Reforesting a village in Indonesia, one batch of gourmet beans at a time
- Restoring Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem, one small farm at a time
- Indigenous Iban community defends rainforests, but awaits lands rights recognition
Amazon infrastructure
- Yanomami Amazon reserve invaded by 20,000 miners; Bolsonaro fails to act
- Amazon infrastructure puts 68% of indigenous lands / protected areas at risk: report
- Amazon fish kill at Sinop spotlights risk from 80+ Tapajós basin dams
Asian rhinos
- Indonesia plans IVF for recently captured Sumatran rhino
- Malaysian attempt at Sumatran rhino IVF fails on low quality of sperm
- At India’s Assam Zoo, decades of experience lead to rhino-breeding success
