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A healthy private agar plantation in Sujanagar, Moulvibazar.

Planters stranded amid degraded forests as Bangladesh agarwood scheme falters

Ashraful Haque 17 Mar 2026

Cambodia’s Supreme Court denies release of five imprisoned environmental activists

John Cannon 16 Mar 2026

An ancient fishing tradition in Indonesia could help build a more sustainable fishery

Naina Rao 16 Mar 2026
In Shariatpur district, Billal Hossain breaks his house and collects the bricks to move to another place to settle following floods, 2018.

Climate-resilient housing models slow to gain ground in disaster-prone Bangladesh

Sadiqur Rahman 16 Mar 2026

Mass pilot whale stranding in Indonesia raises questions about ocean health

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2026
Wood pellets for biomass energy. Image courtesy of Dogwood Alliance.

Forest advocates accuse EU energy firm of Dutch biomass certification fraud

Justin Catanoso 13 Mar 2026

Oil patch appears after IRIS Dena sinking in Sri Lanka; origins still unverified

Kamanthi Wickramasinghe 13 Mar 2026
Sea turtles, another migratory species, need safe ocean passageways to move between feeding grounds and nesting beaches.

Outlook for migratory species worsens amid habitat loss & avian flu, report finds

Gloria Dickie 12 Mar 2026
Juvenile Sumatran orangutans like this are highly sought by traffickers. Image courtesy of Onrizal Onrizal.

Indonesia’s orangutan trafficking cases reveal need for a change in approach (commentary)

Onrizal Onrizal 12 Mar 2026
A fisher holds up two stingrays from his catch.

Bangladesh sees rise in ray, shark fishing as traditional seafood species dwindle

Khadijatul Kobra 12 Mar 2026
Close-up shot of a bale of compressed plastic waste.

Plastic, from home and abroad, spills into Türkiye’s waters

Guia Baggi, Utku Kuran 11 Mar 2026
The construction site of Bridge Data Centre's 0.2 GW QHI01 data center in Khlong Tamru subdistrict, Chonburi province, Thailand. Photo by Andy Ball/Mongabay.

Thai data center boom sparks fears of water shortage, air pollution

Gerald Flynn 11 Mar 2026
An Indochinese tiger. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

The Wild League aims to turn sports mascots into conservation champions

Liz Kimbrough 11 Mar 2026
IKEA allocates 16,000 hectares of forests for research to further improve responsible forest management. Together with European Forest Institute and Preferred by Nature, IKEA will start a research project that will explore, test and scale improved forestry practices, strengthening climate resilience and minimizing negative impacts on biodiversity.

From forest to flatpack, IKEA faces timber traceability test under EUDR

Annelise Giseburt 10 Mar 2026

Sumatra officials stress environment checks continue in wake of deadly cyclone

Jaka Hendra Baittri 10 Mar 2026
Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia.

The promise and perils of the 1995 Mekong River Agreement (commentary)

Pham Phan Long 10 Mar 2026
Gimlett's reed snake (Calamaria lovii gimletti), rediscovered in Singapore in 2017 after an absence of 84 years. Photo credit: the Law Brothers

Can Singapore rewild its lost reptiles?

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Mar 2026

Cambodian market survey a snapshot of a resilient — but stressed — Mekong

Stefan Lovgren 10 Mar 2026
David Chivers. Courtesy of Selwyn College

David Chivers, student of the singing apes

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Mar 2026
With striking orange and black streaks on their wings, painted woolly bats are one of the most colorful bats in the world.

U.S.’ hunger for Halloween trinkets is killing Vietnam’s painted woolly bats

Spoorthy Raman 9 Mar 2026
The electric current flowing through the fences not only endangers elephants but also humans and other wildlife.

Electrocution, conflict, poaching mark grim start to year for Sumatran elephants

Junaidi Hanafiah 9 Mar 2026

Thailand tightens embrace of fossil fuels amid Middle East conflict

Naina Rao 9 Mar 2026

Sri Lankan waters under ‘close watch’ following wreckage of Iranian warship

Kamanthi Wickramasinghe 6 Mar 2026

Indonesian communities push to reclaim lands following company permit revocations

Tonggo Simangunsong 6 Mar 2026

This bird is disappearing from Indonesia’s forests for its song

Mongabay.com 6 Mar 2026

Beetle known for ravaging mango trees now killing baobabs, study finds

Charles Mpaka 5 Mar 2026

Archived camera-trap images bring Thailand’s tapirs into focus

Mongabay.com 5 Mar 2026
The yellow Banyumas Kromo durian has a rich, creamy taste

Indonesia farmers count the costs as rains wash out Java durian harvest

L. Darmawan 4 Mar 2026

Malaysia renews Lynas Rare Earths’ license for 10 years, orders end to radioactive waste by 2031

Associated Press 3 Mar 2026

China’s Pacific squid fishery rife with labor, fishing abuses: Report

Francesco De Augustinis 3 Mar 2026

Deadly landfill collapse exposes risks faced by Philippines’ waste pickers

Michael Beltran 2 Mar 2026
A radio-collared slow loris in Bangladesh.

Out of captivity, into conflict: slow lorises struggle to survive after release

Carolyn Cowan 26 Feb 2026

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