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Dam proposals for Salween River threaten tentative ceasefire between Myanmar government and minority groups

Mike Gaworecki 21 Apr 2015

Growing need for deforestation-free rubber as tire demand destroys native forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Apr 2015

Scientists find new monkey with unique penis

Morgan Erickson-Davis 10 Apr 2015

New report: commercial agricultural expansion fueling illegal logging and land conflicts in Myanmar

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Mar 2015

Rainforest loss increased in the 2000s, concludes new analysis

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2015

Myanmar’s bird species count jumps to 1114

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2015

155 Chinese nationals arrested for illegal logging in Myanmar

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2015

Rainforests: 10 things to watch in 2015

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jan 2015

Saving Myanmar’s red pandas by protecting land, educating people

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Nov 2014

Scientists capture first-ever footage of wild red pandas in Myanmar (VIDEO)

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Nov 2014

Saving Asia’s other endangered cats (photos)

Jeremy Hance 21 Oct 2014

How do we save the world’s vanishing old-growth forests?

Jeremy Hance 26 Aug 2014

‘Better late than never’: Myanmar bans timber exports to save remaining forests

Morgan Erickson-Davis 24 Apr 2014

New relative of the ‘penis snake’ discovered in Myanmar

Jeremy Hance 17 Apr 2014

Just how bad is the logging crisis in Myanmar? 72 percent of exports illegal

Jeremy Hance 26 Mar 2014

The smoothtooth blacktip shark and four other species rediscovered in markets

Frank Izaguirre 21 Jan 2014

Plantations used as cover for destruction of old-growth forests in Myanmar

Jeremy Hance 2 Dec 2013

Mangrove ecosystems being obliterated in Myanmar

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2013

Myanmar faces new conservation challenges as it opens up to the world

Claire Salisbury 4 Oct 2013

Mekong region has lost a third of its forests in 30 years, may lose another third by 2030

Mongabay.com 3 May 2013

The river of plenty: uncovering the secrets of the amazing Mekong

Jeremy Hance 23 Apr 2013

Pictures: 126 new species discovered in Greater Mekong region last year

Mongabay.com 18 Dec 2012

China plans over 300 dam projects worldwide

Jeremy Hance 10 Dec 2012

‘Exporting deforestation’: China is the kingpin of illegal logging

Jeremy Hance 29 Nov 2012

Burma warns of deforestation crisis

Mongabay.com 23 Aug 2012

Burma: slowly opening its doors

Hope Loudon 21 Aug 2012

First pictures of newly discovered monkey in China published

Mongabay.com 27 Jul 2012

Blue tarantula, walking cactus, and a worm from Hell: the top 10 new species of 2011

Jeremy Hance 23 May 2012

New ‘bony-tongue’ fish discovered in Myanmar

Mongabay.com 18 May 2012

New population of Myanmar snub-nosed monkey discovered in China

Jeremy Hance 16 May 2012

NGO: lifting sanctions on Myanmar must lead to forestry reform

Jeremy Hance 26 Apr 2012

Hail Mary effort aims to save the world’s most endangered turtles

Jeremy Hance 17 Apr 2012

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