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The Great Insect Dying: The tropics in trouble and some hope

Jeremy Hance 10 Jun 2019

Healthy reefs, healthy people: Community-based marine conservation in Papua New Guinea (commentary)

Jonathan Booth 7 Jun 2019

PNG politicians push coal as Pacific islanders rail against climate change

Catherine Wilson 12 Mar 2019

Norway divests from plantation companies linked to deforestation

Morgan Erickson-Davis 1 Mar 2019

‘Beautiful legislation’ fails to protect PNG’s environment, landowners

Lucy EJ Woods 14 Feb 2019

In PNG, a fallen bridge is testament to the chasm in rural development

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 24 Jan 2019
Rainforest in Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

The biggest rainforest news stories in 2018

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Dec 2018

New roads for PNG: Path to progress or to environmental devastation?

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 27 Dec 2018
Marine life in Papua New Guinea. Image by martinnemo via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

After the loss of a ship, deep sea mining plans for PNG founder

David Hutt 26 Dec 2018

PNG farmers use agroforestry to fight crop diseases and reduce labor

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 19 Dec 2018

Agroforestry supports food security and conservation in Papua New Guinea

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 26 Nov 2018

Stop importing illegal timber, PNG activists tell China at APEC Summit

John Cannon 22 Nov 2018

For APEC’s poorest member, flashy cars point to another boondoggle

Lucy EJ Woods 16 Nov 2018

PNG to create 7,500 square kilometers of new marine protected areas in Bismarck Sea

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2018

Evicted for a showpiece project, this PNG community fights for justice

Lucy EJ Woods 8 Nov 2018

Deal in sight for PNG landowners protesting Exxon-led gas project

Lucy EJ Woods 31 Aug 2018

‘High risk’ that China’s timber from PNG is illegal: New report

John Cannon 9 Aug 2018
John Aini at a Malagan ceremony. Image by JC Salyer.

Protecting PNG’s oceans: Q&A with marine activist John Aini

Basten Gokkon 16 Jul 2018

‘Decolonizing conservation’: Q&A with PNG marine activist John Aini

Basten Gokkon 12 Jul 2018

Implicit gender, racial biases may hinder effectiveness of conservation science, experts warn

Basten Gokkon 4 Jul 2018

Tensions mount at PNG gas project as landowners threaten to close plant for good

Lucy EJ Woods 4 Jul 2018

Plant response to rising CO2 levels may alter rainfall patterns across tropics

Claire Asher 28 Jun 2018

Papua New Guinea landowners take up arms against natural gas project

Lucy EJ Woods 26 Jun 2018

Citigroup limits financing for mines that dump tailings at sea

Jim Tan 12 Jun 2018

India eyes coal reserves in Indonesian Papua 

Febriana Firdaus 11 Jun 2018

Natural gas project that promised economic boom leaves PNG in ‘worse state’: report

Isabel Esterman 17 May 2018

Traditional landowners reject mining exploration bid in Bougainville

Catherine Wilson 27 Mar 2018

Rainforests: the year in review 2017

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2018

Roads, dams and railways: Ten infrastructure stories from Southeast Asia in 2017

Mongabay.com 27 Dec 2017

For Papuan villagers practicing conservation, a bid to formalize the familiar

Christopel Paino 14 Dec 2017

Papua New Guinea gets its largest-ever conservation area

Morgan Erickson-Davis 8 Dec 2017

Experts seek ways to mitigate environmental impacts of infrastructure boom in Asia Pacific

Basten Gokkon 9 Oct 2017

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