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Duterte orders navy to fire on foreign poachers in Philippine waters

Mongabay.com 14 Feb 2018

Facebook being used for illegal reptile trade in the Philippines

Mongabay.com 19 Jan 2018
An underwater view of the reef at Layang Layang Atoll in the Spratly Islands, South China Sea. Photo courtesy of Greg Asner / Divephoto.org.

Experts to China: cooperate or South China Sea fisheries may collapse

David E. Brown 21 Dec 2017

Scientists surprised to discover new butterflyfish

Mike Gaworecki 3 Nov 2017

The Philippines commits to science-anchored fishery policies

Mongabay.com 20 Oct 2017

Philippine palm oil plan ‘equals corruption and land-grabbing,’ critics say

Brad Miller 31 Aug 2017

Massive highway planned for Philippines’ Palawan Island

Matthew P. Reed 22 Aug 2017

From tarsiers to cloud rats, scientist strives to save Philippine species

Jacqueline Hernandez 15 Aug 2017

Trade just as important to ensure food security as healthy fisheries (commentary)

Michael Fabinyi, Wolfram Dressler, Michael Pido 14 Jun 2017

The Philippines, a nation rich in precious metals, encounters powerful opposition to mining

Keith Schneider 8 Jun 2017

Philippines’ indigenous Higaonon fight for return of ancestral land

Brad Miller 1 Jun 2017

‘Killed, forced, afraid’: Philippine palm oil legacy incites new fears

Brad Miller 9 May 2017

The rise and fall of Regina Lopez, the Philippines’ maverick environment minister

Keith Schneider 9 May 2017

Philippines bans new open-pit metal mines

Keith Schneider 28 Apr 2017

SpongeBob SquarePants and the ‘last frontier’ of the Philippines

Isabel Esterman 23 Feb 2017

Environmental lawyer killed in the Philippines

Isabel Esterman 21 Feb 2017

The Philippines declares more than 100,000 acres as critical habitat

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Feb 2017

The Philippines’ Mindanao is a treasure trove of reptile and amphibian diversity

Rachel Diaz-Bastin 17 Nov 2016

World Bank money is helping to finance Asia’s coal boom: report

Isabel Esterman 19 Oct 2016

Scientists dive deep to discover new fish species at 150 meters

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Oct 2016
A mother humpback and calf off the coast of Maui in the Hawaiian Islands. Photo courtesy of NOAA

Whalesong, interrupted

Melati Kaye 23 Sep 2016

Philippine Bleeding-heart doves flutter at the brink, but NGOs respond

Claire Salisbury 20 Sep 2016

Luzon Island in the Philippines is an endemic mammalian hotspot

Mike Gaworecki 21 Jul 2016

South China Sea ruling slams China for poaching, reef destruction

David E. Brown 14 Jul 2016

Anti-coal activist murdered in the Philippines

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Jul 2016

Conservation and birth control: a controversial mix?

Roz Evans 14 Mar 2016

Smallest of giant flowers ‘accidentally’ discovered in the Philippines

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Mar 2016

Quantifying the aquarium trade to help it become more sustainable

Ret Talbot 20 Jan 2016

New rat species find sheds light on Philippine mammalian diversity

Kolawole Talabi 20 Nov 2015

VP Kalla fans flames in Manila as Indonesia presses on with water bombing

Mongabay Haze Beat 18 Nov 2015
Picture courtesy of Greenpeace.

Jokowi turning over a new leaf for Indonesia on haze but details still foggy

Mongabay Haze Beat 13 Nov 2015

Many Indonesia fires smoulder but danger is far from over

Mongabay Haze Beat 10 Nov 2015

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