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2 new species of rare toothed toads described from Vietnam and China: studies

Kristine Sabillo 9 Oct 2024
A trash picker looks for recyclable plastics at a waste dump in Bali. Image by Jonas Gratzer for Mongabay.

In the battle against plastic pollution, Asia’s informal workers are critical allies (commentary)

Annerieke Douma 2 Oct 2024
Environmental activists protesting coal-fired power plants in 2017. Secong from left is Hoàng Thị Minh Hồng.

Influential Vietnamese environmentalist released from prison two years early

Mongabay.com 25 Sep 2024
wind farm

SE Asia renewables firms fall short on policies to protect environmental defenders

Carolyn Cowan 25 Sep 2024

Typhoon Yagi death toll reaches 82 after ripping through northern Vietnam

Shanna Hanbury 10 Sep 2024
A Nicobar pigeon, found in Vietnam.

In Vietnam, environmental defense is increasingly a crime

Hướng Thiện 3 Sep 2024
argeting demand for rhino horn-based products must complement efforts to protect rhinos from poaching. Image by Geranimo via Unsplash.

As a medicine, study finds rhino horn useless — and potentially toxic

Juliette Portala 3 Sep 2024
Mangroves in Vietnam

In choice of mangroves or livelihood, Vietnam shrimp farmers choose the latter

Carolyn Cowan 25 Jul 2024
Farmers burning cleared forest land after harvesting. Photo courtesy of Buu Nguyen.

Can Vietnam’s forests survive the spread of acacia and eucalyptus plantations? (commentary)

Buu Nguyen 4 Jun 2024
Farming in Myanmar

Will the Mekong and Salween pay the price of China’s energy transition?

Carolyn Cowan 22 May 2024
Xayaburi Dam

Banks backing Mekong hydropower failing on due diligence, report reveals

Carolyn Cowan 20 May 2024
A pangolin fitted with a radio transmitter prior to re-release.

On foot and by drone, radio tracking helps rehabilitate pangolins in Vietnam

Claudia Geib 10 May 2024

Indonesia resumes lobster larvae exports despite sustainability, trade concerns

Basten Gokkon 7 May 2024

Forests in Vietnam’s Central Highlands at risk as development projects take priority

Le Quynh 10 Apr 2024
Satellite image of dredging in South China Sea

Island-building and overfishing wreak destruction of South China Sea reefs

Carolyn Cowan 8 Apr 2024

Spotted softshell turtle release boosts reptile conservation in Vietnam

Carolyn Cowan 4 Apr 2024
A Cao-vit gibbon in a tree.

Smaller population estimate underscores urgency of saving Cao-vit gibbon

Carly Nairn 27 Mar 2024
A hanging bridge in a forest in Malaysia.

Culture of harassment persists for women in Southeast Asia’s conservation space

Hướng Thiện 19 Mar 2024
Saltwater crocodile

Tien Hai reserve saved from development in win for nature in Vietnam

Michael Tatarski 11 Mar 2024
Mekong River

Hydropower in doubt as climate impacts Mekong Basin water availability

Carolyn Cowan 21 Feb 2024
A farmer carries a net.

Con Chim: A window into Vietnam’s past and future beyond rice fields

Giang Pham, Sonal Gupta 16 Jan 2024
A lobster larva. Image by Fathul Rakhman/Mongabay-Indonesia.

Indonesia offers lobster larvae exports to Vietnam in exchange for investment

Basten Gokkon 13 Jan 2024
A farmer carries a net.

A Mekong island too tiny for industrial farming now points to Vietnam’s future

Sonal Gupta 11 Jan 2024
A logger carries his chainsaw through the forest of the Cardamom Mountains in Cambodia. He will sell the timber to garment factories.

Shrinking civil space and persistent logging: 2023 in review in Southeast Asia

Carolyn Cowan, Gerald Flynn 28 Dec 2023

‘The police are watching’: In Mekong countries, eco defenders face rising risks

Hướng Thiện 18 Dec 2023
Journalists and activists in May, 2017, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Fifth from left in the front is activist Hoang Thi Minh Hong.

NGOs at COP28 demand Vietnam free climate advocates before it gets energy funding

Alec Luhn 8 Dec 2023
Rice farmers in Vietnam

Dam-building on Mekong poses risk to regional industries, report says

Carolyn Cowan 8 Nov 2023

An ‘aquatic moonshot’ in Vietnam aims to fight livestock methane with seaweed

Michael Tatarski 11 Oct 2023
A dismembered tree in Chhaeb-Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary documented in April 2023. Image by Andy Ball / Mongabay.

Communities track a path of destruction through a Cambodian wildlife sanctuary

Gerald Flynn | Andy Ball | Meng Kroypunlok 9 Oct 2023
Commercial coal shipping in Vietnam.

Vietnamese environmentalist sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax evasion

Mongabay.com 28 Sep 2023
A black-headed ibis

Tien Hai Nature Reserve latest battleground in Vietnam’s push for development

Michael Tatarski 22 Sep 2023
Rock gecko

For Vietnam’s rare reptiles, lack of captive populations may spell doom

Carolyn Cowan 21 Sep 2023

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