Endangered environmentalists
Green groups under threat from governments and corporate actors: As climate change, pollution, and habitat destruction worsen across the globe, environmental groups are responding by ratcheting up the pressure on governments and corporations to act. Many governments have responded by increasing restrictions on environmental NGOs, including revoking charity status, increasing sentences for protestors, and passing legislation restricting NGO activity.
A killing with precedent: Kaiowá man’s murder fits a pattern in Brazil
Environmental & rights activists flee and hide as M23 captures DRC’s cities
Environmental journalist in Cambodia shot and killed by suspected logger
Vietnam sentences yet another energy expert over renewables research
Mother Nature Cambodia activists sentenced to prison — again
Southeast asian infrastructure
Focusing on the social and environmental impacts of roads, dams, mines, and other infrastructure projects in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea.
Flores’ geothermal ambitions collide with justice, culture & local resistance
An ‘ocean grab’ for a property megaproject leaves Jakarta fishers grounded
Study: Indonesia’s new capital city threatens stable proboscis monkey population
Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri
Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules
To build its ‘green’ capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest
Asian rhinos
Javan rhinos survive eruption in Indonesia, but single habitat leaves species vulnerable
Indonesia’s 1st Javan rhino translocation ends in death, in conservation setback
Indonesia convicts trafficking accomplice in a Javan rhino poaching scandal
More alarms over Indonesia rhino poaching after latest trafficking bust
Javan rhino poaching saga reveals serious security lapse
Javan rhino poacher gets 12 years in record sentence for wildlife crime in Indonesia
Global environmental impacts of u s policy
President Biden signs order aimed at protecting old-growth forests across U.S.
FOREST Act bill would hold global suppliers accountable for illegal deforestation
As the rest of world tackles plastics disposal, the U.S. resists
As climate chaos escalates in Indian Country, feds abandon tribes
COP24: Trumpers tout clean coal; protesters call it ‘climate suicide’
COP24: US, Russia, Saudis downplay IPCC report in display of disunity
Conservation in madagascar
Madagascar has been a global conservation priority for decades, receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in conservation funds from international donors, but rising deforestation, commercial exploitation of wildlife, and degradation of critical habitats suggest that conservation investments may not be reaching their full potential. This series investigates the effectiveness of past conservation spending in Madagascar, examining the factors that contribute to or hinder success, with the aim of informing future investments.
Newly described gecko from Madagascar a master of disguise
Fire imperils Madagascar’s baobabs: Q&A with park director Diamondra Andriambololona
Extreme reforestation: Baobab planters confront fires, loggers, cattle and more
Eight new-to-science geckos described from biodiversity haven Madagascar
Rio Tinto-owned mine is polluting Malagasy water with uranium and lead, NGOs say
Even as the government bets big on carbon, REDD+ flounders in Madagascar
Conservation effectiveness
How effective is the EU’s marquee policy to reduce the illegal timber trade?
How sharing and learning from failures can transform conservation (commentary)
Is planting trees as good for the Earth as everyone says?
Failure in conservation projects: Everyone experiences it, few record it
The nature of conservation evidence: Imperfect, but good enough (commentary)
Conservation Effectiveness series sparks action, dialogue
Almost famous animals
Asia’s mainland leopard cat is abundant but still cloaked in mystery
Small cat conservationists hail Uganda’s new Echuya Forest National Park
Asian golden cat range expands, but declines continue amid rising threats
IUCN downgrades guiña threat status, prompting conservation warning
NGOs launch novel community projects to conserve Mexico’s ocelots