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The end of a People: Amazon dam destroys sacred Munduruku “Heaven”

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 5 Jan 2017

Smuggled to death: how loopholes and lax enforcement have sealed the fate of Siamese rosewood

Demelza Stokes 5 Jan 2017

‘Grandpa’ Pan Pan, world’s oldest male giant panda, dies in China

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Jan 2017

What to expect for rainforests in 2017

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2017

Local NGOs: Ecosystem services, not orangutans, key to saving Leuser

Colleen Kimmett 4 Jan 2017

No let-up in Thailand’s relentless, violent Siamese rosewood poaching

Demelza Stokes 4 Jan 2017

Exotic populations hold hope for internationally traded endangered species

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Jan 2017

Jokowi grants first-ever indigenous land rights to 9 communities

Mongabay.com 4 Jan 2017

Tropical birds may not fare so well in a warming world

Mike Gaworecki 3 Jan 2017

Battle for the Amazon: Tapajós Basin threatened by massive development

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 3 Jan 2017
A woodcarver makes a carving of a rhinoceros on the outskirts of Lunga Lunga, a town on the border between Kenya and Tanzania. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay

As forests in East Africa disappear, so does an industry of artisans

Nathan Siegel 3 Jan 2017

Elephants in Borneo slaughtered for ivory (WARNING: graphic photos)

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Jan 2017
Renowned chef Alex Atala’s golden Amazonian ant over coconut meringue. Courtesy Netflix Chef’s Table and Chef Table Season 2. Photo by Zhana Leeson

Food from Brazil’s Amazon finds its way to metropolitan tables

Carolina Torres 2 Jan 2017

Restoring seagrass under siege

Elizabeth Devitt 2 Jan 2017

Sudden sale may doom carbon-rich rainforest in Borneo

John Cannon 2 Jan 2017

The year in tropical rainforests: 2016

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2016

Illegal logging shows little sign of slowing

Morgan Erickson-Davis 30 Dec 2016
A Kenyan ranger guards poached elephant tusks in preparation for the destruction of 105 tons of ivory and a ton of rhino horn in April. Photo by Mwangi Kirubi via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)

China to ban its elephant ivory trade within a year

Mongabay.com 30 Dec 2016

Top climate stories to watch in 2017

Mike Gaworecki 29 Dec 2016

Obama creates two new national monuments, protecting 1.65 million acres

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Dec 2016

China seizes over 3,000 kg of pangolin scales in biggest-ever smuggling case

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Dec 2016

Whistleblowing for wildlife

Julia John 28 Dec 2016

2016’s top 10 developments for the world’s oceans

Caroline Jablonicky, Douglas McCauley 28 Dec 2016

Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2016

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Dec 2016

Consumer pressure to ditch deforestation begins to reach Indonesia’s oil palm plantation giants

Tara MacIsaac 27 Dec 2016

‘Casper’ the octopod threatened by deep-sea mining

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Dec 2016

Cheetah populations crash as fastest-animal disappears from 91% of its range

Mongabay.com 26 Dec 2016

Photos: Top 20 new species of 2016

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Dec 2016

Study looks at positive and negative impacts of biodiversity offsets on local communities

Mike Gaworecki 23 Dec 2016

What do experts have to say about Latin American wildlife trafficking?

Alexa Eunoé Vélez Zuazo 23 Dec 2016

Hairy crabs and deep-sea worms: 6 new species discovered in undersea hot springs

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Dec 2016

Explore the “Wonders of the Annamites” in this new children’s book

Mike Gaworecki 22 Dec 2016

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