Myanmar struggles to fight the crimes of illegal logging
Nov 1, 2017, 12:36 am By MongabayYANGON, Myanmar – It has been a good year for U Tint Khaing, the assistant director of the Forest…Checkpoint China: The shadowy world of timber smuggling
Oct 31, 2017, 6:05 pm By Mongabay
NORTHERN SHAN STATE, Myanmar – Looking back, it just seemed natural for Aung Tin Oo* to become a…‘Record’ number of migratory species protected at October wildlife summit
Oct 31, 2017, 4:11 pm By Mongabay
Attendees at the world’s largest wildlife conference in late October called for stepping up…Temer offers amnesty, erasing up to $2.1 billion in environmental crime fines
Oct 31, 2017, 4:10 pm By Mongabay
Guarani Kaiowa Indians demonstrate in support of their ancestral land rights. The banner reads:…Indonesians plant trees to nurse seagrass back to health in Wakatobi
Oct 31, 2017, 2:49 pm By MongabaySeagrass, the “ugly duckling” of the conservation world, is a vital lifeline for thousands of…Is the Forest Stewardship Council going to stay ‘fit for purpose’ for this century? (commentary)
Oct 31, 2017, 12:19 pm By MongabayHeld every three years, the General Assembly (GA) is supposed to be the top Forest Stewardship…The wily ways of a Myanmar-China border town
Oct 30, 2017, 6:46 pm By MongabayBHAMO, Myanmar – Bhamo is a small, busy town set on the bank of the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar’s…Trump budget undercuts U.S. commitment to global wildlife conservation
Oct 30, 2017, 6:13 pm By Mongabay
A black rhino. U.S. wildlife conservation efforts have contributed much to the preservation of…Parks and reserves ‘significant’ force for reining in climate change
Oct 30, 2017, 10:03 am By MongabaySetting forests aside in the tropics is helping to staunch the upward creep of global temperatures,…A roar for nature in Indonesia: Q&A with the poet behind ‘Indigenous Species’
Oct 30, 2017, 1:14 am By MongabayTwo decades after the catastrophic Indonesian wildfires of 1998-9, writer and artist Khairani…Sumatran region heats up as forests disappear
Oct 29, 2017, 10:13 am By MongabayThe wholesale destruction of rainforests across parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra island to make way…Indonesia’s big development push in Papua: Q&A with program overseer Judith J. Dipodiputro
Oct 27, 2017, 11:16 pm By MongabayWhen Indonesian President Joko Widodo took office in October 2014, he made it clear that one of his…Palm oil mounts ‘new offensive’ in Colombia while workers decry labor conditions
Oct 27, 2017, 5:36 pm By MongabayMAGDALENA MEDIO, Colombia – It is a usual hot and humid day at one of the oil palm plantations in…The charcoal hunters
Oct 27, 2017, 4:31 pm By Mongabay
KATHA, Myanmar – The train rocked from side to side like a sketchy funhouse. It was the rainy…‘Decimated’: Germany’s birds disappear as insect abundance plummets 76%
Oct 27, 2017, 3:28 pm By MongabayGermany’s flying insect biomass has dropped 76 percent in the past 27 years, according to a study…Brazilian police nab Amazon timber thieves who faked forest credits
Oct 27, 2017, 11:17 am By Mongabay
Brazilian Federal Police participate in the Anhangá Arara operation, a raid resulting in the arrest…Major global companies commit to halting destruction of Brazilian Cerrado
Oct 27, 2017, 11:02 am By MongabayStarting around 2004, the deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon began a precipitous decline. By…RAPP to retire some concessions in Sumatra amid government pressure
Oct 27, 2017, 3:43 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Under pressure from President Joko Widodo’s administration, Indonesia’s…Can technology drive conservation? Experts discuss in Mongabay tech forum
Oct 27, 2017, 1:15 am By MongabayCan technology drive conservation? That was the question Mongabay founder Rhett Butler recently…Agroforestry: An increasingly popular solution for a hot, hungry world
Oct 26, 2017, 4:09 pm By MongabayAt first glance Cameroon’s western regions seem lush, but a closer look shows a land degraded by…
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