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Bhuddhist prayer flags ib Pachu Community Tourism center.

Ecotourism offers new hopes for Bhutanese youth — and local environments

Choki Wangmo 6 Sep 2024
Having already picked Phnom Chum Rok Sat community forest clean of large, valuable trees, loggers working for Lin Vatey now appear to be clear-cutting what remains of the forest. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay

Mining company tied to Cambodian military officials grabs community forest

Gerald Flynn, Nehru Pry 5 Sep 2024
Eurasian lynx, courtesy of Parc Zoologique de Paris.

Sweden’s ‘nature friendly’ reputation is being shot to pieces (commentary)

Misha Istratov 4 Sep 2024
A protest in Phungling, a town of 29,000 people, where roads, restaurants and businesses were closed entirely.

In Nepal, a cable car in a sacred forest sparks swift, and controversial, direct action

Alice Millington 31 Jul 2024
Bamboo rafting is an activity along the Kala Meriah River while enjoying the beauty of nature.

In Indonesia’s Aceh, a once-isolated forest hosts local travelers on bamboo rafts

Junaidi Hanafiah 17 Jun 2024
Keo Vannob returns from fishing to his home in Botum Sakor National Park. Screenshot from ‘Illegal fishing and land grabs push Cambodian coastal communities to the brink’ by Andy Ball / Mongabay.

Fishers left with no land, no fish, in fire sale of Cambodian coast

Andy Ball, Gerald Flynn, Vutha Srey 4 Jun 2024
Chitwan safari

Nepal govt bypasses parliament to allow commercial projects in protected areas

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Apr 2024
A mountain biker.

Adventure tours with tigers? Nepal’s proposed policy changes raise alarm

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Mar 2024
A woodpecker in Chitwan National Park.

Cable car proposal is Nepal’s latest plan to commercialize national parks

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Mar 2024
A Bengal tiger in neighboring India.

Nepal mulls policy shift to allow hotels back into tiger strongholds

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Mar 2024

In Nepal’s Chitwan, tourist pools spell possible trouble for environment & wildlife

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Jan 2024

Bird-watching offers potential for conservation & economy in Colombia’s Guaviare

Santiago Wills 15 Dec 2023
Cattle and zebras share grazing land inside the Enonkishu Conservancy, southern Kenya. Image by David Njagi for Mongabay.

A mobile solution for Kenyan pastoralists’ livestock is a plus for wildlife, too

David Njagi 6 Nov 2023

In Venezuela, a mysterious fire sparks concerns for rare mountain wildlife

Maxwell Radwin 31 Oct 2023
Sun bear

Conservationists look to defy gloomy outlook for Borneo’s sun bears

Carolyn Cowan 31 Oct 2023
A black-headed ibis

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

Michael Tatarski 22 Sep 2023

Road upgrade through remote Tanzanian park threatens wildlife (commentary)

Tim Caro 31 Aug 2023
Pulau Tioman

Airport proposal for Malaysian island doesn’t fly with conservationists

Carolyn Cowan 21 Jul 2023
A Cambodian man rides a minivan loaded with timber destined for a garment factory.

Forests in the furnace: Cambodia’s garment sector is fueled by illegal logging

Gerald Flynn & Andy Ball 11 Jul 2023
Desta Melaku, one of the board member of Guassa Community Conservation Office, stands in front of a field of guassa grass. Image by Solomon Yimer for Mongabay.

Tested by COVID and war, an Indigenous conservation system in Ethiopia prevails

Solomon Yimer 4 Jul 2023
Aerial view of Congo forest at Lokolama/Penzele around Mbandaka, Équateur province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Image courtesy of Daniel Beltrá / Greenpeace.

Tap African knowledge and culture for Congo Basin forest conservation (commentary)

Sylvie Djacbou Deugoue 5 Jun 2023
Snow leopard at ease in its high-mountain habitat. Image courtesy of Madhu Chetri.

Honey production sweetens snow leopard conservation in Kyrgyzstan

Monica Pelliccia 10 May 2023

New zipline on Rio’s Sugarloaf raises outcry from conservationists

Sarah Brown 19 Apr 2023
Duyen walks between shrimp farms.

As livelihoods clash with development, Vietnam’s Cần Giờ mangroves are at risk

Lam Nguyen and Danielle Keeton-Olsen 28 Feb 2023

Four-day music festival in Sri Lanka elephant territory set to continue, despite protests

Hassaan Shazuli 17 Feb 2023
Ann Dumaliang.

Saving Masungi, a last green corridor of the Philippines: Q&A with Ann Dumaliang

Jewel S. Cabrera 9 Feb 2023
A pair of jaguars.

Ecotourism and education: Win-win solution for Pantanal jaguars and ranchers

Sarah Brown 20 Jan 2023

In Ecuador, communities protecting a ‘terrestrial coral reef’ face a mining giant

Liz Kimbrough 9 Jan 2023

Indonesian ‘island auction’ to go ahead despite concerns over permits

Basten Gokkon 3 Jan 2023
The developers on Koh Toteung smothered the island's corals in sand while creating an artificial beach in June 2022.

Island shopping: Cambodian officials buy up the Cardamoms’ coast

Gerald Flynn｜Andy Ball｜Vutha Srey 16 Dec 2022

Indonesian authorities nip island auction in marine reserve in the bud

Basten Gokkon, Mahmud Ichi 7 Dec 2022
black softshell turtle

In Nepal, a turtle that rose from the dead makes another grand entrance

Abhaya Raj Joshi 21 Nov 2022

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