Tanzania has sentenced Yang Fenglan to 15 years in prison for smuggling the tusks of more than 350 African elephants over several years.

According to a recent analysis and report, financial backing for palm oil, pulp and paper and other industries associated with forest loss in Southeast Asia is estimated to have topped US$60 billion over the past five years.

Indonesia is struggling to deal with the influx of animals, especially birds, confiscated from traffickers.

Environmentalists blasted the decision by Japan, who said it will whale only in its own waters.

A new agreement to prevent illegal logging is being held up against long-standing practices on the ground.

It's a key step towards saving a critically endangered species whose population may be fewer than 100.

The ban has been restored for now, but activists are calling for it to be reinstated permanently.

A fishing rights deal with China has infuriated the people of Madagascar. The sitting president, running for re-election in a vote held on Wednesday (Nov. 7), is right in the thick of it.

The decision reverses a 25-year ban on using the products. Conservationists say it could provide cover for illegal activities and threaten endangered animals.

Indonesia's ban against blast fishing is not being enforced in some parts of Sulawesi island. Local fishermen are declaring their own marine protected areas.

New research shows the ban has shut down the formerly legal ivory market. But the illegal ivory trade is still alive and kicking.

Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh was imprisoned last year after criticizing the government's lackluster response to the 2016 Formosa environmental disaster.

Global consumer brands like Unilever, Nestlé and PepsiCo continue to buy palm oil from lawless brands which contribute to Indonesian deforestation.

Malaysia's Kuantan Port worries about lasting environmental impacts after a Chinese infrastructure project was canceled.

Is the China-backed Forest City a glimpse into the future, or a looming ecological crisis? Malaysians are sharply divided.

The Indonesian government often dismisses indigenous dwellings as 'slum villages,' but residents have no desire to move into concrete houses.

Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad has hit the brakes on former PM Najib Razak's expansionist railway plans.

Dangerous, lightly regulated gold mining may be the culprit in the poisoning of hundreds of Cambodians. Prime Minister Hun Sen has dismissed the allegations while handing out new mining contracts to international companies.