In Hong Kong, smuggling pangolin scales is a crime punishable with a fine of up to HK$10 million, or roughly US$1.3 million, and up to 10 years in prison.

Indonesia's pangolin trafficking network is incredibly sophisticated and some of the transactions have been linked to convicted drug lord Togiman.

China’s pangolin population has dropped over 90 percent from the 1960s to 2004 due to massive poaching for its meat as a delicacy and its scales for medicinal use.

Criminal syndicates in Africa and Asia are working together — and competing — to meet the seemingly insatiable demand for pangolins in China and other markets. Here's a story of how poachers turned into conservationists in Taiwan.

Fall for Taiwan this autumn with the eco-friendly sky lantern festival hosted by MyTaiwanTour.

How did Taiwanese become so receptive of plastic-reduction policies? It might have to do with Taiwan's education, colonial history, culture, and even religious influence.

A healthy and productive Amazon actually underpins Brazil’s sovereignty by strengthening food, water, and energy security, while supporting good relations with its neighbors.

World Meteorological Organization recorded the hottest June and July ever.

Indian cities are forced to truck in drinking water, farms are failing, and the situation grows more desperate.

A group of citizens is suing the Indonesian government over the world's filthiest air quality.

Toys can have a second life, too.

A large environmental protest broke out in China and put a controversial proposal on hold.

At a recent conference in Taipei, January's controversy over feed-in tariffs did not dampen a sense of optimism over Taiwan's wind energy future.

A new program at one Taichung market encourages patrons to bring their own reusable bags.

Chinese companies are pushing to resume destructive dam projects, ignoring a key assessment and the objections of local people.

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

Many fear the Manila Bay cleanup project is a way for the government to reclaim land for developers.

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.