Nature Conservancy
Thai Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti wins J Paul Getty award
Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti won the J Paul Getty Award for his work on environmental conservation. The award, given by the World Wildlife Fund, recognises Suwit's role in both domestic and international levels, inclu...
Thai poachers turn funghi farmers to save forests
A project that turns former wildlife criminals into funghi farmers is proving a surprising success, giving villagers a decent wage while helping to slow the destruction of forests in the Khao Yai National Park, a World Heritage Site.
Tens of thousands of people are feared to have perished in an earthquake in Haiti as the international community rushed Thursday to help the impoverished Caribbean nation rescue victims whose cries could still be heard from under mountains of rubble.
Chinese environment officials fail to stop oil slick from polluting Yellow river
Chinese environment officials are rushing to build three temporary barriers on the Yellow river after failing to contain an oil slick in a tributary of the country's second largest waterway.
Asian carp: Michigan asks Supreme Court to shut 2 corridors to Great Lakes
The fight to keep invasive Asian carp from the Great Lakes reached the nation's highest court Monday as Michigan's attorney general sued Illinois, asking for the closing of two shipping locks near Chicago in perhaps a last-ditch effort to save the...
Dams and Development Threaten the Mekong
SOP RUAK, Thailand — Basket loads of fish, villagers bathing along the banks of the river, a farmer’s market selling jungle delicacies — these are Pornlert Prompanya’s boyhood memories of a wild and pristine Mekong River.
Oily Aussie protesters in bikinis oppose spill in Timor Sea
Protesters in Perth's CBD have smeared oil over their bikini-clad bodies to protest against the oil spill in the Timor Sea, leaking for more than two months.
Interior Secretary Salazar wants to move West's wild horses east
WASHINGTON — Thousands of mustangs that now roam the West would be moved to preserves in the Midwest and East under a new Interior Department plan to protect wild horse herds and the rangelands that support them.
Obama Follows Bush on Salmon Recovery
SEATTLE — In its first major effort to address the plight of endangered salmon in the Pacific Northwest, the Obama administration on Tuesday affirmed basic elements of a recovery plan set forth last year by the Bush administration.
Canary Island fires 'controlled'
Firefighters have mastered the second of two forest blazes that have burned since last week on the Spanish holiday island of La Palma, officials say.
Elephant-size Loopholes Sustain Thai Ivory Trade
Legal loopholes and insufficient law enforcement mean that Thailand continues to harbour the largest illegal ivory market in Asia, says a new report from the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC.
From pythons to fungus, species invading US
A pet Burmese python broke out of a glass cage last week and killed a 2-year-old girl in her Florida bedroom. The tragedy became the latest and most graphic example of a problem that has plagued the state for more than a decade: a nonnative specie...
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) on Thursday postponed a decision on Greenland's request to hunt 10 humpback whales, after failing to create a consensus between pro and anti-whaling nations.
Thai Navy Launches Sea Turtle Conservation Program
The Thai navy is protecting thousands of baby sea turtles from being killed by humans before they can swim out to sea. When the sun sets at Khram Island, dozens of mature green sea turtles come ashore to lay their eggs.
UN help sought over Mekong erosion
A group of villagers yesterday signed a petition to lodge with the United Nations, the Thai and Chinese governments demanding that China take responsibility for the erosion of banks along the Mekong River because of its dams.
We found Nemo(s)!
Pimalai Resort and Spa, realizing the importance of protecting underwater ecosystems, is pleased to be a leader in initiating an annual clownfish release program.
Earmark in spending bill to help save red wolves
WASHINGTON — When the few remaining red wolves try to breed, they prefer a little privacy. That's become a bit of a problem, and that's why Congress stepped in with $870,000 to build a better home for the once nearly extinct species.
Project to get elephants off the mean streets of Bangkok
In honour of National Thai Elephant Day yesterday, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) announced a new project aimed at reducing the number of elephants on Bangkok streets.
Elephants' future truncated
The plight of Thailand's elephants has reached a crisis point with the current herd of captive beasts expected to disappear in the next 14 years, conservationists say.
Thailand seeks regional help to fight wildlife trade
Thailand is looking for broader regional support in the fight against the multi-million dollar illegal trade in wildlife.