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Through decades of careful conservation efforts, the white-headed langur population has increased from just over 300 in the 1980s to more than 1,400 across 130 groups today. [1]

Facebook parent company Meta has closed nine groups on the social network after reporters from Mongabay and Bellingcat found evidence of illegal wildlife trade being conducted openly on the platform in Indonesia. [2]

Described as the “liver of rivers” for their water filtering capabilities, freshwater mussels are facing an extinction crisis. These slow-growing, long-lived bivalves are one of the most threatened groups of animals on the planet. [3]

NARATHIWAT, Thailand – Thai wildlife researchers have confirmed the discovery of the rare False Gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii) in the wil [4]

A vulnerable bird that usually migrated to the wetlands of the Mekong Delta has become a rare visitor to the area DONG THAP, VIETNAM – Twenty years ago, Nguyen Van Liet took scientists to the wetlands near his hometown of Tram Chim on Vietnam’s Mekon... [5]

Mongla lies on the border of the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern China and Shan State in northeastern Burma. [6]

RANGOON — Fauna & Flora International (FFI) researchers announced that they have captured the first film footage of wild red pandas in Burma in the mountains of northeastern Kachin State. [7]

Wildlife trade has grown in Puta-O since coup, locals call for ban The wildlife trade in Puta-O has greatly expanded since the military coup, according to local sources. Local people are calling for a ban on selling rare birds and [8]

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[1] TH thailand-business-news.com · 2026-03-27 · 85% match

Tech-Driven Restoration: Saving the World’s Critically Endangered White-headed Langur

Through decades of careful conservation efforts, the white-headed langur population has increased from just over 300 in the 1980s to more than 1,400 across 130 groups today.

[2] MM news.mongabay.com · 2026-03-19 · 75% match

Facebook shuts Indonesia groups after Mongabay and Bellingcat report illegal wildlife trade

Facebook parent company Meta has closed nine groups on the social network after reporters from Mongabay and Bellingcat found evidence of illegal wildlife trade being conducted openly on the platform in Indonesia.

[3] MM news.mongabay.com · 2026-03-18 · 75% match

Dams, drains and other artificial habitats could buy time for threatened mussels: Study

Described as the “liver of rivers” for their water filtering capabilities, freshwater mussels are facing an extinction crisis. These slow-growing, long-lived bivalves are one of the most threatened groups of animals on the planet.

[4] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2026-02-16 · 75% match

Rare False Gharial confirmed in southern Thailand, signaling recovery of Tak Bai wetlands

NARATHIWAT, Thailand – Thai wildlife researchers have confirmed the discovery of the rare False Gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii) in the wil

[5] TH mekongeye.com · 2022-09-19 · 85% match

Vietnam loses sacred cranes after habitat change

A vulnerable bird that usually migrated to the wetlands of the Mekong Delta has become a rare visitor to the area DONG THAP, VIETNAM – Twenty years ago, Nguyen Van Liet took scientists to the wetlands near his hometown of Tram Chim on Vietnam’s Mekon

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2016-10-13 · 75% match

Mongla: ‘the Wildlife Trafficking Capital of the World’

Mongla lies on the border of the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern China and Shan State in northeastern Burma.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-10-28 · 75% match

Red Panda Filmed in Burma for First Time

RANGOON — Fauna & Flora International (FFI) researchers announced that they have captured the first film footage of wild red pandas in Burma in the mountains of northeastern Kachin State.

[8] MM kachinnews.com · 2023-04-18 · 75% match

Wildlife trade has grown in Puta-O since coup, locals call for ban

Wildlife trade has grown in Puta-O since coup, locals call for ban The wildlife trade in Puta-O has greatly expanded since the military coup, according to local sources. Local people are calling for a ban on selling rare birds and

[9] TH mekongeye.com · 2025-03-03 · 75% match

Citizen scientists put land bridge plan under microscope

CHUMPHON, THAILAND – Groups of citizen scientists and researchers have been documenting the biodiversity along the controversial land bridge project site in southern Thailand, aiming to provide scientific evidence of the area’s valuable ecosystems –

[10] TH mekongeye.com · 2025-03-10 · 75% match

Lost land, broken promises: Koh Kong’s evicted residents left in limbo after land deals

KOH KONG, CAMBODIA – Four years after residents of coastal Koh Kong were evicted from their land by the Chinese state-owned Union Development Group under a long-term land lease, they say the promises of better lives and jobs at their relocation site

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