If the market of Mong La is anything to go by, the remaining wild elephants, tigers and bears in Myanmar's forests are being hunted down slowly and sold to China.

Myanmar authorities destroyed hundreds of seized elephant tusks, pangolin scales and other animal parts, worth a total of $1.3 million on the black market, on Thursday as part of a crackdown on ...

State prosecutors in Thailand have formally indicted 23 individuals and companies on charges related to the collapse of a ...

Yangon, Myanmar (3 March) - The Karen Wildlife Conservation Initiative (KWCI), with financial support from WWF and other partners, have conducted six camera traps surveys in the hill forests of ...

Mong La in Myanmar is a center for illegal wildlife trade. This trade impacts Indian forests. Poachers target tigers in areas like Maharashtra. Traditional hunting communities are involved. Smuggling ...

S/He leads the development and implementation of WWF-Myanmar Illegal Wildlife Trade work, as described in the WWF Myanmar country strategy. S/He will design and manage the implementation and delivery ...

Derek Mitchell served as the U.S. ambassador to Myanmar between 2012 and 2016, the first U.S. envoy since 1990. He is now a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies ...

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit the heart of war-ravaged Myanmar of Friday, killing scores of people and prompting the country’s military junta to make a rare plea for international assistance.

Myanmar, which lies in the notorious "Golden Triangle" region bordering Thailand and Laos, is at the heart of the global trade in illicit wildlife, with goods smuggled mostly to China.