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Fighting fire with money: can finance protect Indonesia’s forests?

KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut adopt zero deforestation policy for palm oil

Common ground: balancing rights and responsibilities for natural resource investments and community development

Russia and Canada lead the world in forest loss in 2013

Domino’s, DairyQueen, Taco Bell, Burt’s Bees score terribly on eliminating deforestation from supply chains

Archer Daniels Midland to demand suppliers stop chopping down forests

Tracking companies’ zero deforestation commitments

9 months after Amazonian oil pipeline spill, effects and fears linger

Mobile app reveals what products contain palm oil

Record heat in Antarctica

APRIL suspends contractor after environmentalists expose ongoing deforestation

APRIL violates sustainability policy by clearing peat forest after Jan cut-off

Why palm oil expanded, and what keeps it growing

Deer ‘kissing’ fawn among finalists in camera trap photo contest

Destruction of elephant, tiger, and orangutan habitat doubles

World’s fragmented forests are deteriorating

Seeing the trees but not the forest (commentary)

Pleasure palace in Lao facilitates wildlife poaching for Chinese elites

Riau misses deadline on ‘village forest’ project as zoning deadlock continues

Who’s funding palm oil?

Indonesia’s indigenous people still suffer human rights violations, says report

Declining palm oil prices: Good news and bad news for smallholders

When apes have choices and preferences (commentary)

Brazil confirms rising deforestation in the Amazon

Proposed law could decimate Indonesia’s remaining forests

Scientists warn G20 that $60 trillion infrastructure plan is “doubling down on a dangerous vision”

River flooding to affect 40M people annually by 2030

Palm oil giant buys PNG firm noted for environmental practices

APP to end relationship with security contractor over villager’s killing

East Kalimantan reaffirms moratorium on new mining, logging concessions

Palm oil certification body purges membership

With new policy, 3M drops controversial forestry certification label

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