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Grass-fed beef production generates more greenhouse gas than using feedlots. Photo by Scott Bauer.

Raising beef cattle on grass can create a higher carbon footprint than feedlots, new study suggests

Kimberly Hickok 5 Dec 2017

Charcoal and cattle ranching tearing apart the Gran Chaco

John Cannon 19 Jul 2017

New report exposes “network of secret deal-making and corruption” that has kept Cambodia’s ruling family in power for decades

Mike Gaworecki 7 Jul 2016

Oil palm plantations need to protect orangutans (commentary)

Erik Meijaard 22 Feb 2016
Pulp and paper plantation on peatland in Riau. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

APP to work with 500 villages to combat deforestation

Loren Bell 13 Jan 2016

Palm oil expands in Aceh

Junaidi Hanafiah 12 Jan 2016
Burning peat forest and oil palm in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesia loses flagship case against company accused of burning

Mongabay.com 8 Jan 2016

Jokowi to oversee Indonesia peat restoration agency but details thin on the ground

Mongabay Haze Beat 26 Nov 2015

RSPO pledges reform after NGO exposes shoddy palm oil audits

Mongabay.com 20 Nov 2015

Singapore calls end of haze this year as Indonesia continues to push peat plans

Mongabay Haze Beat 16 Nov 2015

Brazil poised to break global moratorium on GM Terminator seeds

Sue Branford 20 Oct 2015
Two Global Forest Watch images showing near-term (left) and long-term (right) change in forest cover inside PT. Tualang Raya's concession.

Palm oil company caught destroying primary forest in endangered ecosystem

Rhett A. Butler 12 Oct 2015

Outrage at claims of migrants enslaved on Malaysian palm plantations

Mongabay.com 30 Jul 2015

Palm oil company denies capitalizing on Ebola to advance Liberia operations

Greg Norman 23 Jul 2015

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