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US oil and gas production ‘dramatically’ increasing harmful ozone-causing ethane

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Jun 2016
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

No more fires in Indonesia?

Erik Meijaard 20 Jun 2016

Peat expert dies from cancer after fighting Indonesian fires

Indra Nugraha 12 Jun 2016
Illegal forest clearingfor oil palm in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

How is Indonesian president Jokowi doing on environmental issues?

Philip Jacobson 12 Jun 2016
Greenpeace protesting against a company's palm oil policy. Courtesy of Greenpeace

10 reasons to be optimistic for forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Jun 2016

Indonesia’s forestry ministry follows through on palm oil permit freeze

Mongabay.com 23 May 2016

Singapore, Indonesia jostle over anti-haze measures

Mongabay Haze Beat 16 May 2016

Malaysian palm oil giant IOI sues RSPO over suspension

Mongabay.com 9 May 2016

How effective will Indonesia’s palm oil permit freeze really be?

Mongabay Haze Beat 4 May 2016

Haze-stricken Malaysia proposes drastic new firefighting measures

Mongabay Haze Beat 29 Apr 2016

Peruvian town faces another 14 years of air pollution from mine

Milagros Salazar, Milton López 28 Apr 2016

Haze returns to Kuala Lumpur – but not because of Indonesian fires

Mongabay Haze Beat 26 Apr 2016

Grim forecast for paper giant’s wood supply raises deforestation fears

Jonathan Vit 22 Apr 2016

Jokowi bans new oil palm and mining concessions

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 16 Apr 2016

Companies asked to pitch in to Indonesia’s peat restoration drive as early fires flare in Sumatra

Mongabay Haze Beat 8 Apr 2016

Indonesia’s oil palm maps remain hidden from public view. Why?

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2016

Unhealthy environment kills 12.6 million people every year: WHO study

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Mar 2016

Emergency declared as fires reappear in Sumatra

Mongabay Haze Beat 15 Mar 2016

$1m for devising best way to map Indonesia’s peatlands

Sapariah Saturi 5 Mar 2016

Indonesia’s peat peninsula being drained into oblivion, study finds

Loren Bell 24 Feb 2016

How can banks spur the palm oil industry toward sustainability?

Pek Shibao 8 Feb 2016
Burning peat forest and oil palm in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Norway pledges $50m to fund Indonesia’s peat restoration

Mongabay Haze Beat 5 Feb 2016

Fires burned 26% of forestry giant’s South Sumatra plantations in 2015

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Feb 2016

With haze threatening return, Indonesian forestry giant pushes peatlands restoration model

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Feb 2016
Human-wildlife conflicts could potentially be reduced with the introduction of fully certified palm oil for Sabah. Photo shows an elephant stranded in a smallholder’s farm. Photo and caption courtesy of LEAP.

Do poor environmental practices affect palm oil firms’ bottom lines on a scale meaningful for investors and financiers?

Pek Shibao 1 Feb 2016

China to shut down 4,300 old coal mines, ban new coal mines

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Jan 2016

Indonesia’s ore-smelting ambitions augur rain of poison in Sulawesi

Melati Kaye 19 Jan 2016
Wood fiber concession on recently cleared peatland in Riau Province, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesia appoints conservationist to save country’s declining peatlands

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Jan 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

Indonesia seeks re-do on court decision absolving company for haze-causing fire

Indra Nugraha 12 Jan 2016

California declares state of emergency after methane gas leak forces thousands from their homes

Mike Gaworecki 8 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

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