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Half of oil palm expansion in Malaysia, Indonesia occurs at expense of forests

Mongabay.com 20 May 2008

Tropical deforestation is ‘one of the worst crises since we came out of our caves’

Jeremy Hance 15 May 2008

Will earthquake slow dam-building spree in China?

Mongabay.com 14 May 2008

Indonesian palm oil firms pledge to stop clearing rainforests

Mongabay.com 13 May 2008

Massive deforestation of mangroves may have worsened scale of disaster in Burma

Jeremy Hance 13 May 2008

China to push for overseas acquisition of farmland to improve food security

Mongabay.com 13 May 2008

Sustainability conference reveals a rift in the Malaysian Palm Oil Council

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 May 2008

High palm oil prices kill the biodiesel market for Asia

Mongabay.com 1 May 2008

Unilever calls for ban on rainforest destruction for palm oil

Mongabay.com 1 May 2008

China aims for 100 gigawatts of wind power by 2020

Mongabay.com 29 Apr 2008

Unilever admits it can’t trace origin of palm oil used in its products

Mongabay.com 21 Apr 2008

Borneo’s pygmy elephants are an alien species

Mongabay.com 18 Apr 2008

Malaysian palm oil industry puts sustainability in the spotlight

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Apr 2008

Photos by late Borneo rainforest hero, indigenous rights activist go online

Jeremy Hance 17 Apr 2008

The FSC is the ‘Enron of forestry’ says rainforest activist

Jeremy Hance 17 Apr 2008

Palm oil boycott an unrealistic approach to conserving biodiversity

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Apr 2008

Malaysia rejects coal project in Borneo rainforest

Mongabay.com 14 Apr 2008

Lungless frog discovered in Borneo

Mongabay.com 11 Apr 2008

Saving the world’s most recently discovered cat species in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Apr 2008

Poll: Chinese more concerned about the environment than Americans

Jeremy Hance 7 Apr 2008

Wal-Mart pushes for greener manufacturing in China

Mongabay.com 7 Apr 2008

Conservation success story: birds stage dramatic recovery in Cambodia

Wcs 3 Apr 2008

Invasive species cost China $14B per year

Mongabay.com 1 Apr 2008

Asia Pulp & Paper destroying rare Sumatra forest

Mongabay.com 27 Mar 2008

FSC has ‘failed the world’s forests’ say critics

Jeremy Hance 26 Mar 2008

U.S. furniture demand drives illegal logging in Laos

Jeremy Hance 24 Mar 2008

Ecosystems in the Philippines bounce back from the brink

Jeremy Hance 19 Mar 2008

New bird species discovered in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2008

India has 1400 tigers — not 3500

Mongabay.com 13 Mar 2008

China’s emissions growth 2-4 times greater than expected

Mongabay.com 11 Mar 2008

New rule grants rainforest to mining firms in Indonesia for $80/acre

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Mar 2008

Can snow leopards be saved?

Mongabay.com 6 Mar 2008

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