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Advances from oil palm interests leave Sulawesi village unmoved

Christopel Paino 20 Oct 2015

Kalimantan politicians wear facemasks inside parliament as Palangkaraya suffers in silence

Mongabay Haze Beat 20 Oct 2015

The maleo: a success story for Indonesia’s strange pit-digging bird

Jonathan C. Slaght 19 Oct 2015

Papua fires send haze to Micronesia; Indonesia elections commission hints at environment debate

Mongabay Haze Beat 19 Oct 2015

Punk rocker likes what he sees in Sumatra’s resin forest

Taufik Wijaya 19 Oct 2015

Indonesian healthcare in focus as haze worsens; NASA data show Papua ablaze

Mongabay Haze Beat 16 Oct 2015

In the shadow of a metropolis, a community revives Java’s lost forests

Petrus Riski 16 Oct 2015

Environmentalists win ‘landmark’ case against biofuel project in Sri Lanka

Jeremy Hance 15 Oct 2015

Carbon emissions from Indonesia’s peat fires exceed emissions from entire U.S. economy

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Oct 2015

Aircraft fight Sumatran fires as Indonesian minister looks to counter no-deforestation pledges

Mongabay Haze Beat 15 Oct 2015

The village where a curse protects the forest

Indra Nugraha 15 Oct 2015

Illegal wood imports to US are way down, but still worth as much as $3b a year

Mike Gaworecki 15 Oct 2015

Seized: $4 million worth of ivory, rhino horn and bear paws

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Oct 2015

Indonesia hints at possible peatland license review as haze firefight continues

Mongabay Haze Beat 14 Oct 2015
Lowland rainforest in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

APRIL clearing forest in breach of sustainability policy: NGO

Mongabay.com 14 Oct 2015

Plantation companies challenged by haze-causing fires in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Oct 2015

A village in Borneo turns away from palm oil

Andi Fachrizal 14 Oct 2015

Scientists turn to DNA from Sumatran elephant dung to aid conservation

Mike DiGirolamo 13 Oct 2015

After the tsunami, a forest restored along a river in Aceh

Chik Rini 13 Oct 2015

Jokowi enforcer roasts APP supplier while Kalimantan orangutan charity reels from fires

Mongabay Haze Beat 13 Oct 2015

Cambodian communities follow different routes to justice over Socfin rubber project

Greg Norman 13 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 Ayers Butler 12 Oct 2015

‘Blue Sky Revolution’ in Pekanbaru as haze protesters demand brighter days ahead

Mongabay Haze Beat 12 Oct 2015

Aceh citizens threaten lawsuit over spatial plan

Mongabay.com 12 Oct 2015

Identifying and counting the wild orangutans of Borneo

John-Rob Pool 9 Oct 2015

Haze compensation details unclear as help arrives in Sumatra

Mongabay Haze Beat 9 Oct 2015

India steps up efforts to combat wildlife trade

Apoorva Joshi 9 Oct 2015

Could canned fish soup stop government-community conflict in Sumatra?

Taufik Wijaya 9 Oct 2015

Hog-nosed rat discovered in Sulawesi is so unique it’s been placed in its own genus

Mike Gaworecki 8 Oct 2015

Lumber Liquidators pays $13.2M to end illegal logging probe

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2015

Haze cancels Jokowi haze visit as greater cooperation looms

Mongabay Haze Beat 8 Oct 2015

Retaining forest patches along streams in palm oil plantations is good for fishes

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Oct 2015

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