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Threatened West African rosewood species gets CITES protection

Mike Gaworecki 16 Feb 2016

Two-thirds of the world’s population doesn’t have reliable access to fresh water

Mike Gaworecki 15 Feb 2016

Jakarta governor proposes lighter environmental permitting

Melati Kaye 15 Feb 2016

77 inspiring rainforest pictures

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Feb 2016

Focus on great apes, draws attention from other species, finds study

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Feb 2016

Aceh citizens ask governor to keep bulldozers out of a crucial rainforest

Junaidi Hanafiah 12 Feb 2016

As the U.S. bans trans fats, palm oil is poised to take over – but at what cost?

Sarah Hucal 11 Feb 2016

Cincinnati-born Harapan the rhino adjusting well to life in Sumatra

Rahmadi Rahmad, Ridzki R. Sigit 10 Feb 2016

Is this Malaysian palm oil firm still destroying forest in Borneo — and selling to Wilmar?

Jonathan Vit 9 Feb 2016

Researchers say you get what you pay for when it comes to payments for ecosystem services

Mike Gaworecki 9 Feb 2016

‘Where Have All the Animals Gone?’ – a journey through Africa and Asia

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Feb 2016

How can banks spur the palm oil industry toward sustainability?

Pek Shibao 8 Feb 2016

Study finds logging helps black rats invade tropical rainforests, push native species out

Mike Gaworecki 5 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

Rare video: young orangutan and gibbon play together in the Borneo jungle

Sophie Furnival 4 Feb 2016

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

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Feb 2016

Two new jewel-eyed tree frog species discovered in Taiwan, display strange reproductive behavior

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Feb 2016

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

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Feb 2016

How are NGOs innovating to reach palm oil financiers and companies?

Pek Shibao 4 Feb 2016

Primate-Watching: In the Year of the Monkey, let’s build a Conservation Movement

Russell A. Mittermeier 3 Feb 2016

India has most cases of social and environmental conflict, according to environmental justice atlas

Shreya Dasgupta 2 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

Myanmar emerging as a major hub for smuggling pangolins to China

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Jan 2016

Jokowi asked to push indigenous rights through reluctant parliament

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 29 Jan 2016

What’s preventing palm oil investors from going green?

Pek Shibao 28 Jan 2016

‘Sounds like Adele’: Melodious song leads to discovery of new bird species in India

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Jan 2016

Sri Lanka crushes and destroys over 350 ivory tusks

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Jan 2016

Do palm oil financiers care about sustainability?

Pek Shibao 26 Jan 2016

Over 40 years, half of China’s land vertebrates disappear

Wang Yan 25 Jan 2016

Man selling monkey heads on eBay sentenced, supplier in Indonesia arrested

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Jan 2016

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

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Jan 2016

Aceh citizens sue government to save Leuser Ecosystem

Cory Rogers 22 Jan 2016

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