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Last chance to save a ‘singular beauty’ of Asia: the shy soala

Power, profit, and pollution: dams and the uncertain future of Sarawak

Vietnam outsources deforestation to neighboring countries

Penan tribe to continue blockade against loggers with blowpipes and spears

Air pollution in China reduces rainfall

Photos: snow leopard in Afghanistan

Trees sprout across farmland worldwide

20,000 orangutans killed or poached in 10 years without a single prosecution

World’s rarest camel survived nuclear tests but today threatened by hunger for its meat

New Zealand dairy industry contributing to rainforest destruction, says Greenpeace

Rehabilitation not enough to solve orangutan crisis in Indonesia

Weak forest definition may undermine REDD efforts

50 of the world’s most endangered crocodiles released into the wild in the Philippines

World Bank violated environmental rules in lending to palm oil companies, finds internal audit

World’s rarest tree kangaroo gets help from those who once hunted it

Oil companies in the UK are big users of palm oil biodiesel

Cadbury dumps palm oil after consumer protests

World population set to reach 7 billion in two years

Issues around palm oil development prove complex, controversial

LUSH cosmetics launches campaign against palm oil

Air quality worsens in Malaysia due to forest fires

Photos: hundreds of new species discovered in Himalayan region, threatened by climate change

Despite legal protection, Indian turtles are poached for restaurant trade

Limit palm oil development to lands that store less than 40 tons of carbon/ha – study

Chinese factory closes following cadmium pollution protest

Turning wasteland into rainforest

Forest people set up logging blockades in Borneo

Photo: First bald Asian songbird discovered

Borneo orangutan release in jeopardy over fate of coal mining concession

Burning by Asia Pulp & Paper contributes to haze in Indonesia, Malaysia

Chinese companies to be held liable for environmental damage caused overseas

Palm oil companies trade plantation concessions for carbon credits from forest conservation

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