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Massive profiteering uncovered in Indonesian fertilizer distribution

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2016

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

Loren Bell 24 Feb 2016

Peace agreements often ignore natural resources, report finds

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Feb 2016
Peatlands cleared for a plantation in Riau Province in 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Team of 6: the leadership of Indonesia’s peatlands restoration agency is now in place

Sapariah Saturi 23 Feb 2016

Oil palm plantations need to protect orangutans (commentary)

Erik Meijaard 22 Feb 2016

Communities and cutting-edge tech keep Cambodia’s gibbons singing

Claire Salisbury 22 Feb 2016

It’s World Pangolin Day again. What can you do to help?

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Feb 2016

Indonesia could collaborate with RSPO, official study finds

Jonathan Vit 19 Feb 2016
Illegal encroachment for palm oil production in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesian palm oil giant joins no-deforestation pledge amid criticism from politicians

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2016

‘Fluorescent flashlights’: Newly discovered glow-in-the-dark polyps light up snails in the Red Sea

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Feb 2016

Bangladesh sticks with coal power plant project despite major backlash

Apoorva Joshi 16 Feb 2016

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

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