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APP pledges to restore forests, if given the opportunity

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Mar 2014

Will zero deforestation commitments save Indonesia’s forests?

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Mar 2014

Logging giant suspends operations to fend off plantations from fires

Mongabay.com 15 Mar 2014

Indonesian sugar company poised to destroy half of island paradise’s forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Mar 2014

Indonesia’s proposed peat law too weak to protect peatlands, stop haze, says Greenpeace

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2014

Sumatra on fire: burning spikes in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 13 Mar 2014

Indonesia politician gets 14 years in jail for illegal permits, forest corruption

Diana Parker 13 Mar 2014

West Sumatra joins Indonesia’s REDD+ program

Mongabay.com 12 Mar 2014

Progressive palm oil group opens door to companies, NGO’s adopting zero deforestation policies

Mongabay.com 12 Mar 2014

Conservationists catch wild Sumatran rhino, raising hope for world’s most endangered rhinoceros

Jeremy Hance 12 Mar 2014

Photos: Greenpeace stages protest in rainforest destroyed for palm oil

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Mar 2014

Islamic clerics issue ‘fatwa’ against poaching, declare the illegal wildlife trade ‘haram’

Diana Parker 10 Mar 2014

Snickers, Twix to be deforestation-free

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Mar 2014

Does haze from burning forests affect marine life?

Jeremy Hance 10 Mar 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Privatizing conservation management

Dr Liz Kimbrough 7 Mar 2014

Norway’s pension fund continues to invest in coal companies destroying Indonesia’s forests

Mongabay.com 6 Mar 2014

Peatlands biosphere reserve facing severe encroachment in Sumatra

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Mar 2014

Clash with palm oil company leaves one indigenous community member dead in Sumatra

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Mar 2014

Can the millions in urban India live among greenery?

Sandhya Sekar 6 Mar 2014

Fast food companies are laggards on palm oil sourcing safeguards

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Mar 2014

Pakistan to launch palm oil industry with Malaysia’s help

Mongabay.com 5 Mar 2014

Javan rhino population jumps by over 10 percent

Jeremy Hance 4 Mar 2014

After GAR expands policy, over 50% of world’s palm oil bound by zero deforestation commitments

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Mar 2014

Can palm oil move past its bad reputation?

Diana Parker 2 Mar 2014

NASA photo reveals ongoing haze problem in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 1 Mar 2014

Palm oil plantations allegedly poison seven Critically Endangered elephants in Sumatra

Jeremy Hance 28 Feb 2014

Sarawak’s top official accused of violating constitution

Mongabay.com 27 Feb 2014

Palm oil’s climate impact worse than thought due to methane emissions

Mongabay.com 27 Feb 2014

Procter & Gamble’s palm oil suppliers linked to deforestation (photos)

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Feb 2014

Lady Gaga gets bitten by venomous primate, sparking outrage over loris trafficking

Jeremy Hance 25 Feb 2014

Will tigers march ahead? Scientists find surprising connections between isolated populations in Central India

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Feb 2014

Borneo monkeys lose a tenth of their habitat in a decade

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2014

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