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Forest loss rising in Borneo (caption)

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jul 2014

On track to ‘go beyond the critical point’: Sri Lanka still losing forests at rapid clip

Janaki Lenin 15 Jul 2014

Only 15 percent of world’s biodiversity hotspots left intact

Jeremy Hance 14 Jul 2014

New palm oil sustainability manifesto met with criticism from environmentalists

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Jul 2014

Downturn in shade-grown coffee putting forests, wildlife, people at risk

Nika Levikov 11 Jul 2014

APP won’t acquire companies that continue to destroy forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Jul 2014

An end to India’s ‘Wild West’? Meghalaya bans coal mining… for now

Janaki Lenin 8 Jul 2014

A tale of two fish: cyanide fishing and foreign bosses off Sulawesi’s coast (Part I)

Melati Kaye 8 Jul 2014

Booming populations, rising economies, threatened biodiversity: the tropics will never be the same

Jeremy Hance 7 Jul 2014

Price of ivory triples in China

Jeremy Hance 7 Jul 2014

APP: Indonesia needs a new business model

Mongabay.com 4 Jul 2014

Do Indonesians really want more big plantations?

Erik Meijaard 4 Jul 2014

No restrictions: Japan’s demand for illegal wood driving rampant deforestation in Siberia

Morgan Erickson-Davis 3 Jul 2014

A fine line: new program predicts when human impact becomes too much

Morgan Erickson-Davis 3 Jul 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? The ‘double-edged sword’ of democracy

Dr Liz Kimbrough 3 Jul 2014

Horror movie bugs: new wasp species builds nest with the bodies of dead ants

Jeremy Hance 2 Jul 2014

Bigfoot found? Nope, ‘sasquatch hairs’ come from cows, raccoons, and humans

Jeremy Hance 1 Jul 2014

On the brink of extinction: Javan rhino has new enemy in invasive palm

Ethan Harfenist 1 Jul 2014

Oil palm plantations degrade local water quality relative to community forests

Mongabay.com 30 Jun 2014

Malaysian citizens want govt to spend more to save native rainforests

Loren Bell 30 Jun 2014

New report: illegal logging keeps militias and terrorist groups in business

Janaki Lenin 30 Jun 2014

Despite moratorium, Indonesia now has world’s highest deforestation rate

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Jun 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Playing games to understand what drives deforestation

Dr Liz Kimbrough 26 Jun 2014

Despite early headwinds, Indonesia’s biggest REDD+ project moves forward in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Jun 2014

Logging in Vietnam still affecting rare trees 30 years later

Andrew Mann 25 Jun 2014

Indonesian presidential candidates ignore environmental concerns as haze returns

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2014

Is the banteng making a comeback? Researchers find new population in Cambodia

Janaki Lenin 23 Jun 2014

Wilmar to investigate palm oil company allegedly destroying orangutan forest

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jun 2014

Monkeys reset camera trap, capture first-ever images of flat-headed cats in park

Elizabeth Devitt 23 Jun 2014

Broken promises no more? Signs Sabah may finally uphold commitment on wildlife corridors

Jeremy Hance 23 Jun 2014

Deforestation drives tigers into contact, conflict with humans

Loren Bell 20 Jun 2014

The palm oil diet: study finds displaced orangutans have little else to eat

Ariel Mark 20 Jun 2014

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