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In landmark ruling, Indonesia’s indigenous people win right to millions of hectares of forest

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 May 2013

Analysis: Indonesia renews moratorium on logging, palm plantations

Kemen Austin 16 May 2013

Petition targeting plan to open protected forests in Indonesia for mining, logging reaches 1M signatures

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 May 2013

Four dead and dozens trapped after collapse at Freeport mine in Papua

Diana Parker 15 May 2013

Rhino populations in Sumatra, Borneo should be combined to save Sumatran rhino from extinction

Mongabay.com 15 May 2013

Indonesia officially extends forestry moratorium

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 May 2013

Paper giant APRIL to restore peat forest in Sumatra, but green groups say it continues to deforest

Diana Parker 14 May 2013

Rainforest tribe urges Norwegian king to recall energy executive

Mongabay.com 13 May 2013

Mount Everest glaciers have shrunk 13% in 50 years

Mongabay.com 13 May 2013

Palm oil company violated RSPO standards, evicted from sustainability body

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 May 2013

Indonesian palm oil giant cutting deforestation from supply chain

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 May 2013

Elephants massacred for ivory in Central African Republic

Mongabay.com 10 May 2013

Indonesia welcomes Greenpeace ship 3 years after eviction

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 May 2013

Common moth can hear higher frequencies than any other animal on Earth

Jeremy Hance 9 May 2013

UN report gives Indonesia low marks in forest governance

Diana Parker 9 May 2013

Featured video: How climate change is messing with the jetstream

Jeremy Hance 8 May 2013

Court rules for palm oil company in controversial deforestation case

Diana Parker 5 May 2013

Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry denies losing $731m in state funds in 2012

Mongabay.com 3 May 2013

Mekong region has lost a third of its forests in 30 years, may lose another third by 2030

Mongabay.com 3 May 2013

Endangered primates and cats may be hiding out in swamps and mangrove forests

Jeremy Hance 2 May 2013

13 year search for Taiwan’s top predator comes up empty-handed

Jeremy Hance 1 May 2013

Malaysia may loan Indonesia rhinos to save species from extinction

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Apr 2013

Cement producers hunting for limestone could threaten Borneo caves

Diana Parker 30 Apr 2013

The shady business of online wildlife trade

Akhila Vijayaraghavan 30 Apr 2013

Rivers or grave yards? The woes of the Indian gharial and Gangetic dolphin in the Yamuna River

Akhila Vijayaraghavan 30 Apr 2013

APP answers questions on new forest conservation policy

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Apr 2013

What if companies actually had to compensate society for environmental destruction?

Jeremy Hance 29 Apr 2013

Featured documentary: Damocracy, highlighting the battles over the Belo Monte and Ilisu dams

Jeremy Hance 29 Apr 2013

Luxurious/upscale orangutan tourism in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Apr 2013

Probe confirms Singapore-based palm oil company engaged in land-grabbing in Borneo

Diana Parker 26 Apr 2013

Samsung admits to using tin linked to child labor, deforestation; Apple mum on sourcing

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2013

Environmentalists unhappy with new palm oil standard

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2013

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