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Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2013

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Dec 2013

China bans shark fin, bird’s nest soup from state banquets

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2013

Palm oil IPO presents environmental, financial risks

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2013

World’s biggest palm oil company makes zero deforestation commitment

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2013

Humans are not apex predators, but meat-eating on the rise worldwide

Jeremy Hance 5 Dec 2013

APP’s Borneo expansion to be constrained by forest conservation policy

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Dec 2013

Sri Lankan elephant amnesty will lead to poaching, warn conservationists

Claire Salisbury 3 Dec 2013

Where have all the dugongs gone?

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Dec 2013

Plantations used as cover for destruction of old-growth forests in Myanmar

Jeremy Hance 2 Dec 2013

22,000 elephants slaughtered for their ivory in 2012

Jeremy Hance 2 Dec 2013

New project works to raise the profile of the world’s littlest bear

Jeremy Hance 2 Dec 2013

Hedge fund downgrades stock over company’s links to illegal logging in Russian Far East

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2013

Palm oil company Bumitama under fire for clearing rainforest, endangering orangutans

Diana Parker 2 Dec 2013

Illegal timber, rhino horn, elephant ivory seized in raids across Africa

Mongabay.com 1 Dec 2013

Journalism prizes explore community forestry, commodity supply chains, China’s seafood consumption

Mongabay.org 1 Dec 2013

Mangrove ecosystems being obliterated in Myanmar

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2013

Camera traps reveal Amur leopards are breeding in China (photos)

Jeremy Hance 26 Nov 2013

Consumer report uncovers why people buy rhino horn

Andrew Mann 26 Nov 2013

Microhabitats could buffer some rainforest animals against climate change

Jeremy Hance 25 Nov 2013

Indonesia’s national airline carrier bans shark fins

Diana Parker 23 Nov 2013

Greenpeace photos expose palm oil giant’s deforestation in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Nov 2013

Satellites reveal browning mountain forests

Sandhya Sekar 22 Nov 2013

Asia’s most precious wood is soaked in blood

Michael Spencer 21 Nov 2013

Citizen groups walk out of UN Climate Summit to protest lack of ambition

Jeremy Hance 21 Nov 2013

The quicksilver demon: rogue gold-mining is the world’s largest source of mercury pollution

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 20 Nov 2013

The swan song of India’s dancing bears

Abhishek Madan, Shreya Dasgupta 20 Nov 2013

Mining the Heart of Borneo: coal production in Indonesia

Wendy Miles 20 Nov 2013

Palm oil workers stage massive protest at sustainability meeting in Indonesia

Diana Parker 19 Nov 2013

Equitable efforts to save the world’s forests: Don’t put the burden on the poor (commentary)

Yani Saloh 18 Nov 2013

Japan pledges to raise carbon emissions, instead of cutting them

Jeremy Hance 18 Nov 2013

World’s most vulnerable nation to climate change turns to coal power

Jeremy Hance 18 Nov 2013

Malaysia has the world’s highest deforestation rate, reveals Google forest map

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Nov 2013

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