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Bornean bearded pigs seen adapting to oil palm habitats, study finds

Basten Gokkon 6 Mar 2018

Budiardi, labeled a ‘provocateur’ and jailed in a dispute with a palm oil company

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 6 Mar 2018

Scientists aim to give engineers the tools for ecologically sensitive development

John Cannon 26 Feb 2018

Orangutan culture in focus in ‘Person of the Forest’: Q&A with researchers Cheryl Knott and Robert Rodriguez Suro

John Cannon 23 Feb 2018

What is happening to the orangutans of Borneo?

Basten Gokkon 15 Feb 2018

Indonesian rubber farmers charged in gruesome killing of Bornean orangutan

Basten Gokkon 2 Feb 2018

New study suggests Borneo’s had elephants for thousands of years

John Cannon 31 Jan 2018

Decapitated orangutan found near palm plantations shot 17 times, autopsy finds

Basten Gokkon 19 Jan 2018

Orangutan found tortured and decapitated prompts Indonesia probe

Mongabay.com 16 Jan 2018

Rainforests: the year in review 2017

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2018

Paper giant and its ‘suppliers’ are essentially one and the same, investigation finds

Michael Disabato 26 Dec 2017

Malaysia’s last female Sumatran rhino falls ill

Mongabay.com 17 Dec 2017

Study: RSPO certification prunes deforestation in Indonesia — but not by much

John Cannon 12 Dec 2017

Orangutans process plants into medicine, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 4 Dec 2017

WATCH: Rare sighting of mother Sunda clouded leopard and cubs caught on film

Mike Gaworecki 29 Nov 2017

New carbon maps of Sabah’s forests guide conservation in Borneo

John Cannon 29 Nov 2017

More big mammals found in high-carbon forests, says new study

John Cannon 15 Nov 2017

Indonesian agribusiness giant APRIL outed in Paradise Papers

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2017

The fate of the Sumatran rhino is in the Indonesian government’s hands

Jeremy Hance 10 Nov 2017

How unhealthy is the haze from Indonesia’s annual peat fires?

Loren Bell 3 Nov 2017

A roar for nature in Indonesia: Q&A with the poet behind ‘Indigenous Species’

Basten Gokkon 30 Oct 2017

Helmeted hornbill, on verge of extinction, finds respite in new zone outside of known range

Basten Gokkon 23 Oct 2017

Leading US plywood firm linked to alleged destruction, rights violations in Malaysia

John Cannon 19 Oct 2017

The Palm Oil Fiefdom

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 10 Oct 2017

Indonesia for Sale: in-depth series on corruption, palm oil and rainforests launches

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 10 Oct 2017

Cross currents: Mega-dams and micro-hydro offer two different futures for rural Borneo

Kenny Gotlieb 20 Sep 2017

Does social forestry always decrease deforestation and poverty? (commentary)

Erik Meijaard 17 Sep 2017

Ecologist wins Heinz environment prize for airborne mapping that informs policy

Mongabay.com 14 Sep 2017

Palm oil giant FGV will ‘endeavor to rehabilitate’ peatlands it trashed in Borneo

Basten Gokkon 13 Sep 2017

80% of Bornean orangutans live outside protected areas

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Sep 2017

‘Ecological disaster’: controversial bridge puts East Kalimantan’s green commitment to the test

Basten Gokkon 30 Aug 2017

Bats and viruses: Beating back a bad reputation

John Cannon 29 Aug 2017

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