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Members of the indigenous community live at the riverbanks in Kapuas river where the air is engulfed with thick haze at Sei Ahass village, Kapuas district, Central Kalimantan province on Borneo island, Indonesia. These fires are a threat to the health of millions. Smoke from landscape fires kills an estimated 110,000 people every year across Southeast Asia, mostly as a result of heart and lung problems, and weakening newborn babies.

Indonesia bans peatlands destruction

Mongabay.com 10 Nov 2015
Oil palm in Sabah

With fires wreaking havoc across Indonesia, Malaysian state targets greener palm oil

Mongabay.com 8 Nov 2015
Picture courtesy of Greenpeace.

Photos confirm Indonesia being burned for palm oil

Mongabay Haze Beat 5 Nov 2015

A Borneo village maps its land to protect against encroachers

Christopel Paino 3 Nov 2015
Members of the indigenous community live at the riverbanks in Kapuas river where the air is engulfed with thick haze at Sei Ahass village, Kapuas district, Central Kalimantan province on Borneo island, Indonesia. These fires are a threat to the health of millions. Smoke from landscape fires kills an estimated 110,000 people every year across Southeast Asia, mostly as a result of heart and lung problems, and weakening newborn babies.

Greenpeace releases dramatic haze photos as Indonesian fire emissions surpass 1.6B tons

Mongabay.com 1 Nov 2015

Indonesia’s massive haze problem is Jokowi’s big opportunity

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Oct 2015

German man arrested in Jakarta with eight earless lizards

Mongabay.com 21 Oct 2015

Indigenous anti-dam activists converge in Sarawak from around the globe

Rod Harbinson 20 Oct 2015

Papua fires send haze to Micronesia; Indonesia elections commission hints at environment debate

Mongabay Haze Beat 19 Oct 2015

Carbon emissions from Indonesia’s peat fires exceed emissions from entire U.S. economy

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Oct 2015

Plantation companies challenged by haze-causing fires in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Oct 2015

Identifying and counting the wild orangutans of Borneo

John-Rob Pool 9 Oct 2015

Greenpeace releases dramatic drone video of Indonesia’s fires

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Oct 2015

‘Maybe that’s why there’s so many fires’: Was a peat swamp illegitimately stripped of protected status in Indonesia?

Jay Fajar, Sapariah Saturi 2 Oct 2015

NASA photo reveals Asia’s choking haze

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Sep 2015

First-ever video of squirrel rumored to kill and eat deer

Jeremy Hance 29 Sep 2015

Opponents of Malaysian dam project cautiously optimistic about moratorium

Mike Gaworecki 23 Sep 2015

Scientists find a fix for a ‘frog’s worst nightmare’

Morgan Erickson-Davis 23 Sep 2015

From conflict to partnership, a Kalimantan community and logging company manage the forest together

Indra Nugraha 15 Sep 2015

Endangered turtle destined for soup pot gets new start

Jeremy Hance 25 Aug 2015

Sarawak can meet energy needs without mega-dams: report

Mike Gaworecki 8 Jul 2015

Bunge: if you clear peatlands, we won’t buy your palm oil

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jun 2015

Controversy emerges over alleged deforestation policy breach by APRIL supplier

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jun 2015

Bunge palm oil supplier plans to clear peatlands for plantations

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jun 2015

Can we save the Sumatran rhino? Indonesia holds out hope

Jeremy Hance 19 Jun 2015

A toad’s relationship with its prey endures in the face of deforestation for palm oil

Jordanna Dulaney 15 Jun 2015

Well grounded: orangutans are more terrestrial than previously thought

John-Rob Pool 8 Jun 2015

Malaysian state eyes 100% certified palm oil by 2025

Mongabay.com 30 May 2015

High pressure: is U.S. policy deterring illegal wood imports?

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 19 May 2015

To improve food security, look to the forests, new report says

Mike Gaworecki 8 May 2015

Sarawak leader pledges no more logging, palm oil expansion

Mongabay.com 5 May 2015

30 illegal orangutan pets seized in West Kalimantan

Aseanty Pahlevi 5 May 2015

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