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Half of Indonesia’s deforestation occurs outside concession areas

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Jan 2015

Indonesia’s silent wildlife killer: hunting

Erik Meijaard 26 Dec 2014

Hunting is a greater threat than logging for most wildlife in Borneo

Ben Sullender 16 Dec 2014

Palm oil facilitates large-scale illegal logging in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Dec 2014

Huge swath of forest in Indonesian Borneo slated for clearing by ‘sustainable’ company

Ethan Harfenist 10 Dec 2014

Tradeoff: Sabah banks on palm oil to boost forest protection

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2014

Tradeoff: Sabah banks on palm oil to boost forest protection

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2014

Embattled palm oil giant announces sustainability policy, but fails to win over critics

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2014

Sarawak chief calls state’s logging industry ‘corrupt’

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Nov 2014

Indonesian government slow to reclaim lands damaged by coal mining

Loren Bell 20 Nov 2014

Surprising reasons to be optimistic about saving forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2014

Human infections by ‘monkey malaria’ increasing as forests disappear

Loren Bell 10 Nov 2014

Another mining company found operating in flagrant violation of Indonesian law

Loren Bell 6 Nov 2014

Book detailing corruption allegations against Malaysian ruler moves forward

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Nov 2014

When cute turns deadly – the story of a wildlife biologist who was bit by a venomous slow loris, and lived to tell the tale

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Oct 2014

Saving Asia’s other endangered cats (photos)

Jeremy Hance 21 Oct 2014

Indonesian law bars palm oil companies from protecting forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Oct 2014

Indonesia developing mega coal mine five times larger than Singapore

David Fogarty 20 Oct 2014

Walking the walk: zoo kicks off campaign for orangutans and sustainable palm oil

Jeremy Hance 20 Oct 2014

Indonesia’s tough choice: capping coal as Asian demand grows

David Fogarty 17 Oct 2014

Indonesia tries to clamp down on coal sector’s worst excesses

David Fogarty 16 Oct 2014

Helping orangutans survive: new project aims to connect habitat fragments in Kalimantan (PART II)

Apoorva Joshi 8 Oct 2014

Marooned in shrinking forests, Bornean orangutans hang on as disaster looms (PART I)

Apoorva Joshi 7 Oct 2014

Central Kalimantan to set up palm oil monitoring system to in bid cut deforestation 80%

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Oct 2014

Malaysian palm oil company destroys Borneo forests, despite buyer’s zero deforestation commitment

Mongabay.com 30 Sep 2014

Coal mine has heavy impact in Indonesian Borneo

Loren Bell 26 Sep 2014

Termites suffer in logged forests and palm oil plantations

Heather D'angelo 25 Sep 2014

Bizarre lizard newest victim of reptile pet trade

Jeremy Hance 15 Sep 2014

Palm oil company continues to operate illegal plantation despite court ruling

Loren Bell 12 Sep 2014

Elephants pay the price for palm oil in Malaysian Borneo, impact may reach far beyond reported kills

Mike Gaworecki 10 Sep 2014

Scientists honor missing activist by naming a spider after him

Mongabay.com 25 Aug 2014

Indonesia to hear indigenous peoples’ grievances on land disputes

Loren Bell 22 Aug 2014

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