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

Diana Parker 2 Dec 2013

Greenpeace photos expose palm oil giant’s deforestation in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Nov 2013

Mining the Heart of Borneo: coal production in Indonesia

Wendy Miles 20 Nov 2013

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

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Nov 2013

3.5 million ha of Indonesian and Malaysian forest converted for palm oil in 20 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Nov 2013

Murum dam blockaders may be suffering human rights violations warns NGOs

Jeremy Hance 12 Nov 2013

HBSC financing deforestation for palm oil in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Nov 2013

8 tribesmen arrested in Borneo dam protest

Mongabay.com 7 Nov 2013

Palm oil companies ignoring community rights, new study shows

Diana Parker 7 Nov 2013

Indigenous groups expel workers, blockade another dam in Sarawak

Jenny Denton 5 Nov 2013

World’s most cryptic feline photographed in logging concession

Jeremy Hance 4 Nov 2013

New corruption allegations in Sarawak energy project

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2013

Bolivia, Madagascar, China see jump in forest loss

Mongabay.com 1 Nov 2013

‘Sustainable’ tropical timber trade a misnomer, says group

Mongabay.com 24 Oct 2013

Norway blacklists 2 Malaysian logging companies for ‘severe environmental damage’ in Borneo

Mongabay.com 14 Oct 2013

WWF risking Sumatran rhinos by releasing camera trap images, says scientist

Jeremy Hance 9 Oct 2013

Celebrities aim to raise $1.6 million to keep orangutan forests from the the chopping block in Borneo

Lewis Smith 2 Oct 2013

Bornean elephant meets palm oil: saving the world’s smallest pachyderm in a fractured landscape

Jeremy Hance 1 Oct 2013

Coal railway could cause ‘ecological disaster’ in Indonesian Borneo, warn environmentalists

Diana Parker 30 Sep 2013

Borneo tribesmen block road as controversial rainforest dam impoundment begins

Mongabay.com 27 Sep 2013

Zombie coal: Borneo resurrects controversial coal plant

Jeremy Hance 18 Sep 2013

Villagers occupy govt office in Indonesia Borneo in protest against palm oil land grab

Diana Parker 18 Sep 2013

Bornean orangutans travel along the ground

Natalie Millar 12 Sep 2013

Japanese firms buying illegal timber from Malaysia’s endangered rainforests

Diana Parker 10 Sep 2013

Large-scale opposition among Borneo villagers to deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Sep 2013

Indonesia should convert logging concessions to protected areas to stop deforestation for plantations, argues study

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Sep 2013

Palm oil now biggest cause of deforestation in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Sep 2013

Palm oil company guards injure four villagers in Indonesian Borneo clash

Diana Parker 29 Jul 2013

Developer of Indonesia’s first REDD+ project confirms status of forest conservation initiative

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2013

Labor abuse widespread in Indonesia’s palm oil industry, finds investigation

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2013

80% of rainforests in Malaysian Borneo logged

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jul 2013

Activists raise alarm over park that will dispossess Borneo tribe of land

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jul 2013

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