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Probe begins into alleged deforestation by Olam, ‘world’s largest farmer’

James Fair 7 Aug 2020

‘Meaningless certification’: Study makes the case against ‘sustainable’ palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Aug 2020

From parks to payments, which conservation strategies work best?

Mike Gaworecki 4 Aug 2020
Oil palm plantation in West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Upgrade of Indonesian palm oil certification falls short, observers say

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Jul 2020

A Brazilian forest community shows certified timber really does work

Maria Fernanda Ribeiro 22 Jul 2020
Glass frog in Costa Rica. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Rainforest Alliance Certification gets a 2020 upgrade

Liz Kimbrough 15 Jul 2020

Ikea using illegally sourced wood from Ukraine, campaigners say

Ashoka Mukpo 29 Jun 2020

How we calculated Korindo’s revenues from clearing Papuan rainforest

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 29 Jun 2020

The Consultant: Why did a palm oil conglomerate pay $22m to an unnamed ‘expert’ in Papua?

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 25 Jun 2020

Indonesia drops panned plan to scrap legality license for wood exports

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 May 2020

Indonesia aims for sustainability certification for oil palm smallholders

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Apr 2020

Watchdogs lament palm oil giant Wilmar’s exit from forest conservation alliance

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Apr 2020

Indonesia risks timber trade with EU after scrapping license rules

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Mar 2020

Coconut farmers in Southeast Asia struggle as palm oil muscles in on them

Nithin Coca 30 Mar 2020

Indonesia ends timber legality rule, stoking fears of illegal logging boom

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Mar 2020

Cerrado in crisis: One Brazilian farm family commits to sustainable soy

Sarah Sax and Maurício Angelo 10 Feb 2020

Malaysia to let RSPO publish oil palm concession maps

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Dec 2019
Sunrise in East Kalimantan, Indonesia in 2019. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Tropical forests’ lost decade: the 2010s

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Dec 2019

RSPO questions effectiveness of Indonesian palm plantation moratorium

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Nov 2019

World’s biggest meatpackers buying cattle from deforesters in Amazon

André Campos - Repórter Brasil 19 Sep 2019

How rubber farmers can reduce risk and help the environment (commentary)

Arlene Chang 6 Sep 2019
A pile of wood that has been prepared to be burned in land controlled by Korindo in Papua. Photo courtesy of Mighty Earth

FSC to keep Korindo in the fold, for now

Mongabay.com 25 Jul 2019
Oil palm plantation in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Can jurisdictional certification curb palm oil deforestation in Indonesia? (commentary)

John Watts, Dan Nepstad, Silvia Irawan 10 Jul 2019

Chinese banks risk supporting soy-related deforestation, report finds

John Cannon 30 May 2019

’Green’ bonds finance industrial tree plantations in Brazil

Mongabay.com 16 May 2019

Trekking the boreal forest for biodiversity

Erik Hoffner 12 Apr 2019

New maps show where humans are pushing species closer to extinction

John Cannon 15 Mar 2019

Indonesia’s tuna fisheries seek out sustainability certification

Basten Gokkon 15 Mar 2019

RSPO should suspend membership of groups undermining Guatemala’s anti-impunity commission (commentary)

Doug Hertzler, Jeff Conant 6 Feb 2019

Saving the forests of the Congo Basin: Q&A with author Meindert Brouwer

Mongabay.com 23 Jan 2019
Fungi in Yunnan, China. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Rainforests: storylines to watch in 2019

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jan 2019
Rainforest in Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

The biggest rainforest news stories in 2018

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Dec 2018

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