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Santurban moorlands in Colombia. Photo by Grupo Areas Protegidas CORPONOR via Wikimedia Commons

World Bank exits controversial Angostura goldmine project in Colombian moorland

Bram Ebus 23 Mar 2017

Clothing giant VF Corporation adopts sustainable forestry policy

Mike Gaworecki 16 Mar 2017
Oil palm plantation in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

HSBC to stop financing deforestation-linked palm oil firms

Alice Cuddy 3 Mar 2017

Environmental costs, benefits and possibilities: Q&A with anthropologist Eben Kirksey

John Cannon 28 Feb 2017

Proposed Trump policy threatens Critically Endangered Grauer’s gorilla

Sharon Guynup 21 Feb 2017

Deforestation-free commodities represent a major investment opportunity: Report

Mike Gaworecki 31 Jan 2017
Deforestation for pulp and paper production in Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Norway starts $400-million fund to halt deforestation, help farmers

Mongabay 31 Jan 2017

Want to be a responsible palm oil firm? Follow these reporting guidelines

Mongabay.com 25 Jan 2017

Study finds that carbon finance is not a one-size-fits-all solution to deforestation

Mike Gaworecki 23 Jan 2017

Private capital investments in conservation have taken off since 2013

Mike Gaworecki 18 Jan 2017

HSBC financing tied to deforestation, rights violations for palm oil in Indonesia

John Cannon 18 Jan 2017

‘Racing against time’ to save the taguá and its vanishing Chaco home

John Cannon 5 Jan 2017

Consumer pressure to ditch deforestation begins to reach Indonesia’s oil palm plantation giants

Tara MacIsaac 27 Dec 2016

Study looks at positive and negative impacts of biodiversity offsets on local communities

Mike Gaworecki 23 Dec 2016

Palm oil giant defends its deforestation in Gabon, points to country’s ‘right to develop’

Mongabay.com 19 Dec 2016

Companies are underestimating the risks of deforestation in their commodities supply chains

Mike Gaworecki 16 Dec 2016
Forest cleared for oil palm in Malaysian Borneo. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

American retirement funds contribute to deforestation and climate change

Mike Gaworecki 22 Nov 2016

If you’re in the U.S., your ramen noodles might become a lot safer for forests

Mike Gaworecki 21 Nov 2016

Seven African countries pledge to protect their tropical forests from unsustainable oil palm development

Mike Gaworecki 16 Nov 2016

Are global commodities producers living up to their climate promises?

Mike Gaworecki 3 Nov 2016

Nearly $1 billion in forest carbon finance committed in 2015

Mike Gaworecki 1 Nov 2016

Airbus to marshal its satellites against deforestation

Philip Jacobson 12 Oct 2016

How to use the Bloomberg Terminal for advocacy work: advanced tools

Dan Williams 8 Aug 2016

Failure of Indonesia’s palm oil commitment ‘not bad news’ [commentary]

Scott Poynton 27 Jul 2016

Some global brands are getting creative to lower their carbon footprints

Mike Gaworecki 20 Jul 2016

Cargill suspends new purchase agreements with Malaysian palm oil giant IOI

Mongabay.com 18 Jul 2016

Bunge joins ranks of palm oil users to sanction Malaysia’s IOI

Mongabay.com 7 Jul 2016

Can public-private partnerships preserve the dwindling biodiversity of Lagos?

Kolawole Talabi 5 Jul 2016

Under gov’t pressure, palm oil giants disband green pledge

Jonathan Vit 1 Jul 2016

Did mining company drive 3 species to extinction?

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Jun 2016
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

What are South Sumatrans doing to prevent another haze crisis?

Taufik Wijaya 29 Jun 2016

Malaysian palm oil giant IOI under pressure after Cargill ultimatum

Mongabay.com 28 Jun 2016

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