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Fires and greenhouse gases fuel drying of the Amazon

Mongabay.com 11 Nov 2019

FSC report on palm giant Korindo lists litany of violations, even with redactions

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Nov 2019

Colombian town faces earthquakes, pollution, water shortage as industry expands

Álvaro Avendaño, Diana Velasco 8 Nov 2019

Philippine officials not spared as attacks on environmental defenders persist

Mongabay.com 8 Nov 2019

Healthy ecosystems, healthy humans: ‘One Health’ broadens its scope

John Cannon 7 Nov 2019

Makers of Oreos, KitKats among brands linked to Indonesia forest fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Nov 2019

Saving the Gran Chaco: Conservationists demand protection before it’s too late

Rodolfo Chisleanschi 5 Nov 2019

Enforce Brazilian laws to curb criminal Amazon deforestation: study

Karla Mendes, Elisângela Mendonça 4 Nov 2019

Research points to low forensic capacity to tackle timber fraud in U.S.

John Cannon 4 Nov 2019

RSPO questions effectiveness of Indonesian palm plantation moratorium

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Nov 2019

‘Guardian of the Forest’ ambushed and murdered in Brazilian Amazon

Karla Mendes 2 Nov 2019

Photos: Peatland fires rage through Indonesia’s Sumatra Island

Nopri Ismi 1 Nov 2019

Lawsuit against Indonesian coal plant reveals permit irregularities

Ahmad Supardi 1 Nov 2019

Enough is too much: The growing case for investors to drop Golden Agri-Resources (commentary)

Jeff Conant, Gaurav Madan 31 Oct 2019

Carbon emissions from loss of intact tropical forest a ‘ticking time bomb’

Malavika Vyawahare 31 Oct 2019

Finding hope in ‘extreme conservation’ (Insider)

John Cannon 31 Oct 2019

China, EU are importing soybeans from unregistered Brazil farms: report

Shanna Hanbury 30 Oct 2019

Controversial dam gets green light to flood a Philippine protected area

Leilani Chavez 30 Oct 2019

A Sumatran forest community braces for battle against a planned coal mine

Suryadi 29 Oct 2019

Indigenous and riverine communities unite to fight Amazon invaders

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 29 Oct 2019

Indigenous communities ‘robbed’ as land grabbers lay waste to Brazilian rainforest

Ana Ionova 28 Oct 2019

10 takeaways from Indonesia’s grassroots #SaveAru success

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 28 Oct 2019

As Bolsonaro meets with Xi, China silent on Brazil environmental crisis

Shanna Hanbury 28 Oct 2019
Peat fire in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesian court fines palm oil firm $18.5m over forest fires in 2015

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Oct 2019
WCS veterinarian Steve Harvey fitting a collar on one of the elephants. Image courtesy of Nacha Geoffrey/WCS

Satellite collars to help boost protection for Nigeria’s largest remaining elephant herd

Linus Unah 25 Oct 2019

Bonobo conservation stymied by deforestation, human rights abuses

Taran Volckhausen 24 Oct 2019

Research outlines ‘roadmap’ for land use to slow climate change

Mongabay.com 24 Oct 2019

As 2019 Amazon fires die down, Brazilian deforestation roars ahead

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 23 Oct 2019

Malaria surges in deforested parts of the Amazon, study finds

John Cannon 23 Oct 2019
Intact rainforest in Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesia’s new cabinet a ‘marriage of oligarchs,’ environmentalists say

Basten Gokkon 23 Oct 2019
Beatrice Rukanyana looks out over a sugar plantation near Bugoma Forest. Photo: Thomas Lewton

Uganda’s eco-feminists are taking on mining and plantation industries

Thomas Lewton 23 Oct 2019

Area the size of Puerto Rico burned in Indonesia’s fire crisis

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Oct 2019

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