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Peru’s new environmental policies: What are they and will they work?

Justin Catanoso 5 Aug 2016

NGO sues Aceh official over cement factory permit in Leuser Ecosystem

Junaidi Hanafiah 4 Aug 2016

‘An optimistic place to start’: Myanmar enacts national logging ban

Morgan Erickson-Davis 3 Aug 2016

A dangerous, illegal necessity: charcoal reform comes to Virunga

Sophie Mbugua 2 Aug 2016
Deforestation in Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

New initiative to further creation of a single map in Indonesia’s Riau

Mongabay.com 27 Jul 2016

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

Scott Poynton 27 Jul 2016

Study concludes conservation NGOs might be better off working outside the RSPO

Mike Gaworecki 26 Jul 2016

Why helping civil society investigate illegal timber is about much more than protecting forests and forest peoples [commentary]

Sam Lawson 25 Jul 2016

On eve of Olympics, Amazon deforestation surges in Brazil

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jul 2016

Piloting PALM Risk to detect palm oil-driven deforestation

Julia John 20 Jul 2016

Cattle driving big forest loss in Peru’s ‘under-appreciated’ Amazon

Jeremy Hance 19 Jul 2016

Cargill suspends new purchase agreements with Malaysian palm oil giant IOI

Mongabay.com 18 Jul 2016

Indonesia’s palm oil permit moratorium to last five years

Mongabay.com 18 Jul 2016
Borneo orangutan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesia’s energy, agriculture targets could undermine its climate goals: report

Mongabay.com 16 Jul 2016

Huge cacao plantation in Peru illegally developed on forest-zoned land

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 Jul 2016

Even reduced-impact logging in the Amazon may be unsustainable

Mike Gaworecki 13 Jul 2016

New map of Malaysia’s limestone hills will help set conservation priorities

Mike Gaworecki 11 Jul 2016

Deforestation from illegal gold mining spreads to northern Peru

Apoorva Joshi 7 Jul 2016

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

Mongabay.com 7 Jul 2016

Protecting the animal that eats lemurs — why it’s important to conserve Madagascar’s largest carnivore

Samuel D. Merson 5 Jul 2016
Borneo orangutan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Bornean orangutan declared ‘critically endangered’ as forests shrink

Loren Bell 5 Jul 2016

UK takes action against companies importing timber from Cameroon tied to illegal logging

Mike Gaworecki 1 Jul 2016

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

Jonathan Vit 1 Jul 2016

Turkey’s wild bears migrate for food; but some bears prefer garbage dumps

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Jul 2016

Malaysian palm oil giant IOI under pressure after Cargill ultimatum

Mongabay.com 28 Jun 2016

Benefits of Community Forest Management in Madagascar not evenly distributed: report

Mike Gaworecki 28 Jun 2016

Facing controversy, Peruvian palm oil firm seeks sale of its Amazon rainforest holdings

Mongabay.com 28 Jun 2016

64 dead in Indonesia landslides as La Nina brings heavy rains

Indra Nugraha, Lusia Arumingtyas 27 Jun 2016

Policy makers meet to discuss forest conservation and ‘the future of humanity’

Morgan Erickson-Davis 21 Jun 2016

Search warrant executed at Global Plywood over alleged Lacey Act violations

Mike Gaworecki 20 Jun 2016
Blue color form of Dendrobates auratus dart frog. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

10 conservation “fads”: how have they worked in Latin America?

Aldo Orellana López, Alan Forsberg 17 Jun 2016
La Danta pyramid in the Mayan city of Mirador, as seen from a distance. Photo by Ronyrocael/Wikimedia Commons.

Controversial park plans in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 17 Jun 2016

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