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Another mining company found operating in flagrant violation of Indonesian law

Loren Bell 6 Nov 2014

Book detailing corruption allegations against Malaysian ruler moves forward

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Nov 2014

91% of Kenya’s protected areas shrank in 100 years

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 4 Nov 2014

Reducing tax evasion could help save the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Nov 2014

Indonesian government’s concession policy prioritizes companies over forest communities

Robert S. Eshelman 3 Nov 2014

Facing severe drought, ‘war effort’ needed to save the Amazon, says scientist

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Nov 2014

De-protection of Protected Areas ramps up in Brazil, ‘compromises the capacity’ of ecosystems

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 31 Oct 2014

Between the Forest and the Sea: The Yarsuisuit Collective – Part II

Roberto (bear) Guerra - Special Reporting Initiative Fellow 31 Oct 2014

‘Too many people’: Philippine island being deforested despite extensive protections

Shaira Panela 31 Oct 2014

Dissolving pulp: a growing threat to global forests

Mike Gaworecki 30 Oct 2014

Tigers vs. diamonds: India’s protected areas rampantly downgraded to make room for people, industry

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 29 Oct 2014

Bunge commits to zero deforestation palm oil

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Oct 2014

How protected are they? Report finds world’s Protected Areas may relax, shrink, even completely disappear

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 28 Oct 2014

Between the forest and the sea: life and climate change in Guna Yala – Part I

Roberto (bear) Guerra - Special Reporting Initiative Fellow 27 Oct 2014

Scientific association calls on Nicaragua to scrap its Gran Canal

Jeremy Hance 27 Oct 2014

Conservationists propose Dracula Reserve in Ecuador

Morgan Erickson-Davis 24 Oct 2014

Google’s new Gombe Street View lets users ‘walk’ along chimp trails and into Jane Goodall’s house

Morgan Erickson-Davis 24 Oct 2014

Beef, palm oil, soy, and wood products from 8 countries responsible for 1/3 of forest destruction

Jeremy Hance 23 Oct 2014

Brazil declares new protected area larger than Delaware

Morgan Erickson-Davis 23 Oct 2014

Gold mining expanding rapidly along Guiana Shield, threatening forests, water, wildlife

Dr Liz Kimbrough 22 Oct 2014

Colombia reports drop in deforestation

Mongabay.com 21 Oct 2014

‘No forests, no cash’: palm oil giants commit to sustainability, but will they follow through?

Ethan Harfenist 21 Oct 2014

Coal, climate and orangutans – Indonesia’s quandary

Daniel Stiles 21 Oct 2014

Top scientists raise concerns over commercial logging on Woodlark Island

Jeremy Hance 21 Oct 2014

Saving Asia’s other endangered cats (photos)

Jeremy Hance 21 Oct 2014

Indonesian law bars palm oil companies from protecting forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Oct 2014

Indonesia developing mega coal mine five times larger than Singapore

David Fogarty 20 Oct 2014

Indonesia’s tough choice: capping coal as Asian demand grows

David Fogarty 17 Oct 2014

Push to undermine Indonesia’s new president could stymie environmental progress, say NGOs

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Oct 2014

To become less damaging, target non-forest lands for palm oil, says book

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Oct 2014

Indonesia tries to clamp down on coal sector’s worst excesses

David Fogarty 16 Oct 2014

Researchers create global map of world’s forests circa 1990

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Oct 2014

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