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Can voluntary sustainability standards survive in emerging markets?

Philip Schleifer 17 Mar 2015

Brazil confirms rising deforestation in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Mar 2015

Proposed law could decimate Indonesia’s remaining forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Mar 2015

Photo essay: filming in the remote Amazon

Tristan Thompson 9 Mar 2015

East Kalimantan reaffirms moratorium on new mining, logging concessions

Loren Bell 6 Mar 2015

Palm oil certification body purges membership

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Mar 2015

Humans cause erosion one hundred times faster than normal

Alexander Montoro 5 Mar 2015

Researchers, locals work together to save Ethiopia’s ‘church forests’

Heather D'angelo 3 Mar 2015

Weak sustainability policy presents financial risk for Malaysian palm oil giant, says report

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Feb 2015

Jokowi’s environmental commitments in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Feb 2015

Brazil arrests ‘Amazon’s biggest destroyer’

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2015

Cambodia deports activist leader…then suspends controversial dam

Jeremy Hance 25 Feb 2015

Rainforest loss increased in the 2000s, concludes new analysis

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2015

$7 million could save lemurs from extinction

Jeremy Hance 25 Feb 2015

Santander Bank cuts off APRIL due to deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Feb 2015

Locals lead scientists to new population of near-extinct reptile

Jeremy Hance 24 Feb 2015

New Guinea rainforest being leveled for palm oil, revealing gaps in zero deforestation pacts

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Feb 2015

Are small-scale hydro projects always greener?

Niren Jain 23 Feb 2015

Chinese banks funding rainforest destruction in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Feb 2015

Indonesia to squander fuel savings on biofuel subsidies that may drive deforestation, say groups

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Feb 2015

‘Sustainable’ cacao company allegedly defies government’s call to halt plantation development

John Cannon 13 Feb 2015

Mining activist released after being charged with terrorism, rebellion in Ecuador

Jeremy Hance 11 Feb 2015

Banco Santander targeted over deforestation link

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Feb 2015

Ranking the best and worst companies in terms of deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Feb 2015

Norway sovereign fund drops coal, tar sands, gold-mining companies

Jeremy Hance 9 Feb 2015

Scientists warn investors on cacao company’s forest destruction in Peru

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Feb 2015

The Amazon’s oil boom: concessions cover a Chile-sized bloc of rainforest

Jeremy Hance 4 Feb 2015

Palm oil major makes deforestation-free commitment

Mongabay.com 3 Feb 2015

Despite green promise, Indonesian forestry giant continues to destroy forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Feb 2015

Mercury fish: gold mining puts downstream communities at risk in Peru

Jeremy Hance 2 Feb 2015

Deforestation may be ramping up in Papua, West Papua

Ethan Harfenist 27 Jan 2015

Company run Sarawak governor has amassed $1.4B in state infrastructure contracts

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2015

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