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Even minor forest disturbance can cause great ape population crashes

Rachel Nuwer 7 Mar 2016

China’s log imports fall sharply

Mongabay.com 3 Mar 2016

A mangrove forest in Cancun that was home to many crocodiles, boas, eagles, herons, frogs, squirrels and iguanas is destroyed

Pablo Hernández Mares 29 Feb 2016

Indonesia’s peat peninsula being drained into oblivion, study finds

Loren Bell 24 Feb 2016

Republic of Congo awards two million hectares of timber concessions

John Cannon 11 Feb 2016

Is intensification helping the cattle industry go Amazon deforestation-free?

Mike Gaworecki 14 Jan 2016

What’s ahead for rainforests in 2016? 10 things to watch

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2016
Chevron's Duri oil field in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

How does the global commodity collapse impact forest conservation?

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Dec 2015

Illegal gold miners in Madre de Dios, Peru, paralyze the region with protests

Ruxandra Guidi 4 Dec 2015
Picture courtesy of Greenpeace.

Photos confirm Indonesia being burned for palm oil

Mongabay Haze Beat 5 Nov 2015

Indonesia’s massive haze problem is Jokowi’s big opportunity

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Oct 2015

Plantation companies challenged by haze-causing fires in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Oct 2015

One year after New York Declaration on Forests, less progress on cattle and soy than on palm oil and timber

Mike Gaworecki 1 Oct 2015

Can technology help clean up the palm oil industry?

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Oct 2015

Big Palm Oil’s financiers

Pek Shibao 27 Jul 2015

Do we need to move ‘beyond certification’ to save forests?

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jun 2015

Inside The Toxic Tour: Not for prime-time Ecuador (PHOTOS)

Bill Hinchberger 12 Jun 2015

PepsiCo, Walmart, investors call for stronger palm oil standard

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Jun 2015

62M ha of Latin American forests cleared for agriculture since 2001

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 May 2015

Malaysian palm oil body encourages fiction over fact

David Dellatore Of The Sumatran Orangutan Society 17 May 2015

Wilmar, Musim Mas supplier caught clearing elephant habitat for palm oil in Aceh

Mongabay.com 12 May 2015

‘Deforestation fronts’ revealed

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Apr 2015

‘Zero Deforestation’ not necessarily the answer, environmentalists warn

Pek Shibao 27 Apr 2015

Growing need for deforestation-free rubber as tire demand destroys native forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Apr 2015

Fighting fire with money: can finance protect Indonesia’s forests?

Pek Shibao 6 Apr 2015

APRIL suspends contractor after environmentalists expose ongoing deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Mar 2015

APRIL violates sustainability policy by clearing peat forest after Jan cut-off

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Mar 2015

Who’s funding palm oil?

Pek Shibao 19 Mar 2015

Palm oil certification body purges membership

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Mar 2015

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

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Feb 2015

Santander Bank cuts off APRIL due to deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Feb 2015

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

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Feb 2015

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