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Companies asked to pitch in to Indonesia’s peat restoration drive as early fires flare in Sumatra

Mongabay Haze Beat 8 Apr 2016

DiCaprio endorses petition to save Sumatra’s last great rainforest

Mongabay.com 7 Apr 2016

China’s forests are growing back – but at a cost

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Apr 2016

The week in environmental news – April 01, 2016

Brittany Stewart 1 Apr 2016

Orangutan refugees: weighing when to rescue the apes

Melati Kaye 30 Mar 2016

Breakthrough: Indonesia’s highest court orders release of mining data

Yustinus S. Hardjanto 30 Mar 2016
Mahi mahi. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesia: keep cracking down on illegal fishing, but don’t forget about conservation

Johnny Langenheim 29 Mar 2016

Baby orangutan poachers get 2.5 years in Sumatra

Rahmadi Rahmad 25 Mar 2016

France imposes new palm oil tax; Indonesia, Malaysia protest

Mongabay.com 24 Mar 2016

Indonesia’s oil palm maps remain hidden from public view. Why?

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2016

The week in environmental news – March 18, 2016

Brittany Stewart 18 Mar 2016

Released: 1,000-page encyclopedia on land conflicts affecting indigenous tribes

Mongabay.com 17 Mar 2016

New life for Indonesia’s long-delayed indigenous rights bill?

Cory Rogers 17 Mar 2016

Scientists blame Smokey Bear for making U.S. forests less resilient

Morgan Erickson-Davis 15 Mar 2016

End of the line for foreign-made fishing boats in Indonesia?

Cory Rogers 14 Mar 2016

Want to end illegal fishing? Make all ships trackable, say researchers

Mongabay.com 11 Mar 2016

$1m for devising best way to map Indonesia’s peatlands

Sapariah Saturi 5 Mar 2016

Indonesia’s antigraft agency strives to rein in the mining sector

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 27 Feb 2016

Can privatization save parks?

Josh Davis 26 Feb 2016
Peatlands cleared for a plantation in Riau Province in 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Team of 6: the leadership of Indonesia’s peatlands restoration agency is now in place

Sapariah Saturi 23 Feb 2016

Indonesia could collaborate with RSPO, official study finds

Jonathan Vit 19 Feb 2016

Review finds EU plan to curb illegal logging has had little success

Morgan Erickson-Davis 18 Feb 2016
Illegal encroachment for palm oil production in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesian palm oil giant joins no-deforestation pledge amid criticism from politicians

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2016

Jakarta governor proposes lighter environmental permitting

Melati Kaye 15 Feb 2016

The week in environmental news – Feb 12, 2016

Brittany Stewart 13 Feb 2016
Burning peat forest and oil palm in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Norway pledges $50m to fund Indonesia’s peat restoration

Mongabay Haze Beat 5 Feb 2016

Jokowi asked to push indigenous rights through reluctant parliament

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 29 Jan 2016

The week in environmental news – Dec 18, 2015

Brittany Stewart 19 Dec 2015

The week in environmental news – Dec 4, 2015

Brittany Stewart 5 Dec 2015

Court cancels 30-year federal permits letting wind companies kill eagles

Mike DiGirolamo 4 Dec 2015

Jokowi to oversee Indonesia peat restoration agency but details thin on the ground

Mongabay Haze Beat 26 Nov 2015

Industry wields too much influence over U.S. pesticide regulation, says study

Sean Mowbray 25 Nov 2015

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