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Fires tear through East Java park, threatening leopard habitat

Eko Widianto 5 Sep 2018

Indonesian government appeals ruling on tighter peat fire regulations

Basten Gokkon 30 Aug 2018

Fires and haze return to Indonesia as peat protection bid falls short

Aseanty Pahlevi, Hans Nicholas Jong, Zamzami 29 Aug 2018

Brazil hits emissions target early, but rising deforestation risks reversal

John Cannon 23 Aug 2018

Forest fires threaten Asian Games as hotspots flare up in Sumatra

Hans Nicholas Jong, Taufik Wijaya 10 Aug 2018

Indonesia forest assessment casts an optimistic light on a complex issue

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Jul 2018

Grasslands may trump forests at carbon storage in a warming world

Morgan Erickson-Davis 18 Jul 2018
Cyprien Miandrimanana, a botanist now leading efforts to protect Bongolava, quit his job with the Missouri Botanical Garden and moved back home to the area in hopes of stopping the destruction he saw on trips to visit his parents. Photo by Rowan Moore Gerety for Mongabay.

Angry farmers set fire to offices of Madagascar eco group, gov’t agency

Rowan Moore Gerety 13 Jul 2018

RSPO fails to deliver on environmental and social sustainability, study finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Jul 2018
Five years after the Rim Fire, abundant natural tree regeneration in the high-severity patches is contributing to carbon sequestration. Photo by Doug Bevington.

Backfire: How misinformation about wildfire harms climate activism (commentary)

Douglas Bevington 10 Jul 2018

Latam Eco Review: Chocolate as a conservation strategy

Mongabay.com 29 Jun 2018

The world lost an area of tropical forest the size of Bangladesh in 2017

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Jun 2018

PepsiCo to probe deforestation in palm oil supplier’s Leuser Ecosystem concession

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Jun 2018

Logging roads drive loss of intact forest in FSC-certified logging concessions

John Cannon 27 Jun 2018

Typo derails landmark ruling against Indonesian palm oil firm guilty of burning peatland

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 May 2018

Indonesia enlists plantation companies to ensure haze-free Asian Games

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 May 2018

Failed rice fields may get new lease of life under Indonesian peat restoration project

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 May 2018

Indonesia land swap, meant to protect peatlands, risks wider deforestation, NGOs say

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Apr 2018

Study: Indonesia’s ambitious peat restoration initiative severely underfunded

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Mar 2018

How Indonesia’s Seruyan district became an epicenter of fires and haze

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 26 Mar 2018

Indonesia launches bid to restore national park that’s home to tigers, elephants

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Mar 2018

Five years after zero-deforestation vow, little sign of progress from Indonesian pulp giant

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Mar 2018

Debates heat up as Indonesian palm oil moratorium is about to be signed

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Mar 2018

Arkani, the Dayak known as Jenggot Naga — Dragon Beard

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 8 Mar 2018

Amazon forest to savannah tipping point could be far closer than thought (commentary)

Tom Lovejoy, Carlos Nobre 5 Mar 2018

Indonesia braces for return of fire season as hotspots flare up

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Feb 2018

Activists: Palm oil must not get wider access to EU under Indonesia trade talks

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Feb 2018

Drought-driven wildfires on rise in Amazon basin, upping CO2 release

Claire Asher 22 Feb 2018

Scientists from Indonesia, Germany and the Netherlands win Indonesian Peat Prize

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Feb 2018

As Indonesia gears up for elections, activists brace for an environmental sell-off

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Feb 2018

The cutting-edge technologies allowing us to monitor ecosystems like never before

Mike Gaworecki 6 Feb 2018
Sumatran tiger

Deforestation wanes in Indonesia’s Aceh and Leuser Ecosystem, but threats remain, NGO says

Hans Nicholas Jong, Junaidi Hanafiah 5 Feb 2018

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