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A pile of wood that has been prepared to be burned in land controlled by Korindo in Papua. Photo courtesy of Mighty Earth

Samsung under fire for partnership with forest-burning Korindo

Mongabay.com 25 Aug 2017

These 3 companies owe Indonesia millions of dollars for damaging the environment. Why haven’t they paid?

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Aug 2017

Land-swap rule among Indonesian President Jokowi’s latest peat reforms

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Aug 2017

First real test for Jokowi on haze as annual fires return to Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Aug 2017

Visualizing the impacts of human disturbance on tropical forest biodiversity

Mike Gaworecki 26 Jul 2017

Working with communities to fight fires in Way Kambas National Park

Della Syahni 26 Jul 2017

Mounting outcry over Indonesian palm oil bill as legislators press on

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Jul 2017

Indonesia blocks major artery in haze-causing Mega Rice canal network

Hans Nicholas Jong, Indra Nugraha 9 Jul 2017

Groundwater may play key role in forest fires

Sandhya Sekar 16 Jun 2017

The ‘interval squeeze’: Climate change makes it less likely conifer forests will regenerate after wildfires

Mike Gaworecki 15 Jun 2017

Norway bans government purchasing of palm oil biofuel

Morgan Erickson-Davis 13 Jun 2017

FSC to investigate Korean conglomerate’s palm oil operations in Indonesia

Mike Gaworecki 7 Jun 2017
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesia’s plantation lobby challenges environmental law

Basten Gokkon, Lusia Arumingtyas 7 Jun 2017

Fire a rising threat to Sulawesi’s black macaques

Christopel Paino 2 Jun 2017

Thylacine survey: Are we going to rediscover the ‘moonlight tiger’?

Jeremy Hance 26 May 2017

Guatemala declares state of emergency as rainforest goes up in flames

Sandra Cuffe 19 Apr 2017

Guatemala issues red alert as national parks burn

Sandra Cuffe 12 Apr 2017

New leaf-nosed bat uncovered amidst burning habitat in Venezuela

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Apr 2017

As Thailand ramps up its palm oil sector, peat forests feel the pressure

Demelza Stokes 24 Mar 2017

Living above a century-old coal fire, Jharia residents pay the price for India’s mining ambitions

Moushumi Basu 9 Mar 2017

The Republic of Congo: on the cusp of forest conservation

John Cannon 27 Feb 2017

Humans tripled length of wildfire season in US by sparking more than 800k blazes

Mike Gaworecki 27 Feb 2017

Saving fairy possums could imperil other Australian wildlife

Morgan Erickson-Davis 24 Feb 2017

Greenpeace slams paper giant over loophole in fire-prevention policy

Alice Cuddy 10 Feb 2017

Birds wanted: Recovering forests need avian assist 

Mongabay.com 2 Feb 2017
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Green groups want paper giant to stop using drained peat in Indonesia

Mongabay Haze Beat 23 Jan 2017

NASA and NOAA: 2016 hottest recorded year ever

John Cannon 23 Jan 2017

NASA scientists find connection between fires and droughts in sub-Saharan Africa

Mike Gaworecki 19 Jan 2017

HSBC financing tied to deforestation, rights violations for palm oil in Indonesia

John Cannon 18 Jan 2017

‘Out of control’ wildfires damage protected areas in northern Peru

Benji Jones 17 Jan 2017

How local elites earn money from burning land in Indonesia

Alice Cuddy 16 Jan 2017

‘Last frontiers of wilderness’: Intact forest plummets globally

John Cannon 13 Jan 2017

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