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Plantation companies in Sumatra failing to meet fire prevention standards

Loren Bell 14 Oct 2014

Despite high deforestation, Indonesia making progress on forests, says Norwegian official

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Oct 2014

After 12 years, Indonesia finally ratifies transboundary haze agreement

Loren Bell 19 Sep 2014

Changing climate, changing conservation paradigms in Canada’s boreal forests

Julian Moll-rocek 19 Sep 2014

Indonesia cracks down on illegal burning, investigates more suspect companies

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 14 Aug 2014

Singapore to fine domestic, foreign companies for causing haze

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Aug 2014

Biomass burning accounts for 18% of CO2 emissions, kills a quarter of a million people annually

Jeremy Hance 5 Aug 2014

NASA: Sumatra fires in the rise

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2014

‘A high price to pay’: new Indonesian peatland regulation may do more harm than good

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 22 Jul 2014

Is there hope for bonobos? Researchers, NGOs, gov’t officials, local communities band together to save iconic ape (Part III)

Fidelis Zvomuya 18 Jul 2014

Poaching, fires, farming pervade: protecting bonobos ‘an enormous challenge’ (Part II)

Fidelis Zvomuya 17 Jul 2014

Do Indonesians really want more big plantations?

Erik Meijaard 4 Jul 2014

Indonesian presidential candidates ignore environmental concerns as haze returns

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2014

Another year of fires, another year of inaction

Erik Meijaard 6 Jun 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Work locally, relentlessly, and, if necessary, ignore the government

Dr Liz Kimbrough 5 Jun 2014

Logging, fires take a hidden toll on Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 May 2014

Indonesia’s haze from forest fires kills 110,000 people per year

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 May 2014

NASA data: 1997 all over again for Indonesia?

Mongabay.com 14 May 2014

Indonesia president lauds success of logging ban, urges continued action

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 5 May 2014

Indonesia sets aside $173M to prepare for El Niño

Mongabay.com 2 May 2014

Logging giant suspends operations to fend off plantations from fires

Mongabay.com 15 Mar 2014

Indonesia’s proposed peat law too weak to protect peatlands, stop haze, says Greenpeace

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2014

Sumatra on fire: burning spikes in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 13 Mar 2014

Does haze from burning forests affect marine life?

Jeremy Hance 10 Mar 2014

Peatlands biosphere reserve facing severe encroachment in Sumatra

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Mar 2014

NASA photo reveals ongoing haze problem in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 1 Mar 2014

Drought, fire reducing ability of Amazon rainforest to store carbon

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Feb 2014

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2013

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Dec 2013

Deforestation may hurt U.S. agriculture, affect monsoon cycle

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Nov 2013

The palm oil debate: can the world’s most productive oilseed be less damaging to the environment?

Mongabay.com 21 Oct 2013

June fires concentrated in peatlands, burned 1,500 sq km in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 16 Oct 2013

500 fires rage across Sumatra

Mongabay.com 29 Aug 2013

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