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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

Fires burning again in Sumatra, triggering haze alerts in Malaysia

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2013

Yukon Flats experiencing more wildfires now than in the last 10,000 years

Jeremy Hance 22 Jul 2013

Haze summit proposes sharing concession data, but keeping it hidden from the public

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2013

Palm oil body, Greenpeace spar over Indonesia fire blame

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jul 2013

Haze fires concentrated in deforested peatlands, not forest areas, confirms satellite analysis

Mongabay.com 10 Jul 2013

Wilmar to cut off suppliers found to be setting fires

Mongabay.com 1 Jul 2013

Indonesia NGOs call on govt to investigate 117 companies for alleged involvement in forest fires

Diana Parker 28 Jun 2013

Indonesia to spend $10M on cloud-seeding scheme to slow haze

Mongabay.com 27 Jun 2013

Cause of haze? Up to 87% of recent deforestation in fire zone due to palm oil, timber

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Jun 2013

Palm oil companies linked to haze see share prices drop

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2013

Greenpeace releases dramatic pictures of haze and fires in Indonesia (photos)

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2013

5 RSPO companies linked to haze

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2013

Indonesia drops water bombs on fires, may resort to cloud-seeding

Mongabay.com 22 Jun 2013

Singapore air pollution hits worst level on record, government blames palm oil and timber plantations in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 21 Jun 2013

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