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‘We attack,’ Indonesia declares in joint bid with Malaysia to shield palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Mar 2021

Papua deforestation highlights eastward shift of Indonesia forest clearing

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Mar 2021
Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest

We’re killing those tropical trees we’re counting on to absorb carbon dioxide

Fernanda Wenzel 24 Feb 2021

As forests shrink, mammals are stressed out— with possible fallout for humans

Liz Kimbrough 15 Feb 2021

Nearly one-third of all oak species threatened with extinction, report says

Liz Kimbrough 12 Feb 2021

Indonesia’s top palm oil deforesters are the usual shady suspects: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Feb 2021

As nature declines, so does human quality of life, study finds

Ashoka Mukpo 9 Feb 2021

Indonesia to push for mine rehab, reforestation after deadly floods

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Feb 2021

Myanmar’s troubled forestry sector seeks global endorsement after coup

Mongabay.com 8 Feb 2021
Cattle ranching is the primary cause of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon today, with much of the meat exported. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Ending tropical deforestation is vital to public health, scientists say

Liz Kimbrough 5 Feb 2021

Legal failings leave illegal loggers unpunished and certified in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Feb 2021

Brazil guts agencies, ‘sabotaging environmental protection’ in Amazon: Report

Sue Branford, Thais Borges 1 Feb 2021

Current protected areas not enough to save parrots from extinction: Study

Liz Kimbrough 29 Jan 2021

Planned coal-trucking road threatens a forest haven for Sumatran frogs

Elviza Diana, Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Jan 2021
shiny green beetle

Death by 1,000 cuts: Are major insect losses imperiling life on Earth?

Liz Kimbrough 25 Jan 2021

Plantations, mines didn’t worsen flood, Indonesia says. The data begs to differ

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Jan 2021

Papua tribe moves to block clearing of its ancestral forest for palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Jan 2021

Palm oil plantations, coal mines linked to deadly Indonesia flood

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Jan 2021

Brazil elections boost environmental violators to high office in Amazon

Aline Maciel, Bianca Muniz, Bruno Fonseca, Ciro Barros from Agência Pública 15 Jan 2021

Deforestation spurred by road project creeps closer to Sumatra wildlife haven

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Jan 2021

Paper giant APP failing its own sustainability goals, report alleges

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Jan 2021

A good year for the Philippine eagle in 2020, but not for its supporters

Bong S. Sarmiento 8 Jan 2021

Lack of protection leaves Spain-size swath of Brazilian Amazon up for grabs

Jenny Gonzales 8 Jan 2021

Historical data point to ‘imminent extinction’ of Tapanuli orangutan

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Jan 2021
: Scarab beetles on little white flowers in the canopy. Image by Susan Kirmse (CC BY-ND).

Canopy beetles and flowering trees rely on each other in the Amazon, study

Liz Kimbrough 6 Jan 2021
Forest cleared for palm oil production in Indonesia. Rhett C. Butler for Mongabay.

Top Indonesian palm oil developments in 2020

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Dec 2020

Indonesia’s biofuel bid threatens more deforestation for oil palm plantations

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Dec 2020

No endangered listing for monarch butterflies as western count hits alarming low

Liz Kimbrough 16 Dec 2020

‘We are part of the solution and the problem’: Q&A with author Torkjell Leira

Débora Pinto 15 Dec 2020

Brazil scientists map forest regrowth keeping Amazon from collapse: Study

Shanna Hanbury 15 Dec 2020

Restaura Cerrado: Saving Brazil’s savanna by reseeding and restoring it

Sarah Sax 14 Dec 2020

Sri Lanka activists decry downgrade of non-protected ‘other’ forests by government

Malaka Rodrigo 11 Dec 2020

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