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Bid to protect indigenous Indonesians hit by ministry’s doubts over rights bill

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Apr 2018
Indonesian rainforest. Photo for Mongabay by Rhett A. Butler.

Unified land-use map for Indonesia nears launch, but concerns over access remain

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Apr 2018

It’s time to confront the collusion between the palm oil industry and politicians that is driving Indonesia’s deforestation crisis (commentary)

Tom Johnson 18 Apr 2018

Ghosts in the machine: the land deals behind the downfall of Indonesia’s top judge

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 18 Apr 2018

India’s new forest policy draft draws criticism for emphasis on industrial timber

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 12 Apr 2018

How a family of local elites is still pitching to control a district in Borneo

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 11 Apr 2018

Indonesian billionaire using ‘shadow companies’ to clear forest for palm oil, report alleges

Daniel Pye 11 Apr 2018

Critics say proposed changes to Mexico’s Forestry Law threaten sustainable forest management by local communities

Mike Gaworecki 9 Apr 2018

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Apr 2018

How loopholes in Indonesia’s corruption law let environmental crime persist

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 9 Apr 2018

Vine-like lianas alter the edges of fragmented forests: New study

John Cannon 6 Apr 2018

South Korean company under fire for alleged deforestation in Papua oil palm concession

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Apr 2018

How the farmers of Seruyan rose up a against a palm oil fiefdom

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 5 Apr 2018

Indonesia’s dying timber concessions, invaded by oil palms, top deforestation table

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Apr 2018

Greenpeace International ends its Forest Stewardship Council membership

John Cannon 30 Mar 2018

How a series of shady deals turned a chunk of Borneo into a sea of oil palm

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 27 Mar 2018

Borneo’s elephants prefer degraded forests, a new study finds

John Cannon 27 Mar 2018

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

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 26 Mar 2018

The wind of change blowing through Ghana’s villages (commentary)

Mark Olden 23 Mar 2018

More than 40 percent of Madagascar’s freshwater life sliding toward extinction, IUCN finds

Mongabay.com 22 Mar 2018

How the son of a tailor rose to power in Indonesia’s palm oil heartland

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 22 Mar 2018

How one of Indonesia’s biggest companies cut a secret deal to plant oil palm in Borneo

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 20 Mar 2018

Sarawak’s Penan now have detailed maps of their ancestral homeland

John Cannon 20 Mar 2018

Report finds projects in DRC ‘REDD+ laboratory’ fall short of development, conservation goals

John Cannon 16 Mar 2018

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Mar 2018

Activists eye bigger roles for local officials, businesses in Indonesia’s orangutan protection plan

Basten Gokkon 15 Mar 2018
Carol Van Strum, winter 2017. Photo courtesy of Peggy Brewster.

Carol Van Strum, crusader against Agent Orange, wins prestigious environmental award

Genevieve Belmaker 14 Mar 2018

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Mar 2018

Oil palm, rubber could trigger ‘storm’ of deforestation in the Congo Basin

John Cannon 12 Mar 2018

NGOs seek suspension of forest-related funding to DRC in response to proposed end to logging moratorium

John Cannon 8 Mar 2018
Illegal forest clearingfor oil palm in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Public access to Indonesian plantation data still mired in bureaucracy

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Mar 2018

Arkani, the Dayak known as Jenggot Naga — Dragon Beard

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 8 Mar 2018

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