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Indonesia cracks down on illegal burning, investigates more suspect companies

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 14 Aug 2014

Big palm oil companies move forward on carbon study

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Aug 2014

‘Natural Reserves’ no more: illegal colonists deforest huge portions of Nicaraguan protected areas

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 13 Aug 2014

Aceh backtracking on mining moratorium, continues to issue permits

Loren Bell 13 Aug 2014

Titanium vs. Millipedes: new species discovered in Madagascar threatened by mining

Andrew Mann 13 Aug 2014

Unreal Thailand: stunning wildlife photographed in flooded Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary

Gregory McCann 13 Aug 2014

Governors pledge massive cuts in deforestation

Mongabay.com 12 Aug 2014

A paradise being lost: Peru’s most important forests felled for timber, crops, roads, mining

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 12 Aug 2014

An untapped resource: new study finds local people may trump scientists at biodiversity surveys

Shayna Wilson 12 Aug 2014

China failing to take effective action against timber smugglers

Mongabay.com 12 Aug 2014

Half of Riau’s oil palm plantations are illegal

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Aug 2014

Aceh’s largest peat swamp at risk from palm oil

Loren Bell 11 Aug 2014

NASA: Forest loss leaps in Bolivia, Mekong region

Mongabay.com 8 Aug 2014

The 90 Percent Diet: reducing our environmental impact by eating less meat

Elizabeth Devitt 7 Aug 2014

Singapore to fine domestic, foreign companies for causing haze

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Aug 2014

Oil palm, mining prompts local govt in Borneo to declare water unsafe for drinking

Loren Bell 6 Aug 2014

95% of Amazon deforestation happens near roads or major rivers

Mongabay.com 5 Aug 2014

Yellow spots, orange stripes: vivid new frog species discovered in Malaysia

Nicholas Barrett 5 Aug 2014

Featured video: new documentary highlights the Long March to save the Sundarbans

Jeremy Hance 5 Aug 2014

Tin mining, palm oil plantations wreaking havoc on small Indonesian island

Ethan Harfenist 4 Aug 2014

Where have all the big animals gone? Indian park devoid of many species, further threatened by forest loss

Janaki Lenin 4 Aug 2014

Ecologists are underestimating the impacts of rainforest logging

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Jul 2014

The Philippines: where ‘megadiversity’ meets mega deforestation

Shaira Panela 31 Jul 2014

Conservation controversy: are bonobos protected in the right ways and in the right places?

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Jul 2014

Stunning high-resolution map reveals secrets of Peru’s forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jul 2014

Peruvian oil spill sparks concern in indigenous rainforest community

Mongabay.com 29 Jul 2014

Deforestation ramping up in Yasuni as Ecuador sets to open up national park to drilling

Shaira Panela 29 Jul 2014

Palm oil company clears rainforest in New Guinea

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Jul 2014

Invasion of the oil palm: western Africa’s native son returns, threatening great apes

John Cannon 28 Jul 2014

Short-eared dog? Uncovering the secrets of one of the Amazon’s most mysterious mammals

Jeremy Hance 28 Jul 2014

True stewards: new report says local communities key to saving forests, curbing global warming

Morgan Erickson-Davis 24 Jul 2014

Desperate measures: researchers say radical approaches needed to beat extinctions

Morgan Erickson-Davis 24 Jul 2014

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