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PORTO VELHO, RONDÔNIA, BRAZIL. Aerial view of burned areas in the Amazon rainforest, in the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia state. (Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace)

Brazilian president claims Leonardo DiCaprio funded Amazon fires

Mongabay.com 30 Nov 2019

’Green’ bonds finance industrial tree plantations in Brazil

Mongabay.com 16 May 2019

Indonesia turns to green finance for development projects

Basten Gokkon 25 Jun 2018

Greenpeace International ends its Forest Stewardship Council membership

John Cannon 30 Mar 2018

Leading US plywood firm linked to alleged destruction, rights violations in Malaysia

John Cannon 19 Oct 2017
Not for republication. Image by Rod Harbinson/Rodharbinson.com

Cambodia’s Sambor Dam plans cause controversy as public left in the dark

Rod Harbinson 16 Mar 2017

Greenpeace slams paper giant over loophole in fire-prevention policy

Alice Cuddy 10 Feb 2017

U.S. president energizes pipeline projects

Mongabay 24 Jan 2017

The good, the bad, and the ugly in palm oil (commentary)

Erik Meijaard, Douglas Sheil 9 Sep 2016

Can conservationists overcome their differences to save life on Earth?

Mongabay 7 Jun 2016

Epilogue: Conservation still divided, looking for a way forward

Jeremy Hance 24 May 2016

How big donors and corporations shape conservation goals

Jeremy Hance 3 May 2016

Has big conservation gone astray?

Jeremy Hance 26 Apr 2016

Unilever, Kellogg, Mars drop palm oil giant IOI over RSPO suspension

Mongabay.com 5 Apr 2016
Young orangutan orphaned by the palm oil industry when its mother was killed in a plantation in Central Kalimantan. This orangutan was one of the lucky ones -- it ended up in a rehabilitation center rather than dying of starvation or being sold into the pet trade.

Greenwashing? RSPO audits rife with ‘mistakes and fraud,’ report finds

Jonathan Vit 16 Nov 2015

Malaysian palm oil body encourages fiction over fact

David Dellatore Of The Sumatran Orangutan Society 17 May 2015

Scientists warn investors on cacao company’s forest destruction in Peru

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Feb 2015

Malaysian palm oil chief misleads on deforestation

Mongabay.com 10 Sep 2014

Nothing else left to log: are eco-certified timber companies stripping Russia of its last old growth forests?

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Aug 2014

Australia sees rise in greenwashing front groups

Mongabay.com 13 Jun 2014

Malaysia at risk of falling behind in push for more sustainable palm oil

Mongabay.com 17 Apr 2014

Wilmar refutes Sarawak govt’s claims on palm oil ban

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Feb 2014

Featured video: U.S. forests decimated for ‘green’ bio-energy in Europe

Jeremy Hance 12 Dec 2013

Environmental journalism: rich with stories but ‘extremely under-resourced’

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Oct 2013

Malaysian NGOs form alliance to address palm oil concerns

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Jul 2013

Palm oil lobby group misleads on origin of haze, fires

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Jul 2013

Indonesian logging giant pulls out of FSC certification scheme

Mongabay.com 22 Jun 2013

Indigenous groups protest hydropower congress as controversy hits meeting in Malaysia

Jeremy Hance 22 May 2013

Debate heats up over California’s plan to reduce emissions via rainforest protection

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 May 2013

What if companies actually had to compensate society for environmental destruction?

Jeremy Hance 29 Apr 2013

Featured documentary: Damocracy, highlighting the battles over the Belo Monte and Ilisu dams

Jeremy Hance 29 Apr 2013

Controversial palm oil project concession in Cameroon is 89 percent ‘dense natural forest’

Jeremy Hance 21 Feb 2013

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