In the wake of IOI Group's suspension from the the world's largest association for ethical palm oil production, its customers Unilever, Kellogg and Mars have announced they will stop doing business…
[This article has been updated to reflect a statement released by the RSPO on November 18.] The world’s biggest sustainable palm oil organization has been accused of ignoring serious flaws…
In this commentary, David Dellatore, Program Manager at the Sumatran Orangutan Society, questions the value of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council's essay-writing contest which will pay contributors to conclude that…
United Cacao's plantation area near Tamshiyacu, Peru A prominent group of scientists have sounded the alarm over forest clearing by a cacao company in the Peruvian Amazon. In a statement…
Forest conversion for oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo in 2012. One of Malaysia's top palm oil officials has once again misled the public on the state of forests in…
Russian 'intact forest landscape' loses 100,000 hectares in 12 years due in part to FSC-certified timber companies Russia’s trees fuel our increasing demand for wood-based products. The country’s vast forests,…
Industrial rainforest logging is often posited as a benign activity by groups funded by the logging industry. Australia is seeing a rise in groups that purport to champion environmental causes…
Deforestation for palm oil production in Malaysia The Malaysian state should play a more active role in supporting the transition toward less environmentally destructive palm oil production, says a coalition…
Rainforest conversion for oil palm in Malaysian Borneo. Palm oil giant Wilmar has refuted a claim that it will stop buying crude palm oil from the Malaysian state of Sarawak…
Wetland forests in the southern U.S. are becoming the victims of a drive for so-called green energy in Europe, according to activist group Dogwood Alliance, which has produced a new…
Erik Hoffner is an environmental journalist and photographer whose work has appeared in a wide range of publications, including Orion, The Sun, Northern Woodlands, Yale Environment 360, Earth Island Journal,…
Seven Malaysia-based NGO's have banded together to form an alliance to provide a Malaysian civil society perspective on social and environmental issues related to palm oil production. The initiative aims…
World Growth International, a group that lobbies on behalf of industrial forestry and palm oil companies, is clouding the origin of the fires that triggered 'haze' air pollution alerts across…
6/24/13 update: APRIL responded to request for comment. Its remarks have been added to the story. Following a complaint filed by environmental groups, Indonesian forestry giant Asia Pacific Resources International…
The opening of the International Hydropower Association (IHA) World Congress in the Malaysian state of Sarawak was marred today by indigenous protests and controversy after a local indigenous leader was…
As the public comment period for California's cap-and-trade program draws to a close, an alliance of environmental activists have stepped up a heated campaign to keep carbon credits generated by…
The environment is a public good. We all share and depend on clean water, a stable atmosphere, and abundant biodiversity for survival, not to mention health and societal well-being. But…
A new short documentary, Damocracy, highlights the battles over monster dam projects imperiling local people and wild rivers. Examining the Belo Monte dam in Brazil and the Ilisu dam in…
Forest and river in Herakles' concession area. Photo: © Greenpeace/Alex Yallop. Satellite mapping and aerial surveys have revealed that a controversial palm oil concession in Cameroon is almost entirely covered…
Scientists and experts are increasingly concerned that we are entering an age of ecological collapse with untold impacts for future generations. In Daniel Rirdan's new book, The Blueprint, he outlines…
A new report by the NGO, International Rivers, takes an in-depth look at the role China is playing in building mega-dams worldwide. According to the report, Chinese companies are involved…
Dec 8, 2012 update: APP says it did not hire Covington & Burling to help with sustainability issues. Industrial timber plantation in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. Indonesian forestry…
Clearing of trees in a concession area of Herakles Farm’s area for a palm oil plantation. Greenpeace says these clearings are illegal since Herakles' lease has not been given final…
The ‘logjam’ on the Rajang river, Sarawak, October 2010. The 50km-long logjam occurred downriver from an area logged by WTK group, an HSBC client. HSBC has earned tens of millions…
Recent rosewood and ebony logging has been associated with a rise in commercial bushmeat poaching of threatened lemurs in Madagascar. Gibson Guitars has now admitted to knowingly importing 'gray-market' timber…
Asia Pulp & Paper's new sustainability commitment represents a scaling back of earlier environmental pledges and does not offer new protection for natural forests in Sumatra, alleges a new report…
Blogger's rainforest and climate claims 'uninformed' and 'ridiculous' say scientists. Amazon rainforest in Peru. Recent blog posts on The Telegraph and the Register claiming that tropical rainforests like the Amazon…
Belo Monte protest. Photo credit: Atossa Soltani/ Amazon Watch / Spectral Q. Brazil's ambitious plans to build 30 dams in the Amazon basin could trump the country's efforts to protect…
Destroyed old-growth forest with piles of timber on land leased by IKEA/Swedwood in Russian Karelia. Photo © Robert Svensson, Protect the Forest 2011. A new campaign is targeting IKEA, the…
Logged-over forest in Indonesian Borneo. Without truly independent assessment or a credible forest policy, it's difficult to know the quality of forest APP is logging for pulp and paper converting…
