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Indonesian president recognizes land rights of nine more indigenous groups

Basten Gokkon 12 Nov 2017

The fate of the Sumatran rhino is in the Indonesian government’s hands

Jeremy Hance 10 Nov 2017

A roar for nature in Indonesia: Q&A with the poet behind ‘Indigenous Species’

Basten Gokkon 30 Oct 2017

Helmeted hornbill, on verge of extinction, finds respite in new zone outside of known range

Basten Gokkon 23 Oct 2017

‘Queen of Coal’ named corruption suspect in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Oct 2017

Second Irrawaddy dolphin death in Borneo linked to fishing nets

Yovanda 3 Oct 2017

Does social forestry always decrease deforestation and poverty? (commentary)

Erik Meijaard 17 Sep 2017

80% of Bornean orangutans live outside protected areas

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Sep 2017

‘Ecological disaster’: controversial bridge puts East Kalimantan’s green commitment to the test

Basten Gokkon 30 Aug 2017

Borneo’s ‘biocultural holocaust’: an interview with author Alex Shoumatoff

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Jun 2017

‘Communities should be involved from the beginning’: Kalimantan villagers demand development plans respect their needs

Indra Nugraha 14 Jun 2017

Governor halts work on coal railway being built without permits in Indonesian Borneo

Indra Nugraha, Luisa Arumingtyas, R. Sahala, Sapariah Saturi 30 May 2017

Who owns Indonesia’s deadly abandoned coal mines?

Tommy Apriando 25 May 2017

Downstream from a coal mine, villages in Indonesian Borneo suffer from water pollution

Mongabay.com, Yustinus S. Hardjanto 23 Mar 2017

Survival of nearly 10,000 orangutans in Borneo oil palm estates at stake

Erik Meijaard, Marc Ancrenaz 27 Feb 2017
A rarely seen Bay Owl (Phodilus badius). Photo by Arie Prasetya.

A possible undiscovered orangutan population in Borneo?

Erik Meijaard 31 Jan 2017

Then and now: 100 years of wildlife loss and deforestation in Borneo

Erik Meijaard 21 Jan 2017

A trip on Borneo’s Mahakam River in search of forgotten wildlife

Erik Meijaard 15 Jan 2017
Adult male orangutan in Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Following in Raven’s Footsteps: 100 years of wildlife loss on Borneo

Erik Meijaard 6 Jan 2017

An ‘infrastructure tsunami’ for Asia: Q&A with researcher William Laurance

Isabel Esterman 6 Jan 2017

Lessons from the $2 billion coal mining lawsuit against Indonesia

Isabel Esterman 20 Dec 2016

Conservation in oil palm is possible (commentary)

Erik Meijaard 25 Nov 2016

Massive hydroelectricity project planned for Indonesian Borneo

Dyna Rochmyaningsih 7 Nov 2016

Company poised to destroy critical orangutan habitat in breach of Indonesia’s moratorium

Erik Meijaard 24 Oct 2016

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

Erik Meijaard and Douglas Sheil 9 Sep 2016
Borneo orangutan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Bornean orangutan declared ‘critically endangered’ as forests shrink

Loren Bell 5 Jul 2016
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

No more fires in Indonesia?

Erik Meijaard 20 Jun 2016

How effective will Indonesia’s palm oil permit freeze really be?

Mongabay Haze Beat 4 May 2016

Has big conservation gone astray?

Jeremy Hance 26 Apr 2016

Jokowi bans new oil palm and mining concessions

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 16 Apr 2016

Making sense of a rare rhino’s death in Indonesian Borneo (commentary)

Erik Meijaard 14 Apr 2016

Malaysian palm oil giant loses 7 more customers over RSPO suspension

Mongabay.com 11 Apr 2016

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