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Commodity trade and urbanization, rather than rural poverty, drive deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Feb 2010

EU: rainforests can be converted to palm oil plantations for biofuel production

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Feb 2010

Pet dealer won’t regain custody of 26,000 animals seized during raid

Mongabay.com 2 Feb 2010

Real-life Avatar: court blocks destruction of indigenous community in Borneo

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2010

Indigenous in Borneo win “landmark” court ruling over land rights

Mongabay.com 21 Jan 2010

Malaysian police destroy homes in Borneo indigenous community

Mongabay.com 20 Jan 2010

Cheerios maker linked to rainforest destruction

Mongabay.com 19 Jan 2010

Orangutans vs palm oil in Malaysia: setting the record straight

Mongabay.com 16 Jan 2010

Photos: new bird discovered in well-known rainforest in Borneo

Jeremy Hance 14 Jan 2010

Malaysia and China agree to $11 billion deal to build mines, dams in Borneo

Mongabay.com 13 Jan 2010

Dams a ‘monument of corruption’: Baru Bian, new leader of Sarawak’s People’s Justice Party

Jeremy Hance 12 Jan 2010

Consumers should help pay the bill for ‘greener’ palm oil

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Jan 2010

Rainforest conservation: a year in review

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Dec 2009

The real Avatar story: indigenous people fight to save their forest homes from corporate exploitation

Jeremy Hance 22 Dec 2009

Coal plant could damage rainforest reserves, coral reefs, palm oil plantations in Malaysian Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Dec 2009

Malaysia to allow logging in indigenous ‘peace park’ to proceed

Mongabay.com 17 Dec 2009

Unilever suspends palm oil contract after supplier found to be destroying rainforests

Jeremy Hance 12 Dec 2009

Rainforest tribe sues the Malaysian government for enabling deforestation

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2009

Malaysian land minister attacks credibility of young indigenous rape victims

Mongabay.com 7 Dec 2009

Video: rare footage of the sun bear, the world’s smallest, making a nest in the canopy

Jeremy Hance 6 Dec 2009

Indonesia: Kalimantan’s Lowland Peat Forests Explained

Gabriel Thoumi 4 Dec 2009

Face-to-face with what may be the last of the world’s smallest rhino, the Bornean rhinoceros

Jeremy Hance 1 Dec 2009

Rainforest tribe declares ‘peace park’ to defend lands from logging in Sarawak

Mongabay.com 30 Nov 2009

Transmitters implanted in orangutans for tracking after release into the wild

Jeremy Hance 23 Nov 2009

Oil palm workers still below poverty line, despite Minister’s statements

Jeremy Hance 19 Nov 2009

World’s first video of the elusive and endangered bay cat

Jeremy Hance 5 Nov 2009

Photos: Palm oil threatens Borneo’s rarest cats

Jeremy Hance 4 Nov 2009

EU is 2nd largest source of peat emissions after Indonesia, finds global peat survey

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2009

Non-Malaysian and Indonesian palm oil producers pledge not to develop peatlands for plantations

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2009

Palm oil lobby group launches public relations push to counter environmental complaints

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Nov 2009

Tiger rescued from poachers in Malaysia perishes from injuries

Jeremy Hance 29 Oct 2009

“Money is not a problem,” palm oil CEO tells conservationists during speech defending the industry

Jeremy Hance 26 Oct 2009

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