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Norway divests from plantation companies linked to deforestation

Morgan Erickson-Davis 1 Mar 2019

Will Malaysia become Southeast Asia’s clean energy leader? (commentary)

Christine Milne 25 Feb 2019

Massive pangolin seizure in Borneo smuggling operation bust

Mongabay.com 13 Feb 2019

China’s Belt and Road Initiative could increase alien species invasion

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Feb 2019

Study finds palm oil industry mimics Big Tobacco on health issues

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Feb 2019

Borneo study explores links between farm expansion and deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Jan 2019

Bringing the tapir back to Borneo

Jeremy Hance 14 Jan 2019

Termites help to protect tropical forests during drought, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 10 Jan 2019
Rainforest in Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

The biggest rainforest news stories in 2018

Rhett A. Butler 30 Dec 2018

Christmas ad conundrum: Is a palm oil boycott the way to save apes?

James Fair 18 Dec 2018

The secret deal to destroy paradise

Malaysiakini, Mongabay, Tempo, The Gecko Project 28 Nov 2018

RSPO adopts total ban on deforestation under sweeping new standards

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Nov 2018

A lucky child: Mongabay’s origin story (insider)

Rhett A. Butler 14 Nov 2018

Roads divide opinions along with forests, study finds

John Cannon 8 Nov 2018
A Sumatran rhino in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

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

Jeremy Hance 4 Nov 2018

One-two punch of habitat loss, capture hammers Southeast Asian birds

Basten Gokkon 16 Oct 2018

Indonesian government puts off Sumatran rhino IVF program

Basten Gokkon 10 Oct 2018

The rhino reckoning

Jeremy Hance 2 Oct 2018

The great rhino U-turn

Jeremy Hance 28 Sep 2018

Deforestation-linked palm oil still finding its way into top consumer brands: report

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Sep 2018

A herd of dead rhinos

Jeremy Hance 24 Sep 2018

1984: the meeting that changed everything for Sumatran rhinos

Jeremy Hance 20 Sep 2018

Plantations can produce more palm oil if they keep riverbanks forested

Rachel Fritts 10 Sep 2018

A civic outcry in Malaysia forces a Chinese builder to live up to its eco-friendly tag

Keith Schneider 5 Sep 2018

A Malaysian port city grapples with the fallout from Chinese funding

Keith Schneider 24 Aug 2018

Amid corruption scandal, Malaysia switches track on future of rail network

Keith Schneider 16 Aug 2018

Recovering conservationist: Q&A with orangutan ecologist June Mary Rubis

Basten Gokkon 15 Aug 2018
Rainforest in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Top forestry official out in Malaysia

Rhett A. Butler 11 Aug 2018

A river restored breathes new life into Kuala Lumpur

Keith Schneider 8 Aug 2018

In Malaysia, an island drowns in its own development

Keith Schneider 26 Jul 2018

Cracks appear in Malaysia’s building spree, once a model for development

Keith Schneider 17 Jul 2018
Wood that was cut for charcoal production near Katha, northern Myanmar. Villages in this area used to cut teak and other valuable trees for export, but have since started producing charcoal. The charcoal being exported to China can be made from any tree, regardless of size or kind. This amount of trees could produce about 150 bags of charcoal. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

‘Single-minded determination’: China’s global infrastructure spree rings alarm bells

Basten Gokkon 17 Jul 2018

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