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Aimed at linking communities, Malaysian highway may damage forests

John Cannon 23 Aug 2019

The Pan Borneo Highway brings wildlife threats to nat’l park doorstep

John Cannon 21 Aug 2019

Connecting an island: Traveling the Pan Borneo Highway

John Cannon 19 Aug 2019

Indonesia agrees to attempt Sumatran rhino IVF with eggs from Malaysia

Basten Gokkon 6 Aug 2019

Haze from fires, Indonesia’s national ‘embarrassment,’ are back

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Aug 2019

As opposition wanes, a Malaysian land reclamation project pushes ahead

Keith Schneider 2 Jul 2019

Despite fiery campaign rhetoric, Chinese-backed projects in Malaysia steam ahead

Keith Schneider 28 Jun 2019

Rare rhino’s death should light a fire under Indonesia (commentary)

Jeremy Hance 30 May 2019

Last male rhino in Malaysia dies

Mongabay.com 27 May 2019

Malaysia’s last male rhino is fading fast, officials say

Mongabay.com 24 May 2019

Social media enables the illegal wildlife pet trade in Malaysia

John Cannon 9 May 2019

In traffic-blighted Penang, transport upgrade plans raise hopes and fears

Danielle Keeton-Olsen 3 May 2019

Less rainforest, less rain: A cautionary tale from Borneo

Jeremy Hance 23 Apr 2019

Lift-off for thermal-imaging system to estimate wildlife populations

James Fair 18 Apr 2019

There is no conservation justification for bringing the tapir back to Borneo (commentary)

Carl Traeholt 9 Apr 2019

Climb confirms that the world’s tallest tropical tree tops 100 meters

John Cannon 7 Apr 2019

Sarawak can invest in or give away its future (commentary)

Daniel Kammen 1 Apr 2019

Virtual reality tool gives viewers the vision of a nocturnal primate

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 29 Mar 2019

Malaysian state chief: Highway construction must not destroy forest

Mongabay.com 26 Mar 2019
Fresh oil palm fruit bunches. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Europe, in bid to phase out palm biofuel, leaves fans and foes dismayed

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Mar 2019

Malaysia to ban oil palm expansion?

Mongabay.com 2 Mar 2019

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
Fresh oil palm fruit bunches. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

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 Ayers 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

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