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Former cop to face charges in illegal logging scandal, Indonesian police say

Diana Parker 30 Jul 2013

Logging endangers UNESCO World Heritage Site in Solomon Islands

Mongabay.com 22 Jun 2013

Saving the Tenkile: an expedition to protect one of the most endangered animals you’ve never heard of

Jordanna Dulaney 5 Jun 2013

Scientists describe over 100 new beetles from New Guinea

Jeremy Hance 3 Jun 2013

Indonesian official arrested for running $150m illegal logging ring

Mongabay.com 30 May 2013

Could the Tasmanian tiger be hiding out in New Guinea?

Jeremy Hance 20 May 2013

Four dead and dozens trapped after collapse at Freeport mine in Papua

Diana Parker 15 May 2013

Pacific islanders are the ‘victims of industrial countries unable to control their carbon dioxide emissions’

Claudine Wéry 15 May 2013

Indonesia welcomes Greenpeace ship 3 years after eviction

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 May 2013

UN report gives Indonesia low marks in forest governance

Diana Parker 9 May 2013

Leatherback sea turtles suffer 78 percent decline at critical nesting sites in Pacific

Jeremy Hance 27 Feb 2013

Getting intimate with a giant, yet poorly known flightless bird: the cassowary

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jan 2013

Scientists: bizarre mammal could still roam Australia

Jeremy Hance 3 Jan 2013

The year in rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2012

New Guinea singing dog photographed in the wild for the first time

Jeremy Hance 3 Dec 2012

‘Exporting deforestation’: China is the kingpin of illegal logging

Jeremy Hance 29 Nov 2012

Indonesia remains epicenter for illegal wildlife trade in reptiles and amphibians

Dr Liz Kimbrough 24 Oct 2012

Will designation of new administrative districts lead to more deforestation in Indonesia?

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Oct 2012

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil hits 10 year mark

Mongabay.com 4 Oct 2012

NASA images reveal rapid loss of Indonesia’s glaciers

Mongabay.com 5 Sep 2012

Solomon Islands’ export of ‘captive-bred’ birds deemed to be a farce

Darren Lloyd 14 Aug 2012

Controversial deep sea mining project approved in Papua New Guinea, first of its kind

Jeremy Hance 9 Aug 2012

‘National scandal:’ foreign companies stripped Papua New Guinea of community-owned forests

Jeremy Hance 30 Jul 2012

Charts: deforestation in Indonesia and Malaysia, 2000-2010

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Jul 2012

Palm oil giant to produce 100% segregated, RSPO-certified palm oil

Mongabay.com 23 May 2012

Indigenous group paid $0.65/ha for forest worth $5,000/ha in Indonesia

Jeremy Hance 23 May 2012

Photo: New ‘bumblebee’ gecko discovered in New Guinea

Mongabay.com 18 Apr 2012

Police hired by loggers in Papua New Guinea lock locals in shipping containers

Jeremy Hance 16 Apr 2012

Papua New Guinea halts controversial nickel mine – for now

Jeremy Hance 16 Apr 2012

More than 1 million acres of New Guinea forest cut from Indonesia’s forest moratorium

Mongabay.com 16 Feb 2012

Margaret Southern: small efforts can add up to big impact

Morgan Erickson-Davis 13 Feb 2012

Logging of primary rainforests not ecologically sustainable, argue scientists

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jan 2012

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