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Traditional landowners reject mining exploration bid in Bougainville

Catherine Wilson 27 Mar 2018

Rainforests: the year in review 2017

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2018

For Papuan villagers practicing conservation, a bid to formalize the familiar

Christopel Paino 14 Dec 2017

Papua New Guinea gets its largest-ever conservation area

Morgan Erickson-Davis 8 Dec 2017

Samsung won’t partner with Korindo following outrage over forest destruction in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Sep 2017
A pile of wood that has been prepared to be burned in land controlled by Korindo in Papua. Photo courtesy of Mighty Earth

Samsung under fire for partnership with forest-burning Korindo

Mongabay.com 25 Aug 2017

Papua governor takes birds-of-paradise off the market

Asrida Elisabeth 26 Jun 2017

Restoration of shattered coral reef at Raja Ampat on hold

Basten Gokkon 22 Jun 2017

Papuan clan leader laments influx of migrants to sacred Cyclops Mountains

Christopel Paino 14 Jun 2017

Pressure builds on palm oil firm Goodhope after RSPO sanction

Alice Cuddy 31 May 2017

Palm oil firm pledges to stop deforesting after RSPO freezes its operations in Papua

Mongabay.com 11 May 2017

RSPO freezes palm oil company’s operations in Papua

Alice Cuddy 7 May 2017

Mapping indigenous lands in Indonesia’s tallest mountains

Wahyu Mulyono 21 Apr 2017

RSPO accused of letting palm oil firm proceed with dodgy audits in Papua

Alice Cuddy 14 Apr 2017

Damage to Raja Ampat 12 times higher than previously thought

Basten Gokkon 25 Mar 2017

Cruise ship wrecks one of Indonesia’s best coral reefs at Raja Ampat

Basten Gokkon 9 Mar 2017
Oil palm plantation in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

HSBC to stop financing deforestation-linked palm oil firms

Alice Cuddy 3 Mar 2017

Environmental costs, benefits and possibilities: Q&A with anthropologist Eben Kirksey

John Cannon 28 Feb 2017

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

Isabel Esterman 6 Jan 2017

The year in tropical rainforests: 2016

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2016

Deep sea mining plans for Papua New Guinea raise alarm

David Hutt 18 Nov 2016

Indonesia exploring new model to fund national parks

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 30 Sep 2016

The Long-beaked Echidna: can we save the earth’s oldest living mammal?

Andrew L. Mack 26 Oct 2015

Scientists learn to listen when it comes to assessing rainforest health

Mike Gaworecki 8 Oct 2015

NASA photo shows New Guinea going up in flames

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Oct 2015

Palm oil giants to investigate company found razing Papuan rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Jun 2015

GAR, Wilmar punish palm oil supplier for clearing rainforest in New Guinea

Mongabay.com 28 May 2015

Russia and Canada lead the world in forest loss in 2013

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Apr 2015

Rogue cop missing from jail

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2015

Indonesia to hear indigenous peoples’ grievances on land disputes

Loren Bell 22 Aug 2014

Palm oil company clears rainforest in New Guinea

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Jul 2014

Scientists ask PNG to support conservation research

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2014

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