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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

What is peat swamp, and why should I care?

Loren Bell 20 Jul 2014

Despite moratorium, Indonesia now has world’s highest deforestation rate

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Jun 2014

Malaysian palm oil giant loses PNG case, plantations declared illegal

Mongabay.com 24 May 2014

Palm oil plan unlikely to help communities in Indonesian New Guinea

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 May 2014

Illegal logging makes up 70 percent of Papua New Guinea’s timber industry

Jeremy Hance 22 Apr 2014

Indonesian sugar company poised to destroy half of island paradise’s forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Mar 2014

Procter & Gamble’s palm oil suppliers linked to deforestation (photos)

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Feb 2014

Indonesian cop caught smuggling rare timber worth millions escapes with 2-year sentence

Diana Parker 21 Feb 2014

Indonesia rejects, delays 1.3m ha of concessions due to moratorium

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Feb 2014

New Guinea animals losing vital tree cavities to logging, hunting practices

Bobbie Edwards 17 Dec 2013

3.5 million ha of Indonesian and Malaysian forest converted for palm oil in 20 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Nov 2013

Palm oil giant to forgo development of New Guinea rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Nov 2013

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