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Europe importing more palm oil for biofuels, raising risks for rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Sep 2013

Satellite reveals ‘hidden’ 1000-ha oil palm plantation in Amazon rainforest in Peru

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Sep 2013

Malaysia to launch palm oil certification scheme to compete with RSPO

Mongabay.com 6 Sep 2013

Indonesia should convert logging concessions to protected areas to stop deforestation for plantations, argues study

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Sep 2013

Palm oil now biggest cause of deforestation in Indonesia

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Sep 2013

500 fires rage across Sumatra

Mongabay.com 29 Aug 2013

Palm oil licenses provide cover for logging in New Guinea

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Aug 2013

Endangered chimps and forest elephants found in rainforest to be logged for palm oil

Jeremy Hance 8 Aug 2013

Featured video: Sumatra’s last elephants versus palm oil

Jeremy Hance 5 Aug 2013

Kellogg hit on palm oil sourcing

Mongabay.com 2 Aug 2013

Malaysian NGOs form alliance to address palm oil concerns

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Jul 2013

Palm oil drives Malaysian rainforest tree to extinction

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jul 2013

Palm oil company guards injure four villagers in Indonesian Borneo clash

Diana Parker 29 Jul 2013

Oil palm genome mapped, could boost yields, reduce pressure on rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jul 2013

NGO hits out at study for downplaying logging threat in Congo rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jul 2013

Fires burning again in Sumatra, triggering haze alerts in Malaysia

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2013

Deforestation rate falls in Congo Basin countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jul 2013

Developer of Indonesia’s first REDD+ project confirms status of forest conservation initiative

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2013

Labor abuse widespread in Indonesia’s palm oil industry, finds investigation

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2013

80% of rainforests in Malaysian Borneo logged

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jul 2013

Palm oil body, Greenpeace spar over Indonesia fire blame

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jul 2013

Featured video: Indonesian community uses mapping to fight palm oil takeover

Jeremy Hance 15 Jul 2013

Haze fires concentrated in deforested peatlands, not forest areas, confirms satellite analysis

Mongabay.com 10 Jul 2013

Palm oil lobby group misleads on origin of haze, fires

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Jul 2013

Illegal palm oil from an Indonesian national park used by Asian Agri, Wilmar, WWF report says

Diana Parker 5 Jul 2013

Can palm oil be part of green growth in Indonesia?

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jul 2013

Wilmar to cut off suppliers found to be setting fires

Mongabay.com 1 Jul 2013

Cause of haze? Up to 87% of recent deforestation in fire zone due to palm oil, timber

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Jun 2013

Wind, not big increase in forest fires, driving haze in Singapore

Mongabay.com 26 Jun 2013

Palm oil companies linked to haze see share prices drop

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2013

Greenpeace releases dramatic pictures of haze and fires in Indonesia (photos)

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2013

5 RSPO companies linked to haze

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2013

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