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Celebrities aim to raise $1.6 million to keep orangutan forests from the the chopping block in Borneo

Lewis Smith 2 Oct 2013

Bornean elephant meets palm oil: saving the world’s smallest pachyderm in a fractured landscape

Jeremy Hance 1 Oct 2013

Malaysia clearcutting forest reserves for timber and palm oil

Jeremy Hance 26 Sep 2013

Villagers occupy govt office in Indonesia Borneo in protest against palm oil land grab

Diana Parker 18 Sep 2013

Controversial oil palm company now accused of illegal logging in Cameroon rainforest

Jeremy Hance 18 Sep 2013

Activists target major snack makers over ‘conflict’ palm oil

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Sep 2013

Bornean orangutans travel along the ground

Natalie Millar 12 Sep 2013

Japanese firms buying illegal timber from Malaysia’s endangered rainforests

Diana Parker 10 Sep 2013

Large-scale opposition among Borneo villagers to deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Sep 2013

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

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