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Greenpeace accuses Sinar Mas corporation of violence toward its protestors

Jeremy Hance 26 Mar 2009

Malaysian palm oil targets the Amazon

Mongabay.com 25 Mar 2009

REDD in Indonesia could evict forest people from their lands, warns U.N. committee

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2009

Will palm oil drive deforestation in the Amazon?

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Mar 2009

Deforestation blamed for tiger maulings in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 27 Feb 2009

Whole Foods bans unsustainable palm oil from its products

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Feb 2009

24% of Papua New Guinea’s rainforest destroyed or degraded by logging in 30 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Feb 2009

New fire record for Borneo, Sumatra shows dramatic increase in rainforest destruction

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Feb 2009

Clinton, Obama botch opportunity on climate, forest conservation

Mongabay.com 20 Feb 2009

Indonesia confirms that peatlands will be converted for plantations

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Feb 2009

80% of agricultural expansion since 1980 came at expense of forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Feb 2009

Indonesia may allow conversion of peatlands for palm oil

Mongabay.com 15 Feb 2009

Political violence in Madagascar may lead Daewoo to abandon controversial farm project

Mongabay.com 10 Feb 2009

New model uses carbon credits, sustainable palm oil to save Indonesia’s rainforests

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

Heart of Borneo conservation initiative at risk from Indonesian development plan

Mongabay.com 4 Feb 2009

Malaysian government says forest reserve ‘plundered’ for oil palm development

Mongabay.com 3 Feb 2009

What does slowing economy mean for rainforest conservation?

Mongabay.com 26 Jan 2009

Palm oil may be single most immediate threat to the greatest number of species

Mongabay.com 26 Jan 2009

Symposium tackles big question: how many species will survive our generation

Jeremy Hance 16 Jan 2009

Finland, Sweden push for loophole that would drive destruction of peatlands around the world

Mongabay.com 9 Dec 2008

Drought and deforestation in southeast Asia linked to climate change

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Dec 2008

Degraded grasslands better option for palm oil production relative to rainforests, finds study

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Dec 2008

Fall in palm oil price may lead to industry consolidation

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2008

HSBC to cut lending to questionable oil palm and logging companies

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2008

Madagascar denies ‘land grab’ by South Korean conglomerate

Mongabay.com 22 Nov 2008

Malaysia’s indigenous people to get land rights for first time

Mongabay.com 19 Nov 2008

Greenpeace activists block palm oil shipment from departing Indonesia for Europe

Mongabay.com 11 Nov 2008

Biodiversity of rainforests should not be compared with oil palm plantations says palm oil council chief

Mongabay.com 11 Nov 2008

First RSPO-certified (“eco-friendly”) palm oil shipment to arrive in Europe

Mongabay.com 10 Nov 2008

EU’s sustainable biofuels push angers Malaysia, Brazil

Mongabay.com 7 Nov 2008

Palm oil companies propose satellite monitoring of their plantations to ensure sustainability

Mongabay.com 5 Nov 2008

Oil palm expansion in Indonesian Borneo increased 400-fold from 1991-2007

Mongabay.com 30 Oct 2008

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